Ažimbea

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Ažimbea
c. -650 - 440
Native:	Agibna
Verdurian:	Ažimbea
Characteristics
Capital:	Eukara
Government:	Monarchy
Ruler’s title	melaȟ
Language:	Meťaiun
Religions:	Meťaiun paganism

Author: Furius

Ažimbea [a ʒim ˈbɛ a] was a kingdom founded around -650 by Monkhayic peoples in Northern Eretald. It was based around the lower Serea river valley. In Meťaiun it was called Agibna, the name of the sea-goddess, who would be adopted by the Cadhinorians as Ažirei. The Cuêzi name was Azimbār.

Ažimbea, like all the Monkhayic kingdoms, was a league of barons, who chose one of their own as king— a strong one in times of war, otherwise a weakling. Their internal and external politics seem to have been extremely divisive.

The Meťaiun had developed their river boats into slightly heavier vessels which, hugging the coast, could navigate the Mišicama littoral, bearing minerals from Kebri, timber from Newor, wheat and olives from Ažimbea, and gold from the alluvial deposits of the great rivers. Trade was organized by rulers, not by individuals; but the wealth and broader outlook it fostered were a step forward.

As a result of this wealth Ažimbea was able to expand west along the coast as far as the Eärdur, at the expense of the Kahinisa kingdom of Cayenas (-24). Some time in the first or second centuries ZE, Ažimbea absorbed the fellow Monkhayic state of Čořask, west of the Eärdur.

However, when Munkhâsh invaded the plain in 440, Ažimbea was among the first states to fall. Only the Serea delta and a few islands retained independance, as Leziunea.