Newor

From Almeopedia

Newor
c. -650 - c. 850
Native:	Newor
Verdurian:	Newor
Characteristics
Capital:	Geilas; Gorbo
Government:	Monarchy
Ruler’s title	melaȟ
Language:	Meťaiun
Religions:	Meťaiun paganism

Author: Furius

Newor was a kingdom founded around -650 by Monkhayic peoples in Northern Eretald. It was based around the the Efrát river valley and the Mišicama littoral. The name Newor has been reconstructed.

Newor, 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.

Newor gained Koto from the iliu some time after -270, but otherwise its borders remained nearly static until Munkhâsh invaded the plain in 440, at which point Newor shifted north, it was restricted to Gorbo and Koto. Koto was lost to Leziunea over the course of the seventh century, and the rest of the kingdom was swallowed up by Leziunea in the ninth century