History of Esonice

Early Period

Esonian agricultural revolution (6500-3600 B.C)

With the arrival of the agricultural revolution to Esonice, and methods of farming the fertile soils of the islands and domestication of various plants. Many nomadic groups started to transition from hunter-gatherers to sedentary tribal societies, settling down on the lowlands and rivers of the islands, including flat lands between mountains; with the mass adoption of agricultural practices by much of the inhabitants. The three most populated areas were the Juraban coast, Velisian flatlands, and the Northern coast and lake Gamari.

Around the end of the 60th century B.C, small villages with buildings and huts made of stone, clay, bamboo and wood started to form as people cluttered together into communities with each being unique in its own way. Those villages, it is believed, usually had on average from 100 to 200 inhabitants that all partook in farming, hunting or other activities important to the community such as building, cooking and caretaking. Spiritual beliefs of the people also shaped. Each village had its own ari spirit that protected them from mora (demons), mishi (ghosts), and other perceived evils. And also blessed the people of the community with good harvests and luck. Shrines dedicated to those ari, like in modern times were in the centre of the villages where most of the daily gossip, trade and gathering was. Leadership in those villages varied. Some villages held votes where the community elected a group of people, usually elders, to keep the village stable and manage resources. While other villages had usually one or two influential families that held a lot of the farmlands that belonged to the village. Some villages it is also believed had theocratic leadership where the village shaman or priest had power.

Around 5200 B.C farming animals that inhabited the islands started to be domesticated by inhabitants; domestication of the Esonian wild boar in 5158 B.C, domestication of Esonian cows in around 5000 to 4900 B.C among other native farm animals in Esonice. The domestication of the Esonian silkworm took place during the 3700s B.C according to archeologists. Some of the earliest signs of warfare have also been found by archeologists during the years between 5000 to 4900 B.C. Villages waged small scale wars against each other over livestock and resources and control of farmlands, pillaging, looting and complete destruction of settlements is believed to have taken place.