OOC:Yunxia

Rough timeline for Shenzhou/Yunxia

Pre-history

• c. 10000 BCE - The earliest material evidence of human habitation of East Ochran dates to the seventh millennium BCE.
• c. 6000 BCE - Evidence of proto-writing systems.
• c. 3000 BCE - Early metalworking and proto-states.

Classical era

• c. 500 BCE - The Chūn dynasty is founded and the Shenzhou Empire is formed.
• c. 300-150 BCE - The Chūn dynasty is succeeded by the Zi dynasty and the Shenzhou Empire’s borders and state bureaucracy expand significantly. The system of provinces and commanderies is established.
• c. 30 BCE - The Jade Road connects East Ochran to Belisaria, though in practical terms the route remains lengthy and perilous for many travellers, goods and cultural material flows by osmosis across the continents.
• c. 200 CE - The Shenzhou Empire’s state centralizes along a system of tributary provinces under military administrations, projecting influence inland in East Ochran.
• 277 CE - The northern Kitagan peninsula is conquered by the Shenzhou Empire. Control over the peninsula is disputed between the Empire and Tsurushima over subsequent centuries.

Bayarid era

• 968 CE - The Bayarid Empire and the Shenzhou Empire begin engaging in a series of border wars.
• 1001 CE - The Bayarids conquer and vassalize the Shenzhou Empire, founding the Yulu dynasty.
• 1147 CE - The Bayarid Empire collapses and the remnants of the Shenzhou Empire are divided between the Kingdom of Lo and the Shenluo dynasty.

Restoration

• 1193 CE - The Shenluo dynasty expels the Lo from the historic boundaries of the Shen and reestablishes the Empire.
• 1260 CE - After famine strikes Tsurushima, the Shenzhou Empire annexes the Kitagan peninsula and project influence over the Eastern Sea.
• 1353-1405 CE - The eruption of Mount Siriwang devastates the maritime Tahamaja Empire and the Shenzhou Empire subsequently expands southward as far as the port of Nangang.

Early modern era

• c. 1500 CE - Mutulese merchants arrive, rivalling the commercial interests of the Shen and the Tsurushimese in the region.
• 1600 CE - The Kakita Shogunate in Tsurushima enters into a period of isolation and the Shenzhou Empire gains prominence as a nexus for inter-continental trade in East Ochran.
• c. 1600-1700 CE - Mutulese commercial dominance in the Makrian results in the establishment of Mutulese factory posts on leased land in major Shen port cities.

Modern era

• 1752 CE - The Asahina Republic overthrows the shogunate in Tsurushima, ending its period of isolation.
• 1756 CE - The restive Lan dynasty is overthrown by the Huang dynasty which then attempts to revoke leases on Mutulese concessions in the country. War breaks out but is concluded in a white peace whereby extent Mutulese leases are maintained but relations in the region remain strained.
• c. 1750-1800 CE - Mutulese influence in the region begins to weaken as West Belisarian traders and renewed Tsurushimese interests make headway in the region, initially viewed more favourably by the Huang emperors.
• 1862 CE - With the advent of steamships, the eastern Jade Road loses commercial importance. The last Huang emperor begins granting leased concessions to recoup economic losses in the short term.
• 1897-98 CE - The First Cross Strait War breaks out following Shen attempts at expansion into the Kayatman. The Empire’s interests are frustrated by Tsurushimese support for Daoan independence.
• 1927-31 CE - The Hanaki War consumes the Ozeros and Kayatman seas. The Shenzhou Empire’s gambit to reassert itself in the southwest fails and much of its territorial extent is compromised. Mining interests in Nangang are awarded to Daobac as reparations.

Present

• 1943 - The Shenzhou Empire collapses with the Republic of Yunxia occupying the Imperial core and the Port of Nangang. Much of the south and west gains independence. Marshal Wu Kun is acclaimed as the first president of the republic.
• 1944 - President Wu proclaims himself emperor in a self-coup but is toppled by the leaders of the Junting Military Academy which subsequently restores the republic under a military administration which remains in effect indefinitely.
• 1950-present - The Republic of Yunxia remains under the administration of the Junting Army. Rival military cliques vie for power across the provinces and commanderies, including the Shishan and Jinhai cliques in the contiguous provinces and the insurgent Namhoi Clique in Nangang.