Partitions of Cuthland

Partitions of Cuthland
Animation showing the territorial evolution of Cuthland during the partitions
Events depicted:
1715	Beginning of the War of the Cuthish Succession
1740	First Partition, end of the War of the Cuthish Succession
1778	Second Partition, end of the First Cutho-Mascyllary War
1800	Third Partition, end of the Cuthish Revolutionary War
1825	Fourth Partition, end of the Karsk Sea War

The Partitions of Cuthland were a series of territorial concessions imposed on the First Cuthish Empire and its successor states during the 18th and early 19th centuries. The partitions occurred in four stages, beginning with the First Partition following the War of the Cuthish Succession in 1740 and ending with the Fourth Partition following the Karsk Sea War in 1825. Cuthland's partitions provoked an extended era of decline known as the Century of Horrors, resulting in the temporary loss of the nation's great power status and contributing to a period of sociopolitical upheaval brought on by the Cuthish Revolution. The Alhstead Wars of the mid-19th century partially reversed the territorial losses inflicted by the partitions, which would ultimately serve as one of the primary causes of the Great War.

Some historians propose the inclusion of a Fifth Partition of Cuthland, referring to the Treaty of X which ended the Great War and resulted in the cession of many Cuthish territories to neighboring states. This terminology has largely been promoted by Wilfred Drace of the University of Kingsham, whose 1997 article The Five Partitions of Cuthland brought the theory into mainstream academic discussion. However, Drace's thesis has proven controversial and is not widely accepted in the academic community.

History

First Partition

Main article: First Partition of Cuthland

Second Partition

Main article: Second Partition of Cuthland

Third Partition

Main article: Third Partition of Cuthland

Fourth Partition

Main article: Fourth Partition of Cuthland