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'''Medasteria''' ({{wp|French language|Gaullican}}: ''Medastérie''; {{wp|Portuguese language|Luzelese}}: ''Medastéria''; {{wp|Italian language|Vespasian}}: ''Medasteria''; {{wp|Lithuanian language|Ruttish}}: ''Medasterija''; {{wp|Swedish language|Blostlandic}}: ''Medästeria''; {{wp|Afrikaans language|Asteriaans}}: ''Medasterië''; {{wp|Ukrainian language|Soravian}}: ''Медастерія'') is a {{wp|geographical region}} consisting of the regions of the [[Asterias|Asterian continents]] along the coast of the [[Arucian Sea]] and the islands within the Arucian, most commonly invoked as a {{wp|historical region}} consisting of the civilizations which existed in the area before the [[Assim Asteris|discovery of the Asterias]] and the arrival of [[Euclea|Euclean]] explorers and settlers in the late 15th and 16th centuries. Today, Medasteria occupies portions of [[Eldmark]], [[Ardesia]], [[Vinalia]], [[Gapolania]], [[Adamantina]], [[Satucin]], [[Aucuria]], and [[Nuvania]], as well as the entirety of [[Sainte-Chloé]], [[Carucere]], [[Imagua|Imagua and the Assimas]], [[Bonaventure]], and [[Île d'Émeraude]].
'''Medasteria''' ({{wp|French language|Gaullican}}: ''Medastérie''; {{wp|Portuguese language|Luzelese}}: ''Medastéria''; {{wp|Italian language|Vespasian}}: ''Medasteria''; {{wp|Lithuanian language|Ruttish}}: ''Medasterija''; {{wp|Swedish language|Blostlandic}}: ''Medästeria''; {{wp|Afrikaans language|Asteriaans}}: ''Medasterië''; {{wp|Ukrainian language|Soravian}}: ''Медастерія'') is a {{wp|geographical region}} consisting of the regions of the [[Asterias|Asterian continents]] along the coast of the [[Arucian Sea]] and the islands within the Arucian, most commonly invoked as a {{wp|historical region}} consisting of the civilizations which existed in the area before the [[Assim Asteris|discovery of the Asterias]] and the arrival of [[Euclea|Euclean]] explorers and settlers in the late 15th and 16th centuries. Today, Medasteria occupies portions of [[Eldmark]], [[Ardesia]], [[Vinalia]], [[Gapolania]], [[Adamantina]], [[Satucin]], [[Aucuria]], and [[Nuvania]], as well as the entirety of [[Sainte-Chloé]], [[Carucere]], [[Imagua|Imagua and the Assimas]], [[Bonaventure]], and [[Île d'Émeraude]].


Medasteria is home to two of the [[Kylaris|world]]'s true [[User:Ruridova/Sandbox8|cradles of civilization]], where sedentary civilized society emerged independently: [[History of Aucuria#Pre-Cutinsuan Aucuria|pre-Assimian]] [[Aucuria]], and [[Tonatihcan]] in modern-day [[Ardesia]] and [[Vinalia]]. Key advancements include the domestication of {{wp|Maize}}, including the use of the {{wp|Three_Sisters_(agriculture)|Three sisters}}, {{wp|Potato}}, {{wp|Tomato}}, {{wp|Theobroma_cacao|Cacao}}, {{wp|Chili pepper}}, {{wp|Tobacco}}, {{wp|Alpaca}}, {{wp|Llama}}, {{wp|Guinea Pig}}. Innovations include Tonatihcan {{wp|Mesoamerican calendars|calendars}}, {{wp|Mesoamerican_pyramids|pyramids}}, {{wp|Quipu}}, the {{wp|Zero}}, {{wp|Metallurgy_in_pre-Columbian_America|Metallurgy}}, among others. Items of {{wp|Aztec peoples|Zapoyan}} origin have been discovered in modern Aucuria, while [[Cutinsua]]n items have been identified in modern Île d'Émeraude
Medasteria is home to two of the [[Kylaris|world]]'s true [[User:Ruridova/Sandbox8|cradles of civilization]], where sedentary civilized society emerged independently: [[History of Aucuria#Pre-Cutinsuan Aucuria|pre-Assimian]] [[Aucuria]], and [[Tonatihcan]] in modern-day [[Ardesia]] and [[Vinalia]]. The cultivation of plants and animals such as {{wp|maize}}, {{wp|Potato|potatoes}}, {{wp|Tomato|tomatoes}}, {{wp|Common bean|beans}}, {{wp|Theobroma cacao|cacao}}, {{wp|Chili pepper|chili}}, {{wp|Llama|llamas}}, {{wp|Guinea pig|guinea pigs}}, and {{wp|Turkey (bird)|turkeys}} between 7000 BCE and 2000 BCE enabled the emergence of {{wp|Sedentism|sedentary}} societies with complex social orders. The diverse cultures of Medasteria subsequently developed a number of shared cultural traits and innovations, including the construction of major ceremonial sites marked by monumental architecture, intricate artistic works in a variety of mediums, the {{wp|0|concept of zero}}, the use of [[Terre Noire]], [other shared cultural traits across the whole of medasteria]. Other local and regional cultural innovations include Tonatihcan {{wp|Mesoamerican calendars|calendars}} and {{wp|Mesoamerican_pyramids|pyramids}}, non-alphabetic systems for recording information such as {{wp|Mesoamerican writing systems|Tonatihcan pictographs}} and ancient Vaskaranan ''{{wp|Quipu|khipu}}'', public infrastructure such as the Cutinsuan {{wp|Inca road system|road}} & {{wp|Tambo (Incan structure)|warehouse}} system and the Nati ''[[Yukayeke paths|yukayeke]]'', and agricultural practices such as {{wp|Three Sisters (agriculture)|Three Sisters}} {{wp|polyculture}}, the ''{{wp|chinampa}}'', and ''{{wp|Puquios|pukyu}}'' aqueducts.


[pre-contact history in broad strokes; ''plants and animals domesticated'', cultural features, ''innovations'', etc - probably worth playing up the extent of trans-arucian trade and influence to demonstrate that this is one cohesive unit]
Medasteria was connected by extensive trade between the various cultural regions it encompassed, including extensive trade over the Arucian Sea. Food crops, practical goods like textiles, stone, and ceramic, and luxury goods such as {{wp|copper}}, {{wp|gold}}, {{wp|silver}}, {{wp|turquoise}}, {{wp|jade}}, {{wp|cinnabar}}, {{wp|obsidian}}, {{wp|lapis lazuli}}, {{wp|pumice}}, and ''{{wp|Spondylus}}'' shells were all traded widely across the region, with artifacts from [[Cutinsua]], [[Zapoyan Empire|Zapoya]], [[Calkhun]] & [[Itzel]], and [[Térachu state|Terachu]] being found in each of the others' domains. Groups on the periphery of Medasteria's major powers, such as the {{wp|Muisca|Mwiska}}, {{wp|Cherokee|Odavli}}, and {{wp|Mapuche|Chanuche}}, were also integrated into these trade networks, often serving as a gateway for trade with other parts of the Asterias; the {{wp|Taino|Nati}}, {{wp|Kalinago|Mutu}}, [[Narapan people|Narapan]], and [[Marai peoples|coastal Marai]], who lived on the coasts and islands of the Arucian, played a key role as middlemen and brokers of intercontinental trade, which enabled them to form confederal polities like the [[Karukera Confederacy]].


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Revision as of 06:18, 27 July 2023

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Medasteria (Gaullican: Medastérie; Luzelese: Medastéria; Vespasian: Medasteria; Ruttish: Medasterija; Blostlandic: Medästeria; Asteriaans: Medasterië; Soravian: Медастерія) is a geographical region consisting of the regions of the Asterian continents along the coast of the Arucian Sea and the islands within the Arucian, most commonly invoked as a historical region consisting of the civilizations which existed in the area before the discovery of the Asterias and the arrival of Euclean explorers and settlers in the late 15th and 16th centuries. Today, Medasteria occupies portions of Eldmark, Ardesia, Vinalia, Gapolania, Adamantina, Satucin, Aucuria, and Nuvania, as well as the entirety of Sainte-Chloé, Carucere, Imagua and the Assimas, Bonaventure, and Île d'Émeraude.

Medasteria is home to two of the world's true cradles of civilization, where sedentary civilized society emerged independently: pre-Assimian Aucuria, and Tonatihcan in modern-day Ardesia and Vinalia. The cultivation of plants and animals such as maize, potatoes, tomatoes, beans, cacao, chili, llamas, guinea pigs, and turkeys between 7000 BCE and 2000 BCE enabled the emergence of sedentary societies with complex social orders. The diverse cultures of Medasteria subsequently developed a number of shared cultural traits and innovations, including the construction of major ceremonial sites marked by monumental architecture, intricate artistic works in a variety of mediums, the concept of zero, the use of Terre Noire, [other shared cultural traits across the whole of medasteria]. Other local and regional cultural innovations include Tonatihcan calendars and pyramids, non-alphabetic systems for recording information such as Tonatihcan pictographs and ancient Vaskaranan khipu, public infrastructure such as the Cutinsuan road & warehouse system and the Nati yukayeke, and agricultural practices such as Three Sisters polyculture, the chinampa, and pukyu aqueducts.

Medasteria was connected by extensive trade between the various cultural regions it encompassed, including extensive trade over the Arucian Sea. Food crops, practical goods like textiles, stone, and ceramic, and luxury goods such as copper, gold, silver, turquoise, jade, cinnabar, obsidian, lapis lazuli, pumice, and Spondylus shells were all traded widely across the region, with artifacts from Cutinsua, Zapoya, Calkhun & Itzel, and Terachu being found in each of the others' domains. Groups on the periphery of Medasteria's major powers, such as the Mwiska, Odavli, and Chanuche, were also integrated into these trade networks, often serving as a gateway for trade with other parts of the Asterias; the Nati, Mutu, Narapan, and coastal Marai, who lived on the coasts and islands of the Arucian, played a key role as middlemen and brokers of intercontinental trade, which enabled them to form confederal polities like the Karukera Confederacy.

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[legacy today; the possibility that it's still sometimes used to talk about the connections between the modern asterian nations in the territory?]

Etymology and definition

Medasteria literally means "in the middle of the Asterias", from the combination of the Solarian medius ("middle") and the word "Asteria", derived from the name of Rahelian explorer Assim Asteris. [when and how is the term coined?]

[what defines medasteria as a singular cohesive unit?]

Geography

History

Culture and common characteristics

Subsistence and diet

Agricultural innovations

Medasteria featured numerous agricultural innovations, that allowed it to sustain large population centers. The primary innovation was the domestication and improvement of Maize, from the wild teosinte, with Maize being the most important crop in numerous Medasterian societies. A primary issue suffered by Medasterian societies was poor soil quality, and overuse of agricultural land, this resulted in specialized sites being developed for agriculture.

Vaskaranan terraced farming was developed to accomodate to the unique topological, and climatic challenges of their environment. Although terrace farming was not unique to the Vaskaranas, the societal impact such development created was unique to the region. Likewise Tonatihcan cultures use of the Milpa cycle along with the three sisters Maize, beans, and Squash ensured that yields were high, and the health of the soil was mantained.

Terre Noire, an anthropogenic soil (anthrosol) first developed in the Sythe Rainforest, was used extensively throughout Medasteria, primarily as a result of Marai adoption and later exchange with Medasterian societies. Special plots were developed in Tonatihcan cities for the preparation and use of Terre Noire, which ensured the health and fertility of soils. Likewise the use of Chinampas throughout Tonatihcan, also developed a system of utilizing well developed irrigation systems to fertilize and mantain soil quality. With these gardens being replenished with easily accessible river sediment.

Medasterian agriculture was diverse and well adapted to its unique environmental challenges. Use of techniques to maintain soil fertility, along with Polyculture, forest gardening, and crop rotation were keystone concepts in Medasterian agriculture.

Significant domestic plants

Several species of plants were domesticated in one or more parts of Medasteria:

These plants were then spread throughout the whole of Medasteria by trade networks, as was knowledge of how to cultivate them and prepare them for consumption (for example, the process of nixtamalization for preparing maize). Plants domesticated or cultivated in other parts of the Asterias - such as agave in what would become the AFR and sunflowers, winter squash, & goosefoot from the Northern Agricultural Complex - were also brought to Medasteria by trade, though climactic differences sometimes restricted their local cultivation.

Several animal species were also used as domesticated food animals in Medasteria, including the turkey, dog, and duck in Tonatihcan and the llama, alpaca, and guinea pig in the Vaskaranas.

[further stuff on diet - commonalities, unique local stuff & variations, how cultural contact shaped things]

Political organization

Economy and trade

Art and architecture

Guanín objects made by the Nati are found across the region.

Language and writing

Science and technology

Mythology and cosmology

Civilisations

Vaskaranan

Tonatihcan

!Taino

Try to keep it general here, anything more specific to each island to be done in separate pages, or

Marai

Will have a more general name e.g. Tonatihcan to include non-Marai groups, and group both Highland and Coastal Marai

Legacy

See also