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While humans arrived in the Senrian archipelago more than 30,000 years ago, historiography typically marks the beginning of the history of Senria with the emergence of the Seidou culture in 14,000 BCE. The Seidou culture was succeeded by the Sugawara culture, who migrated to Senria from the Kaoming Peninsula and brought a variety of new technologies and an expansion of agriculture to the archipelago with them; the modern Senrian people are a genetic admixture of the the Sugawara people and the remnants of the Seidou people.

Traditional Senrian historiography claims that the Senrian Empire was established by the Emperor Kousou in 710 BCE; however, modern historians regard these stories as myths, and regard the written record of Senrian history as unreliable until the start of the Sunzuu period in 240. During the Sunzuu period, what would become the Senrian Empire unified central Kousuu and began expanding across Kousuu into Tousuu and Yuusuu, incorporating local clan leaders into the nascent empire over the course of two centuries. Imperial power was further centralized during the subsequent Kaihou Period, culminating in the Seitenhou Reforms of the Empress Genmei; this period also saw the arrival of Zohism and Taoshi in Senria. Strengthened central authority, meritocratic administration, and mercantile contact with the rest of Coius enabled a flourishing of classical Senrian culture.

While Senria's cultural flourishing continued during the subsequent Kingen period, during which Badi arrived in Senria and Gyousuu was brought under Senrian control, central authority steadily degraded, with power passing from the imperial court to monks, then to civilian aristocrats, then to military nobility. [kingen, zakkoku, tigoku, suikoku]

[kaisei, kyouwa]