Archaic Syara

Archaic Syara was a period in Syaran history lasting from roughly 1,500 to 500 BCE. There is no universally agreed upon dates for the Archaic age, and the term is typically used more in a social and cultural sense. Roughly, Archaic Syara marks the point by which the descendants of the Khotoi, namely the Aleitians, Gaetlii, and the Dovossians became predominant across Syara while the Segelen largely faded from history. The Archaic Age bore witness to the Bronze Age Collapse which devastated much of Syara and paved the way for the surviving tribes to settle and assume control over most of Syara.

Prior the Bronze Age Collapse Syara was divided into various "poleis", the early city-states and tribes based upon hill forts. Much of Syara's ancient mythology was developed during this time, as well as the Hellenic alphabet and the earliest surviving written records. Political, economic, military, and social development coincided with a major increase in the population, especially following the Bronze Age collapse that saw Syaran tribes expand their influence across much of north-west Siduri, and sailing north and south to establish coastal settlements and ports along Eracura and Siduri.

As the centuries passed and Syara recovered from the Bronze Age collapse the Syaran tribes began to steadily conglomerate and form the predecessors of nations. This saw an increase in the volume of trade and the expansion of Syara's internal trade network. The time period also saw the emergence of the Bastarnae, whom would raid and decimate much of the Syaran interior. Most significant was the foundation of the Kydonian League, which would grow to become the epicenter of Syaran cultural achievement and growth during the rest of the last millennia BCE.

There is no universally agreed upon date for the end of the Archaic Age, but the establishment of Makedon in the 6th Century BCE is often cited as marking the beginning of the end of the period and the transition to Classical Syara.