====== Kalmar ======
===[historical kingdom]===
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**Pronunciation**: (KAL-mar)\\
**Continent**: [[Aimsir]]\\
**Present Day Nations**: [[Yuanen]], [[Reithe]]\\
**Timeline**: 73.3M BCE - 7.3M BCE\\
**Coordinates**:  \\
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====History====
Kalmar was an ancient kingdom formed during the Birth of Nations in the Terran [[timelines of terran historical ages|Stone Age]]. It occupied the southern portion of present day [[Yuanen]], what is now the [[Pikwata Desert]]. Kalmar joined into the [[Jhan'Ahkha'tar]] alliance with the four kingdoms, and sided with [[Hito]] and [[Sehti]] in the civil war against the [[Jhenee]]. After the war, the three allied kingdoms formed a new empire, [[sehti|Sehti'Ahkha'tar]]

Kalmar became an ambitious and warlike kingdom after the civil war, though it new it could not defeat its neighbors, and thus set its sights across the [[Sliabh Mountains]] toward [[Tael'Reshk]], whom it believed was weak and would fall easily. Kalmar gained significant territory in southern [[Tael'Reshk]], but was unable to extend its armies far enough to completely conquer the kingdom. The new territory helped Kalmar grow stronger, and it used this power to assert dominance over its allies. This resulted in a civil war between the provinces of [[Sehti]] and Kalmar, which ended up breaking up the empire back into three nations

This split would be relatively short, as Sehti, now [[sehti|Sehti'taal]], and Kalmar feared invasion from east. When Kalmar's beloved king was assassinated by an unknown entity, Kalmar reacted violently and engaged eastern kingdoms in war, and [[Sehti|Sehti'taal]] joined into the war on Kalmar's side. Kalmar battled [[Khan'Laheeri]] and was simultaneously colonizing [[gael_continent|Gael]], battling the [[Akkaus|Akkau]] for control over the new continent. Kalmar was able to conquer the entire continent

The success on the southern continent would not last, as the new territories would be lost to indigenous peoples that had been waiting for the war between Kalmar and [[Akkaus]] to weaken the invading forces. Kalmar would lose all its territory to this new force. Kalmar would also lose its territory in [[Tael'Reshk]] on the eastern side of the [[Sliabh Mountains]]. These defeats left Kalmar vulnerable, and they formed a new kingdom with [[Sehti|Sehti'taal]], and it was named [[Jhua'nen]]. Kalmar, remained a critical province in that empire, but never again gained autonomy as a kingdom or a nation

====Timeline====
  * **73.3M BCE**: The formation of the Kalmar kingdom, in present day [[Yuanen]]'s southernmost coast
  * **65M BCE**: The kingdoms of [[Hito]], Kalmar, [[Jhenee]], and [[Sehti]] enter into the [[Jhan'Ahkha'tar]] alliance
  * **55.1M BCE**: Kalmar and [[Sehti]] form an alliance against the [[Jhenee]]
  * **54.9M BCE**: The [[Hito]] join the Kalmar and [[Sehti]] against the [[Jhenee]]
  * **47.5M BCE**: Kalmar invades the southern region of [[Tael'Reshk]]
  * **47.4M BCE**: The Salt Peace Accord is signed, halting the Kalmar invasion of [[Tael'Reshk]]
  * **41.0M BCE**: Kalmar invades [[Tael'Reshk]], igniting the Great War
  * **38.7M BCE**: The [[Sehti]] and the Kalmar engage in civil war
  * **37.8M BCE**: The fall of the [[Sehti'Ahkha'tar]] empire. [[hito|Hito'Maru]], Kalmar, and [[sehti|Sehti'taal]] emerge
  * **33.0M BCE**: The assassination of the King of Kalmar signals the end of the Iron Age
  * **30.4M BCE**: [[sehti|Sehti'taal]] and Kalmar form the [[Jhua'nen]] Alliance
  * **27.1M BCE**: [[Khan'Laheeri]] and Kalmar engage in the Thousand Year War
  * **24.4M BCE**: Kalmar founds colonies in present day [[Gael]]'s western coast
  * **22.6M BCE**: Kalmar conquests the entire continent of [[Gael]], destroying all Akkau cities
  * **19.9M BCE**: Kingdom of [[Kal'tael]] secedes from Kalmar
  * **10.0M BCE**: Kalmar declares war on [[Reshk'tar]], beginning the Age of Blood 
  * **7.75M BCE**: [[reshk'tar|Reishk'tar]] Empire formed after [[Reshk'tar]] defeats Kalmar east of the [[Sliabh Mountains]]
  * **7.3M BCE**: [[sehti|Sehti'taal]] absorbs Kalmar's remaining territory and [[Jhua'nen]] is established
  * **6.9M BCE**: [[Jhua'nen]] conquers [[hito|Hito'Maru]]
  * **6.7M BCE**: [[Fjall]] declares independence from [[hito|Hito'Maru]] and [[Jhua'nen]]
  * **5.9M BCE**: Nae'eri falls to Jhua'nen conquest
  * **5.1M BCE**: [[reshk'tar|Reishk'tar]] formally declares war on [[Jhua'nen]]
  * **4.65M BCE**: [[Jhua'nen]] conquers [[Akkaus]], and the Akkau are scattered across the northern hemisphere
  * **3.2M BCE**: [[Saor]] removes [[Jhua'nen]] colonies and cities from [[Saoirse]]