Pronunciation: (tail'RESH-ik)
Continent: Aimsir
Present Day Nations: Reithe
Timeline: 66.4M BCE - 37.2M BCE
Coordinates: 4° N to 51° S, 50° W to 15° E
The kingdom of Tael'Reshk was formed near the end of the Stone age when several neighboring tribes sought to form a defensive alliance as discovery of the wider world dawned. They carved out a territory in what is now the Taelk desert in southern Reithe. The kingdom slowly grew, expanding north and east until they clashed with Shak'tar in the east and Khan'laheeri in the north
Shak'tar had also been expanding, but to the west. Hostilities ensued and war was eventually declared, and Tael'Reshk was victorious. This made Tael'Reshk's territory very large and soon they were a force to be reckoned with. This prompted Kalmar to invade Tael'Reshk in its southern province. After losing much territory in the south, the two warring countries called for an end to the fighting, though Kalmar kept the territory it had captured
The peace would ultimately break down again when Kalmar invaded a second time, which sparked the Great War, which would engulf the majority of the planet in war. Tael'Reshk would look to its neighbors, the Khan'laheeri for an ally, though the Laheeri were also fighting off the Akkau who were invading from the sea. Kalmar was at the time part of the Sehti'Ahkha'tar empire, though its prolonged war with Tael'Reshk caused political division within the empire. When Tael'Reshk gained allies and turned the tide of the war, this division cracked the empire, splitting its three provinces into independent nations. At this time Kalmar ceased its campaign against Tael'Reshk, though not before they had taken even more territory to the north, extending even so far as Khan'laheeri
The kingdom, though no longer facing its enemy, had been weakened by the war, and Tael'Reshk had its own internal division. The inhabitants of the eastern coast had long memories and had often desired to break away from Tael'Reshk who had conquered them so many years ago. Tael'Reshk's remaining territory would split into Reshk'tar in the north and Cnahk'tah in the south. These nations were ancestrally descended from Shak'tar, all but a few of the original inhabitants of Tael'Reshk perished during the war
