History of hominid society

The history of hominid society begins with the evolution of kobolds and humans on Aldwe.

Prehistory charts the development and expansion of kobolds and humans and their eventual interaction. The Agricultural Revolution, which occurred between 7000 BWM and 4000 BWM, began in southern Endigil and saw the transition of hominids from a hunter-gatherer society to a society of permanent settlements reliant on animal and plant husbandry.

Ancient history, the period after prehistory up to approximately 1500 WM, sees the rise and fall of the first empires.

Prehistory
The first modern kobolds and humans achieved behavioral modernity approximately 40,000 years ago. Humans, who evolved in eastern Mijala, were the first to begin rapidly colonizing the world 50,000 years ago, with kobolds, who evolved in Kitt, beginning shortly thereafter approximately 40,000 years ago.

The first human-kobold interactions were thought to have occurred approximately 30,000 years ago in southern Sepanga and northern Mijala. It seems that the spread of colonization became halted for both species after this meeting, with northern regions remaining primarily inhabited by kobolds and southern regions primarily by humans.

Both humans and kobolds were nomadic hunter-gatherers at this point in time. The increased competition for food caused by this meeting fostered hostility between the two species; archaeologists have discovered several bodies of humans and kobolds from this time period and area who were murdered by weapons.

Agriculture was first developed in approximately 7000 BWM in southern Mijala. From there, it spread to central Mijala in 6000 BWM, Caira in 4000 BWM, eastern and northern Mijala in 5000 BWM, Azonoba in 6000 BWM, southern Endigil in 5000 BWM, and Sepanga in 4000 BWM.

Ancient history
The first city-states and civilizations originally grew in the most fertile areas, particularly in river valleys. A number of such civilizations appeared: the Jimu in southern Mijala, the Gyolawe in central Mijala, the Indrigo in central Azonoba, the Takan in southern Endigil, and the Basha and Langci in Caira.

Yaobel, located in southern Mijala on the banks of the Jimu, is the first known complex civilization. They developed the first city-states in the third millenium BWM, as well as invented the first writing system around 2000 BWM.

As civilizations developed, trade became increasingly important as a source of power for states, and securing trade routes of strategic importance. States with strong influence over trade, such as the Hel Empire, came to have strong cultural influence as well.