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Exact reasons for the Dawn are unknown and some of its aspects constitute an anthropological mystery.

Exact reasons for the Dawn are unknown and some of its aspects constitute an anthropological mystery.

The massive exodus from Dantria

In addition to that, the development of several original languages, religions and cultures is not entirely expected either: these cultures ended up having little in common with one another, while the expectation is that migrants from Western Dantria would have a relatively common cultural background. For instance, [[Lolion]], which was the main religion in Dantria, seemed to be virtually unknown to the Dawn settlers. Instead, Lolion was later exported by monks through [[Gantolia]] almost 10 centuries later.

In addition to that, the development of several original languages, religions and cultures of the migrants provides an anthropological mystery: these cultures ended up having little in common with one another, while the expectation is that migrants from Western Dantria would have a relatively common cultural background. For instance, [[Lolion]], which was the main religion in Dantria, seemed to be virtually unknown to the Dawn settlers. Instead, Lolion was later exported by its monks through [[Gantolia]] almost 10 centuries later.

This could be explained by the supposed extreme diversity of the population of Dantria, and possibly the coexistence of many languages and religions, although it begs the question of what prompted such different peoples to embark on a dangerous and faraway journey. Hypotheses include famine, war, disease and cultural prosecution, but none of these ideas explain features of the Dawn to full satisfaction. Surviving Dantrian documents, although few, reveal nothing of importance happening at the time of the Dawn. For instance, there is a historical treatise written by an unknown author from [[Walneer]] that dates its account to the end of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th [[CFR]]. It talks about some of the important events of the previous decades, but none of them feature anything that would prompt a massive migration.

This could be explained by the supposed extreme diversity of the population of Dantria, and possibly the coexistence of many languages and religions, although it begs the question of what prompted such different peoples to embark on a dangerous and faraway journey. Hypotheses include famine, war, disease and cultural prosecution, but none of these ideas explain features of the Dawn to full satisfaction. Surviving Dantrian documents, although few, reveal nothing of importance happening at the time of the Dawn. For instance, there is a historic treatise written by an unknown author from [[Walneer]] that dates its account to the end of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th [[CFR]]. It talks about some of the important events of the previous decades, but none of them feature anything that would prompt a massive migration.

At the same time, the settlers have seemingly exported sophisticated technologies, such as road building and architecture and well developed forms of government. [[Hogloh vy Aanua|Tarnarian royal ranks]] are believed to have been based on a system from Dantria, as both Gantolia and Asdoh have independently implemented very similar systems.

At the same time, the settlers have seemingly exported sophisticated technologies, such as road building and architecture, and well developed forms of government. [[Hogloh vy Aanua|Tarnarian royal ranks]] are believed to have originated in Dantria, or at least inspired by Dantria.

In contrast, the migrants of the [[New Dawn]] clearly had a common cultural background, spoke a closely related set of [[Thonthal]]-like languages and articulated reasons for their migration in a number of writings.

In contrast, the migrants of the New Dawn clearly had a common cultural background, spoke a closely related set of [[Thonthal]]-like languages and articulated reasons for their migration in a number of writings.

At least some of the reasons for why the mystery developed is that the [[Lydian|violent destruction of the Western Dantrian civilization]] destroyed the majority of its written history, leaving researchers with very little to work with. At the same time, it took a long time for a more organized life to be established in the east, with significant historians emerging only by the end of the first revolution. This, in turn, was centuries after the beginning of the Dawn and the focus of authors like [[Porteek]] and [[Ludoh]] was on Tarnaria and its immediate neighbors. Finally, the subsequent emergence of [[Stogen]] led to the destruction of written documents in Tarnaria, further shattering the historical record.

== Three waves of migration ==

== Three waves of migration ==