History of Atlantsia

The modern state of Atlantsia was officially founded in 1812 as a Portuguese spice trading colony. In 1814, Atlantsia commenced self-government as an emirate. The nation gradually came under the direct influence of the British Empire, before declaring independence in 1965, following the occurence of the Oil Era. Atlantsia maintained itself as an Islamic center of learning and teaching throughout the 15th and 16th centuries, and as a major trading center of spices, ores, and silk. The Oil Era allowed Atlantsia to emerge as a key geo-political and economical factor, and it has developed exorbitantly since.

Prehistory
Prehistoric migration to Atlantsia would most likely have occured around nearly 100,000 years ago, and would have been traced from the eastern seaboards of Africa into the western coasts of Yemen before overland travel. Archealogical evidence such as sharpened rocks and hunting tools has proven modern humans had established small nomadic villages along the northern territories of the Atlantsian Peninsula. It is estimated that these villages date back to the Upper Paleolithic period. The oldest complete set of homo sapien remains was found in the southern Majdi region, and it has been concluded that these remains were part of a sacrificial ritual, estimated to have occured during the late Neolithic period. The body was found well preserved in an underground catacomb.