Book One: The Beginning of a New Civilization (Chronology of Events)
BOOK 1
The Beginning of a New Civilization
The Beginning of a New Civilization
ca. 1150s BCE
Seafarers from Malay Archipelago arrived in the eastern portion of Namayan Bay[1], where they've encountered tribes/clans of people who spoke a (direct) descendant of proto-Philippine language; despite the relative obscurity of their origins, the tribes/clans were closely-knitted and related to each others, as agreed by the majority of historians and archaeologists. The economy of the so-called Luuk people[2] were relatively developed, albeit in a local level, at the time the Malayic seafarers moved northward; in fact, they already mastered the art of making jade crafts with the raw material imported from southeastern part of Formosa; besides, woodcarving and handicrafts industries were also practice by the Luuk people as of this moment. As the Malayic maritime immigrants and the Luuk people were Austronesians, intermarriage between the two people were common, and the result would be crucial to the long-term development of Luuk civilization: advanced maritime skills was acquired thanks to the skills of the Malayic seafarers while at the same time the Luuk language borrowed new words from the Malayic tongue of the migrants.
Namayan Bay
(Luuk ng Namayan)
1120s BCE
Namayan Bay
(Luuk ng Namayan)
The Second Dynasty of Meluhha/India, also known as the Ashura Dynasty after the city-state where the imperial family came from, had its empire already expanded from its heartland in the northern plains to the western coast of the southern part of the subcontintent; as of this moment, their cultural and political influence could be felt across the length of the subcontinent, including non-Meluhhan/Indian groups such as the Austroasiatic Mundas, living between the Mundari Nad[3] plateau and the Gangam River delta[4], and the people of Ayeyarvadi Valley, including the linguistically-isolated Andamanese. At the same time, Meluhhan traders started to trade with their contemporaries, initially to the western part of the Meluhhan Ocean, often reaching the Mesopotamian city-states and even Egypt.[5] Meluhhan/Indian traders began to trade with the people of Malay Archipelago, particularly in the northern part of Tankamnadu[6]; curiously, these traders were actually identified as Tamils, a southeastern Dravidian people who recently received significant Meluhhan/Indian cultural influence and took advantage of their seafaring skills to spread the Meluhhan/Indian civilization in the Malay Archipelago. As of the moment, hordes of Aryan tribes entered the empire's territory, ending up being assimilated to the Meluhhan/Indian society, like their predecessors several generations ago
1110s BCE
Immigrants from nearby Cuyo and Agutaya islands immigrated to the southern tip of Great Kalamian island[7], where they've encountered a group of people called Mangyans. The immigrants, who also credited for the domestication of the tamaraw, intermarried and assimilated the natives, paving the way to the ethnogenesis of what currently known today as Kalamianon ethno-linguistic group. Immigration from Cuyo Archipelago to other parts of Great Kalamian island, particularly in the east and the center of the islands, would continue for the next generation, intermarrying with the local tribes and subsequently, within each other. The remaining Mangyans, especially the Hanunoo, lived in the islands of Romblon[8], where they began to culturally influenced by their neighbors.
Tamaraw
The Luuk societies of eastern Manila Bay area were already developed to the point of exploring other parts of the island of Luzon through maritime trade. Within the period of jade culture, Luuk seafarers already exchanged goods with their neighbors in the west and the south, particularly the Sambals, the Sisuan people[9] and the proto-Kumintang people respectively. In turn, these peoples were influenced in some way by the relatively advanced civilization of the Luuk people, particularly its way of government and the emerging societal stratification; curiously, such stratification wasn't as rigid as first thought.
1090s BCE
The Philippine Jade culture reached the Ede-Jarai region[10] as the Luuk merchants from Kawit[11] and Maraungan[12] areas brought imported Formosan jade and the technology of crafting the said metal to the ede-Jarai communities. Curiously, the Jarais themselves were descendants of the Malayic immigrants and tribes/clans who spoke the same language as the Luuk people; it has been agreed by the historians, linguists and archaeologists that such clans went to southeastern part of Pan-ay island by boat. In turn, the Ede-Jarais was able to export the Formosan jade and technical know-how to neighboring islands in the Visayas. Nonetheless, the trade between the Ede-Jarai and their northern counterparts were sporadic at best until several generations later.
1080s BCE
Austronesian-speaking sea nomads, reported to be ancestors of the Moken people, began to settle the southeastern coast of Tiru Lanka[13] and started communities on the said region. The proto-Mokens, whose origins were said to be within the Malay Archipelago, retained their relatively simple lifestyle and maritime economy, was considered as one of first of the successive waves of Austronesian migration to Tiru Lanka; the latter-day migrations hailed from Borneo, particularly from the Barito River region.
NOTES:
[1] OTL Manila Bay.
[2] The prototype to Tondo-Namayan people.
[3] Chola Nagpur Plateau.
[4] Ganges River.
[5] This event is my tribute to @Flocculencio's scenario about surviving Harappan civilization.
[6] OTL Sumatra
[7] OTL Mindoro,
[8] ITTL Romblon includes OTL Marinduque.
[9] OTL Kapampangan people.
[10] OTL eastern Iloilo and Guimaras.
[11] OTL northern Cavite.
[12] OTL southwestern Cavite.
[13] OTL Sri Lanka.
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