Khurzai

Khurzai

Timeline

 * Originally a vast and powerful empire, it is invaded by foreign nations or tribes, fending them off for hundreds of years but being slowly whittled down to a shadow of its former glory.
 * ~1500-2000YA - the capital is sacked by the invaders, and the empire falls apart
 * You can nibble away at the outer provinces of an empire forever, but if you take its capital it is unlikely to surive no matter how much of the remaining territory was untouched
 * Loss of capital > death of most of the administration, loss of treasury, loss of ability for military coordination
 * This capital was outside of the present-day territory and is either
 * totally destroyed
 * in whitespace
 * in a neighboring country I agree to this with
 * Present day country is in what was the highlands and could not be taken as easily by the invaders
 * However with the loss of the capital the power the old government had over the highlands unravelled
 * ~10-15 Years after the sack of the capital the highlands remain effectively unconquered
 * The king flees to the highlands and tries to rally the locals
 * He is remembered as oppressive and decadent and is killed in a humiliating way by peasants or miners, the royal line comes to an end
 * Various "kings" declare themselves over the shattered remnants of the empire
 * ~40 Years after the sack of the capital
 * Rebellions continue, the invaders cannot manage to assert control over the mainland, however it has become clear that there is no hope of reforming the empire, spirits are shattered and the old empire becomes semi-mythical for the new generation
 * The Dark Century - written sources from the former empire dissapear for about 100 years, leaving only accounts by invaders/foreigners trying to surpress highland tribes there
 * The once proud empire is now viewed with pity and racism, as barbarous but weak people
 * Old religion of the empire broken, conversion to invaders both culturally and religiously
 * To escape persecution but also because the invaders gods had enabled them to destroy the now semi-mythical old empire