Abridged Timeline (Reinventing the Wheel)

2200-1000 BC

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2200-2000

Circa 2200: Earliest archeological evidence of the Kotosh Culture using pottery at a significant scale, though small artifacts exist from as far back as 2400. Disputed evidence of wheels.
Circa 2150: Archeological records begin to show the steady expansion of the Kotosian irrigation system along the Fusang coast. It's likely wheels played a role in this construction.
Circa 2100: The Kotosian population, especially in the city of Caral starts to boom in tandem with an apparent increase in the intensity of agriculture.
Circa 2050: The first significant Kotosian settlements outside the four river valleys that constituted the cradle of their civilization start to emerge, beginning the era of Kotosh Expansion. To survive, these new settlements rely on intensive irrigation, heavy fishing, and trade with other Kotosian settlements.
2032: The mythical date of the founding of Kotosia, according to records recovered from the Caral Archives. This date is also used as year 1 in the Kotosh Calender
Circa 2000: By this point, surging populations lead the Kotosh to expand further, mostly along the Fusang coast. Domesticated llamas start to appear, especially in the farmland surrounding Caral and other population centers.

1999-1500

Circa 1950: As the Kotosians continue to expand into their homeland (called Riluoan), settlements start to show up further and further afield, including the first evidence of what would become the Zhongkotosh and Beikotosh settlements.
Circa 1900: the Zhongkotosh and Beikotosh settlements continue to expand in tandem with the ones in Riluoan. Primitive aquaculture begins to emerge in the largest coastal settlements, along with larger and larger ships as the Kotosh get better at seafaring.
Circa 1850: Settlements in Zhongkotosh and Beikotosh grow more independent from Riluoan, and are at least partially self-sufficient and independent, with Zhongkotosh even boasting the eponymous city of Zhongkotosh.
Circa 1850: The earliest written records begin to appear in the Caral archives. Larger public works projects and evidence of small conflicts indicate the beginning of the consolidation of the Riluoan into Kotosia.
1823: The earliest dated record appears in the Caral archives, referencing the exploits of Huoluotuo, the ruler of Caral who is said to have expanded the city's influence.
Circa 1800: Conflicts between Kotosian cities appear to start to escalate, especially in the Lanhe river valley where records indicate Caral has subjugated several other cities. Dated records continue to appear in the Caral archives, but they are incomplete and sometimes contradictory and don't include the names of any rulers.
Circa 1800: Despite the conflicts, the Kotosh continue to develop more advanced aquaculture, with some of the larger cities starting to use rivers and fish ponds near the ocean becoming commonplace.
1786: Under the leadership of Mianshe, the Caralians finish their conquest of the Lanhe river valley by defeating the coastal city of Cushi. Most historians agree that by this point, Kotosia could be considered a functioning nation-state, with control over several major cities.
Circa 1750: Zhongkotosh and Beikotosh continue to grow, with several notable cities begging to emerge in both. Although Zhongkotosh the city still dominates the region, Kotosians have expanded as far inland as Lake Titicaca.
Circa 1750: The first permanent settlers arrive at the Huale river, making it the fourth theatre of the Kotosh culture, after Riluoan, Zhongkotosh, and Beikotosh.
Circa 1750: Despite lack of settlement in the region, the Kotosh had made contact and begun to trade with the people who would become the Olmecs in Zhongfusang.
Circa 1700: The Kotosh settlements at Huale start to expand. Meanwhile, surging populations in the other Kotosh centers of population start to lead to more steady trade between the Kotosians.
Circa 1700: Early evidence of several cultures not directly related to the Kotsh begin to appear in the Andes, most notably the Pucara near the Kotosh settlements at lake Titcaca and the Antiren to the east of Riluoan.
1674: Jinshibing, the third king of Caral attested by the Caral archives is said to have expanded the read of Kotosia to encompass all of Riluon. The region was hardly unified in a meaningful sense, but Caral continued to grow in wealth and power and was likely receiving substantial tribute from outside the Lannhe river valley.
Circa 1650: Industrial quantities of weapons and the ruins of several cities outside of the Lanhe river valley indicate significant conflict in the region, theorized to be the result of the speculated Kotosh Unifcaition Wars.
Circa 1650: The first permanent Kotosh settlers arrive in Huangwu, making it the fifth and final major center of Kotosh population.
Circa 1650: Advanced aquaculture continues to develop through all Kotsh settlements, but with Zhongkotosh and Rilouan proving the most dependent on it.
1624: Records at the Caral Archives triumphantly declare Huoluotuo II to the "King of all the Kotosh." At this point, most of Riluoan is, at least indirectly, under the control of Caral, which also wields significant economic influence over the other Kotosh settlements. Most agree this constitutes the beginning of the first dynasty of Kotosia.
Circa 1600: Taking advantage of the larger river system in the area, the Kotosh settlements at Huangwu start to expand inland. Fishing also declines in importance, as the Huangwu Kotosh begin to place a heavier emphasis on llamas as a food source.
1592: The first recorded instance of an Antiren attack against Kotosia, no under the reign of Wanshayu. The damage seems to have been minimal and for the time relations between the Kotosh and Antiren remain mostly friendly.
1574: The elderly Wanshayu is deposed in what many believe to be a coup, but is replaced by one of his relatives Donghuo, continuing the first dyansty]].
Circa 1550: The Olmec city of Olliguo begins to rise to prominence, consisting the beginning of Olmec culture. Although still influenced by trade from the Kotosh in Riluon and Beikotosh, the Olmec have a distinct culture and social order.
Circa 1550: Records at the Caral archives indicate that a powerful city in Zhongkotosh gained substantial influence over the whole region. Despite unifying many of the Kotosh cities in the region and fending off attacks from the Pucara, the king that managed this remains unnamed, and whatever unification he managed collapsed over the subsequent decades.
1546: Donghuo dies, and is replaced by his son Donghuo II as the king of Kotosia.
1522: Donghuo II dies in combat against the Antiren, and is shortly thereafter replace by his nephew
Circa 1500: Relations between Kotosia and the Antiren grow more antagonistic, and the later begin to centralize somewhat, adopting the Kotosh practice of llama farming and growing several large settlements in the Antisuyu mountains.
Circa 1500: the Kotosh settlement at Huale continues to grow, and starts to fall under the influence of the Huangwu settlements, embracing a diet more focused on domesticated llamas rather than fish. Meanwhile, the first evidence of Huangwu settlements on the Atlantic ocean appear.

1499-1000

999-1 BC

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1-500 AD

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501-1000 AD

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1001-1500 AD

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16th Century

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17th Century

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18th Century

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19th Century

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20th Century

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