Mambic Peoples
Distribution
The population of the Mambic Peoples are entirely contained withinin Kolus, stretching from Benine to Mechani, and from Wuste to the far North.
The map to the left shows the distribution of the different Mambic groups in the year 2100, labelled with ethnicities. East Mambic peoples colored orange and dark blue, Surnic colored in light blue, Burric colored brown, Koloan colored grey, and Iridian colored yellow.
Despite covering a large land area, the Koloan and Iridian populations are much smaller in population compared to the other groups, mainly attributed to a combination of lacking urban development and land that lacks resources or fertile land in the case of the Iridian peoples. This has led to a history of being ruled by other groups, when compared to the East Mambic, Surnic, and Burric.
Classification
History
Mamb River Valley Culture
The origin of the Mambic peoples traces back to the Mamb River Valley culture, which arose at some point between the years -1500 and -1000. Remains of the people of the Mamb River valley culture have been found as far west as the Mamb River delta, and as east as the population of the Sweizen today, however most remains are found towards the center of the river, and most cities seem to be to the south of the river due to the more fertile land. This population was a farming population living off rice cultivation and was relatively sedentary.
Mambo-Burrean Nomads and Early Migrations
Between the years -1000 and -750, some portion of the Mamb River Valley people followed the river upwards, towards less fertile land. Due to this less fertile land, the lifestyle was quite different than the sedentary Mamb River Valley Culture, and was highly nomadic, living off pastoralism and animal herding.
From -750 to -500, early ancestors to the different groups of Mambic peoples began to form. The Proto-Surnic people formed out of the non-nomadic sedentary Mamb River Valley Population, the ancestor to the modern Mambo-Koloans. The Mambo-Burrean Nomad population would split into multiple groups, some far westward, leading to the Proto-Burric population, some heading east forming the Early East Mambic culture, and some heading north, though the details of this are unknown. The Proto-Burric began to settle near modern day Zalkent and Crytil, and the Early East Mambic would settle the Eastern Mamb River.
Expansion Into Kolus
From -500 onwards, the Proto-Surnic population would split off into the Surnic peoples, who would expand westward and towards the north and the Koloans who would expand south, with a group of them going further south and forming the Iridian peoples. The Early East Mambic People would split into the Gumans who remained around the East Mamb, the Samagi who went further east, and the Iyonians between the different early Mambic populations. The Proto-Burric people would have a group head towards Doren via sea, leading to the Proto-Centranesian peoples, while those that remained would split off into the South Burric (Crytilian) and North Burric populations.