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===Ancient Bjeheond=== | ===Ancient Bjeheond=== | ||
===The arrival of the Rhythoed=== | ===The arrival of the Rhythoed=== | ||
The | The influx of the Rhythoed who were fleeing persecution during the Imperial Windermere Period was at first slow. But it eventually caused an upheaval in Bjeheondian society and politics. | ||
This happened | This happened due to several factors: | ||
*The Rhythoed were the first to introduce farming of the contraceptive plant silphium to Bjeheond, though silphium had already been introduced to Bjeheond by traders. | *The Rhythoed were the first to introduce farming of the contraceptive plant silphium to Bjeheond, though silphium had already been introduced to Bjeheond by traders. | ||
*Rhythoed science and technology were superior in some important ways – for example, the Rhythoed knew, unlike native Bjeheondians, that germs were responsible for infectious diseases. | *Rhythoed science and technology were superior in some important ways – for example, the Rhythoed knew, unlike native Bjeheondians, that germs were responsible for infectious diseases. | ||
*Some political calamities gripped the native Bjeheondian states. (?) | |||
===Modern Bjeheond=== | ===Modern Bjeheond=== | ||