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Ancient Bjeheond was ruled by Lakovic- and Hlou-Ku-speaking tribal societies. | Ancient Bjeheond was ruled by Lakovic- and Hlou-Ku-speaking tribal societies. | ||
===The arrival of the | ===The arrival of the Häskä=== | ||
The influx of the | The influx of the Häskä 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 due to several factors: | This happened due to several factors: | ||
* | *Häskä science and technology were more advanced in some important ways – for example, the Häskä knew, unlike native Bjeheondians, that germs were responsible for infectious diseases. | ||
*The | *The Häskä were the first to introduce farming of the contraceptive plant silphium to Bjeheond, though silphium had already been introduced to Bjeheond by trade. | ||
*Some political calamities gripped the native Bjeheondian states. (?) | *Some political calamities gripped the native Bjeheondian states. (?) | ||
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