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'''Classical Era''' (in Chlouvānem ''lallapårṣire avyāṣa'') is the name given to the period of time, roughly lasting from 4750 to 5000 (i.e. 1670 to 1420 years ago), characterized historically by a level of very high relative prosperity and consolidation and expansion of the Chlouvānem lands (in the Near East, up to the western borders of the Plain, and across the Southern rainforests). During the Classical Era, the Lällshag civilization ultimately vanished and was absorbed by the Chlouvānem, and the focus of power became a number of independent realms (''sūmārghuṭai''), mostly in the Plain. These realms originally had a Chlouvānemized élite ruling over a mostly non-Chlouvānem population; during the Classical Era, the intermixing of ethnicities that formed the Chlouvānem one expanded to include most of these populations, however their languages became important substrata for the future local vernaculars, and most notably their cultures left marks on regional identities that still characterize those areas today. | '''Classical Era''' (in Chlouvānem ''lallapårṣire avyāṣa'') is the name given to the period of time, roughly lasting from 4750 to 5000 (i.e. 1670 to 1420 years ago), characterized historically by a level of very high relative prosperity and consolidation and expansion of the Chlouvānem lands (in the Near East, up to the western borders of the Plain, and across the Southern rainforests). During the Classical Era, the Lällshag civilization ultimately vanished and was absorbed by the Chlouvānem, and the focus of power became a number of independent realms (''sūmārghuṭai''), mostly in the Plain. These realms originally had a Chlouvānemized élite ruling over a mostly non-Chlouvānem population; during the Classical Era, the intermixing of ethnicities that formed the Chlouvānem one expanded to include most of these populations, however their languages became important substrata for the future local vernaculars, and most notably their cultures left marks on regional identities that still characterize those areas today.<br/>The Inquisition during this era deeply influenced the religious matters of the Yunyalīlti world and was therefore an important body, but its sovereignty as a temporal power was only established halfway through the era, in 4826, with the foundation of the city of [[Verse:Chlouvānem_Inquisition/Līlasuṃghāṇa|Līlasuṃghāṇa]] on the shores of Lake Lūlunīkam, meant to be the political seat of the Inquisition. | ||
Literature of the Classical Era was linguistically characterized by the use of a uniform koiné language across the whole Yunyalīlti religious world: Classical Chlouvānem, mostly based on the earlier major works such as the Lileṃsasarum and most of the Holy Books. The importance of using a common language was greater than ever, as the vernaculars of the various areas had started to diverge, and some Yunyalīlti areas didn't even speak a Chlouvānem language at all.<br/>The only major difference between pre-Classical and Classical Chlouvānem is in the lexicon, as Classical Chlouvānem includes a far greater share of Lällshag loanwords than earlier forms of the languages do. | Literature of the Classical Era was linguistically characterized by the use of a uniform koiné language across the whole Yunyalīlti religious world: Classical Chlouvānem, mostly based on the earlier major works such as the Lileṃsasarum and most of the Holy Books. The importance of using a common language was greater than ever, as the vernaculars of the various areas had started to diverge, and some Yunyalīlti areas didn't even speak a Chlouvānem language at all.<br/>The only major difference between pre-Classical and Classical Chlouvānem is in the lexicon, as Classical Chlouvānem includes a far greater share of Lällshag loanwords than earlier forms of the languages do. | ||