Laurence
Inkling
I'm currently building my world from start to finish, country by country.
A couple of my main countries originate from islands. I've written how they came to leave their islands and end up on the continent of my story (equivalent to 1000BC technology at this stage.)
My question is, if these people had migrated to these islands from the original source of humans (somewhere on the main continent) 10,000 years prior to this, then would it make sense that they would have no idea what lay beyond the sea all these years? Or do you think they're more likely to have kept contact with the mainland throughout this time? The sea crossing would be about 100miles between each land mass. I'm open to suggestion though.
Another question: when these civilisations do eventually get back to the mainland for whatever reason, assuming they're peacefully accepted by the current mainland civilisations, how would they have interacted despite language barriers? Can you guys think of any real life equivalents I could research?
Thanks!
A couple of my main countries originate from islands. I've written how they came to leave their islands and end up on the continent of my story (equivalent to 1000BC technology at this stage.)
My question is, if these people had migrated to these islands from the original source of humans (somewhere on the main continent) 10,000 years prior to this, then would it make sense that they would have no idea what lay beyond the sea all these years? Or do you think they're more likely to have kept contact with the mainland throughout this time? The sea crossing would be about 100miles between each land mass. I'm open to suggestion though.
Another question: when these civilisations do eventually get back to the mainland for whatever reason, assuming they're peacefully accepted by the current mainland civilisations, how would they have interacted despite language barriers? Can you guys think of any real life equivalents I could research?
Thanks!