Crystal Empire

The Crystal Empire (Hegamonian: Imperium Crystallum) is a country in Equus.

Etymology
The name Crystallum comes from Hegamonian and literally means "crystal" due to the fact the territory, or more specifficaly, Rubrum was abundant of Crystals, or Rubies. the term Imperium comes from Hegamonian and literally means "great power" and, by extension, "empire". The term to refer to the nation as an empire started from Equestria which after the The Equestrian-Crystallic War taught the population that King Sombra was more of an Emperor than a King, giving the term empire to refer to the land the country owned during the war.

Prehistory
There are numerous archaeological sites throughout the Crystal Empire that are dated to the Lower Paleoithic and more recent historical periods. One of the oldest settlements was found south of TBD, where a group of archaeologists discovered the skull of a pony dating back to 1.3 million years proving the existence of ponies in the Crystal Empire since the Paleoithic. Archaeological studies by TBD near TBD around 30,000 years ago. Oth Archaeological studies suggest migrations from Equestria and the Severnaya region to the Crystal Empire around 1.3 mya.

Feudal Period
During 1200 AD, The fist City-states are formed.

Colinization
the Crystal Empire was first discovers by humans at 1587 by the Hegamonian explorer Sextus Marcellinus. The Hegamonians, confidednt in capturing the territories from the ponies in a few months. However the ponies defending the territory refued to surrender so easily and fought back for 4 years. The battles the Hegamonians in and around the territory that ony on January, 4, 1594 the territory fell itno Hegamonian Hands. Even after this, the ponies resisted Hegamonian control, so the TBD Hegamonian Colony Institution decided to burn all history books and made the Hegamonian language mandatory to learn.

The 5 Seperated years
See also: List of countries during the 5 seperated years

The Kingdom of the Crystal Ponies was one of the countries during the 5 seperated years.It was the second country to gain independance after the Equus Protectorite at December 5, 1735. Despite being called a Kingdom, it was an Anarchic state until June 13, 1781 when the first Crystal Faire was celebrated when the first monarch, Queen Amore was coranated.

The December Revolution
Main Article: The December Revolution