Despite pony nations’ present proeminence in world politics, that wasn’t always the case. Some of the earliest civilizations were founded by donkeys, with the first being located in present-day Miyānrudān, followed by the Kemetic civilization in Agiptus. After a initial city-state period cenetred on the southern region of Šumer, once that region declined, the area was mostly dominated by the queendoms of Babel and Aššurayu, with their periods of proeminence mostly alternating. Babel had been experiencing a period of resurgence under the Kaldi dynasty when it was conquered by Equestria under Kuruš the Great and the region never recovered its independence again. While donkeys still are a majority in the area to this day, their percentage of the population diminished from classical times, mostly due to the seven centuries of intermittent warfare between Equestria and Hrom.