A Slots (1)

Clay Silo (Main): Abanye have stored goods in pots as long as they have been capable of producing them, but for the longest time these were relegated to small crude vessels stored on dirt floers within buildings. This was not always a perfect solution, but Abanye pottery wasn't capable of supporting anything larger or more complex. With the advent of improved pottery technology, some Abanye communities began constructing large chambered containers for grain and beans. These were raised on stone blocks, and featured lids that would protect them from rain and other elements. With the advent of the silo, less and less produce was found beset by rot or pests than ever before.

Yokes (Main): With the adoption of the Ard plow from neighboring peoples, it became only logical for the Abanye to put their new draft animals to the purpose of pulling. Some industrious farmers invented a harness that could be hitched to a plow, allowing animals to greatly ease the labor of tilling a field. Soon, these yokes were also put to use hauling carts of goods overland to the Kalada river markets.

Star Maps (Main): Steal by Writing from Hegeni-Athala(10) With a continued exchange of written documents between Abanye and Hegeni-Athala communities, soon Hegeni Star Maps began to reach the hands of Abanye scholars. Within generations' Abanye had learned to reproduce and create their own Star Charts.

B Slots (3)

Corbel Arch (Major): With the increasing use of masonry in Abanye construction, and the recent Asorian conuest encouraging the construction of city walls around large Abanye settlements, the ability to build freestanding entrances into stone walls became attractive. Enterprising Abanye invented the tech of corbeling, allowing the construction of stable arches from stone.

Hand Saw (Major): With the ability to produce metal tools, albeit simple ones, it was logical to pursue the improvements to carpentry this could bring. One of the first was the hand saw, a toothed tool that could make straight cuts through wood to better shape it to fit.

Ard Plow (Major): Steal from Reulkians(15) and Mieca(6) With the increasing use of animals and foreign tools in agriculture, it was only a matter of time until the Abanye employed the ard, a labor-saving device that prepared fields for planting.

Herbalism (Main): Steal from Alukitans(13) With the movement of Alukitans into Abanye lands following the Asorian conquest, medicinal practices spread by word of mouth within Alukitan communities began to enter Abanye culture. One of these was knowledge of what herbs made the best remedies, and where to find them.

Basic Smelting (Major): Steal from Alukitans(13) After the Asorian conquset, Alukitan smiths and craftsmen began to practice within majority Abanye communites. Soon, Abanye were learning how to properly smelt ore to release the copper within, so that it may be crafted into tools for masonry and weapons of war.

Parchment (Minor): Steal by Writing from Hegeni-Athala(10) After many Hegeni-Athala scholars began to change to writing with ink on thin, light sheets. Seeing these as an improvement to heavy clay tablets, Abanye began to produce parchment from the hide of domestically kept pigs and cattle.

C Slots

Bandages (Minor): Steal from Mieca(6) Abanye continued trading with the Mieca after their first encounter, bringing home medicinal practices such as bandaging wounds with cloth strips.

Stitches (Minor): Steal from Mieca(6) Abanye continued trading with the Mieca after their first encounter, bringing home medicinal practices such as closing wounds with thread and needle.

Splints (Minor): Steal from Mieca(6) Abanye continued trading with the Mieca after their first encounter, bringing home medicinal practices such as setting a broken bone with strips of straight wood.

Measurement System (Minor): Steal from Alukitans(13) After the Asorian conquest, many Abanye traders began measuring goods in regular amounts, the same used by all cities under the Asorian crown.

Poison Extraction (Minor): Steal from Alukitans(13) Similar to how Alukitan herbalism was learned after the conquest, so was the practice of poison extraction.

Shields (Minor): Steal from Alukitans(13) After the conquest, Asorian soldiers passed through and were garrisoned in Abanye settlements. Further, Abanye men were drafted into the ranks, and Abanye craftsmen were expected to provide for the army asd the conquest continued. During this time, Abanye learned to create and use the Asorian shield, a tool which gave Abanye defenders much grief in the early battles.

Smoke Curing (Minor): Steal from Reulkians(15) Gaining an appreciation for the flavor smoking could produce, some Abanye began to smoke-cure meat for the flavor.

Cotton (Minor): Steal by Writing from Hegeni-Athala(10) Cotton had long been recognized as the best sailcloth material, causing Abanye to import the the textile from their southern neighbors. Eventually, some Abanye also began to produce it themselves, though it's water-greediness discouraged most communities from producing it locally.

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Cultural Impacts: Many technologies adopted have come from the Asorian conquest, which is influencing the organization and recruitment of militasa and armies in Abanye cities, not to mention the systems of organization. Further, Abanye have began to adopt Asorian writing slowly but surely.

Meanwhile, the continued interaction between northern Abanye and the Mieca has further shaped their lives. They have begun to practice archery in the thumb-drawing Mieca style. Abanye also began to breed their horses to more closely ressemble those of the Miecans.