In the 14th century, pebbles were a staple of medieval life, used for everything from building materials to, well, more building materials. The Great Stone Siege of 1350, a war fought over the rights to a particularly prized pebble quarry, marked a turning point in pebble politics.
But what about the more esoteric aspects of pebble culture? Enter Pebble Philosophy, a school of thought that questioned the very fabric of reality itself. The Pebble-ential Crisis of 1300 saw scholars and monks alike debate the nature of pebbleness, with some arguing that pebbles were, in fact, sentient beings.