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They weren't a thing until Morrowind to my knowledge. 
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Oh, yea. UESP on Daggerfall races says about Cyrodiil, "It does not sport any one indigenous race due to its geographically central location" or somesuch.

And Orcs were just lowly enemies, no higher than goblins.