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          <rev contentformat="text/x-wiki" contentmodel="wikitext" xml:space="preserve">Arattan first arrived on the shores of Sammotad they set up a village on the coast. After several generations people started exploring further up the island (height wise) and in those very misty peaks discovered the {name here} (A species of huge birds). 

The people eventually began to worship these birds and the matriarch of the birds above all else (seeing her as a goddess). The coastal town was eventually left behind as they moved higher up to be closer to the birds.

Coming of age -

When the young reached the Age of 15 they were sent on a quest. This was a dangerous process that saw them climbing high into the mountains to the Matriarch's nesting grounds and returning with one of her feathers (she was a different colour to the others). The way was full of dangerous lands, rock falls, and animals that would happily feed upon them. Not all of the quest takers returned, some returned empty handed.

Those who returned with the feathers were held in high regard. In the early days they would have their skin painted to note their standing...after the Keepers began interacting with the Sammotad people they learned of tattooing and so tattoos would be given instead.

These people would become priests of sky riders, an elite group who learn to tame the children of the Matriarch and ride on their back in the skies above the island. Sky riding is very difficult so there is only a small group of these.

Those who bring a feather back often have it crafted into a necklace worn around their neck, some from their hips or wrists).

Those who fail are not shunned.. they become farmers or craftspeople (regular jobs in a sense).

Outsiders cannot take the quest, even the Keepers who are friendly with this culture are not permitted as such the true task involved is unknown as quest takers do not speak of it.


Food - where do they get it? Some still remain in coast, they fish and sometimes the bird folk trade with them?

Dress - Priests have feathered cloaks bird shaped masks. Owl like faces or longer beaks?

Destablization - Bridges broken/damaged, pillars everywhere. Minimal damage?</rev>
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          <rev contentformat="text/x-wiki" contentmodel="wikitext" xml:space="preserve">Using terms as BC and AD these need to be replaced with their counterparts when year 0 event has been established.

| 10,300 BC - Nomadic tribes moving to find food. fighting over resources.

| 10,200 BC - Few groups settle, begin cultivating land.

| 10,200 BC - [name] and [name] domesticated.

| 10,200 BC - 10,250 BC - Warring between tribes, farmlands raided etc

| 10,250 BC - Tribe [name] discovers ores copper/tin, learns to smelt.

| 10,250 BC - [Name here] uses new metal tools to wage final War of Tribes. unifies all tribes under one builds city state.

| 10,500 BC - Domestication of local animals [list 3 animals]

| 0

| 2006 AD - Fahets Written, first visit to Age.

| 2009 AD - Fahets Book rediscovered.

| 2011 AD - Destabliziation Event.



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* c. 3200 BC: [[Sumer]]ian [[cuneiform]] [[writing system]].&lt;ref&gt;[http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/vajda/ling201/test4materials/Writing2.htm The invention of writing; Western Washington University]&lt;/ref&gt;
*3200 BC: [[Cycladic civilization]] in Greece
*3200 BC: [[Norte Chico civilization]] begins in [[Peru]]
*3200 BC: Rise of [[Proto-Elamite]] Civilization in [[Iran]]
*3100 BC: [[Skara Brae]] [[Scotland]]
*3100 BC: [[First dynasty of Egypt]]
*c. 3000 BC: [[Egyptian calendar]]
* c. 3000 BC: [[Stonehenge]] construction begins. In its first version, it consisted of a circular ditch and bank, with 56 wooden posts.&lt;ref&gt;Caroline Alexander, &quot;Stonehenge,&quot; ''National Geographic'', June 2008.&lt;/ref&gt;
* c. 3000 BC: [[Cucuteni culture|Cucuteni-Trypillian culture]] in [[Romania]] and the [[Ukraine]]
*3000 BC: [[Jiroft civilization]] begins in [[Iran]]
*3000 BC: First known use of [[papyrus]] by [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptians]]
*2800 BC: [[Kot Diji]] phase of the [[Indus Valley Civilization]] begins
*2800 BC: [[Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors]] period in [[China]]
*2700 BC: [[Minoan Civilization]] ancient palace city Knossos reach 80,000 inhabitants
*2700 BC: Rise of [[Elam]] in Iran
*2700 BC: The [[Old Kingdom of Egypt|Old Kingdom]] begins in Egypt
*2600 BC: Oldest known surviving literature: [[Sumer]]ian texts from [[Abu Salabikh]], including the ''[[Instructions of Shuruppak]]'' and the ''[[Kesh temple hymn]]''.
*2600 BC: [[Mature Harappan]] phase of the Indus Valley civilization (in present-day [[Pakistan]] and [[India]]) begins
*2600 BC: Emergence of [[Maya civilization|Maya]] culture in the [[Yucatán Peninsula]]
*2560 BC: King Khufu completes the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]].
*2500 BC: The [[mammoth]] goes extinct.
*2200 -2100 BC: [[4.2 kiloyear event]]: a severe [[aridification]] phase, likely connected to a [[Bond event]], which was registered throughout most [[North Africa]], [[Middle East]] and continental [[North America]]. Related droughts very likely caused the collapse of the [[Old Kingdom]] in [[Egypt]] and of the [[Akkadian Empire]] in [[Mesopotamia]].
*2200 BC: completion of [[Stonehenge]].
*2070 BC: [[Yu the Great]] established the [[Xia Dynasty]] in [[China]]
*2000 BC: Believed birth year of [[Abraham]] in [[Ur of the Chaldeans]], [[Mesopotamia]], who is the father of [[Abrahamic Religions]] which as of the 21st Century AD are adhered to by more than 50% of humanity;&lt;ref&gt;http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html&lt;/ref&gt; [[Domestication of the horse]]
*1800 BC: [[Middle Bronze Age alphabets|alphabetic writing]] emerges
*1700 BC: Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the [[Cemetery H culture]]; The beginning of [[Poverty Point Civilization]] in [[North America]]
*1600 BC: [[Minoan civilization]] on [[Crete]] is destroyed by the [[Minoan eruption]] of [[Santorini]] island.
*1600 BC: [[Mycenaean Greece]]
*1600 BC: The beginning of [[Shang Dynasty]] in China, evidence of a fully developed [[Chinese writing system]]
*1600 BC: Beginning of [[Hittites|Hittite]] dominance of the Eastern [[Mediterranean]] region
*1500 BC: Composition of the [[Rigveda]] is completed
*1400-400 BC: [[Olmec]] civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian [[Mexico]], during Mesoamerica's [[Mesoamerican chronology|Formative]] period
*1496 BC: Traditional date for giving of the [[Ten Commandments]] to [[Moses]] at [[Mount Sinai]] ushering in [[monotheistic]] religion
*1200 BC: The [[Hallstatt culture]]
*1200-1150 BC: [[Bronze Age collapse]] in [[Southwestern Asia]] and in the [[Eastern Mediterranean]] region. This period is also the setting of the ''[[Iliad]]'' and the ''[[Odyssey]]'' epic poems (which were composed about four centuries later).
*c. 1180 BC: Disintegration of [[Hittite Empire]]
*1100 BC: Use of [[Iron]] spreads.
*1046 BC: The Zhou force (led by [[King Wu of Zhou]]) overthrow the last king of [[Shang Dynasty]]; [[Zhou Dynasty]] established in China
*1020 to 930 BC: The beginning of the [[Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)]] occurred sometime between these dates
*890 BC: Approximate date for the composition of the ''[[Iliad]]'' and the ''[[Odyssey]]''
*800 BC: Rise of [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] city-states
*776 BC: First recorded [[Olympic Games]]. 
*753 BC: Founding of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] (traditional date)
*745 BC: [[Tiglath-Pileser III]] becomes the new king of [[Assyria]]. With time he conquers neighboring countries and turns Assyria into an empire.
*728 BC: Rise of the [[Median Empire]].
*722 BC: [[Spring and Autumn Period]] begins in China; [[Zhou Dynasty]]'s power is diminishing; the era of the [[Hundred Schools of Thought]].
*700 BC: the construction of [[Marib Dam]] in [[Arabia Felix]].
*660 BC: purported date of the accession of [[Jimmu]], the mythical first [[Emperor of Japan]].
*653 BC: Rise of [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian Empire]].
*612 BC: An alliance between the Babylonians, Medes, and Scythians succeeds in destroying [[Nineveh]] and causing subsequent fall of the Assyrian empire.
*600 BC: Sixteen [[Mahajanapadas|Maha Janapadas]] (&quot;''Great Realms''&quot; or &quot;''Great Kingdoms''&quot;) emerge in India.
*600 BC: Evidence of writing system appear in [[Oaxaca]] used by the [[Zapotec civilization]].
*c. 600 BC: [[Pandyan kingdom]] in [[South India]].
*586 BC: Destruction of the [[First Temple]] in Jerusalem (Solomon's Temple) by the Babylonians.
*563 BC: [[Siddhartha Gautama]] (Buddha), founder of [[Buddhism]] is born as a prince of the [[Shakya|Shakya tribe]], which ruled parts of [[Magadha]], one of the Maha Janapadas.
*551 BC: [[Confucius]], founder of [[Confucianism]], is born.
*550 BC: Foundation of the [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian Empire]] by [[Cyrus the Great]].
*549 BC: [[Mahavira]], founder of [[Jainism]] is born.
*546 BC: Cyrus the Great overthrows [[Croesus]] King of Lydia.
*544 BC: Rise of [[Magadha]] as the dominant power under [[Bimbisara]].
*539 BC: The Fall of the [[Babylonian Empire]] and liberation of the [[Jews]] by [[Cyrus the Great]].
*529 BC: Death of [[Cyrus the Great|Cyrus]]
*525 BC: [[Cambyses II]] of [[Persia]] conquers [[Egypt]].
*c. 512 BC: [[Darius I]] (Darius the Great) of Persia, subjugates eastern [[Thrace]], [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|Macedonia]] submits voluntarily, and annexes [[Libya]], Persian Empire at largest extent.
*509 BC: Expulsion of the last [[List of Kings of Rome|King of Rome]], founding of [[Roman Republic]] (traditional date).
*508 BC: Democracy instituted at [[Athens]]
*c. 500 BC: completion  of [[Euclid]]'s ''Elements''
*500 BC: [[Pāṇini|Panini]] standardizes the [[grammar]] and [[morphology (linguistics)|morphology]] of [[Sanskrit]] in the text [[Ashtadhyayi]]. Panini's standardized Sanskrit is known as [[Classical Sanskrit]]
*500 BC: [[Pingala]] uses [[0 (number)|zero]] and [[binary numeral system]]
*499 BC: King Aristagoras of [[Miletus]] incites all of Hellenic Asia Minor to rebel against the Persian Empire, beginning the [[Greco-Persian Wars]].
*490 BC: Greek city-states defeat Persian invasion at [[Battle of Marathon]]
*483 BC: Death of [[Gautama Buddha]]
*480 BC: Persian invasion of Greece by [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes]]; Battles of [[Thermopylae]] and [[Battle of Salamis|Salamis]]
*479 BC: Death of Confucius
*475 BC: [[Warring States period]] begins in China as the [[Zhou dynasty|Zhou]] king became a mere figurehead; China is annexed by regional warlords
*470/469 BC: Birth of [[Socrates]]
*465 BC: Murder of [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes]]
*458 BC: ''[[The Oresteia]]'' by [[Aeschylus]], the only surviving [[trilogy]] of [[Theatre of Ancient Greece|ancient Greek plays]], is performed. 
*449 BC: The [[Greco-Persian Wars]] end.
*447 BC: Building of the [[Parthenon]] at Athens started
*432 BC: Construction of the Parthenon is completed
*431 BC: Beginning of the [[Peloponnesian war]] between the Greek city-states
*429 BC: [[Sophocles]]'s play ''[[Oedipus the King]]'' is first performed
*427 BC: Birth of [[Plato]]
*424 BC: [[Nanda dynasty]] comes to power.
*404 BC: End of the [[Peloponnesian War]]
*400 BC: [[Zapotec civilization|Zapotec]] culture flourishes around city of [[Monte Albán]]
*399 BC: [[Death of Socrates]]
*384 BC: Birth of [[Aristotle]]
*331 BC: [[Alexander the Great]] defeats [[Darius III of Persia]] in the [[Battle of Gaugamela]], completing his conquest of Persia.
*326 BC: Alexander the Great defeats Indian king [[King Porus|Porus]] in the [[Battle of the Hydaspes River]].
*323 BC: Death of Alexander the Great at [[Babylon]].
*321 BC: [[Chandragupta Maurya]] overthrows the Nanda Dynasty of [[Magadha]].
*305 BC: Chandragupta Maurya seizes the satrapies of Paropanisadai (Kabul), Aria (Herat), Arachosia (Qanadahar) and Gedrosia (Baluchistan)from [[Seleucus I Nicator]], the Macedonian [[satrap]] of [[Babylonia]], in return for 500 elephants.
*300 BC: Construction of the [[Great Pyramid of Cholula]], the world's largest pyramid by volume (the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]] built 2560 BC Egypt stands 146.5 meters, making it 91.5 meters taller), begins in [[Cholula, Puebla]], Mexico.
*273 BC: [[Ashoka the Great]] becomes the emperor of the [[Mauryan Empire]]
*261 BC: [[Kalinga war]]
*257 BC: [[An Dương Vương|Thục Dynasty]] takes over Việt Nam (then Kingdom of Âu Lạc)
*250 BC: Rise of [[Parthia]] (Ashkâniân), the second native dynasty of ancient Persia
*232 BC: Death of Emperor [[Ashoka the Great]]; Decline of the Mauryan Empire
*230 BC: Emergence of [[Satavahana]]s in [[South India]]
*221 BC: [[Qin Shi Huang]] unifies China, end of [[Warring States period]]; marking the beginning of Imperial rule in China which lasts until 1912. Construction of the [[Great Wall]] by the [[Qin Dynasty]] begins.
*207 BC: [[Nanyue|Kingdom of Nan Yueh]] extends from [[Guangzhou|Canton]] to North Việt Nam .
*206 BC: [[Han Dynasty]] established in China, after the death of [[Qin Shi Huang]]; China in this period officially becomes a [[Confucian]] state and opens trading connections with the West, i.e. the [[Silk Road]].
*202 BC: [[Scipio Africanus]] defeats [[Hannibal]] at [[Battle of Zama]].
*200 BC: El Mirador, largest early [[Maya civilization|Maya]] city, flourishes.
*200 BC: [[Paper]] is invented in [[China]].
*c. 200 BC: [[Chera dynasty]] in South India.
*185 BC: [[Shunga Empire]] founded.
*149-146 BC: [[Third Punic War]] between Rome and Carthage. War ends with the complete destruction of Carthage, allowing Rome to conquer modern day [[Tunisia]] and [[Libya]]. 
*146 BC: Roman conquest of Greece,'' see [[Roman Greece]]''
*129 BC: Roman conquest of Turkey.
*121 BC: Roman armies enter [[Gaul]] for the first time. 
*111 BC: [[First Chinese domination (History of Vietnam)|First Chinese domination]] of [[Vietnam|Việt Nam]] in the form of the Nanyue Kingdom.
*c. 100 BC: [[Chola dynasty]] rises in prominence.
*80 BC: The city of [[Florence]] is founded.
*49 BC: Roman Civil War between [[Julius Caesar]] and [[Pompey the Great]].
*44 BC: Julius Caesar murdered by [[Marcus Brutus]] and others; End of Roman Republic; beginning of [[Roman Empire]].
*40 BC: Roman conquest of [[Egypt]].
*27 BC: Formation of Roman Empire:  [[Octavius]] is given titles of Princeps and Augustus by Roman Senate - beginning of [[Pax Romana]]. Formation of influential [[Praetorian Guard]] to provide security to Emperor
*18 BC: [[Three Kingdoms of Korea|Three Kingdoms]] period begins in [[Korea]]. The [[Herod's Temple|temple of Jerusalem]] is reconstructed.
*6 BC: Earliest theorized date for birth of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]]. Roman succession:  [[Gaius Caesar]] and [[Lucius Caesar]] groomed for the throne.
*4 BC: Widely accepted date (Ussher) for birth of [[Jesus]] [[Christ]].
*9: [[Battle of the Teutoburg Forest]], the Imperial [[Roman Army]]'s bloodiest defeat.
*14: Death of [[Roman Emperor|Emperor]] [[Caesar Augustus|Augustus]] (Octavian), ascension of his adopted son [[Tiberius]] to the throne.
*26-34: [[Crucifixion of Jesus Christ]], exact date unknown.
*37: Death of Emperor [[Tiberius]], ascension of his nephew [[Caligula]] to the throne. 
*40: Rome conquers [[Morocco]].
*41: Emperor [[Caligula]] is assassinated by the Roman senate. His uncle [[Claudius]] succeeds him.
*43: [[Roman Empire|Rome]] enters [[Great Britain|Britain]] for the first time. 
*54: Emperor [[Claudius]] dies and is succeeded by his grand nephew [[Nero]].
*68: Emperor [[Nero]] commits suicide, prompting the [[Year of the four emperors]] in Rome.
*70: Destruction of [[Jerusalem]] by the armies of [[Titus]].
*79: Destruction of [[Pompeii]] by the volcano [[Vesuvius]].
*98: After a two-year rule, Emperor [[Nerva]] dies of natural causes, his adopted son Trajan succeeds him.
*106-117: Roman Empire at largest extent under [[Trajan|Emperor Trajan]] after having conquered modern-day [[Romania]], [[Iraq]] and [[Armenia]].
*117: Trajan dies of natural causes. His adopted son [[Hadrian]] succeeds him. Hadrian pulls out of Iraq and Armenia.
*126: Hadrian completes the [[Pantheon, Rome|Pantheon]] in Rome.
*138: Hadrian dies of natural causes. His adopted son [[Antoninus Pius]] succeeds him. 
*161: Death of [[Antoninus Pius]]. His rule was the only one in which Rome did not fight in a war. 
*192: [[Kingdom of Champa]] in [[Tay Nguyen|Central Việt Nam]].
*200s: The [[Buddhist]] [[Srivijaya]] Empire established in [[Maritime Southeast Asia]].
*220: [[Three Kingdoms]] period begins in China after the fall of [[Han Dynasty]].
*226: Fall of the Parthian Empire and Rise of the [[Sassanian Empire]].
*238: Defeat of [[Gordian III]] (238–244), [[Philip the Arab]] (244–249), and [[Valerian (emperor)|Valerian]] (253–260), by [[Shapur I]] of Persia, (Valerian was captured by the Persians).
*280: [[Emperor Wu of Jìn|Emperor Wu]] established [[Jin Dynasty (265–420)|Jin Dynasty]] providing a temporary unity of China after the devastating [[Three Kingdoms]] period.
*285: [[Diocletian]] becomes emperor of Rome and splits the Roman Empire into [[Eastern Roman Empire|Eastern]] and [[Western Roman Empire|Western]] Empires.
*285: [[Diocletian]] begins a large-scale persecution of [[Christians]]. 
*292: The capital of the Roman empire is officially moved from Rome to Mediolanum (modern day [[Milan]]).
*301: Diocletian's edict on prices 
*313: [[Edict of Milan]] declared that the Roman Empire would tolerate all forms of religious worship.
*325: [[Constantine I]] organizes the [[First Council of Nicaea]].
*330: [[Constantinople]] is officially named and becomes the capital of the eastern Roman Empire.
*335: [[Samudragupta]] becomes the emperor of the [[Gupta empire]].
*337: Emperor [[Constantine I]] dies, leaving his sons [[Constantius II]], [[Constans I]], and [[Constantine II (emperor)|Constantine II]] as the emperors of the Roman empire.
*350: [[Constantius II]] is left sole emperor with the death of his two brothers.
*354: Birth of [[Augustine of Hippo]]
*361: [[Constantius II]] dies, his cousin [[Julian (emperor)|Julian]] succeeds him.
*378: [[Battle of Adrianople]], Roman army is defeated by the [[Germanic tribes]].
*380: [[Roman Emperor]] [[Theodosius I]] declares the Arian faith of Christianity heretical. 
*395: [[Theodosius I]] outlaws all religions other than Catholic Christianity.
*406: Romans are expelled from Britain.
*407-409: [[Visigoths]] and other Germanic tribes cross into Roman-[[Gaul]] for the first time.
*410: [[Visigoths]] [[Sack of Rome (410)|sacks Rome]] for the first time since 390 BC.
*415: Germanic tribes enter Spain.
*429: [[Vandals]] enter [[North Africa]] from Spain for the first time
*439: [[Vandals]] have conquered the land stretching from [[Morocco]] to [[Tunisia]] by this time.
*455: Vandals sack Rome, capture Sicily and Sardinia. 
*c. 455: [[Skandagupta]] repels an [[Indo-Hephthalite]] attack on [[India]].
*476: [[Romulus Augustus]], last [[Western Roman Emperor]] is forced to abdicate by [[Odoacer]], a chieftain of the [[Germanic tribes|Germanic]] [[Heruli]]; Odoacer returns the imperial regalia to [[Eastern Roman Emperor]] [[Zeno (emperor)|Zeno]] in [[Constantinople]] in return for the title of ''dux'' of [[Italy]]; most frequently cited date for the end of ancient history.</rev>
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