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A Secret History

The major events of the world, but that aren't known by the general public.

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Before the Common Era

Before the year traditionally given as the birth of Jesus Christ.

  • -13770000000 BCE

    The Big Bang
    Celestial / Cosmic

  • Approx. 25,000 BCE
    The Eden Experiment
    Era beginning/end

    To answer a challenge by Lucifer, two supposedly perfect humans, Adam and Lilith, are created in a supposedly perfect environment, Eden. The results are inconclusive at best and half of the studied population had to be replaced as Lilith left and Eve was created in her stead.

    divine infernal
    Location
    Eden
    More reading
    Eden Experiment
  • Approx. 20,000 BCE
    The Original Fall
    Revolution

    One third of The Host alledgedly rose up in rebellion against God. They lost the battle and were thrown from Keter to Inferno where they became the first demons and formed the Descending Hierarchy.

  • Approximately 15,000 BCE
    Demons are set free
    Metaphysical / Paranormal event

    Lilith breaks the seals to Inferno. She is rewarded by Lucifer with a position of great power within the Descending Hierarchy.

    infernal
    Location
    Inferno
    More reading
    Demon
  • -11000 BCE

    -8000 BCE

    End of the lastest great glacial period
    Geological / environmental event

  • -9400 BCE

    City of Jericho is founded
    Founding

  • -9000 BCE

    Earliest known arcane practice
    Metaphysical / Paranormal event

  • -6000 BCE

    Earliest proto-writing
    Discovery, Scientific

  • -3700 BCE

    Minoan culture forms
    Cultural event

  • -3600 BCE

    First mummifications in Egypt
    Religious event

  • -3500 BCE

    First Indus script
    Discovery, Scientific

    Still undeciphered by most modern humans.

  • -3500 BCE

    Chakra-a-mara
    Life, Organisation Association

    Some powerful mages in Egypt make a deal with Osiris to reanimate the dead in an attempt at eternal life.
  • -3200 BCE

    Writing is developed in Sumer and Egypt
    Discovery, Scientific

  • -3200 BCE

    Norte Chico culture formes in modern day Peru
    Cultural event

  • -3150 BCE

    First dynasty of Egypt
    Political event

  • -3100 BCE

    First use of papyrus
    Technological achievement

  • -3000 BCE

    Construction of the first Stonehenge
    Construction beginning/end

  • -2800 BCE

    Kot Dji culture rises in the Indus valley
    Cultural event

  • -2700 BCE

    Longshan culture rises in China
    Cultural event

  • -2700 BCE

    Old kingdom of Egypt
    Political event

  • -2600 BCE

    Maya culture rises on the Yucatán penninsula
    Cultural event

  • -2600 BCE

    Indus valley civiliztion is fully mature
    Cultural event

  • -2560 BCE

    Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza
    Construction beginning/end

  • -2500 BCE

    Mammoth goes extinct
    Extinction

  • -2334 BCE

    Akkadian empire is founded
    Founding

  • -2250 BCE

    Fist depiction of the Staff God in the Andes
    Religious event

    Later identified as the Inca god Viracocha.
  • -2150 BCE

    Epic of Gilgamesh
    Artistic creation

  • -1780 BCE

    Oldest record of the Hamurabi Code
    Political event

  • -1700 BCE

    The major Indus valley civilization comes to and end
    Cultural event

    Trade and much-advanced life break down. The remaining civilization returns to a simpler life and the IVC language is lost.

  • -1600 BCE

    Mycenean culture takes over in Greece
    Cultural event

  • -1600 BCE

    Minoan settlements destroyed by major volcanic eruption on Crete
    Disaster / Destruction

  • -1550 BCE

    New Kingdm of Egypt
    Founding

  • -1500 BCE

    Completion of the Rig Veda
    Religious event

    The collection of the Vedic texts is completed.

  • -1400 BCE

    First songs with preserved notation
    Artistic creation

    The Hurrian Songs are inscribed on clay tablets in what is now northern Syria.

  • -1400 BCE

    The Olmec civilisation is established
    Cultural event

    The Olmec civilisation forms in modern-day Mexico and influences the area for the next thousand years.

  • -1200 BCE

    -1150 BCE

    Collapse of the Bronze Age civilisations
    Disaster / Destruction

    Due to sudden lack of materials, all of the Mediterranean and near-east civilizations end up in a negative spiral as bronze is no longer a viable option for many tools and weapons.

  • -1146 BCE

    Zhou defeats the Shang dynasty in China
    Military action

  • -1000 BCE

    Nok culture forms
    Cultural event

    Nok culture forms in modern-day Nigeria.

  • -890 BCE

    Approximate codification of the Illiad and Oddesey

  • -814 BCE

    Foundation of Carthage
    Founding

    Phonecians found the city of Carthage in modern-day Tunisia.

  • -800 BCE

    Rise of the Greek city states
    Founding

  • -785 BCE

    Rise of the Kingdom of Kush
    Founding

    The kingdom is established in what is modern-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan.

  • -776 BCE

    First Olympic Game
    Sporting Event / Competition

  • -753 BCE

    Founding of Rome
    Founding

  • -745 BCE

    Assyria becomes an Empire
    Founding

    Tiglath-Pileser III becomes king of Assyria and will conquer a lot of the surrounding areas.

  • -720 BCE

    Construction of the Marib Dam
    Construction beginning/end

    An enormous dam is built in Arabica Felix, modern-day Yemen.

    More reading
    Marib Dam
  • -650 BCE

    -550 BCE

    Rise of the Uruwe
    Cultural event

    The Urewe culture with its traditions and smelting techniques rises to prominence in the great lakes region of Africa.

  • -635 BCE

    Rise of the Persian Empire
    Founding

    The Persian Empire gains strength after establishing itself outside of the fallen neo-Assyrian empire.

  • -626 BCE

    Rise of the Chaldean Empire
    Founding

    Nebuchadnezzar is crowned king of Babylon, starting the rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

  • -612 BCE

    Fall of Nineveh
    Military action

    Babylon, Medes, and Scythians join forces to destroy the city of Ninaveh, and with it the Assyrian Empire.

  • -600 BCE

    Pandyan Kingdom
    Founding

    The Pandayan kingdom is founded in modern-day southern India and is the basis for the important bloodline of the same name.

  • -563 BCE

    Birth of Siddhartha Gautama
    Religious event

    The founder of Buddhism is born as a prince in one of the many small kingdoms in northern India.

  • -550 BCE

    Birth of Confucious
    Life, Birth

  • -549 BCE

    Mahavira is born
    Religious event

    Mahavira is born and will later lay the foundation of Jain Dharma.

  • -539 BCE

    Fall of the Chaldean Empire
    Military action

    Cyrus the Great, king of the Persian/Achaemenid Empire conquers Babylon, freeing the Jews in the process.

  • -525 BCE

    Persia conquers Egypt
    Military action

  • -512 BCE

    Persia at its largest
    Founding

    Thrace is conquered, Macedonia submits and hands over Lybia as a gift.

  • -509 BCE

    Rome becomes a Republic
    Political event

    Rome's last king is ousted and the republic is established.

  • -508 BCE

    Athens institutes Democracy
    Political event

    Everyone has a say! If they're a man. Who owns property. And is part of an established family. Everyone!

  • -501 BCE

    Atlantis is founded
    Founding

    Atlantis
    Location
    Atlantis
  • -490 BCE

    -449 BCE

    Greeco-Pertian War
    Military action

    Starting with several city-states rising up, rallied by states in what is now Turkey.

  • -490 BCE

    Battle of Marathon
    Military action

  • -475 BCE

    -221 BCE

    Warring States period
    Era beginning/end

    The various states of what will become China is in an almost constant state of conflict or change.

  • -394 BCE

    Atlantis sinks
    Disaster / Destruction

    Atlantis disaster
    Location
    Atlantis

Common Era

After the traditional time given for the birth of Jesus Christ.

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