D'ni - Earth Timeline
Note: New Mexico chronology bolded
D'ni Events
Earth Events*
54000-60000
BCE
c. 25000
BCE
c. 120009000 BCE
c. 115008000 BCE
c. 113008000 BCE
Capulin Mountain
erupted, part of the
last stage of a great
period of volcanism
that began 9 million
years earlier.
Sandia people leave
earliest evidence of
human existence in
what is now New
Mexico.
Clovis hunters roam
area in search of
mammoth, bison and
other game.
Paleo Indian Culture Highly mobile, little
revisitation, low
population density,
high quality rock
tools. Technology of
fluted points, rare
ground stone in
Ventana Cave,
Arizona, Lehner
Ranch in South
Arizona an important
site, extinct
mammals and Clovis
points.
Folsom people
flourish throughout
Southwest at the end
of the last Ice Age.
c. 10000 BCE
1) Dog domesticated
(Middle East) (2)
Farming first developed
in Fertile Crescent;
Intensive flock
management in Zagros
Mountains
c. 10000-500
BCE
Cochise people are
first inhabitants to
cultivate corn,
squash and beans,
the earliest evidence
of agriculture in the
Southwest.
c. 8350 BCE
Earliest known walled
city at Jericho
c. 8000-1800
BCE
Archaic Period More regionalism of
cultures with diverse
projectile point
traditions, sidenotched, cornernotched, and barbed
points. Technology
includes digging
sticks, srrated stone,
ground stones,
manos and metates,
storage baskets.
Residential and
logistical mobility.
Tome and space
scheduling requires
intense knowledge of
landscape. Early
domestication of
plants. Slow change
to living year around
in one place.
c. 8000 BCE
(1) Potatoes and beans
cultivated in South
America (2) Earliest
permanent farming
villages in Fertile
Crescent
c. 7998 BCE
Ice Age Hopi Legend:
End of the 2nd world,
they stayed under
the earth with the
"Ant People." The
Hopi origin myth
states their nuclear
home is called
"Kiva." Hopi Legend:
Ant People's great
Kiva provided
sanctuary during the
first world destroyed
by fire and second
world by ice
(glaciers).
207 BE
Ri'neref born on Garternay
7864 BCE
117 BE
Ri'Neref (90) becomes a Guild
Master in the Garternay Writer's
Guild.
7774 BCE
73 BE
Ri'neref dismissed from the
Guild of Writers for refusing the
order from his Grand Master to
write an Age which violated his
moral principles
7674 BCE
*Ri'neref began working on the
Book of D'ni after his dismissal
from the Guild of Writers.
59 BE*
Circa 59 BE the fact that
Garternay was dying was
confirmed and the information
made public
7716 BCE
0 DE
The D'ni people start their
calendar with a zero year
7657 BCE
Great Zero monument built on
Ae'gura
c. 7500 BCE
First manufacture of
textiles in the Middle
East using flax
c. 7000 BCE
Goats, sheep, and pigs
domesticated (Middle
East)
1 DE*
Ri'neref became the first King of
D'ni at the age of 207
6756 BCE
8 DE*
Guild of Writer's buildings
completed. (8th year after
coming to D'ni)
7649.9.27
BCE
48 DE
Construction began on a temple
to Yahvo
7609 BCE
63 DE
Temple to Yahvo, known as the
Regeltovokum, completed
7594 BCE
84 DE
Construction and installation of
massive shafts and fans for air
circulation in D'ni was begun
7573 BCE
100 DE
The first 18 Major Guilds of D'ni
were dedicated to Yahvo on
The
Day of the Circle
7556.4.8 BCE
114 DE
Construction and installed of
massive air circulation system
completed
7543 BCE
Numerous records point to a
small group of D'ni disappearing
after the completion of the air
circulation system. It was
assumed that they remained
upon the surface of Earth
120 DE
King Ri'neref died at age 327
7537 BCE
Ailesh became 2nd King at age
170
233 DE
Common Library finished during
reign of King Ailesh
7424.5.7 BCE
300 DE
King Ailesh died at age 350
7357 BCE
Shomat became 3rd King at age
44
347 DE
King Shomat's palace was
completed
7310 BCE
387 DE
Both of King Shomat's brothers
disappeared. It was commonly
presumed that Shomat brought
about their deaths
7270 BCE
400 DE
A prophetess was chosen to
assist King Shomat. The
choosing of prophetesses as
guides for the Kings began with
Shomat and became a tradition
for all the remaining Kings of
D'ni
7257 BCE
555 DE*
King Shomat died at age 299
7102 BCE
Coronation of King Ja'kreen
558 DE
Design of the duplicate of the
Arch of Kings
7099 BCE
600 DE
Construction began on the
duplicate of the Arch of Kings
(Ja'kreen Monument Book)
7057 BCE
625 DE
A duplicate of the Garternay
Arch of Kings was completed in
D'ni. Thereafter every king
began his reign by sailing under
the Arch (DRC site; Ja'kreen
7032 BCE
Monument Book)
643 DE
Temple of the Great King
completed. The temple was also
meant to fulfill prophesy. The
gold throne from the Temple of
Yavho is moved here.
7014 BCE
775 DE
Much private construction on
Ae'gura, including the J'Taeri
district.
6882 BCE
812 DE
Coronation of King Veesha
6845 BCE
6793 BCE
997 DE
Mararon became 6th King at
age 73
6660 BCE
1124 DE
King Mararon restructured the
Common Schools, and
instituted the first of the minor
guilds.
6533 BCE
Beginning of major revisions to
educational system under King
Mararon. Common Schools
placed under Guild of
Legislators. Years of education
increased from 6 to 15 years,
after which students could enter
one of the newly-established
Minor Guilds (Architects,
Miners, Educators, Bankers,
etc.)
1159 DE
King Mararon died at age 235
6498 BCE
Coronation of King Koreen
1303 DE
Religious sect "Judges of
Yahvo" (the RegolantantEok)
steals Books and Ink to write
illegal Ages
6354 BCE
1320 DE
Judges write Pento Age and
gain control of the inhabitants,
forming them into an army
6337 BCE
1323 DE
First Arrival of the Great King.
Beginning of the Pento War.
Judges and Pento warriors
attack Palace. King Koreen
sends pregnant wife into hiding
6334.9.30
BCE
Ice Age had ended
and climatic patterns
were established.
(Hopi Legend 3rd
World begins)
in private Age. Son Ahlsendar
(the Great King) is rumored to
have been born as she sailed
under the King's Arch during her
flight.
1352 DE
King Koreen assassinated.
Ahlsendar takes advantage of
civil strife among the Pento to
return to D'ni, fulfilling the
prophesies of the Great King.
6305 BCE
Ahlsendar became 8th King at
age 29*
1376 DE
End of Pento War. Coronation
of King Ahlsendar.
6281 BCE
c. 6200 BC
1466 DE
Ahlsendar's family killed by
Pento leader Mekarr. Ahlsendar
destroys Pento Age with bioweapon plague. Plague is
carried to other Ages by sick
Pento
6191 BCE
1501 DE
Ahlsendar sealed into Temple of
the Great King with all infected
Books and all Books linking the
D'ni to their past. Coronation of
King Solath.
6156 BCE
1502 DE
Temple of the Great King
renamed as Tomb of the Great
King.
6155 BCE
The Sealing of the Great
Temple
1520 DE
Prophetess Nemiya (former
advisor to the Great King) writes
the Book of Nemiya, calling the
Great King a "fraud and
imposter", criticizing his
genocide, and sending the
culture into religious upheaval.
6137 BCE
1650 DE
Civic district of Karim, with
concert hall and opera house,
completed. Helps re-unify D'ni
and divert attention from
religious arguments. Planning
began in 1604 DE and
construction in 1610 DE.
6007 BCE
Copper smelting in Asia
Minor
c. 6000 BC
1779 DE
Coronation of King Me'erta
5878 BCE
1817 DE
Me'Erta suggested that the line
of the Great Zero was
inaccurate
5840 BCE
Irrigation in Zagros
Mountains (1) Cat
domesticated
(Northeast Africa) (2)
Cattle domesticated
(Turkey)
Through 1902 DE, cult temples
sanctioned and encouraged by
King Me'erta are built along a
proposed new line for the Great
Zero. Temples of the Tree
(1843), Water (1876) and
Sacred Stone (1902) are built.
Few adherents of the Temple of
Yahvo remain.
1975 DE
Me'erta attempts to change the
Writer's Guild Oath written by
Ailesh at the urging of his
mother, Jolatha. Grand Master
Writer Tremal refuses and is
assassinated. Writer's Guild
closes ranks and refuses to
change Oath.
5682 BCE
1999 DE
Seal of the Tomb of the Great
King secretly broken by request
of Jolatha. Jolatha sickens and
dies after taking many Books
from the Tomb to the Temple of
the Tree. Me'erta re-closes the
Tomb and strengthens the
seals.
5658 BCE
2015 DE
Coronation of King Gan.
Evolved version of Ahlsendar's
Plague, released from the Tomb
when the seals were broken,
strikes D'ni. Many are killed, and
fertility rates are cut in half.
Search for cure occupies reigns
of Gan and the two following
kings.
5642 BCE
2070 DE
Coronation of King Behnashiren
5587 BCE
c. 5500 BCE
2193 DE
Coronation of King Hemelin
5464 BCE
Cotton cultivated in
India
2257 DE
Lost Book of Birenni found,
leading to cure for plague,
which
is declared ended in 2262 DE.
5400 BCE
2350 DE
Minor Guild of Miners
encouraged by King Hemelin to
improve methods and
technologies.
5307 BCE
2356 DE
Naygen became 14th King at
age 86
5301 BCE
2397 DE
Start of "D'ni Renaissance" of
the arts, encouraged by King
Naygen, who also encouraged
search for "truths" leading to an
increase in religious confusion.
Very popular play on Pento War
by playwright Sirreh is hosted
by Eamis Theater Company,
raising the importance of theater
in the popular culture.
5260 BCE
2408 DE
The musician Airem became
renowned, selling out concert
halls. His work sometimes
ridiculed the Great King.
5249 BCE
c. 5200 BCE
2488 DE
First successful extrusion tests
carried out by Guild of Miners
5169 BCE
King Naygen made the Guild of
Minors a major guild, replacing
the Guild of Fine Artists. The
Guild of Fine Artists became the
Minor Guilds of Sculptors,
Artists, Actors, and Musicians
2500 DE
Peak of religious confusion, with
about 2500 registered sects.
5157 BCE
2502 DE
Construction began on a new
Council Chamber for the Guilds.
As King Naygen had proposed,
it was built over the top of the
tomb of the Great King, which
then became barely visible
5155 BCE
2533 DE
King Naygen died at age 263
5124 BCE
Coronation of King Hinash
Chickens domesticated
(China)
2535 DE
A play written by Sirreh about
King Naygen entitled "Our Great
King" was first performed by the
Minor Guild of Actors
5122 BCE
2580 DE
New Miner's Guild facility
completed using new extrusion
technology. First use of this
technology for building.
5077 BCE
c. 5000 BCE
2709 DE
Five years after the death of his
first wife, King Hinash marries a
non-D'ni woman. The culture
takes a more relaxed attitude
towards "outsiders", and
increases imports of outside
materials, art and culture.
4948 BCE
2779 DE
Coronation of King Needrah
4878 BCE
2807 DE
Monument to discovery of the
Book of Birenni designed by
great sculptor Lahkeer,
commissioned by his friend,
King Needrah. Beginning of
expansion boom in D'ni. Four
new districts begun during
Needrah's reign: Jaren
(residential), Kaleh (elite), Kali
(business), and Nehw'eril
(industrial).
4850 BCE
2840 DE
The painter Fahlee was born.
(DRC)
4817 BCE
2916 DE
Mechanist's Guild develops
"industrial extrusion", leading to
improved construction methods,
such as "uni-structural"
buildings in which stone was
joined almost seamlessly.
4741 BCE
3000 DE
Coronation of King Rakeri. Birth
of Tevahr, who became a
devoted follower of the Great
King's teachings and a strong
popular leader.
4657 BCE
Irrigation spreads to
Mesopotamia
3077 DE
Tevahr denounces religious
sects and encourages return to
faith in Yahvo. The covering of
the Tomb of the Great King by
government structures is
criticized.
4580 BCE
3081 DE
King Rakeri is converted from
an opponent of Tevahr's ideas
to a follower, selecting Tevahr
as his main prophet.
4576 BCE
3092 DE
Development of handheldextruder technology.
4565 BCE
3100 DE
Number of religious sects has
fallen to only 47, from a peak of
2500. Only 10 are significant.
The culture returns to the beliefs
of Ri'neref and the Great King.
Beginning of much renovation of
poor, deteriorating districts, and
construction of a new theater
company and concert hall in the
poor Belari district.
4557 BCE
3112 DE
Rakeri proclaims that the
original line of the Great Zero
(unofficially changed by Me'erta)
is accurate and should be
honored. Grand renovation of
the Great Temple begun, using
handheld-extruder technology.
Fahlee, greatest artist of the
D'ni Renaissance, selected to
paint the inside of the Great
Temple.
4545 BCE
3123 DE
Great Temple renovations
complete. Beginning of great
period of expansion inside and
outside the cavern, and great
developments in mining
technology.
4534 BCE
c. 4500 BCE
The painter Fahlee died. (DRC)
3218 DE
Five days of national sadness
ordered to mark the death of
Tevahr.
4439 BCE
Sail, plow, and potter's
wheel invented in
Mesopotamia
3219 DE
Coronation of King Tejara
4438 BCE
3271 DE
Major renovations to Palace.
4386 BCE
3279 DE
The King's Age presented to
King Tejara by the Writer's
Guild.
4378 BCE
c. 4300 BCE
3422 DE
Coronation of King Ti'amel
4235 BCE
3469 DE
Construction of the first great
tunneling machine, Stone Eater,
spearheaded by Grand Master
Miner Namen.
4188 BCE
3500 DE
Women made eligible for Minor
Guild education.
4157 BCE
3523 DE
Shama, wife of King Ti'amel,
successfully convinces Council
not to allow women in the Major
Guilds.
4134 BCE
3646 DE
The First Day of Dancing
4011.9.5 BCE
3654 DE
Coronation of King Kedri
4003 BCE
4000 BCE
3702 DE
King Kedri established district of
Shamathen (later changed to
Kerath’en) on Ae'gura to make
the Island affordable for some of
the lower classes. Additional
events in Kedri's reign include
the donation of the King's Age,
written for Tejara, to the
Common Library, and many
major renovations, including the
Great Temple, Opera House,
and Belari district.
3903 DE
Coronation of King Lemashal
3961 DE
Minor Guild of Illusionists
established. The Relyimah
("The Unseen") established as a
secret intelligence agency,
using the Illusionist's Guild as a
cover.
Megalithic tombs in
Western Europe c.
4300-3100; Spread of
cities in Mesopotamia
Horse domesticated
(Eurasian steppe)
3955 BCE
c. 3800 BCE
3754 BCE
3696 BCE
Bronze in Mesopotamia
c. 3650 BCE
4030 DE
Council passes a law requiring
kings to be of pure D'ni blood,
as a response to the non-D'ni
heritage of King Lemashal's
sons.
3627 BCE
4083 DE
Coronation of King Ishek
3574 BCE
4103 DE
King Ishek's wife kidnapped by
natives of the Age of Yimas,
who demanded Ages be written
for them to rule. Situation was
set up by a D'ni sect (either the
Blood of Yahvo or the Light of
D'ni) to discredit Ishek's talk of
equality between D'ni and
outsiders. Plot was uncovered
by the Relyimah. New, stricter
rules passed governing contact
with outside cultures.
3554 BCE
Wheeled vehicles in
Mesopotamia
c. 3500 BCE
Pottery in South
America. Permanent
fishing villages in South
America.
3441 BCE
Evidence of early
domestication of
plants Mogollon
Desert in SW New
Mexico (Bat Cave).
c. 3400 BCE
Earliest hieroglyphics in
Egypt.
4291 DE
Coronation of King
Loshemanesh
3366 BCE
4305 DE
Law establishing solitary life
imprisonment on a prison Age
as punishment for creating or
trading illicit Ages.
3352 BCE
4307 DE
Law establishing permanent
imprisonment as the
punishment for any D'ni who
coerced an outsider to commit a
crime.
3350 BCE
4334 DE
Mining Age of Trases severely
damaged by a native operating
D'ni machinery incorrectly. Child
rumored to have been born in
mid-link by a D'ni woman who
was evacuating from the
disaster. Incident inspired
further demands to cut off all
contact with outside cultures.
3323 BCE
4438 DE
King Loshemanesh
assassinated by the same
isolationist sect that had
arranged the kidnapping of his
mother in 4103. Coronation of
King Ji.
3219 BCE
4500 DE
Words is written by The
Watcher -- the child born during
the evacuation of Trases,
rumored to have special gifts to
see beyond time. "Words"
describes his visions of the
future of D'ni. A proposal
allowing a non-Guild, private
educational system (introduced
by Master Legislator Kinef)
passes the Council, but is never
really accepted by the culture.
3157 BCE
4606 DE
The Watcher is reported dead,
though there were continuing
rumors of people having seen
and spoken to him afterward.
3051 BCE
3150 BCE
3000 BCE
2993 BCE
4692 DE
Demath became the 25th King
at age 154. During his reign,
many new restrictions are
placed on interactions with
outsiders. Outsiders forbidden
to operate D'ni machinery or
use Books. Relyimah
membership doubled to watch
for signs of illegal activities with
outsiders.
2965 BCE
4721 DE
King Demath passed an
amendment that forced the
Major Guilds to accept a
percentage of students who
passed all entrance exams but
could not afford the steep prices
for guild education
2936 BCE
Unification of Egypt
under King Menes
Sumerians develop
Cuneiform writing.
Potatoes, alpacas, and
llamas domesticated
(Andes Mountains).
Corn, squash and
other crops
introduced from
civilizations in
Mesoamerica.
(Southern Mexico
and Central America)
4724 DE
Over ten groups convicted of
violating the "Loshemanesh
Laws", due to the activities of
the Relyimah. The crime rate
steadily drops thereafter,
through 4752.
2933 BCE
4784 DE
An unsuccessful assassination
attempt against King Demath.
Two Relyimah die protecting
him.
2873 BCE
2900 BCE
4786 DE
Assassins found and executed
(linked into Death Age). First
execution of its kind. Incident
spurs further calls for
isolationism, to prevent any
further conflicts leading to D'ni
executions because of
outsiders.
2871 BCE
4815 DE*
Goshan, leader of the cult
"Blood of Yahvo," was
imprisoned by King Demath
2842 BCE
4826 DE
The first of the Guild of Stone
Masons non-paying members
headed the effort to devise early
fusion-compounding
technology, a building block for
the eventual development of
Nara
2831 BCE
4843 DE
King Demath died at age 305
2814 BCE
Yableshan became 26th King at
age 100
4865 DE
The cult "Blood of Yahvo"
kidnapped Yableshan's first son
from the Guild of Chemists,
aided by a mole in the
Relyimah. Though their
demands were met, they killed
the boy.
2792 BCE
Under duress, King Yableshan
released Goshan, leader of the
cult "Blood of Yahvo," from his
Prison Age.
The D'ni became increasingly
polarized between isolationists
and non-isolationists.
4889 DE
Remodels for the 18 Major
Guild halls was announced.
Some of Ri'neref's original
2768 BCE
Defensive walls around
cities become more
prevalent
restrictions on building where
changed and the guidelines
became more liberal
4901 DE
King Yableshan announced
plans for a new Common
Library to be located in the
middle-class Vamen District of
D'ni
2756 BCE
4910 DE
King Yableshan announced
plans for a new park to be built
on Neref Island
2747 BCE
4914 DE
The Guild of Writers placed
three new Recreation Ages
within the park on Nererf Island
in celebration of the completion
of their new Guild
2743 BCE
The Guild of Writers newly
remodeled guild facilities were
completed
4954 DE
Explosion on the Age of
Meanas killing 400 outsiders
and 78 D'ni
2703 BCE
2700 BCE
Yin and Yang theory
developed in China.
Olive trees cultivated
(Crete).
2630 BCE
c. 2630; First pyramid
constructed in Egypt;
Imhotep is first known
architect
Relyimah still compromised and
could not discover if accident or
terrorist act. Incident again
fanned isolationist sentiment.
5043 DE
Yableshan placed Faresh in
charge of the Guild of
Illusionists, and ordered him to
find out who was crippling the
Relyimah
2614 BCE
2600 BCE
(1) Urbanization in
Indus River Valley (2)
Preservation of fish and
poultry (Egypt)
Faresh began construction of a
house of illusions on one of the
private islands in D'ni
5081 DE
King Yableshan died at age 347
2576 BCE
Coronation of King Emen
2575 BCE
c. 2575-2134; Old
Kingdom of Egypt
5083 DE
Two members of the Relyimah
vanish. Faresh a "silent hero".
Many key members of
government attend Faresh's
parties on Katha, and talk about
the mansion's puzzle rooms and
secret passages.
2574 BCE
5093 DE
The revitalized Relyimah pins
responsibility for the Meanas
explosion on two members of
the "One D'ni" cult, who are
permanently imprisoned. New
food Ages of Shimas and
Hereas written for Caterer's
Guild.
2564 BCE
5095 DE
Government decides to sell over
23 islands to private buyers who
wanted to build their own
retreats after hearing of
Faresh's mansion.
2562 BCE
5102 DE
Faresh's daughter dies under
strange circumstances, jumping
to her death after seeing spirits
in her bedroom. Possibly her
death was arranged by some
faction, and may have be
prophesied by The Watcher.
Faresh leaves the mansion,
giving it to the Relyimah.
2555 BCE
2528 BCE
2528; Cheops buried in
First Great Pyramid at
Giza
2493 BCE
Keystone Dam Site
built in what is now
far west Texas. In the
late 1970's a flood
control project in El
Paso's Upper Valley
required an
archeological survey
before construction.
The survey
uncovered remnants
of an ancient village.
The exact time of
occupation is
uncertain, but
appears to be around
4000 years ago. The
Keystone site is the
oldest known village
site in the western
part of the United
States and adjacent
northern Mexico.
*Desert Diary August
16, 2004,
Archeology/Keystone
Village By: Arthur H.
Harris. Laboratory for
Environmental
Biology, Centennial
Museum, University
of Texas at El Paso.
5202 DE
Public ferry system established
between Ae'gura, the city proper
and the other islands in the
cavern. Island given to Minor
Guilds of Artists, Musicians and
Actors by King Emen for use as
a cultural center.
2455 BCE
5236 DE
Deretheni, a strong, lightweight
stone, produced in the lab by
the Guild of Stone Masons.
2421 BCE
5240 DE
Me'emen became 28th King of
D'ni at age 83
2417 BCE
2400 BCE
5307 DE
The Guilds of Miners and Stone
Masons revealed that Nara,
hardest of all D'ni stones, had
been created in the laboratory.
2350 BCE
5312 DE
Disease outbreak in Nehw'eril
(industrial) District, possibly
imported from forest Age of
Yasefe. Public demands that
industry be moved further from
the city proper to reduce future
danger.
2345 BCE
First wheeled war
wagons in Mesopotamia
Earliest known law code
in Sumer
2334 BCE
2334-2193; Sargon
unifies Sumer and
Akkad, creating
Akkadian Empire. c.
2334-2193; First
deification of kings in
Sumer
2300 BCE
Earliest permanent
farming villages in
Mesoamerica
5359 DE
Construction of the second
great tunneling machine: Stone
Tooth. Stone Eater and Stone
Tooth clear area for new
industrial district (Uran) through
5475 DE. King Me'emen
proposes construction of tunnel
between Ae'gura and city
proper, once Stone Tooth and
Stone Eater were unoccupied.
Proposal was not widely liked
by the elite on Ae'gura and the
Guilds, and was dropped.
2298 BCE
2296 BCE
2200 BCE
5473 DE
The Guild of Maintainers
announced the discovery of
Deretheni, which could be used
to make suits more protective of
Maintainers, thus allowing the
Guild of Writers to be a bit more
liberal in their writing, and
ushering in a new breed of Age
2184 BCE
5475 DE
Construction began on the new
industrial section called Uran
2182 BCE
5500 DE
The new industrial district of
Uran began operation. It was
much further from the city and
was considered much safer
than the old district, Nehv'eril
2157 BCE
2134 BCE
5540 DE*
King Me'emen's only son,
Ashem, a Healer, died from a
disease which he seemed to
have contracted while visiting a
newly Written Age
2117 BCE
5541 DE*
Name of Uran district changed
to Ashem'en to honor the son of
King Me'emen
2116 BCE
5549 DE
King Me'emen died at age 392
2108 BCE
Coronation of King Adesh
2100 BCE
Chinese record a comet
Legendary Xia Dynasty
in China. Dogs, goats,
pigs, oxen, and sheep
domesticated. (China)
Collapse of central
authority in Egypt; End
of Old Kingdom
First Ziggurats in Sumer
5574 DE
Prophet Gish begins preaching
the word of Yahvo, condemning
Tevahr and the Great King for
teaching love of Yahvo as
opposed to the need to follow
the commands of Yahvo. Gish
was a rabid isolationist, and
very popular with the public.
Arrested many times by order of
King Adesh.
2083 BCE
2040 BCE
2000 BCE
5701 DE
Gish killed by the Relyimah on
the order of King Adesh,
provoking public outrage. Adesh
assassinated, possibly by a
close advisor. Lanaren assumes
throne, denounces Adesh's act,
and promises to disband the
Relyimah. Isolationist factions
calmed.
1956 BCE
5714 DE
Construction begun, using
Stone Tooth, on a tunnel to link
Ae'gura with the city.
1943 BCE
5721 DE
New techniques for reinforcing
extrusion-based construction.
1936 BCE
5734 DE
Ae'gura-City tunnel project
halted due to protests by Guild
Masters living on Ae'gura. Stone
Tooth sent to clear space for
new districts near Ashem'en
industrial district.
1923 BCE
1813 BCE
1800 BCE
2040-1650; Mentuhotep
restores centralized
government in Egypt
marking the beginning
of the Middle Kingdom
Hittites establish empire
in Anatolia. (modern
Turkey) c. 2000 - 1450;
Minoan palace
civilization on Crete.
Decimal notation in
Babylon. Stonehenge
in Southern England.
Epic of Gilgamesh is
first written myth.
c. 1813-1781;
Emergence of Assyrian
power under ShamshiAdad I
c. 1800-1750;
Hammurabi establishes
Babylonian Empire. c.
1800-1750;
Hammurabi's Code is
first written legal code.
Irrigation in South
America.
5902 DE
Four new Ages (three food, one
manufacturing) announced to
replace Ages using outsiders.
This is part of a long-term
project ordered by King
Lanaren.
1755 BCE
5903 DE
Construction of Lanaren
residential district, begun in
5856, complete. Built for
laborers who worked in
Ashem'en.
1754 BCE
1750 BCE
1700 BCE
5986 DE
Official disbanding of the
Relyimah, though their work had
ceased long before.
1671 BCE
5999 DE
Asemlef became 31st King at
age 54
1658 BCE
Besharen wrote "Revealing the
Unseen"
1600 BCE
1550 BCE
c. 1500 BCE
- 200 CE
1500 BCE
Collapse of Indus River
Valley civilization at
Mohenjo-daro and
Harappa
1700-1650; Chariotequipped Hyksos begin
invasions and conquer
Middle Kingdom Egypt.
Rise of Knossos on
Crete. Spread of twowheeled war chariot in
Middle East. Abraham
becomes first Hebrew
patriarch. Leavened
bread (Egypt)
Rise of Mycenaean
Civilization in mainland
Greece. c. 1600; First
historical dynasty in
China. (The Shang)
Canaanites invent first
alphabet. Pictographic
writing in China.
Ahmose reunites Egypt;
New Kingdom begins
Late Archaic Period Corn, gourds and
squash associated
with pit houses.
Domesticated plants
appear in the
Southwest.
(Domesticated are
generally altered and
dependent, to some
extent, on human
propagation)
1458 BCE
1450 BCE
1440 BCE
1400 BCE
6284 DE
King Asemlef died at age 339
1373 BCE
Coronation of King Jaron
1353 BCE
1333 BCE
6430 DE
Rock Biter and the Burrower are
built for the broadening of the
Rudenna Passage.
6498 DE
Coronation of King Rikooth
1159 BCE
6510 DE
Rock Biter and The Burrower
discover a new cavern.
Surveyor's Guild begins
extensive studies.
1147 BCE
1122 BCE
1100 BCE
1070 BCE
New cavern proved inhabitable,
but very expensive to build in.
Stone Tooth and Rock Biter
assigned to expand city by
digging into cavern wall,
instead. Burrower and Stone
Eater assigned to further
exploration outside cavern.
Amenhotep IV
introduces monotheism
to Egypt
Tutankhaman (King Tut)
reestablishes
polytheism as official
religion in Egypt
1227 BCE
1200 BCE
6601 DE
Thutmose III ascends to
Egyptian throne; First
usage of the term
Pharaoh
Mycenaean Greeks
conquer Minoan
Civilization on Crete.
Brahma worship in
India.
First metalworking in
South America
Iron Age begins in Asia
Minor. Maize cultivation
in Mesoamerica.
1200-400; Olmec
Civilization in
Mesoamerica. c. 12001100; Bronze Age
palaces destroyed
throughout
Mediterranean world.
Judaism established.
1122-256; Zhou
Dynasty in China
Phoenician traders
begin spreading
alphabet throughout
Mediterranean
End of New Kingdom in
Egypt
1056 BCE
1020 BCE
Saul becomes first
Hebrew king in Judaea
1006 BCE
1006-965; David
becomes king of Israel
and conquers
Jerusalem
1000 BCE
Pueblo start farming.
6676 DE
Major meeting to discuss
involvement with outsiders. King
Rikooth valued contributions of
outsiders to art, technology,
resources, etc. and would not
enforce restrictions without
good reason.
981 BCE
6700 DE
Rikooth expels wife and
youngest son, Kerath, from the
Palace for uncertain reasons,
but was perhaps tired of their
views and opinions as devoted
followers of the teachings of
Gish.
957 BCE
6731 DE
Coronation of King Kerath. On
his deathbed, Rikooth had a
vision of Kerath sailing back
through the King's Arch on a
boat shaped like a lizard. He felt
that Yahvo was directing him to
select Kerath as the next king.
926.11.23
BCE
Solomon builds temple
in Jerusalem
900 BCE
Etruscans establish
cities in Tuscany
883 BCE
883-859; Revival of
Assyrian power under
Ashurnasirpal II
850-750; Approximate
date of written
transcriptions of
Homer's Iliad and
Odyssey from existing
oral tradition
Traditional date for the
founding of Carthage
Hieroglyphic script in
Mesoamerica. c. 800750; Development of
Greek alphabet. Olmecs
build pyramids.
780-755; Alara
establishes Napata
Kingdom of Kush
First Olympic Games
held in Greece
Construction begins on
Temple of Artemis at
Ephesus, one of Seven
Wonders of the Ancient
World
Traditional date of the
Leevofo 27, Kerath became
34th and last King of D'ni at age
54
850 BCE
814 BCE
800 BCE
780 BCE
776 BCE
772 BCE
753 BCE
708 BCE
6970 DE
Construction began on a new
Guild Hall that further buried the
Tomb of the Great King
687 BCE
6977 DE
King Kerath abdicates, turning
the power of the kings over to
the first Five Lords of the new
Council form of government that
he had devised for the D'ni to
use until the coming of the true
Great King.
679.2.28 BCE
founding of Rome
Olympic Games
introduce jumping,
wrestling, javelin, and
discus events
Some time after 6977 the Arch
of Kings was renamed Kerath's
Arch
6985 DE
7201 DE
Kerath died at age 308
Special unit of the Maintainers
formed to advance new
technologies, based in
Gahreesen Age
672 BCE
671 BCE
660 BCE
612 BCE
600 BCE
587 BCE
550 BCE
528 BCE
509 BCE
500 BCE
495 BCE
Assyrians conquer
Egypt
Legendary date for
invasion of Honshu and
first Emperor of Japan
Scythians and Medes
sack Nineveh, marking
the end of Assyrian
Empire
600; Greeks colonize
southern France
Nebuchadnezzar II
captures Jerusalem;
Babylonian Captivity
begins
Earliest use of cast iron
in China
Buddha receives
enlightenment
Rome becomes a
republic
Polynesian culture
develops in Fiji, Samoa,
and Tonga. Rise of
Phoenician maritime
dominance in the
Mediterranean.
Honeybee
domesticated. (Europe)
495-483; Confucius
teaches throughout
China
461 BCE
458 BCE
332 BCE
312 BCE
Golden Age of Athens
begins
Lucius Quinctius
Cincinnatus becomes
dictator of Rome then
retires; One of the
founding myths of
Roman Virtue
Alexander the Great
founds Alexandria
Appius Claudius
Caecus begins
construction of the
Appian Way in Rome
300 - 700
BCE
Anasazi appear.
Navajo word
meaning "The
Ancient Ones or
Ancient Enemy or
Ancient Ones Who
Are Not Us. Their
descendants are the
Hopi and other
Pueblo Indians.
Anasazi inhabited
Colorado Plateau
"Four Corners"*
where Arizona, New
Mexico, Utah and
Colorado meet. An
agricultural society
that cultivated
cotton, wove cotton
fabrics. The early
Anasazi are known
as the Basketmaker
People for their
extraordinary
basketwork. Were
skilled workers in
stone. Carved stone
Kachina dolls. Built
pit houses, later
apartment-like
pueblos. Constructed
road networks. Were
avid astronomers.
Used a solar
calendar. Traded with
Mesoamerican
Toltecs.
260 BCE
First gladiatorial games
in Rome
China united by the first
emperor Shih Huang-ti;
Beginning of Qin
Dynasty and Imperial
China
221 BCE
210 BCE
200 BCE
7539 DE
Stone Tooth, Rock Biter, and
Burrower had been together for
the breakthrough of the lower
caverns and the opening of the
Tijali Mines.
Chinese Emperor Shih
Huang-ti dies; Buried in
massive mausoleum
with the Terracotta
Army
Polynesians settle Tahiti
200 BCE500 CE
Basketmaker II
Period - Origins of
Basketmaker II
people are obscure.
Major changes
include increased
sedentism and use of
pit houses. New
forms of basketry,
new petroglyph
symbols (including
large human figures
with rectangular
torsos often with zigzag or curved lines
emanating from their
heads)
170 BCE
118 BCE
Paved streets in Rome
60 BCE
1st Triumvirate of Julius
Caesar, Pompey, and
Crassus
Julius Caesar
completes conquest of
Gaul. Cleopatra
assumes Egyptian
throne.
51 BCE
1-700 CE
7-707 CE
30 CE
43 CE
Anasazi
basketmakers
elevate weaving to a
high art, creating
baskets, clothing,
sandals and utensils.
Formative Period Basketmakers, Bow
and Arrow gave rise
to Mogollons of
Southeastern
Arizona and
Southern New
Mexico.
Water-powered bellows
and iron furnace in
China
Rome conquers Britain
79 CE
122 CE
225 CE
260 CE
300-1400 CE
300 CE
303 CE
Pliny the Elder killed in
Pompeii during eruption
of Vesuvius
Hadrian's Wall built in
Britain
Early form of
gunpowder developed
in China. Tea drinking
becomes common in
China.
Great Wall of China
begun
Mogollon culture
introduces highly
artistic pottery and
early architecture in
the form of pit
houses.
Hohokam People (A
Pima Indian word
meaning "The
Vanished Ones")
Hohokam people are
believed to be the
anscetors of the
modern Papago and
Pima Indian groups.
Settled in presentday Arizona. Were
desert farmers.
Cultivated corn. Were
the first to grow
cotton in the
Southwest. Wove
cotton fabrics. Bult
pit houses and later
multi-storied
buildings (pueblos).
Constructed vast
network of irrigation
system. Major canals
were over 30 miles
long. Built ball courts
and truncated
pyramids simalr to
those found in
Middle America. First
in world known to
master etching
(etched shells with
fermented Saguaro
juice). Traded with
Mesoamerican
Toltecs.
Roman emperor
Diocletian begins
persecution of
Christians
350 CE
360 CE
8100 DE
Garden craze of the 8100s.
Many "rest Ages", including
Eder Gira and Eder Kemo, were
written during this period and
made available to the D'ni
public.
433 CE
444 CE
452 CE
500-700 CE
500 CE
Venice founded
Baskemaker III
Period - Beans and
pottery, bow and
arrow, smaller points
indicate new
adaptations. Pit
houses more
substantial and great
kivas appear.
Jornado Mogollons
live in the
Chihuahuan Desert
around Carlsbad
Caverns. The
Sinagua Indians built
Montezuma's Castle.
610 CE
Muhammad begins
preaching in Mecca
700-900 CE
Pueblo I Period Changes from
Basketmaker III to
Pueblo I are gradual
and evolutionary.
Pueblo Indians living
in Pueblos many
stories tall.
700 CE
8500 DE
Huns invade Persia
Huns invade Europe.
Picts invade Roman
Britain.
Attila becomes leader of
the Huns
742 CE
Charlemagne born
850 CE
Construction started
in Chaco Canyon.
The Selado appear.
836 CE
Vikings sack London
Elite force of Maintainers
established, based in the
Maintainer's Garrison on the
Age of Gahreesen. The
Garrison was used by this force
for training, research, and
development of new Maintainer
technologies.
844 CE
900-1100 CE
Pueblo II Period.
Dominated by Chaco
Canyon. The system
was centered in
Chaco Canyon, with
outlying Great
Houses and Great
Kivas connected with
the canyon via an
elaborate and
massive road
system.
900 CE
911 CE
982 CE
1000 CE
Approximate date for
the establishment of the
Toltec kingdom in
Mexico
Rise of the German
Middle Class
Eric the Red begins
viking invasion of
Iceland
Leif Ericson to America.
Major population
growth in Chaco
Canyon 1000-1100
CE Anasazi
disappeared.
1020 CE
Floating magnetic
compass invented in
China
1050 CE
Chaco considered a
major regional
center.
Major construction
peak. (Chaco) 10881092 CE Beams
brought from 50
miles distance.
1075-1115
CE
1080 CE
The Bayeux Tapestry,
which depicts the
Norman conquest of
England, is
commissioned
1100-1300
CE
Pueblo III Period.
First good evidence
of social complexity.
Constructon of multiroom, often multistory cliff dwellings
in numerous areas.
New developments in
agricultural
strategies, as in the
adoption of a variety
of stone features to
control the flow of
surface runoff or
conserve soil
moisture e.g. rock
alignments, bordered
gardens, check dams
and terraces. A
number of human
burials that contain
1130 CE
1150 CE
1152 CE
1168 CE
1200-1500s
CE
1200 CE
1204 CE
1215 CE
1254 CE
1275 CE
1276-99 CE
large quantities of
funerary objects,
indicating that some
had accumulated a
great deal of prestige
and status that may
have constituted a
form of social "elite"
and may have ahd a
measure of political
and religious
leadership that did
not exist in earlier
time periods.
Construction
completed in Chaco
Canyon.
Great Kiva phase.
Chaco became
depopulated.
Eleanor of Aquitaine
marries Henry of Anjou
Toltec Empire
destroyed in
Mesoamerica
Pueblo Indians
establish villages
along the Rio Grande
and its tributaries.
The Salado
disappear from the
historic record.
Crusaders capture and
sack Constantinople
Mongols under Genghis
Khan sack Peking. King
John of England and
English barons sign the
Magna Carta.
Marco Polo born
Marco Polo arrives at
Kublai Khan's court in
China
A prolonged period
known as the "Great
Drought" debated as
to whether it would
have been severe
enough to cause
abandonments of the
scale that is known,
but the late 1200s are
a time of great
cultural change and
population
movement. Many
Pueblo III cultural
systems are
abandoned.
1280 CE
First recorded spinning
wheel in Germany
1300 CE
c. 1300 CE there is a
movement of people
into a few locations
and begin
construction of what
will become
extremely large
pueblo towns. The
Sinagua disappeared
from historic record.
The Acoma Pueblo,
New Mexico circa
1300 CE and still
occupied, may be the
oldest continuously
inhabited village in
the United States.
Pueblo IV Period.
Intensive agriculture.
Mass production and
exportation of
extremely well made
pots. There is
evolution of "glaze"
painted pots. Pottery
depicts masked
figures and other
symbols (especially
those showing water,
serpents and birds)
associated with
Kachina religion.
Many pueblos show
the construction of
large "plaza" areas
and large rectangular
kivas that are
thought to be the
first material
expressions of new
forms of ceremonies
associated with
Kachina religion. It
has been proposed
that Kachina religion
provides an effective
means for
incorporating
multiple groups into
a single, village-wide
1300-1450
CE or in
some areas
until
Spanish
contact in
1540 CE
religious and
ceremonial system,
with an emphasis on
rain-making,
cooperation and
food-sharing. The
size of the kivas and
plaza areas, and the
expressions of
Kachina ideology,
indicate that the
foundations of
modern Hopi, Zuni
and ohter western
pueblo cultures are
in place by the mid1300s. By early 1400s
many areas have
again been
abandoned.
8990 DE
Teledahn written by Grand
Master Mararon of the Guild of
Writers as a 250th-birthday
present for Lord Hinahsh, Grand
Master of the Guild of Caterers.
9005 DE
Teledahn left to Guild of
Caterers on Hinahsh's death.
Guild installs equipment for
spore harvesting under direction
of Guild Captain Ventus, who
nearly ruined the Age.
1325 CE
Aztecs settle in
Tenochtitlán
1334 CE
1349 CE
1440 CE
1492 CE
1536 CE
1539 CE
The Black Death
spreads to England,
Scandinavia, and
Germany
Johannes Gutenberg
invents the printing
press.
Columbus discovers
America
Cabeza de Vaca,
Estevan the Moor
and two others reach
Culiacdn, Mexico,
after possibly
crossing what is now
southern New
Mexico, and begin
rumors of the Seven
Cities of Cibola.
Fray Marcos de Niza
and Estevan lead
expedition to find
Cibola and reach the
Zuni village of
Hawikuh, where
Estevan is killed.
1540-42 CE
1580-81 CE
1582-83 CE
1598 CE
1599 CE
1600 CE
1601 CE
1605 CE
1608 CE
Francisco Vasquez
de Coronado
explores area from
Gulf of California to
present-day Kansas,
discovers the Grand
Canyon.
Fray Agustin
Rodriguez leads
expedition to New
Mexico; four
members of the party
killed by Indians.
Fray Bernadino
Beltran and Fray
Antonio de Espejo
lead expedition to
New Mexico to
search for survivors
of the ill-fated
Rodriguez mission.
Juan de Onate
establishes the first
Spanish capital of
San Juan de los
Caballeros at the
Tewa village of Ohke
north of present-day
Espanola
Battle at Aroma
between natives and
Spaniards; seeds of
Pueblo Revolt sown.
San Gabriel, second
capital of New
Mexico, is founded at
the confluence of the
Rio Grande and the
Chama River.
Mass desertion of
San Gabriel by
colonists; new
recruits front Spain
and Mexico sent to
reinforce colony.
Expedition to the
Colorado River;
visits El Morro,
leaves message on
Inscription Rock.
Onate removed as
governor and sent to
Mexico City to be
tried for
mistreatment of the
Indians and abuse of
power. Decision
1609-10 CE
1626 CE
9307 DE
A'Gaeris is born
1641 CE
9313 DE
Aitrus is born
1651 CE
1653 CE
9338 DE
The Guild of Legislators
observes the expedition to the
surface and reports to the
Council. The Council decides to
extend the expedition for
another year and also decides
that a great shaft should be built
to speed up the tunnelling to the
surface.
9340 DE
The shaft to the surface is
completed and blocked.
made by Spanish
Crown to continue
settlement of New
Mexico as a royal
province.
Gov. Pedro de
Peralta establishes a
new capital at Santa
Fe. Construction
begins on the Palace
of the Governors.
Gaspar de Villagra
publishes epic
history on the
founding of New
Mexico, the first book
printed about any
area in the modern
United States.
Spanish Inquisition
established in New
Mexico.
Gov. Luis de Rosas
assassinated by
colonists during
conflict between the
church and state.
Oliver Cromwell takes
the title Lord Protector.
Taj Mahal is completed.
1657 CE
1680 CE
Pueblo Indian Revolt
Spanish survivors
flee to El Paso del
Norte.
1682 CE
1684 CE
Late 1600's
CE
9350 DE
Anna is born
1692-93 CE
1694 CE
9351 DE
Aitrus becomes a Guild Master
1695 CE
Navajos, Apaches
and Comanches
begin raids against
Pueblo Indians.
Don Diego de Vargas
recolonizes Santa Fe.
Spanish civilization
returns to New
Mexico.
Bank of England
established.
9359 DE
1696 CE
Second Pueblo
Revolt; efforts
thwarted by Gov.
Don Diego de
Vargas.
1703 CE
Sir Isaac Newton
becomes chairman of
the Royal Society
1706 CE
Villa de Albuquerque
founded.
Anna's mother dies
9365 DE
Aitrus is elected to the council.
9368 DE
Anna's father dies, and Anna
finds D'ni
9377 DE
Anna and Aitrus are married
9392 DE
Gehn is born
9395 DE
Guild Master Kadish writes the
Age of Kadish Tolesa.
(Approximate year.)
9396 DE
Gehn is initated into the Guild of
Books (Gehn is 4)
1709 CE
1712 CE
1721 CE
1724 CE
Pedro de Rivera
inspects the province
of New Spain. His
engineer, Francisco
Alvarez y Barriero is
one of the first to
map the Guadalupe
Mountains.
1736 CE
1739 CE
Manesmo, current owner of
Teledahn, investigated for slave
trading.
9400 DE
Final Revolt of Veovis (BoT:
Gehn is 8)
9406 DE
Gehn runs away from the Cleft
(Gehn is 14)
9407 DE
Gehn marries Keta
1740 CE
The Messiah by Handel
1743 CE
French trappers
reach Santa Fe and
begin limited trade
with the Spanish.
1744.7.11 CE
9411 DE
9417 DE
1745 CE
Padre Juan Miguel
Menchero maps the
area of present-day
Carlsbad. He notes
herds of cattle along
the Pecos River.
1750 CE
Bach dies
1751 CE
Pennsylvania legislature
grants charter for first
hospital in the American
colonies
1755 CE
Braddock defeated at
Fort Duquesne
Atrus is born, Keta dies in
childbirth, Gehn leaves for D'ni
Gehn starts writing Riven
1761.10.29
CE
9425 DE
Atrus conducts his Battery
experiment and blows open the
path leading to D'ni. Gehn
arrives and takes Atrus to D'ni
(Atrus is 14)
1769 CE
9429 DE
Napoleon Bonaparte
born. Watt patents the
steam engine. Kentucky
celebrates Daniel
Boone Day, marking the
day Boone first viewed
the land that was to
become Kentucky.
Atrus' Korfah V'ja. Gehn
destroys Atrus's first Age,
Inception. (Atrus is 18)
1773.10.10
CE
9429 DE
Gehn is trapped on Riven by
Atrus and Catherine
9430 DE
Achenar born -- estimate from
mystrevelation.com: Achenar is
50 during events of Revelation.
9431 DE
Atrus marries Catherine
9433 DE
Sirrus born -- estimate from
Catherine's journal (Sirrus was
8 when Anna died), and
Revelation.com (Sirrus is 47
during events of Revelation).
1773 CE
Boston Tea Party
1774 CE
Louis XVI assumes
French throne. Cotton
manufacturing.
1776.1.17 CE
9441 DE
Anna dies
1776 CE
Franciscan friars
Dominguez and
Escalante explore
route from out New
Mexico to California.
1777 CE
1778 CE
1785 CE
9458 DE
Gehn successfully links to his
233rd Age
9461 DE
Catherine arrives on Riven
9462 DE
Gehn Captures Catherine
9462 DE
Sirrus discovers that he is
American Declaration of
Independence.
1786 CE
James Cook discovers
Hawaii
The United States adopt
the dollar, the first
decimal coinage system
Gov. Juan Bautista
de Anza makes
peace with the
Comanches.
1803.2.20 CE
Louisiana Purchase.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
born in Boston.
1806.3.15 CE
1806.5.29 CE
trapped on Spire.
1806.10.15
CE
9462 DE
Player arrives in D'ni and frees
Atrus from his imprisonment in
K'veer
1806.12.12
CE
9462 DE
Player sent to Riven
9466 DE
Atrus and Catherine enter
Averone
1807.1.2 CE
1807 CE
The 1st steamship
Clermont sails. Slave
trade abolished in the
British Empire.
Zebulon Pike leads
first Anglo American
expedition into New
Mexico. Publishes
account of way of life
in New Mexico upon
return to U.S.
1810 CE
9466 DE
Mexican War of
Independence begins.
Sirrus's first rock ship fails.
1810.10.15
CE
9468 DE
Atrus decides that D'ni should
not be rebuilt, but that a new
Age should be written. He
announces this conclusion to
the D'ni survivors the next day,
and receives their unanimous
and enthusiastic support for the
idea.
1812.10.14
CE
9468 DE
Atrus completes his design
notes for Releeshahn
9469 DE
Atrus begins writing Releeshahn
Napoleon invades
Russia; French army
faces disaster. Charles
Dickens born.
1813.4.19 CE
1813.4.21 CE
9472 DE
Player arrives in Tomahna.
Releeshahn Book stolen by
Saavedro. Yeesha is only a few
months old.
1816 CE
9472 DE
Atrus returns from trip to Rime
to view his prison Ages and
check on his sons.
9473 DE
Atrus installs new crystal viewer
in Tomahna.
1817.2.25 CE
1817.11.25
Emma by Jane Austen.
Charlotte Bronte born.
CE
9474 DE
Atrus adds sound receiver to
crystal viewer.
1818.12.22
CE
9475 DE
Atrus begins work on "moving
eye" attachment for crystal
viewer.
9475 DE
Sirrus discovers the visiting
chamber in Spire, added within
the previous 9 days.
Zulu empire established
by Shaka
1819.4.23 CE
1819.10.19
CE
9476 DE
Sirrus begins research on using
Spire crystals as bombs.
9476 DE
Sirrus learns that he has a
sister.
Spain cedes Florida to
United States. Walt
Whitman born.
1820.5.14 CE
1820.5.26 CE
1821 CE
Florence Nightingale
born. Mexico declares
independence from
Spain. Santa Fe Trail
opened to
international trade.
9478 DE
Sirrus meets Yeesha for the first
time.
1822.6.13 CE
9479 DE
Sirrus conceives plan to steal
Yeesha's body.
Louis Pasteur born.
Jean-François
Champollion announces
the deciphering of the
Rosetta stone.
1823.11.28
CE
9479 DE
Atrus takes Yeesha to see
Serenia.
1823.12.14
CE
9480 DE
Yeesha begins studies with
Protectors on Serenia.
9480 DE
Sirrus discovers the frequency
to disrupt nara.
1824.7.14
1824.10.18
CE
9480 DE
Yeesha receives the Amulet of
Memories on Serenia.
9480 DE
Player arrives in Tomahna.
Yeesha is kidnapped by Sirrus.
1824.11.1 CE
1824.11.27
CE
1824 CE
9488 DE
Yeesha leaves Tomahna and
moves to the Cleft at the age of
16.
1828 CE
Lord Byron dies
First major gold
discovery in western
U. S. made in Ortiz
Mountains south of
Santa Fe.
1832 CE
Lewis Carroll born.
Louisa May Alcott born
1846 CE
Mexican-American
War begins. Stephen
Watts Kearny
annexes New Mexico
to the United States.
16-year-old, Texasborn cowhand Jim
White probably
enters the caverns
(Carlsbad) for the
first time. The first to
find the entrance
remains disputed.
Lechuguilla Cave
discovered to “go
further” than
expected. Over the
coming years, it is
taken to over 100
miles of explored
passageway.
1898 CE
9643 DE
John "Fighting Branch" Loftin
re-discovers D'ni
9643.10.3 DE
Branch (Loftin) and Elias Zandi
("Eli") make first journey to D'ni
Caverns
1986 CE
1987 June 29
Andy Warhol dies
1988 March
19
9645 DE
Branch and Eli reach the D'ni
City on their third major
expedition
9646 DE
Richard Watson first
accompanies Branch and Eli on
an expedition to Ae'Gura.
A Brief History of Time
by Stephen Hawking
1989 June 29
Tens of thousands of
people crowded into
Beijing's Tiananmen
Square, cheering
students who waved
banners demanding
greater political
freedoms. Berlin Wall
Falls.
1990 June 29
9647 DE
Branch dies on expedition to
D'ni with Dr. Watson and Eli.
9648 DE
Dr. Watson forms expeditionary
group with former colleagues
Elias and Dr. Watson disagree
on how to properly restore the
D'ni City Dr. Watson begins to
work with Rand and Robyn
Miller on what would become
Myst, based on translations of
Catherine's Journals This is the
last year that D'ni is left
Iraq Invades Kuwait
1991 June 29
uninhabited.
9649 DE
Elias Zandi undergoes openheart surgery, is warned to slow
down Rand and Robyn Miller
first visit the D'ni Cavern
following the completion of
Myst, but prior to its release.
9650 DE
Two massive supply trips are
organized by Dr. Watson,
affectionately dubbed the "ice
cream" trips because of the
volume of safety cones brought
down.
9650 DE
Many small groups of people
begin searching the desert for
D'ni, following a "calling" they
felt; most are accepted as
volunteers to help with the
restoration process.
9651 DE
Elias and Jeff Zandi enter a
heated debate regarding the
intended resortation of D'ni and
part ways after the expedition is
completed.
1992 June 29
1992 CE
Official End of the Cold
War. Microsoft
released Windows 3.1.
1993 June 29
NASA’s Mars Observer,
which was supposed to
map the surface of
Mars, is declared lost
1994 June 29
Shoemaker-Levy Comet
strikes Jupiter
1995 April 1
9652 DE
Elias Zandi dies of a heart
attack, leaving his fortune to the
D'ni Restoration Foundation and
the land surrounding the
Volcano to his son, Jeff.
9652 DE
Dr. Watson forms the D'ni
Restoration Council
1995
November 16
1995 CE
The hole in the Earth's
ozone layer was
growing fast and was
twice the size it was in
1994. It now reached
about the size of
Europe
1996 June 29
Olympic Games in
Atlanta
1997 January
16
9653.6.9 DE
Riven, the second game based
on Catherine's journals, is
released.
9654 DE
Cyan makes an expedition to
D'ni
9655 DE
Major expedition brings
machinery and tools down to
the City
1997 October
31
1997 CE
1998 June 29
1998 CE
Sheep Cloned. Mars
Pathfinder lands on
Mars. Mother Teresa
dies.
U.S. singer Frank
Sinatra dies
1999 June 29
9656 DE
Restoration of Ae'Gura (the
City) begins
9657 DE
Restoration of the first
Neighborhood begins
9658 DE
Authorized Explorers are
allowed into D'ni and several
Ages for the first time.
9658 DE
Restoration Engineer Phil
Henderson goes missing while
working in Eder Kemo. After two
weeks of searching for him, Dr.
Watson received a message
from Phil stating that he was
OK, but would not be coming
back.
2000 June 29
2001 June 29
Terrorists destroy World
Trade Center in New
York City
2002 June 29
2002
September 15
9658 DE
Explorers from the Surface,
assisted by Jeff Zandi, enter
D'ni without authorization from
the DRC. They now number in
the thousands.
The Chinese lunar
calendar marked this as
the new year, 4700, the
Year of the Horse
2003 January
15
9659.6.22 DE
The DRC officially opens the
D'ni Cavern to explorers invited
by Jeff Zandi.
2003
November 5
2003
November 17
9659.6.23 DE
Phil Henderson returns to Eder
Kemo, and speaks to explorer
Zardoz.
2003
November 19
9659.7.1 DE
Phil Henderson returns again to
Eder Kemo and speaks to
explorer MrM3FaN. Phil asks to
speak to the DRC, but runs off
again after speaking to Laxman
for several minutes.
2003
November 28
9659.7.2 DE
Explorers organize a sit-in to
protest the presence of DRCerected barriers in Ae'Gura.
2003
November 29
9659.7.4 DE
Phil appears in several
Neighborhoods, distributing the
After 26 years, and at a
distance from Earth of
over 8 billion miles,
Voyager 1 exits the
solar system. It is
expected to keep on
transmitting into the
2020s
island Relto Page and talking to
explorers.
2003
December 1
9659.7.5 DE
The DRC opens access to the
Tokotah Courtyard.
2003
December 3
9659.7.15 DE
Phil is abducted by the DRC in
an effort to prevent him from
hurting himself or others.
Explorer reaction is swift and
highly critical of the action.
2003
December 15
9659.7.17 DE
Douglas Sharper and several
explorers tear down the barrier
to the Kahlo Pub in protest of
the DRC's recent actions and
continued silence.
2003
December 17
9659.7.18 DE
Sharper and several explorers
break into the Private Room of
Sharper' private neighborhood.
2003
December 19
9659.7.20 DE
Explorer Tink was permitted to
talk to Phil during his
detainment in the DRC's Kirel
neighborhood.
2003
December 21
9659.7.21 DE
The DRC reacts to Sharper's
outbursts in the Cavern by
revoking his access to the Great
Tree Pub, which he had
previously been in charge of
restoring. Explorers continue to
protest the DRC's actions. Zandi
posts a message about the
"path of the shell" in the DRC
forum.
2003
December 22
9659.7.21 DE
Phil is released by the DRC on
the condition that he cease
explorations of unsafe areas, as
he had been doing prior to his
confinement in Kirel.
2003
December 23
9659.7.24 DE
A structure in the Guild Hall
collapses while Phil Henderson
was exploring. Access to the
City is immediately shut down
while the DRC search the area.
The search reveals no body,
only a smashed KI. The DRC
believe Phil to be dead. Dr.
Watson leaves the Cavern
under emotional duress.
9659.8.3 DE
Access to the Great Zero is
granted to all explorers.
2003
December 26
2003 CE
Space shuttle Columbia
breaks up on re-entry
over Texas. Operation
Iraqi Freedom begins.
U.S. strikes targets near
Baghdad.
2004 January
6
9659.8.15 DE
The DRC opens the community
hall and Private Room sections
of the Neighborhoods, and
lowers several more barriers in
Ae'Gura.
2004 January
21
9659.8.17 DE
The Gahreesen Wall is opened
to all explorers.
2004 January
23
9659.9.1 DE
The DRC restoration effort in
D'ni is abandoned when funding
dries up and Dr. Watson fails to
return.
2004
February 9
9660.3.20 DE
Victor Laxman invites a few
dedicated explorers to help
prepare the cavern for visitors.
9660.3.28 DE
Due to the efforts of a few
former restorers, small groups
once again begin to gather in
D'ni, though only in areas
previously opened for
exploration.
2004 July 27
9661 DE
Yeesha seeks someone to
complete the Quest to free the
Bahro from their enslavement,
and returns to Releeshahn to
live with her father, Atrus.
2004 August
6
2004 CE
2005 October
15
9661.7.20 DE
Victor Laxman begins posting
on the DRC forums, looking for
his fellow Council members.
2005
December 21
9661.9.7 DE
The DRC return to the Cavern
in a limited capacity, offering an
official way for people to return
Summer Olympics.
to D'ni. There are still no plans
for restoration work to resume.
2006
February 15
9661.9.17 DE
Marie Sutherland visits several
neighborhoods in D'ni making a
call for five Liaisons as gobetweens for communication
between the DRC and
explorers.
2006
February 28
9661.10.24 DE
After considerable debate in the
explorer community,
CAGrayWolf, Eleri, Gadren,
Tweek, and Vortmax are
elected as the first five
DRC/community Liaisons.
9662.6.6 DE
All five Liaisons (CAGrayWolf,
Eleri, Gadren, Tweek, and
Vortmax) are re-elected for
another 6-month term as the
DRC/community Liaisons.
Explorers met with the DRC.
Loud Bahro screams were
heard everywhere. All explorers
were transported to their Reltos.
City is subsequently closed by
the DRC
Functional imagers are placed
in neighborhoods. Wheely
Engberg arrives in the cavern.
Sections of the city are
reopened
Great Zero is opened
2006 April 15
9662.7.19 DE
9662.7.24 DE
9662.8.1 DE 9662.8.9 DE
9662.8.12 DE
9662.8.13 DE
9662.8.14 DE
Explorer Liaison Group resigns.
DRC decides not to replace
them.
Eder Delin is opened
9662.8.21 DE
The path to the library is opened
9662.8.23 DE
Bridge is opened
9662.8.29 DE
Library is opened
9662.9.7 DE
Eder Tsogal is opened. UruLive
is launched.
Snow appears in Eder Delin.
Yeesha appears in hologram
form
Museum is opened.
9662.9.11 DE
9662.9.17 DE
9662.9.18 DE
Negilahn the first pod age, is
open. It is noted that the animal
population in Negilahn is
decreasing.
2006 October
28
2006
December 19
2006
December 26
2007 January
3-12
2007 January
16
2007 January
17
2007 January
19
2007 January
27
2007 January
30
2007
February 7
2007
February 15
2007
February 20
2007
February 28
9662.9.20 DE
9662.9.29 DE
Cavern Choir debuts
Dereno, the second pod age, is
opened
2007 March 1
2007 March 4
9662.10.6 DE
Bahro visit neighborhoods and
leave a linking stone to the city
2007 March
15
9662.10.17 DE
Payiferon, the third pod age, is
opened
2007 March
23
9662.10.28 DE
Tetsonot, the fourth pod age, is
opened
2007 April 5
9663.1.3 DE
A Bahro stone appears in the
city linking to the Descent
DRC personnel warn explorers
away from the pub in the city
because of a seismic event.
2007 April 19
A new crack appears at the
library and the city is closed.
Wheely Engberg and her friend,
Rosette, are missing.
Wheely Engberg and Rosette
are found dead. Rosette was
apparently killed by the falling
rocks in the cave where they
were found under the pub. It is
uncertain how Wheely died but
she talked of Bahro being
present in the cave with her
saying she was frightened.
Douglas Sharper returns from
Negilahn with news that he was
attacked by Bahro but saved by
others.
2007 May 19
9663.1.26 DE
Minkata is opened. Michael
Engberg is missing
2007 May 23
9663 DE
The Relayer Corps is formed by
explorers to make it possible for
other explorers to hear episodic
events as they are happening.
Watcher's Sanctuary is opened
The Great Zero is activated
Er'cana is opened. A memorial
in honor of Wheely Engberg is
placed in the pub.
2007 May 24
9663.1.22 DE
9663.1.23DE
9663.1.25 DE
9663.1.26 DE
9663.2.21 DE
9663.2.23 DE
9663.2.24 DE
2007 April 25
2007 May 20
2007 May 22
2007 June
2007 June 23
2007 June 24
9663.3.22 DE
Kirel, the guild neighborhood, is
opened. Explorers are asked to
support one of the five guilds
represented, Cartographers,
Guild of Greeters, Maintainers,
Messengers, and Writers.
Sharper is in the Watcher's
Sanctuary when Bahro appear two live and one that had been
killed.
2007 June 26
9663.3.23 DE
An increase in Bahro sightings
are reported
2007 July 31
9663.3.24 DE
Jalak, a gaming age, has been
opened.
2007 August
1
9663.3.25 DE
Reteltee is named Guild
Advisor. Phil Henderson, who
has been missing for over three
years, returns to the cavern.
Guild Pubs are opened.
Explorers are limited to
entrance into one.
Dr. Watson and Michael
Engberg return to the cavern. A
linking stone appears to the
spyroom that contains a link to
Phil Henderson's relto. There is
continued talk about a possible
Bahro war.
2007 August
2
Although Dr. Watson has
returned to the cavern, he does
not rejoin the DRC. Sharper
leaves to help the "good" bahro
who, according to him, are
losing the war.
Dr. Watson speaks to the
explorers in support of the
guilds citing the need to access
new ages because of the
continuing bahro strife.
The Cavern Criers are formed
as part of the Guild of
Messengers to distribute Uru
news in the cavern through Kinewsletters.
Cate Alexander resigns from the
DRC
Ahnonay is opened
2007
September 10
9663.4.25 DE
9663.4.26 DE
9663.4.27 DE
9663.4.28 DE
9663 DE
9663.6.9 DE
9663.6.10 DE
2007 August
3
2007
September 9
2007
September 11
2007
September 12
2007 October
2007
November 1
9663.6.11 DE
9663.6.12 DE
9663.6.12 DE
A link to Kveer is discovered.
Creatures begin to fly around
the Arch in the city. Dr.
Kodama announces that he is
leaving the cavern.
Bahro are seen landing in the
city.
Increased bahro activity in the
city. The Myst linking book is
found in Kveer. Yeesha and
several bahro appear in Kveer.
Yeesha talks of the bahro war
and that she and the "good"
bahro will do all they can to
protect the explorers. When
she leaves, the bahro activity in
the city disappears. The last of
the DRC representatives leave
the cavern for the surface to
seek additional funding.
2007
November 2
2007
November 3
2007
November 4
2007
November 5
Timeline compiled from these sources by Dudemom_2000, DeAn and Aura
Sources:
*some dates
approximate
www.dnidesk.com
BrettM's D'ni Timeline (pdf document) and Cavern Calendar Calculator
http://home.earthlink.net/~seizuretown/myst/ccconverter.html
ehistory.com World History (Ohio State University)
http://www.ppsa.com/magazine/NMtimeline.html
**New Mexico Historical Information Bolded
http://www.nps.gov/cave/planyourvisit/upload/history_site_bulletin.pdf
http://history1900s.about.com/library/weekly/aa110900a.htm
Desert Diary August 16, 2004 Archeology/Keystone Village
By: Arthur H. Harris. Laboratory for Environmental Biology, Centennial
Museum, University of Texas at El Paso
http://.jqjacobs.net/southwest/sw_notes.html
Southwest Archaeology Lecture Notes
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~d-antlab/Southwestern%20Arch/Anthropology
Laboratories of Northern Arizona University