Nerasia Nerasia World History Timeline
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Nerasia World History

The major events in anthropological Nerasian history.   Warning: Contains spoilers for City of Reckoning. Spoilers are not hidden.

  • Circa 0 EA
    First humans arrive in Nerasia
    Era beginning/end

    Humans arrive on the eastern shores of Nerasia, launching the Early Age.

  • Circa 1000 EA
    Rise of Sray
    Political event

    A fishing village in Kahr, the first region settled by humans, grows into the earliest major city and trading center in Nerasia: Sray. This city will become the continent's oldest, longest-standing city, and a symbol of commerce for many millennia.   Sray is famous for its pyramids and beautiful temples, and as the birthplace of writing.

  • Circa 1500 EA
    Saritin Golden Age
    Political event

    The Saritin people in the Talaris Desert build the first major, multi-citied civilization in Nerasia, and reach the height of their power.

  • Circa 1700 EA
    Formation of Mashendia
    Miscellaneous

    The Mashendian city-states begin their rise to prominence in northern Nerasia.

  • Circa 2000 EA
    Invention of the Tabaro writing system
    Technological achievement

    A simple method of record-keeping grows into the full-fledged Tabaro writing in Sray, consisting of runic lines and small circles and slashes for punctuation. This writing system spreads throughout eastern and northern Nerasia and is used by many languages.

  • Circa 2000 EA
    Fall of the Saritin
    Disaster / Destruction

    The Saritin civilization descends into weakness, and falls prey to the warlike Telanites, who arrive from southeastern Nerasia and supplant them as a new power.

  • Circa 2000 EA
    Founding of Telanin
    Founding

    After breaking up the Saritin civilization, the Telanites form a new coastal city-state: Telanin.

  • Circa 2000 EA
    Sorians arrive in Karoa
    Population Migration / Travel

    Nomads known as the Sorians migrate south. One major faction settles in the Karoa region; another travels further and settles on the Labira Islands.

    Location
    Karoa
  • Circa 2150 EA
    Founding of Jurro
    Founding

    The Kidiesh people migrate into the Talaris Desert and build the city-state of Jurro, which will later expand into a powerful kingdom and a rival of Telanin.

    Location
    Telaris Desert
  • Circa 2200 EA
    An unknown author pens The Epic of Ishara
    Artistic creation

    The first known epic story is written down: The Epic of Ishara (IH-shah-ruh). The story recounts the deeds of the mythical hero, Ishara, who leads humanity across the seas on a magical winged beast, and founds the city of Sray. The people of Sray, especially its regents, claim to be of Ishara's lineage, and the story is of central importance to their cultural and ethnic identity.

    More reading
    The Epic of Ishara
  • Circa 2650 EA
    Krijha and Aronma write On Cities
    Artistic creation

    Krijha and Aronma, a married couple living in the city-state of Karoseth, write down their vision for the ideal city-state, which includes an argument for gender equality and a form of oligarchy. Their book is in response to a contemporary title, On Kings, by a man named Heshinia, who advocates for patriarchal monarchies as the perfect form of governance, complete with instructions on how to run one.   Krijha and Aronma's response book, On Cities, becomes wildly popular in the Mashendian city-states and greatly influences culture and politics for centuries to come.

    More reading
    On Cities
  • Circa 2800 EA
    Invention of the Karoi writing system
    Technological achievement

    The West-Sorian people, later to be known as the Mosori, invent the Karoi writing system. The Karoi writing system is soon used throughout the Karoia region.

    Location
    Karoa
  • 3000 EA - 3200 EA
    Mosori/Sabani origin
    Cultural event

    Around this time, the Sorian people begin considering themselves two separate people: The Mosori and the Sabani.

    Location
    Karoa
  • Circa 3000 EA
    Development of Hosho writing system
    Technological achievement

    The civilization of Jurro, after becoming exposed to the Karoi writing system and coveting its aesthetic beauty, develops a hybrid writing system that incorporates both Karoi and Tabaro characters. The hybrid system, known as Hosho (meaning "both") becomes popular throughout southern Nerasia.

  • 0 IA (3200 EA)
    Founding of the Pirimian Empire
    Era beginning/end

    The Pirimians begin their conquest of northwestern Nerasia, launching the Imperial Age.

  • 320 IA
    Founding of Ush
    Founding

    Jurro plants the coastal city of Ush, officially ending their status as a city-state and beginning their reign as a multi-citied kingdom.

  • CIRCA 400 IA
    THE CREATION OF THE HAMASHUNAM
    Artistic creation

    King Jakaro II orders his imperial poets and scribes to write down oral traditions about the founding of Jurro, with many new embellishments. This group effort results in the epic poem, The Hamashunam.

    More reading
    The Hamashunam
  • Circa 500 IA
    Founding of Ilies
    Founding

    A faction of Aquatic Mosori people, known as the Ili, break off to form the underground city-state of Ilies.

    Location
    Karoa
  • 705 IA
    Founding of Besset
    Founding

    The kingdom of Jurro plants the city of Besset, running into conflict with both the indigenous hunter-gatherers of the region, and the pirating Payeshi people that inhabit the islands between Besset and Ush.

  • 785 IA
    Dorins arrive in Karoa
    Population Migration / Travel

    A group of warlike people, the Dorins, leave the Northern Plains to escape religious conflict and the encroaching reach of the Pirimian Empire. They arrive in Karoa and form an uneasy, temporary peace with the original inhabitants, the Mosori and Sabani.

    Location
    Karoa
  • 830 IA - 867 IA
    The Dorish/Karoi Wars
    Military action

    Major conflict breaks out between Dorins and Sabani beginning in 830 IA. A long series of scattered wars leads to the official campaign in 846 IA to conquer the region. Twenty-one years later, in 867, the war ends with both Mosoria and Sabán under the heels of the new Dorish Empire.

    Location
    Karoa
    More reading
    Dorish Empire
  • 867 IA
    Founding of the Dorish Empire
    Founding

    After 37 years of conflict, including a 21-year-long campaign to conquer the Karoi region, the Dorins officially establish their empire over the Mosori and Sabani people.

    Location
    Karoa
    More reading
    Dorish Empire
  • 1022 IA
    The Great Imperial War
    Military action

    When forces from the Pirimian Empire invade the Dorish Empire, the much smaller Dorish Empire enlists the aid of Jurro to fend them off, leading to the largest battle in recorded Nerasian history to that date.

  • 1022 - 1023 IA
    Setting of Saga I
    Miscellaneous

    The period of history wherein City of Reckoning and its sequel take place.

  • 1023 - 1135 IA
    Unification of Mosoria
    Gathering / Conference

    The unification of the Mosori tribes begins with the Council of Olo-onu in 1023 IA, which marks the formation of the Confederation of Mosoria. The unification effort officially ends in 1135 IA with the inclusion of the Kano and Ali tribes.

  • 1023 IA
    The Fall of the Dorish Empire
    Disbandment

    Dorina's attempt to fend off Pirimian forces fails. With both a rebellion and a revolution weakening Dorina's power from the inside, the empire crumbles under Pirim's hand, despite military assistance from Jurro. Many peasants and merchant-class Dorins remain peacefully, and integrate themselves into Sabani society.

    Location
    Karoa
    More reading
    Dorish Empire
  • 1080 IA
    Saruni Do'alae Mae'daho Writes Down The Epic of Adaehino
    Artistic creation

    In the aftermath of the Dorish Empire's fall, a monastic known as Saruni Do'alae, of the Daho tribe, writes down the first completed manuscript of the Epic of the Adaehino.

    Location
    Karoa
    More reading
    The Epic of Adaehino
  • 1090 IA
    Unification of Sabán
    Gathering / Conference

    After the fall of the Dorish Empire, the Sabani tribes form a tight alliance, and soon begin to develop a national identity. Inspired by the Mosori Confederation, the Sabani unite into one nation during the Council of Aesuno in 1090 IA.

  • 1118 IA
    Jurro conquers the Labira Islands
    Military action

    The Kingdom of Jurro extends its reach to the Labira Islands, conquering the indigenous Payeshi people there, and unofficially adding itself to the ranks of great Nerasian empires.

  • 1180 IA - 1240 IA
    Jurritian Golden Age
    Political event

    The Kingdom of Jurro, unofficially an empire, reaches the height of its power and affluence.

  • 1240 IA - 1245 IA
    The Great Jurro-Telanin War
    Military action

    The desert kingdoms of Jurro and Telanin engage in major conflict over the contested, culturally-significant lands to the south of Jurro.

  • 1390 IA
    The Labira War of Independence
    Revolution

    The Labira Islands fight against Jurro for their independence, and succeed. Jurro loses its position as an empire, and Labira becomes its own nation-state.

  • 0 KA (1470 IA)
    Fall of the Pirimian Empire
    Disbandment

    With the official fall of the Pirimian Empire, the continent of Nerasia steps into its Kingdom Age.

  • 20-75 KA
    The First Kingdom Wars
    Military action

    Following the power vacuum created by the Pirimian Empire's fall, revolution sweeps through the Mashendian city-states as powerful figures take control, establish themselves as regents, and war against other city-states to expand their territory.

    Location
    Northern Plains
  • 110-125 KA
    The Second Kingdom Wars
    Military action

    In another series of brutal conflicts, the kingdoms and city-states of Mashendia come to a head as Irium, Karoseth, and Eprym seek to expand their borders.

    Location
    Northern Plains
  • 150-162 KA
    The Third Kingdom Wars
    Military action

    Eprym conquers Kicha and Marosapti. Karoseth fights against Irium, Bantakal, and Akkium, but loses.

    Location
    Northern Plains
  • 185-190 KA
    Lekro's revolution
    Revolution

    The city-state of Lekro undergoes a revolution, and shifts from an oligarchy to a monarchy under the new rulership of King Rashato I, also known as King Rashato the Wise. Rather than going to war against Lekro's neighbors, King Rashato strengthens the city-state's relationship with Mekía, Norr, and Asík, and forms a new, friendly relationship and trade network with Karoseth.

  • 211 - 350 KA
    Besset becomes an independent kingdom
    Diplomatic action

    Besset negotiates its independence from the Kingdom of Jurro. It soon expands its reach and power in the southern grasslands, forming more cities as part of its new kingdom.

  • 213 KA
    The Destruction of Ilies
    Disaster / Destruction

    The underground city-state of Ilies suffers an earthquake, and most of the city becomes destroyed and unlivable. The survivors move above ground and form the nation of Casania. Irium, their ally, helps them rebuild.

  • 375 KA
    Formation of Ruik
    Military action

    A conquering Srayish king, Sha-Ruik, unifies the small kingdoms of Urrum into one large kingdom: Ruik.

  • 418 KA
    Formation of Hapturum
    Military action

    King Ikaiyes, in response to Ruikite aggression, unifies the cities of northern Kahr into one kingdom.