King Apollodorus of Telmessus first applied the laws of humans to manticores.
The beginning of recorded history, though most records from this time are incomplete and rely on oral histories only written down in later ages. This was an age of heroes and prophets, without the structure of modern states. The largest unit of human settlement was the city state.
Massive empires of inhuman power spanned the continents of Occidentia, Legar, and Cathay. Among them were Old Daqin, the Stygian Empire, the Giants of Ur, the Lands of the Red Worm, and Witch Queen of Hyperborea.
According to traditional histories it was in this year that the Orichalcum Emperor founded the first dynasty of Daqin.
For reasons still shrouded in mystery all of the great empires of the world were destroyed within the space of less than a decade. Following this there was a period of great chaos and destruction. Magic ran rampant destroying all but the most isolated vestiges of civilization.
The Donnic Script found below the Sculpted Lands tell of a great disaster that destroyed their entire civilization in a single week, leaving only smooth stone. The cause of this disaster is still unknown.
Leng was founded by Olm migrants fleeing famine in southern Daqin.
The great catastrophes of the previous age died down and civilization emerged from hiding, but magic had all but died. Only the most devout could muster the smallest response from their gods and masters of the arcane arts were reduced to parlor tricks.
The Cracked Earth Emperor waged a campaign of genocide against the wild men, until his assassination at the hands of his own bodyguards.
Magic returned to the world, the Gods' War began in Capetia, and Slumbering beings of magic awoke all across Occidentia.
Three acts in concert ended the Era of Slumber, the death of an immortal being on the material plane, the slaying of Augustine's champion of stagnation, and the ascension of a new god of magic, Pendeller. With this magic was returned to the world and the sleepers awaken. It is the current era of the world.