200c BCE (oWOD)
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[edit] Events
- 400 BCE - 100 BCE: War of Hermes continues.[1]
- 580 BCE - 200 BCE: The Golden Age of Greek Science. Science and discovery of the day provide a firm foundation for what will be the "Western paradigm." Plato, Pythagoras, Hippocrates, Archimedes, Aristotle.[2]
- 560 BCE - 200 BCE: Golden Age of Chinese Science. Kung Fu-tse, Lu Pan. Chinese paradigm based on celestial order.[2]
- Alchemy dates back to roughly this period.[3]
- Archimedes builds legendary war machines and carefully documents his methods.[4]
- Chandragupta Maurya unites most of India.[5]
- Callimachus is a poet, grammarian and librarian at the Library of Alexandria.[6]
- 490 BCE - 250 BCE: Within a relatively short period of time, viziers establish four great cities through use of magic: Ad, Thamud, Tasm, and Jadis are build by the Taftâni. The Taftâni kings and warlords of these cities engage in increasingly destructive battles until all four are blasted beyond recognition.[7]
- 287 BCE: Archimedes is born.[8][9]
- 260 BCE: Shin-Huang-Ti, First Emperor of China, and patron of the Dalou'laoshi, is born.[1]
- 256 BCE: End of the Zhou Dynasty.[10][11][9] The "First Chinese Empire" arises, led by Emperor Cheng.[12][4]
- 221 BCE: With the coming of Qin Shuhuang, the first Emperor to unify China[13], Fu Xia unites the Wu Lung.They begin persecuting peasant wizards, inadvertently angering the Akashic Brotherhood.[1][14][15][16][17]
- 220 BCE: The "Wu-Keng"'s otherworldly masters transform them into women to escape imprisonment. As punishment, they order all Wu-Keng to disguise themselves as women for the remainder of their servitude.[18]
- 212 BCE: Archimedes dies.[8][9]
- 210 BCE: Shin-Huang-Ti, First Emperor of China, and patron of the Dalou'laoshi, dies.[1]
- 200 BCE: Dalou'laoshi founded.[1]
- 200 BCE: Sometime around this year, the Grand Hall of Endless Gates arises in the Astral Umbra from the needs of travellers for a waystation or shelter.[19]
- 200 BCE: A famous legalist work is written by Prince Han Fei Tzu, warning a ruler not to let private affairs get in the way of statecraft.[20]
[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 MTSC: Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade Rulebook, p. 52
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 MTA: Mage Storytellers Companion, p. 8
- ↑ MTA: Halls of the Arcanum, p. 95
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 MTA: Guide to the Technocracy, p. 58
- ↑ MTA: Dragons of the East, p. 9
- ↑ MTA: The Infinite Tapestry, p. 54
- ↑ MTA: Lost Paths: Ahl-i-Batin & Taftâni, . 61
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 MTSC: Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade Rulebook, p. 51
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 MTA: Convention Book: Iteration X, p. 16
- ↑ MTA: Technocracy: Iteration X, p. 19
- ↑ MTA: Guide to the Technocracy, p. 57
- ↑ MTA: Technocracy: Iteration X, p. 20
- ↑ MTA: Dragons of the East, p. 11
- ↑ MTA: Book of Crafts, p. 127
- ↑ MTA: Mage Storytellers Companion, p. 25
- ↑ MTA: Dragons of the East, p. 43
- ↑ MTA: Mage Storytellers Handbook, p. 146
- ↑ MTAs: Book of Crafts, p. 110
- ↑ MTA: Beyond the Barriers: The Book of Worlds, p. 27
- ↑ MTA: Dragons of the East, p. 31
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