Events Edit

• 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]

• 271 BCE: Epicurus dies.^[8]

• 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]

• 241 BCE: Mo-Tzu dies.^[1]

• 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]

References Edit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} MTSC: Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade Rulebook, p. 52
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} MTAs: Mage Storytellers Companion, p. 8
3. ↑ MTAs: Halls of the Arcanum, p. 95
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} MTAs: Guide to the Technocracy, p. 58
5. ↑ MTAs: Dragons of the East, p. 9
6. ↑ MTAs: The Infinite Tapestry, p. 54
7. ↑ MTAs: Lost Paths: Ahl-i-Batin & Taftâni, . 61
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} MTSC: Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade Rulebook, p. 51
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} MTAs: Convention Book: Iteration X, p. 16
10. ↑ MTAs: Technocracy: Iteration X, p. 19
11. ↑ MTAs: Guide to the Technocracy, p. 57
12. ↑ MTAs: Technocracy: Iteration X, p. 20
13. ↑ MTAs: Dragons of the East, p. 11
14. ↑ MTAs: Book of Crafts, p. 127
15. ↑ MTAs: Mage Storytellers Companion, p. 25
16. ↑ MTAs: Dragons of the East, p. 43
17. ↑ MTAs: Mage Storytellers Handbook, p. 146
18. ↑ MTAs: Book of Crafts, p. 110
19. ↑ MTAs: Beyond the Barriers: The Book of Worlds, p. 27
20. ↑ MTAs: Dragons of the East, p. 31

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100s BCE