BC to Year 0

Note: Emerald City Chronicles does not generally allow characters to be created with an embrace date prior to the dark ages (about 1100-1200 AD), however the information listed below may be of use to someone who wishes to research their great-great-grandsire's lineage.

??? - No one really knows when all this began. Let's suppose there are Antediluvians out there.
-13000 - The followers of Set arrive in Africa. [Cb-S, p18] [Its in the book!]
-12000 - The First City is built.
-10000 - The First City falls.
-10000 - The Great Flood.
-8300 - The Second City is built.
-8000 - In the Jordan Vally a Neolithic culture comes into being. This leads to the Israelite tribes evolving. [WoD, p67]
-7000 - Set was born. [Cb-S, p11]
-6000 - Agriculture in the Nile valley
-6000 - The Second City falls.
-5000 - Baba Yaga is embraced by Absimiliard of clan Nosferatu. [WoD, p57]
-5000 - Sutekh (Set) settles around the Nile. He will spawn the Setites as his clan. [PG2, p122]
-4500 - Ashur Embraces Shaitan at this time. He is the Second to be Embraced by Ashur. He lives in the Second City for a time. He meets Ba'al and becomes his first follower.
-4245 - Lower Egypt conquers Upper Egypt.
-4000 - Farming to to the British Isles. [WoD, p9]
-3500 - Tiamat is embraced by Arakura. Urlon of Urek is slain by Tiamat.
-3300 - Sutekh was being worshiped by some mortals as the God of Night and Darkness. And started to call himself Set. [PG2, p122]

  • - Osiris takes control of Egypt and banishes his brother Set. [Mummy, p59]
  • - Set returns and imprisions Osiris. Later Osiris escapes and is torn limb from limb. [Mummy, p60-61]
  • - Meshta is turned into a Mummy [Mummy, p61]
  • - Horus is turned into a Mummy [Mummy, p61]
  • - Isis restores Osiris to life. Set kills him again. [Mummy, p62]
  • - Khetamon flees as the last of the Osiris' progeny. He doesn't stop until he reaches india. [Mummy, p64]
  • - Khetamon perfects his discipline of Bardo and returns from hiding to create the children of Osiris. [Mummy, p64]

-3028 - Tiamat is embraced by Arakur of Ur. [BldH, p19]
-3000 - Set's power is weakened by Horus' actions. [Mummy, p63]
-3000 - Athens and Troy are built at this time. Humans begin abstract mathematics.
-3000 Upper Egypt fights Lower Egypt.
-3000 ish - Development of Osiran mythology
-2834 - The sword of Nul is forged by Tiamat
-2800 - Stonehenge is built.
-2650-2190 - The Pyramids(?)
-2620 - Birth of Queen Hetephras [Mummy, p69]
-2610 - Birth of Sahura during the reign of Pharaoh Khufu, aka. Cheops [Mummy, p11]
-2500 - Mesannepadda's Dynasty of Ur, worshipping Innana and Dumuzi (aka Tammuz, a mythical king mythologized as a dead-and-risen god, in Book of Nod a vampire)
-2350-2300 - Sargon of Akkad conquers the Fertile Crescent
-2300 - The Sumerians first write about Gulfora.
-2100 - Popularity of the Osiris cult; royalty promotes Amon-Ra cult
-2000 - The start of the bronze age.

  • - Improvements in agriculture occure.
  • - The rise of the Egyptian pharaohs. The middle kingdom of egypt florishes.
  • - Nearly all of the British Isles were under cultivation. [WoD, p9]

-1727 - Ankla Hotep is embraced by Smenkhara. [BbN, p120]
-1728-1686 - Hammurabi rules in Babylon
-1650 - The middle kingdom starts to decline due to the efforts of the mummies and the children of Osiris.

  • - And the invasion of the Semitic, Baal-worshipping Hyksos. Seth becomes identified with Baal in the mythology.
  • - Also around this time, the Aryan invaders, previously a minor presence, wipe out the Indus Valley culture. The aborigines are destined to become Dravidian untouchables and gypsies. Guess: Veddhartha leads the Arya to victory, Sara Kali leads her followers, mortal and otherwise, away to safety.

-1523 - The first HIT Mark I's are made.
-1500 - Agriculture improves to the point that human populations start increasing steadily.
-1380 - Akhenaton and Nefertiti rule Egypt.
-1300 - (15th dynasty, under Seti I) Kemintiri is embraced by Set. [KmW, p91]
-1273 - Birth of Amen Khal [Mummy, p68]
-1258 - Mithras is embraced by Veddartha of clan Ventrue. [WoD, p32]
-1235 - Mithras is born. [WoD, p32] {It's in the book! Ed.}
-1223 - Sethnakht becomes the pharaoh of Egypt. He upsets the Setites' control of Egypt during his reign. [WoD, p70]
-1207 - Helena is embraced by Minos [CbN2, p111]
-1200 - Meneleus is embraced by Troile [CbN2, p64]
-1200 - The inscription known as 'Voices from the Shadows' seems to orignate from this era, due to its script and language. [Cb-S, p15]
-1200 - Trojan War occurs.
-1200 - Shaitan arrives in North America.
-1200 - Enkidu is embraced by Gangrel in Sumer. [KmW, p36] The Gangrels live in Ur until its destruction by the Setites.
-1191 - Birth of Khonseru [Mummy, p76]

  • - The New Kingdom - Egypt rules from the Sahara to the Euphrates.

-1032 - Nefertiti is embraced by Set [BbN, p116]
-1000 - Vasantasena is embraced by Unmada. [CotI, p29]
-1000 - The Dionysian walks the earth.
-1000 - The Iron Age begins.
-1000 - The greek city stats begin to flourish.
-1000 - Tristan & Travis are ghouled.
-1000 - Iteration X (know as the Artificers at this time) influences both Greece and China more than any other Tradition.
-1000 - The Brujah's Influence over the Greeks begin to increase.

  • - Egypt loses control over the Near-Eastern provinces.

-950 - Horus forces Set from Egypt. [Mummy, p64]
-900 - "A being known as Heru-Behutet and his warriors defeated Set and his allies in a great battle. Set was exiled and his followers slaughtered. In his anguish, Set vowed that if he were to be exiled into the darkness, then that darkness would become all-powerful." [PG2, p122]
-900 - Himalayan Wars begin between the Akashic Brotherhood and the Handura. The Handura are later subsumed into the Euthanatos. The Ahl-i-Batin are formed. The verdant plain is reduced to the Afghanistan desert in a battle between the Celestial Chorus and the Handura. [AK Brother TradBook] [Book of Shadows.]
-900 - Mesopotamia gains control over Assyria.
-814 - Carthage is founded by the Phoenicians.
-800 - The Ahl-i-Batin begin their Plan of Unity.
-8th cent. - 13 Ventrue (led by Tinia) arrived in Italy with the Etruscans. [Cb-V, p17]
-753 - Rome is founded.
-668-626 - Assyria ruled by Assurbanipal; destroys Thebes in Egypt
-650 - The Greeks (with Iteration X's help) formulate atomic theory.
-648 - Assyria conquers Babylon

  • - Scythian invaders weaken Assyria

-612 - The captial of Assyria, Nineveh, falls to Nabopalasser of Babylon.

  • - Setites stomp on the Baali bloodline.

-600 - The Himalayan Wars end.
-598 - Babylonian occupation of Jerusalem (the 1st Exile)
-587 - Destruction of Jerusalem
-552 - Stalest Coursain is embraced [DAV, p98]
-540 - Pythagorean theory in invented along with the Laws of Conservation.
-539 - Cyrus II of Persia conquers Babylon. Obviously Mithras was behind this one.
-500 - The British Isles had progressed to tribes of farmers and herders, guarded by a warrior elite. [WoD, p9]
-5th cent - Brujah take control of Carthage. [Cb-V, p17]
-457 - The age of Pericles starts in Greece. [CbN2, p62]
-450 - The Order of Mercury begins attacks against the Roman Kindred.
-423 - Critias is embraced by Menele [CbN2, p66]
-420 - Possible first appearance of the Gypsies in India. [Cb-G, p12]
-400 - Possible fight between a Scandinavian hero (Grettir) and a Gangrel. [Cb-G, p12]
-342 - Lyle is embraced [DAV, p99]
-336 - Alexander the Great begins his conquest.
-330 - Petaniqua is embraced by Cybele the day Alexander the Great assumed the throne of Macedonia. [KmW, p85]
-331 - Alexander the great conquers Babylon.
-320 - Necross is embraced [DAV, p92]
-3rd cent. - Ventrue controlled most of Italy. [Cb-V, p17]
-292 - Louhi is born. [WoD, p56]
-256 - The Great Wall is Built.
-250 - The Chinese invent the binary number system.
-250 - Iteration X invents gunpowder.
-220 - Romans begin to patrol the coast of Macedonia.

  • - A celtic Druid creates the Phylacterty of Recorded Memory.

-200 - Louhi is embraced by Lerterimas of clan Malkavian. [WoD, p56]
-200 - Under Camilla, the Ventrue control all of Italy.
-173 - Brunhilde is born. [WoD, 55]
-150 - Brunhilde is embraced by a Gangrel. [WoD, p55]
-149 - The third Punic War begins.
-146 - Carthage is betrayed and sacked. The Brujah face a coalition of the Cappadocians, the Toreador, and the Malkavians all under the control of the Ventrue of Italy. They burn the city for 17 nights. With the aid of Mages, they salt all the Earth around the city to keep the vampires in the ground.
-132 - Saatet-ta is mumified (Bane).
-100 - Ghede is embraced by clan Setite. [Cb-S, p64]
-91 - The social war occures in Rome. Critias instigated this crisis, but his followers were put down by the roman Ventrues. [CbN2, p65]
-86 - Eletria is embraced by Helena. [CbN2, p113]
-55 - The first expedition of Julius Caesar reaches England. [WoD, p9]
-51 - Mictlantecuhli is embraced [D-Mex]
-50 - Setites regain 'some' control of Egypt using their agent Cleopatra. [WoD, p70]
-50 - The Setites use Cleopatra to influence the Roman Senate.
-46 - Caesar is appointed emperor of Rome.
-45 - Caesar was named dictator for life of Rome.
-43 - Claudius undertakes the conquest of Britain. [WoD, p9]
-33 - Set destroys the cult of Isis.

  • - Set creates the bane mummies. [Mummy, p66]

-30 - Egypt becomes a Roman provine, and as a result Cleopatra commits suicide. [Cb-S, p17]
-27 - Amam the Devourer is born. [Mummy, p67]
-11 - Saul conquers the Jordan Vally. [WoD, p67]
-6 - Birth of Christ
-3 - Victor is embraced [RAR, p91]
-2 - The 5 simple machines are invented.
1 - Most of Britain was more or less peaceful, and numerous Roman towns started to form. [WoD, p10]

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