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Age of Terra
From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
Ages of Mankind | Age of Terra - Dark Age of Technology - Age of Strife - Age of the Imperium |
The Age of Terra is the earliest period of human history, lasting from roughly the beginning of recorded history to the 15th Millennia or 18th Millennia[3]. During much of this time, mankind was limited to the confines of Terra and ancient civiliations came and went. But eventually, mankind developed space travel and colonized most of the Solar System. Most notable of these colonies were Mars, the moons of Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune.[1]
The Age of Terra was succeeded by the Dark Age of Technology as humanity began to colonize worlds outside of the Solar System.[1]
Notable events
- The Perpetuals emerge as an evolution of Homo Sapien on Terra[6].
- Birth of the Emperor in the 8th Millennium B.C.[2a]
- Birth of the Chaos Gods Khorne, Nurgle, and Tzeentch during the medieval period of human history.[2b]
- The mysterious Perpetual known as The Emperor forms a kingdom and battles the proto-Cognitae alongside his Warmaster, Ollanius Persson. The two part ways after Persson destroys a Warp-generating tower erected by the Chaos Cultists in defiance of the Emperor's orders.[7]
- The Sol System is fully colonized by the end of M15.[1]
- The Men of Gold appear at some point, watching and learning from Humanity.[4] In time, they create the Men of Stone for greater space colonization.[5]
Sources
- 1: Galaxy in Flames, pg. 280
- 2: Realm of Chaos: The Lost and the Damned
- 3: Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook pg. 122
- 4: Warhammer 40,000 3rd Edition Rulebook, pg. 278 — The Journal of Keeper Cripias
- 5: Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology) - Ancient History by Andy Chambers
- 6: Saturnine (Novel) Part 2 Chapter 3
- 7: Mortis (Novel) - Chapter 16