Earth

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Earth also known as **Terra** is the home-world of humanity, and the center piece of democracy, and the **United Earth Governing Alliance.** She is the third planet in order of the solar system, and one of nine entirety.

## History

### Early Years

Earth was formed 4.5 Billion Years ago, during the formation of the Sol System, it was around 3 billion years ago that the first life of Earth appeared archaic bacteria.

The Planet would go through various stages of mass extinctions, when in 2.4 billion years ago, most anaerobes died, including one 66 million years ago that lead to the death of the dinosaurs.

### Early Rise of Humanity

Humanity began their spread between 300-70 thousand years ago leaving the continent in the southern hemisphere known as Africa, it was during this time that humans began to mix with other members of the genus *homo* such as neanderthals and and the denosovians along with other species of humans.

Approximately 50,000 to 10,000 years ago humanity began to enter the paleolithic age, continuing as hunter-gathers, creating some of the most famous cave-paintings, while also at this point had developed various forms of language, which had existed for approximately 50,000 years allowing tribes to work cohesively to hunt down larger prey. It was during this time that humans experienced the last major ice age. However, this event lead to possibly one of the earliest known human-made extinctions of the Woolly Mammoths. It was during this time frame as well that humanity had more than likely became the remaining member of the genus *homo.*

### Cradle of Civilization

Civilization has roots that are far and wide, with various stories being told to explain the rise of early civilizations, such as that of the tower of *babel,* and even the thought to be highly advanced lost city of *Atlantis.* However approximately 10,000 years ago, during the neolithic age, early proto-civilizations began to show up, beginning the transition from hunter-gatherer nomadic tribes to permanent settlements based on the basis of agriculture and domestication of animals.

The first major civilization to arise was approximately between 24000 and 3000 BCE, and was the infamous Egyptians and Mesopotamians. Early civilizations were heavily religious, and often were lead in a fashion known as absolute monarchy where kings, emperors, and Pharoes words were absolute. They also featured the basis of more modern religion, often in a polytheistic religion.

### Rise and Fall of Early Democracy

It was approximately 2,000 years ago that the earliest democracy rose into prominence in the form of the ancient city states of Greece. The City State of Athens, was the earliest seat of democracy, and was one of the few direct democracies where the people were randomly selected to serve within the senate and other seats of power. However following the collapse of Athens at the hands of the fellow city state Sparta, it quickly went through various forms of democracy, with the Spartans settling on a more moderate form of democracy. However, in 400 BCE when the Macedonians took hold of ancient Greece and became the most powerful city state, Greece made a drastic turn towards federalism, and became a major military power, and less of a open democracy.

However around this time, in neighboring Italy known as Rome at the time, the small and a less major power at the time, had adopted early democracy as well, with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom in 509 BCE the beginning of the Roman Republic began, ushering in a new era of "political freedom" for men, however like many city states around the world, they continued to use slavery as a means of use. The Roman Republic would soon collapse however and in 27 BCE the Roman Empire would rise and become one of the most powerful empires to rise to power, eventually extending over all of Europe and parts of Asia Minor.

### Evolution of Monotheism

A major step in human civilization, was a radical change in parts of the Western World from polytheism of ancient Egypt and parts of the middle East towards early monotheism. The earliest of which has been recorded as far as the late bronze age when then Pharaoh Akhenatan proclaimed that there was only one god, and possibly became what many have called the "historical Moses". Other religions such as Judaism arose during approximately 600 BCE when their god "Yahweh" had melded into a singular god from various ones. It was also during this time frame that Zoroastrianism arose as well.

The most major alteration to the world was the rise of Christianity which altered the face of Europe, as well as the Americas. The basis of Christianity is that there is only one god, and that his son the messiah known as Jesus Christ was born, only to die at the hands of the romans, being crucified. This was depicted in the Bible as the "New Testament" which was written approximately 200-400 AD by various authors in various books.

It was the story of Jesus a jew who was the messiah that Christianity evolved. Through the rise of Christianity, other cultures adopted monotheism such as the Roman Empire, which became later the Holy Roman Empire. the spread of Christianity grew radically for over 1400 years.

It was during this time as well as other offshoots of Judaism was adopted with the rise of Islam in the middle east, which eventually became the most dominant religion in the area.

### European Renaissance and the New World

Europe is a continent comprising of a majority of the Western World north of Africa. Primarily it's population is made up those who are christian with other minorities such as those who are jewish and islamic. However, it's early history was one made up of kinds in fudal systems. The Dark Ages was a time in which research into the sciences ended, and religion became the word of the land, with those who did not follow it becoming ostracized from their homes, and in times being executed for heresy. The strict following continued, often being a time in which those who often were women were accused of witchcraft, and hung, drowned, and occasionally burned at the stake.

Many parts of Europe however began to change approximately during the 1300-1400's during the Renaissance in which science, free thinking, and arts became prolific throughout parts of Europe, beginning the transition of parts of Europe into the modern world. However soon Europe was stricken by the **black plague** one of the most devastating periods in which a bacterial disease tore through Europe and parts of the middle east, killing up to 30-60% of the population of Europe. It had possibly changed people's view on their life on earth, rather than focusing on spiritualistic and the after life.

During the entirety of the Renaissance trade routes had been secured over land across Europe to Asia on the *Silk Road* and later by traveling down the coast of Africa and around the Horn of Africa, a arduous and dangerous journey.

In 1492 Christopher Columbus a explorer would secure funding from Spain to run an expedition through the generally uncharted waters of the Atlantic, which he thought and many others thought was singular. Against the popular notion that the Earth was flat, he went on an expedition, which accidentally brought him to the unknown continent that would become America. Landing in the Bahamas he encountered locals, who allowed some men to stay behind. During his second voyage, they would steal gold and other valuables, a hammock, and kidnapped several locals.

His "discovery" which actually had been done 300 years earlier by the Vikings, had brought in the Age of Discovery.

### European Expansion into the "New World"

After the Discovery of a whole new continent, the Spaniards began to explore and settle the new world, invading and conquering Mexico which had the local Aztecs another advanced civilization, before conquering Peru, and other parts of South America.

In the 1607 the first permanent settlement in North America was established by England known as Jamestown, which had gone through various stages of Abandonment and re-establishment. The previous colony Roanoke which had been settled in 1585 had been found abandoned not long after.

In 1620 the Colony of Plymouth was established by Pilgrims, people who were more strict than the new Anglican Church.

### A New Super Power

By the early 1700's a majority of what would become the United States of America were founded, and quickly would rise to power with the American Revolution in the 1770s which would result in an overthrow of the local English Government and the establishment of the United States of America.

The early years of the US were unstable, with anti-government protests such as Shay's Rebellion being put down as well as the Whiskey Rebellion. However in 1812 England would again try to recapture the United States but ended in a stalemate between the two countries.

The 1800's would see a radical shift in the United States with the country going through a massive civil war in the 1860's over the states rights to legally hold slaves, the Civil War would again see England's involvement to undermine the US with them supporting the Confederate States of America to the South. It would end with the establishment of Slavery.

### World War I and II

During the 20th Century, it would see again the largest war between various countres in the First and Second World Wars the "Great War" and the Second World War. Each would be defined as suffering from various different issues, the first war being the nearly immovable trenches and the often bloody hand-to-hand conflicts with no mans land, and gas warfare. And the Second which would feature the worst genocide in modern history the Holocaust.

It would be however in World War I that the then Russian Empire would transition from a Monarchy State with the Rule of the Tsar - the Nicholas II to the USSR. In 1917 the Russian Revolution also known as the Bolshevik Rebellion would take hold. It began with the February Revolution with strikes and demonstrations, and then the October Revolution in which the White Army comprised of liberal and monarchist forces would go toe-to-toe against the Communist Red Army. It would be in 1918 that the Russians would withdraw from the war to take hold of the Russian Civil War. During this war, the White Army would receive support from the US Forces, British and the Japanese. However earlier the Russian Tsar Nicholas II would abdicate and he and his family would be executed on July 17, 1918. In turn the Russian Civil War would see the Soviet Army unify russia under a new communist government led by Vladimir Lenin.

World War One would also end in 1918 with the fall of Austria-Hungary, the German Empire and Turkey's Ottoman Empire. Germany's military would be completely disarmed in the armistice, and would eventually lead to the complete economic collapse of the country.

In 1938 World War II broke out when Adolf Hitler the leader of the Nazi Party in Germany ordered the invasion of Poland, the subsequent war involved more men, than World War I and lasted a longer period, and saw the near collapse of Europe with England and Spain being the only country remaining in the war. The USSR would fight to the East and the Allies to the West. During World War II the Nazi Party would partake in the "Final solution" which the Nazi's saw as to "cleanse" Germany, Europe, and the World of non-european minorities, foremost the Jewish population and saw the genocide of six million jews, with numbers up to 11 when taking in other minorities. The Pacific Front saw the US partake in a war against Imperial Japan.

In 1945 Germany would fall to the Allies and would be split in half, one between the United States Occupation, and the other occupied by the Russians in the City of Berlin. However in 1945 the last battles to be fought were in the Pacific and would see the first use of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

After the end of World War II the Allies would again be split between Eastern and Western beliefs, one a capitalistic democracy, the other a communism totalitarian regime.

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### The Cold War

In 1945 the second World War ended, and the Soviet Union and the United States came off as the true victors in their decisive victories against the Germans and the Japanese. However it would see the two allies split and enter into a nuclear arms race, as well as the first space race between the two nations.

It would be in **1950** that the United States and Russia would both enter into the Korean War, a literal war between democracy and communism in the Korean Peninsula which had previously been split during World War II. However in 1953 it would end, and the US and Russia again would enter into another war the Vietnam War. Between 1955 and 1975 the Vietnam War would be the most disastrous war for the United States becoming the third most deadly war between the US and a Foreign Nation.

It would be in this time that the in-direct war between the US and Russia would become the "Cold War" in which both were developing more powerful weapons, and faster rockets. During the Wars they entered into a space race and in 1961 Yuri Gargarin with the USSR became the first human in space on the Vostok Space Craft. The US was loosing the space race and only caught up in that same year Alan Shepard became the first American in Space. However in 1969 the US would win the space race, with the Apollo 11 Moon Landing, making the US the dominant power in space.

### The American-Soviet War

The US and Russian Tensions continued to escalate throughout the 20th Century, and in 1987 President Gorbachev would be killed in an untimely assassination when his plane which was sabotaged crashed in Poland. That same year President Luznov would be sworn into office, he continued to push Soviet aggression and in 1987, shortly after Reagans "Berlin Wall Speech" he was assassinated by a KGB Spy.

The KGB Assassination lead the US retaliating against Russia by invading Eastern Berlin which was heavily controlled by the Soviet's however, it failed and the US was forced to retreat back to the West behind the Iron Curtain.

It would be in 1991 that the Soviet Union began it's advance south, in a devastating attack they would take out the government of Afghanistan, leading to a massive defense of the Middle East, however Iran, Syria, and Israel would be captured by the Russians in 1993.

The **Middle Eastern Alliance** would be formed entering the World into the final and third World War. The Alliance would be a joining between all middle eastern nations and their allies to the West including the United States where they engaged in the 40 Days Offensive, with their goal to retake Iraq, Israel and Syria. It would be a decisive victory, however they would be halted at Tehran, with the Soviets having fortified the city and rigging it to be destroyed in the case they are to retreat. To the East the Pakistani-India Alliance would retake Afghanistan and Turkmenistan before stopping at the Iranian Boarder. The two alliances entered into a three-way stand-off with the USSR.

However to the North, the Russians had at the time engaged in a war against France, Western Germany, and soon found themselves on the winning side, but the French would trick the Germans into entering "Zone Rogue" which had been made during the Battle of Verdun in World War I. They would blow up the explosives in the area, including several detonated gas canisters, leading to a decisive victory.

In the Middle East the Stale-Mate became known as the Buffer Zone, one that was keeping the peace in the middle east, while the push-back retook Berlin Entirely leading to a decades long stand-off between Russia and the US Allies.

### The Fall

In 2009 the Brazilian Government would fall to the BSSR a Soviet Ally and soon became a member of the Soviet Union, an unforeseen threat. This new threat would force the US to withdrawal a majority of their troops from Europe in fear of a massive invasion.

In 2023 the threat would come true. The year would become known as the year that signaled the end of society, when the Soviet Union, China, and the newly reunified Korea would launch a Three-Pronged Attack against the United States. The Canadians and the Alaskan National Guard would participate in the **Battle of Anchorage** which would be seen as a US and Canadian Victory. However at the same time China and Korea would successful launch an attack against California, taking the city of San Francisco. In that time frame, the US would launch a massive offensive to retake San Francisco but would retake the city in Pyrrhic Victory. The **Battle of San Francisco** would lead to the complete destruction of the city, when the Koreans detonated a nuclear bomb within it's heart, killing millions as well as the loss of over 20,000 US and Canadian Troops.

The **Battle of San Francisco** would re-ignite the War in Europe and the Middle East with the US Launching an invasion of Japan which had been captured by the Koreans. They would successfully liberate the island nation, but soon the world would face an entirely different threat.

### The Black Out

In 2052, the final engagement between the various nations would begin, no-one knows who launched first but on September 23, 2052 the first nuclear war broke out. The entire world was engulfed into darkness as cities around the globe fell.

The Black Out would last a staggering fifteen years before most power lines were restored, and when they were, an entirely new world would exist one defined differently than before. Alliances that existed previously rebuilt their nations together, with the largest super power emerging being the **Arabian Confederacy** which saw a return of religion freedom, and political equality, seeing to it that the mistakes that had been made were in the past. the Arabian Confederacy would soon adopt the countries of Pakistan and India into their coalition, and soon expanded to offer aid to Europe which had been heavily damaged in the war.

In the United States it was a different story. In 2055 three years after the war the remainder of the US Government came out of hiding to a changed world, and soon **Operation Dark Winter** was activated, giving the military emergency powers, which it already activated. General Charles DeLuca would take the reigns in restoring the United States. The new capital was selected to Philadelphia which had been unharmed in the war due to it's little strategic importance. There he established a military dictatorship. However after **Bloody Sunday** a uprising by the local National Guard would see **Michael Daley** stage a revolt against DeLuca which resulted in his execution. Daley would see to the re-establishment of the government, with Philadelphia remaining the main seat of power, however the constitution would remain the same.

The rise of the Eastern Coalition would see a temporary war btween the Eastern Coalition and the California Republic, only to have Republic of Texas which had been established in 2029 stop the war. Together they created the United States of America once again, with three sitting Presidents from each country. Together they would create the start of the **United Earth Governing Alliance.**