Timeline of the New Era

## 0-100 NE

* 0 NE: 10% of the world's population, approximately 1 billion people, survive World Wars III and IV.
* 2 NE: Global average temperature reaches its lowest point since 1600 AD. Refugees face high attrition.
* 4 NE: Refugees in northern regions begin returning from the countryside to destroyed cities for collective survival
* 5 NE: The first municipal governments are re-established
* 10 NE: Major breakouts of disease impact equatorial regions
* 15 NE: Inequality begins to grow; the first monarchies are established
* 21 NE: Agricultural output increases in temperate regions
* 29 NE: String of epidemics ends
* 34 NE: First multi-city government is established
* 38 NE: Salvaging debris in major cities becomes common economic practice
* 42 NE: The printing press is reintroduced
* 45 NE: The compass returns as people begin to navigate the seas
* 47 NE: Population growth hits a positive rate for the first time since before World War III
* 51 NE: Archaeology becomes a vital tool of scientific discovery
* 58 NE: Gunpowder is reintroduced
* 61 NE: World population reaches 1.1 billion
* 80 NE: Steel is reintroduced, thanks to innovations in the uses of city debris
* 86 NE: Urbanization increases, as city salvage becomes the second most powerful economic activity
* 98 NE: Antibiotics begin to proliferate

## 101-200 NE

* 101 NE: Rising inequality causes "The Dark Years" to begin. Those in power solidify their holdings with religion and government, stalling scientific advancements and economic growth.
* 102 NE: Slavery is reintroduced in large quantities.
* 105 NE: With the help of slavery, city salvage becomes the most powerful economic activity on the planet.
* 106 NE: The first interstate wars begin to occur
* 110 NE: States become more common than city-states
* 112 NE: World population reaches 1.2 billion
* 114 NE: Minor colonization efforts begin to occur in less densely populated equatorial regions. Most attempts fail for military reasons
* 115 NE: A second string of epidemics hits equatorial regions.
* 116 NE: Colonization efforts are abandoned.
* 117 NE: The world is circumnavigated for the first time in the New Era.
* 121 NE: The ideas of ancient philosophers, such as Rousseau, Locke, and Marx, begin to proliferate.
* 122 NE: The second string of epidemics ends.
* 125 NE: Repression grows, as monarchy and feudalism become the most common forms of government and society in the world.
* 130 NE: The Great Wars begin, with dozens of small interstate wars occurring between 130 and 140 NE.
* 139 NE: The empires of England, China, Korea, Australia, and Punjab own 25% of the world's territory.
* 142 NE: The Chinese-Korean War begins, the first meeting of major world powers.
* 148 NE: The Chinese-Korean War ends with a Chinese victory. Korea is split into five states; Hamgyong, Pyongan, Seoul, Korea, and Busan. All Korean territories outside the peninsula are given independence.
* 150 NE: Mobile cannons are introduced
* 160 NE: World population reaches 1.3 billion.
* 165 NE: The first anti-monarchy revolution occurs.
* 166 NE: Civil war begins in Punjab
* 168 NE: A string of civil wars hits the Americas
* 172 NE: The Australian Empire splinters due to a power struggle between its largest cities
* 174 NE: Inequality hits its highest point in the New Era.
* 175 NE: A string of revolutions occurs across Europe
* 176 NE: The last areas of North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia that were ungoverned become claimed.
* 177 NE: Manchuria declares independence from the Chinese Empire, causing a war that involves the entire eastern half of Asia.
* 178 NE: The Punjab Empire crumbles, as pieces break away, leaving its home territory landlocked and divided between East and West.
* 179 NE: The American civil wars end.
* 182 NE: England conquers Scandinavia.
* 184 NE: England conquers the Low Countries.
* 187 NE: England conquers France
* 188 NE: World population reaches 1.4 billion
* 189 NE: The war for China ends with the country splintered
* 190 NE: England conquers the Iberian Peninsula
* 195 NE: Non-monarchies now outnumber monarchies
* 196 NE: England conquers Germany
* 198 NE: England conquers Poland
* 200 NE: The European Revolution begins, with England overextended

## 201-300 NE

* 205 NE: Many new states arise as England is defeated.
* 208 NE: England is engulfed in a civil war, becoming the last of the Five Great Empires to fall.
* 209 NE: With the world's major empires out of the picture, the Dark Years come to an end.
* 211 NE: World population reaches 1.5 billion
* 212 NE: Piracy begins to decline
* 214 NE: Slavery is abolished in 75% of states
* 216 NE: Steam power is reintroduced
* 218 NE: Water and steam mills begin to pop up around the world
* 222 NE: Slavery is abolished in 80% of states
* 223 NE: Most major cities have cleaned up major debris and isolated it into designated areas
* 225 NE: City infrastructure begins to improve
* 227 NE: With city infrastructure improving and debris cleared, urban populations begin to expand
* 228 NE: World population reaches 1.6 billion
* 229 NE: Riverboats enter service
* 230 NE: The telegraph is reintroduced
* 235 NE: Major urbanization overwhelms cities, as jobs from city cleanup begin to disappear and economic growth stalls
* 236 NE: Slavery is abolished in 85% of states
* 237 NE: History books about pre-New Era information begin to proliferate
* 239 NE: Monarchies now make up only 25% of states
* 241 NE: The telephone is reintroduced
* 245 NE: World population reaches 1.7 billion
* 246 NE: The first experimental railroad is created in New York.
* 250 NE: Slavery is abolished in 90% of states
* 251 NE: The first "worker colonies" are established to harvest resources and promote industrialization
* 253 NE: The first ironclad warship is introduced
* 260 NE: World population reaches 1.8 billion
* 261 NE: A string of revolutions occurs in many states due to problems with urbanization and governance.
* 264 NE: Slavery is abolished in 95% of states
* 265 NE: Monarchies now make up only 20% of states
* 266 NE: The South American War occurs, resulting in many states splintering
* 267 NE: The first international free trade agreement is struck between Scotland and Iceland.
* 270 NE: World population reaches 1.9 billion
* 271 NE: Monarchies now make up only 15% of states
* 272 NE: The electric lightbulb is reintroduced
* 273 NE: The string of revolutions ends
* 274 NE: Monarchies now make up only 10% of states
* 275 NE: The first steam-powered wheeled vehicle is invented in Detroit
* 276 NE: The first industrial-capacity railroad is introduced.
* 278 NE: A small pandemic of malaria briefly stalls world population growth, but increased proliferation of more advanced medical practice minimizes the damage.
* 279 NE: Slavery is abolished in 99% of states
* 282 NE: World population reaches 2 billion
* 283 NE: Slavery is abolished globally, but worker's colonies persist
* 285 NE: Hydroelectricity is reintroduced
* 286 NE: Lunda becomes the world's least populated independent country
* 287 NE: San Andres becomes the world's least populated independent country
* 288 NE: The first repeating rifle is introduced
* 290 NE: Pluto is rediscovered
* 291 NE: World population reaches 2.1 billion
* 292 NE: The hot air balloon is invented
* 295 NE: The world reaches 542 independent countries
* 297 NE: The first electric vehicle is introduced
* 298 NE: Electricity is used in an industrial capacity for the first time, sparking the growth of heavy industry
* 299 NE: World population reaches 2.2 billion
* 300 NE: A string of nationalistic and expansionist interstate wars begins