Timeline of Events of the World

The following is an elaboration on the timeline of events of the Known World of Heimrum, starting from 34,000 years after humanity1 first appeared in the world. Dates in this article will be expressed using the Universal Calendar, an out-of-character calendar meant to simplify the tracking of time in this world. Dates are written as yyyyy.mm.dd and so for example, the first day, of the first month, of the thirty-four thousandth year would be written as 34000.1.1. There are twelve months, each with thirty days, making a year three hundred sixty days. Several eras and ages may be defined in this timeline, but will be non-precise, just as real eras and ages can be.

1 "Humanity" in this context means the collection of all intelligent races. "Humans", as known in the real world, are not the only intelligent beings that exist in this world. Each race, culture, and language will have different names for "the collection of intelligent life", but for the sake of simplicity for the reader, "humanity" will be used to refer to all intelligent beings. If a better word is found or coined, it will be added here.

Sasit, Elet, and Kamit


Approximately 34,420 years after the beginning of humanity, agriculture was developed simultaneously in different parts of world, particularly Alyissia and Lyria. In southern Alyissia, the Hayei River became the center of civilization for the Sasit, Elet, and Kamit peoples. With the advent of agriculture and husbandry, these peoples formed kingdoms from their previously tribal lifestyles. These civilizations were the first to record their history, using clay tablets. The Sasit did develop a rudimentary form of paper, but because its fragility and flammability it became impractical for use beyond short-term messages. The first cities and urban areas developed, the largest being Kana in the Kingdom of the Sasits.

These three kingdoms spoke a common language which they called Tadim. The Tadimic language was the de facto lingua franca for these peoples for centuries even after their common tongues diverged to form dialects and eventually separate languages.

The system of government between these polities was fairly uniform. Each had a king, albeit with different methods of ascension, who gave the law, officiated religious affairs, collected taxes, and conducted diplomacy with the other nations.

Dynasty of Emel
The Sasit kingdom formed in the year 34420 with Emel as its first King. Emel was a wealthy farmer who lived in the southernmost regions of what became the Sasit kingdom, near the coastline. Emel ordered his palace be built in the center of the city of Kana where he proclaimed his capital. Rival farms and tribal leaders did not accept his rule initially, especially a tax he imposed on all landowners throughout his new realm. The First Wars were the conflict that settled the matter. Emel, who had employed thousands of workers, was able to raise an enormous army to enforce his rule. Local tribal leaders, most notably the chieftain of the Jalai clan Ezalimanunet, put up a resistance with their own armies, but were decisively defeated. Ezalimanunet was captured and brought to Kana where, in exchange for sparing his life, he submitted to Emel and ordered his clan to do the same. Other clan leaders followed suit and Emel became the undisputed King of Sasit on 34431.4.11.

One of his first acts as king was to promulgate a code of law, the Emelian Code, which became one of the first legal systems in the world. It established the rights of landowners, peasants, and servants. It prescribed the penalties for various crimes including theft, murder, adulatory, fraud, and blasphemy. It also acted as the first tax code, ordering that all landowners pay gold pieces for every hundred they earn. Landowners could exempt themselves from this tax, or at least reduce it, if they made sufficient donations to the temples of the gods either in the form of money or time served. For example, if a landowner spent two weeks assisting in the rituals that honored the gods, he would only have to pay one gold piece for every hundred he earned for that year. Religious leader were exempt from all taxes and a small sales tax was imposed on merchants: fifteen silver pieces for every seventy-five earned

The Emelian code also established some rights for women, proclaiming that husbands were forbidden from striking their wives and imposing a death penalty for rape. Women, however, could not own property in their own right and most women did not have much choice in whom they would marry, although certain practices were adopted that ensured a woman would be married to an acceptable man. A form of marriage payment was developed, called the Eusial, and included in the Emelian Code, where a bride's family would be paid a sum of money by either the groom or his family, usually thirty gold pieces, to act as a kind of insurance. If a woman's husband was abusive, a drunkard, or neglected his wife in any way, her family would then use the money to support her until she could be granted a divorce, which was provided for in the code. A divorce could only be granted to a woman if she could prove she was being mistreated. Since a man could be granted a divorce if his wife did not bear any children after three years, the Eusial also acted as a means of support in that event. The Code provided a penalty for families that spent the Eusial in a manner not connected with supporting their daughter; five lashes for her father, three for her mother, and two for any other relatives who squandered the money. They were then required to pay half their wages to her until the original Eusial was restored.

The Code did not establish a means of ascension to the throne which made Emel vulnerable. He married Imashaluki, the daughter of an influential tribesman, both to improve relations with what were essentially his new vassals, and to produce a son whom he would name his heir. His first child was a daughter to his disappointment, born on 34438.8.30. She was named Eketiuni. Although he planned to have another child, he became worried that the gods had ordained he would only have daughters, and so began drafting a promulgation that his eldest child would succeed him. He sealed it in his quarters, and commanded that it only be opened upon his untimely death. Imashaluki became pregnant again and Emel began praying to the gods more devoutly, especially the fertility goddess Aneki. His prayers were answered when Imashaluki gave birth to a son on 34442.3.5, whom he named Simiktah. He then destroyed his earlier promulgation and proclaimed Simiktah would be his heir and successor. He called upon all local governors, tribal leaders, and landowners and made them bow before the baby boy, promising they would obey and serve him as they did his father. This set a tradition that continued for centuries afterward.