====== Terra's pre-history ======

This is an accounting of all history of the planet [[Terra]] before the first instance of written historical record. None of this information would be known by any humanoid creature on present day Terra with any certainty. Some of the knowledge below is vaguely known in varying degrees

{{ :wiki:timeline_-_terra_pre-history.png?direct |A timeline of Terra's prehistorical age}}

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  * **5.25B Years**: Birth of the planet
  * **5.89B Years**: Formation of the [[cymyl|Cymyl Ocean]]
  * **6.37B Years**: Plant life begins to develop 
  * **6.71B Years**: Animal life begins to develop
  * **6.74B Years**: Formation of the Blackwood (now known as [[the Weisewald]]) 
  * **6.91B Years**: Humanoid life is born as the first [[Baumeni]] is born
  * **6.935B Years**: The first [[Ulfar]] are born
  * **6.94B Years**: The first signs of structured society among the Baumeni
  * **6.943B Years**: The first formation of Ulfar packs
  * **6.944B Years**: First contact between the Baumeni and the Ulfar 
  * **6.948B Years**: The first [[Humans]] are born
  * **6.953B Years**: The Baumeni develop a logographic written language
  * **6.954B Years**: Humans develop a written system for tracking numbers
  * **6.956B Years**: First tribal units formed by Humans 
  * **6.967B Years**: The first [[Carragh]] are born deep below the earth
  * **6.975B Years**: The Carragh develop tribal units and cuneiform written language
  * **6.977B Years**: First contact between the Carragh and Humans 
  * **6.978B Years**: Humans develop a phonographic written language system
  * **6.98B Years**: Earliest records of Baumeni logograms, signifying the end of Terra's pre-history