8000 BCE

Bashenga unite the Kingdom of Wakanda and becomes its first king, and the first Black Panther.


7000 BCE

Rise of civilization in Egypt under the reign of Osira and Hefnakhti.


6000 BCE

The Mesopotamian deity Gozer appears and is worshipped by both the Hittites and Mesopotamians. The Cult of Gozer is founded.

The first humans are shipwrecked on Dinotopia.


5000 BCE

Shagarra Durrall, the first vampire slayer, is born in Africa.


4000 BCE

The Cult of Gozer consists of a large Sumerian subculture and is engaged in a long, protracted war with the followers of Tiamat. Eventually, Gozer and its followers are defeated and Tiamat banishes Gozer from Earth's dimension.


3500 BCE

Lord of Order Nabu the Wise is first incarnate on Earth, signifying the first post-Magi civilization born in Mesopotamia.


3058 BCE

The Race conquers Epsilon Indi-1 (or Halless-1 in their language).


3000 BCE

Reign of pharaoh Rama-Tut in Ancient Egypt.

City of Feithera is found in Greenland.


2950 BCE

Rama-Tut is overthrown by the metahuman and warlord En Sabah Nur, whom declared himself as ruler of Egypt and forge Clan Akkaba. Within a decade Egypt peaked in culture and power, as En Sabah Nur rule with an iron fist and enforced a survival of the fittest ideology. His harsh policies earned him the name by his enemies as "the End of All Things." Nur also clashed with many ancient metahumans and mystical beings, such as Vandal Savage and Nabu.


2900 BCE

En Sabah Nur's reign comes to an end when he is defeated by a group of monks (Vandal Savage is claimed to have participate as well) led by Nabu and placed in suspended animation by Rama-Tut's technology. All traces of Nur's achievements and his existence are deliberately erased or rewritten from the historical records.


2852 BCE

Fu Xi becomes the first mortal ruler of China.


2700 BCE

Rise of Minoan civilization under King Minos.

Vandal Savage rules as king in Sumer.

The metahuman Gilgamesh begins his reign as King of Uruk. He fought many threats that pose to Uruk and befriended fellow metahumans Enkidu and Sersei.

Troy is founded.


1890 BCE

A group of fae known as the Tuatha de Danaan migrates to the British Isles and intermarries with the locals.


1760 BCE

Abram of Ur changes his name to Abraham and leads his family and servants to the promised land of Canaan.


1279 BCE

Seti I of Egypt is assassinated by Imhotep and Anck-su-namun. Ramesses Ozymandias II ascends the Egyptian throne. Imhotep is cursed and mummified.


1279-1213 BCE

Nabu becomes adviser and court magician to the pharaoh Ramesses. He is humbled in battle with the Spectre, who kills Ramses for his crimes against the Hebrews. Despite Nabu's warnings, the pharaoh's son, Ramses II, continues the persecution of the Hebrews. In retaliation, the Spectre slays the first-born sons of Egypt and then protects the Hebrews by parting the Red Sea as they flee the pharaoh's troops. Some time after these events, Nabu the Wise, realizing that his mortal form is weakening, places himself in suspended animation in a tomb in the land of Sumer, in the Valley of Ur, to await a new mortal host.


1270-1230 BCE

Teth-Adam, prince of Kahndaq, arrange a treaty between Egypt and the Hittites. He is declared a champion of Egypt by Shazam and bestowed the powers of the Egyptian gods. But when his family were slain by the evil priest Ahk-Ton using the Orb of Ra, a distraught Teth-Adam overthrows its current government, and appoint himself as ruler. Believing Adam is corrupted, Shazam de-powered him and Adam is withered away into dusts. His remains is stored in the tomb of Ramesses II, where Shazam planned to remain for all eternity.


1200 BCE

The Greek goddess Hera creates a new, all-female race of Amazons led by queen Hippolyta. After Hippolyta is humiliated by Hercules, the goddess transports the Amazons to the island of Themyscira (also known as Paradise Island), where they have no further contact with "Man's World" for more than 3,000 years. While on Themyscira, the Amazons do not age and are effectively immortal.


1198-1188 BCE

The Trojan War occurs between the city-state of Troy and a coalition of Greek city-states.


1100 BCE

Brutus of Troy lands in the British Isles, and becomes the first king of Britain.


1041-1001 BCE

David reigns as King of Israel.


753 BCE

The city of Rome is founded by twin brothers Romulus and Remus, descendants of the Trojan hero Aeneas.


748 BCE

The second of the seven Atlantean cities sinks, caused by a massive volcanic eruption beneath the city. The city itself is spared thanks to a powerful force-field, but many lives outside the city are lost, either succumbing to the waves or finding refuge in modern-day Mexico. In the coming millennia, the Atlanteans, now on the bottom of the Caribbean Sea, forget their culture, alphabet and scientific discoveries and are unable to access much of their advanced technology.


700 BCE

Semiramis comes to power over Assyria and eventually restores much of the city of Babylon's former splendor. Under Semiramis, Assyria leads a conquest that eventually reaches India, conquering much of Asia Minor and adding Ethiopia to the Empire.


669-627 BCE

Assur-bani-apli becomes the last king of Assyria.


609 BCE

The Roman Republic is established.


500 BCE

The Citadel Council is formed.


490 BCE

The Persian invasion of Greece is stopped at the Battle of Marathon.


336-323 BCE

Alexander III becomes King of Macedon; he begins conquering much of the known world until his death.


221-206 BCE

Emperor Qin Shi Huang unified China under the Qin Dynasty. During his reign, he expands and connects portions of the Great Wall. He constantly seeks the secrets of immortality.

Lao Yuqi, a brilliant engineer, construct an army of a hundred clockwork automatons to protect the mausoleum of the Qin Shi Huang. The vain emperor also ordered that Lao be entombed with him upon his death so his genius would never serve another patron. Before dying of thirst, Lao reprogrammed one of his automatons to have free will.


73-71 BCE

Escaped slave Spartacus leads a slave revolt in the Roman Empire until it is finally crushed by the legion of Marcus Licinius Crassus. Roman authorities try to locate Spartacus (who was believed to be alive) for special punishment, the surviving slave army, in defiance, declare themselves as "I am Spartacus." As a result, Crassus had them sentenced to death by crucifixion.


47 BCE

The Starheart fragment lands in ancient China. It is found by a blacksmith, who fashions it into a lantern.


44 BCE

March 14: Assassination of Julius Caesar. Vandal Savage, Caesar's close confidant, is allegedly among the conspirators.


27 BCE

Augustus becomes the founder and first Emperor of the Roman Empire.


30 CE

Jesus is crucified in Jerusalem. The spear used by the centurion Longinus to pierce Jesus' side on the cross becomes a mystic artifact of great power, known as the Spear of Destiny.


61 CE

Queen Boudicca of the Iceni Celts burns down Camulodunum, Londinium and Verulamium. Boudicca defeated at the Battle of Watling Street, and buried on the site of modern-day King's Cross Station in London.


100 CE

As Christianity becomes widely practiced, Zeus of Olympus decided that the Olympians should break off most of their ties with Earth. Some of the gods are allowed to access to their Atlantean and Amazon followers. The Egyptian pantheon would do the same as well.


120 CE

The Ninth Spanish Legion goes missing in Britain.


400 CE

Hua Mulan, a woman disguised expertly as a male warrior, fights the Huns during the Northern Wei Dynasty.


429 CE

Sigurd slays the dragon Fafnir.


476 CE

Fall of the Western Roman Empire.