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 * Middangeard is abandoned by its inhabitants, leaving behind much of their civilisation intact - whatever calamity befell them remains unknown, but it left behind their cities and settlements relatively intact.

90000 B.C.E.

 * The first evidence of Sangheili civilisation on Ketesh appears, on the eastern shores of Daaran, the northernmost continent.
 * The Teltaqan species disappears, with some evidence that it was a direct result of Sangheili aggression.

40000 B.C.E.

 * The last holdout tribes of Lagkter disappear, apparently destroyed in reprisal raids by Sangheili.

7000 B.C.E.

 * Rise and fall of the Farenwan Empire - covered by the sands of the Dushqun desert. Legends hold that it was destroyed by the wrath of the extinct Lagkter as vengeance.

6000 B.C.E.

 * Rise and fall of the Prethgardan Republic. City-state was abandoned after plague, and later consumed by a sinkhole.

6500 B.C.E.

 * Rise of the First Yuqurtz Empire.

6400 B.C.E.

 * Rise of the Loqtai Empire.

6150 B.C.E.

 * Yuqurtz Civil War - supported by the Loqtai Empire, civil war tears Yuqurtz apart. It is reformed as the Second Yuqurtz Empire

5300 B.C.E.

 * Fall of the Yuqurtz Empire - military aggression with the Loqtai Empire sees Yuqurtz invaded and destroyed.

4872 B.C.E.

 * Rise of the Keltash Empire. Its unique position and wealth lead to it become a dominant power in a short span of time.

3611 B.C.E.

 * The Kranthaweh Valley secedes from the Keltash Empire, establishing itself as an independant state.

3617 B.C.E.
Rise and fall of the Kranthaweh Empire
 * The Keltash Empire defeats the Kranthawey Republic, reabsorbing the breakaway state.

3212 B.C.E.

 * Contact is made between the Keltash Empire and the Olbertana Thalassocracy. Economic trade agreements are put into place, and to facilitate this Keltash begins to build a Navy, the first of its kind on the planet.

1211 B.C.E.

 * The Keltash Empire invades Olbertana, incorporating its territory into its own.

911 B.C.E.

 * First Keltash Civil War - the southern states attempt to break away, and are put down by the Keltash Army.

812 B.C.E.

 * Discovery of the Keltash Relics===

411 B.C.E.

 * Second Keltash Civil War - rather than territorial or political, the causes were religious - the relics, long a source of controversy, became the centre of a fierce religious conflict.

400 B.C.E.

 * The Second Exodus - the eruption of Mount Keltam lays the Keltash Empire to waste, forcing the surviving Sangheili to flee to Kaaran, the southern continent. Numbering only a few hundred thousand, the Sangheili are threatened with extinction.

70 B.C.E.

 * Though it is likely that the state had existed for some time, the first records indicate Pre-Morheka to exist by 70B.C.E., and are primarily concerned by the builtup to the Civil War.

40 C.E.

 * The two ruling clans of Pre-Morheka, the Narteca and Mortec, engage in a bloody civil war, schisming the nation into two factions - the Narteca, supported by a number of the smaller clans, and the Mortec/Heka alliance, supported by the larger clans. The Narteca are ejected from the borders of Pre-Morheka, exiled to the south - later to found first Mopad, then Narteca proper after a second exile by their former allies.

392 C.E.

 * Mopad declares war on Pre-Morheka, invading the nation and, after a protracted occupation, establishes the puppet monarchy of Elma 'Mopad.

400 C.E.

 * "The Beggar," the rightful heir to the Pre-Morhekan throne, returns to claim his birthright. Elma is executed, along with collaborators, and the nation restores its independence, removing all Mopadan military forces.

432 C.E.

 * "The Beggar" dies, leaving Morheka as his heir. Morheka's reign is remembered as the Golden Age of Morheka, and the nation was renamed in his honour.

2132C.E.
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 * The Kig-yar operated Missionary Ship Transcendent Unity makes an emergency slipspace exit, entering real space at random - accidentally stumbling upon Ketesh. It is shot down by the limited space defences present.