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*c. 1331 CE, unsuccessful Idiran attempt to capture a Culture Mind at Schar's World
 
*c. 1331 CE, unsuccessful Idiran attempt to capture a Culture Mind at Schar's World
 
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|Takes place in the fourth year{{refn|group=note|"The Culture's General Contact Units, which until now had borne the brunt of the first four years of the war in space..."<ref name="PhlebasCh2">''[[Consider Phlebas]]'', chapter 2</ref>}}{{refn|group=note|"But the Culture <nowiki>[...]</nowiki> had fought for almost four years without showing any sign of giving up or even coming to a compromise."<ref name="PhlebasCh2">''[[Consider Phlebas]]'', chapter 2</ref>}}{{refn|group=note|"'Well, you wait and see,' the boy said, nodding at her. 'I think we'll pull out of the war and let the Idirans get on with their expansion - or whatever you want to call it. The war's been sort of exciting, and it's made a change, but it's been nearly four years now, and...'"<ref name="PhlebasPlay2">''[[Consider Phlebas]]'', ''State of play: two''</ref>}} of the war which started in 1327 CE<ref name="PhlebasTheWar"/>}}
 
*1332 CE, Homomdan enter the Idiran-Culture War on the Idiran side<ref name="PhlebasTheWar"/>
 
*1332 CE, Homomdan enter the Idiran-Culture War on the Idiran side<ref name="PhlebasTheWar"/>
   

Revision as of 00:59, 12 July 2015

This is an unofficial timeline of events for the wiki. It assumes that measurement units in the source texts, unless qualified or implied otherwise, refer to Earth units. Therefore, the following may be wrong.

14th century BCE

  • 1345-991 BCE, Idiran Second Great Exile following the the Skankatrian-Idiran war[1]

10th century BCE

  • 990 BCE, Idirans retake Idir, ending the Second Great Exile[1]

8th century CE

  • The Culture stops building "genuine" warships[1]

13th century CE

  • 1267 CE, first Idiran-Culture dispute[1]
  • 1288 CE, second Idiran-Culture dispute[1]
  • 1289 CE, the Culture builds its first genuine warship in five centuries[1]

14th century CE

  • 1307 CE, third Idiran-Culture dispute[1]
  • 1310 CE, Peace Faction splits from the Culture[1]
  • 1326 CE, formation of Culture War Council[1]
  • 1327 CE, Idiran-Culture War officially begins with the direct involvement of Culture forces[1]
  • 1327 CE, ratification of Idiran-Culture War Conduct Agreement[1]
  • c. 1331 CE, unsuccessful Idiran attempt to capture a Culture Mind at Schar's World
Takes place in the fourth year[note 1][note 2][note 3] of the war which started in 1327 CE[1]
  • 1332 CE, Homomdan enter the Idiran-Culture War on the Idiran side[1]

Notes

  1. "The Culture's General Contact Units, which until now had borne the brunt of the first four years of the war in space..."[2]
  2. "But the Culture [...] had fought for almost four years without showing any sign of giving up or even coming to a compromise."[2]
  3. "'Well, you wait and see,' the boy said, nodding at her. 'I think we'll pull out of the war and let the Idirans get on with their expansion - or whatever you want to call it. The war's been sort of exciting, and it's made a change, but it's been nearly four years now, and...'"[3]

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Consider Phlebas, The war, briefly
  2. 2.0 2.1 Consider Phlebas, chapter 2
  3. Consider Phlebas, State of play: two