Defenders of the Fang- a Dinosaur Althist

&nbsp An althist that postulates what might have happened if the dinosaurs never went extinct.

Timeline: Currently incomplete
About 65 mya- An asteroid that was on course to strike Earth got caught in Earth’s gravitational field instead, and began to orbit. Earth now has two moons- hereafter known as Luna and Aster.

About 30 mya- A reptilian species now known as Saurus erectus evolves in OTL Russia and China, from carnivorous dinosaurs such as Velociraptor and ''Deionychus. Saurus erectus was'' a social, bipedal carnivore with an opposable thumb. It hunted in packs.

About 6 mya- A reptilian species now known as Saurus habilis evolves in OTL Russia/China. Habilis was of near-cosmopolitan intelligence; it used tools and had a primitive social structure.

In North America, several species of mammals begin to evolve.

About 2 mya- Saurus sapiens, the intelligent reptile, evolves in OTL Russia. Carnivorous, like its remote ancestors, it nevertheless lacks a tail and has opposable, clawed fingers. Its small settlements can be found from OTL Moscow to OTL Beijing.

About 800,000 ya- The first pottery is created, in a settlement in OTL Siberia.

The microtuberculates appear in OTL Maine.

About 600,000 ya- The first city known to archaeology- called Roghelao- is built in OTL Mongolia. There’s evidence of an early caste system and iconography of the Laghic religious beliefs. Herding and craftwork makes up the main activities of the city. Domesticated animals such as gharotas (tricorns, a descendant of the triceratops) and logois (a descendant of the brontosaur) are herded for meat; craftwork includes scale-carvings, leatherwork, and gold/silversmithing.

599,000: In this year, the mythical King El of Roghaelo was born, as was the mythical King Ro of Aroghat. Each is supposed to have ruled for 2,000 years in great peace, and then died, leaving the area in turmoil. Probably, they were both based on the same person- some primitive warlord who united the area. There is no official record from this time, so one cannot be sure.

550,000 ya: Written language is first used, on an obelisk in Roghelao, commemorating the defeat of the nearby cities of Gheles and Aroghat. Reckoning from the Founding of the City begins- 600,000 ya is 1 FC.

549,900 ya: The city of Roghelao becomes the first city-state. Lord Eleo- a member of the priestly Ioghic caste- comes to power and becomes Eleo I.

549,895 ya: Eleo I irrigates the city with wells and sewers.

549,870 ya: In the city of Aroghat, King Rolo I takes power.

549,830: The First Roghic War breaks out between Roghelao and Aroghat.

549,829: Aroghat allies with Gheles. Gharotas are trained for war for the first time by Roghelao.

549,820: After a long and costly struggle, Aroghat’s greater numbers overpower Roghelao’s walls and military gharotas. King Eleo I is executed. Aroghat absorbs Roghelao.

549,800: King Rolo I dies; Rolo II comes to power.

Most of the major mammal groups are now in existence.

548,780: Roghaelic Rebellion. The people of Roghelao rebel against their foreign masters and expel the Aroghat kings from their homeland. King Eleo II- son of the executed King Eleo I- comes to power.

548,760: Eleo II invades the city of Gheles and declares it part of the “Roghaelic Empire”.

548, 735: Colonizing powers from Aroghat discover the Pacific Ocean and start small colonies in Eastern China.

Eleo II dies; Rogan I comes to power.

548,700: The Aroghai spread their colonies

farther abroad, spreading into the Indian

subcontinent.

Rolo II dies; Torogha I comes to power.

548, 684: A discontent with the Laghic religion

starts to spread among the populace of

Roghelao and Aroghai. The discontented start a

new religion, known as Eleghism.

548, 650: A set of Eleghists from

Gheles are expelled from the Roghaelic

Empire.

Torogha I dies; Rolo III takes power.

548, 643: The outcast Eleghists settle in OTL

Western Russia, and call it Ghallas, the land of

the Expelled.

A set of Aroghai colonies in OTL India rebel and name themselves Oroghal.

548, 641: Rogan I dies, and Elerogan I takes power.

548, 640: The first Oroghic War begins. Rolo III is determined to resubjugate his

rebellious colonies. The Oroghal just want to be free from Aroghai.

548,639: Elerogan I agrees to ally himself with the Oroghal, as a way of discomfiting Aroghai. In retaliation to this news, the Eleghists of Ghallas side with Aroghai. This puts Roghelao in the uncomfortable position of fighting a two-front war.

548, 629: Due to repeated guerrilla attacks on the western border from Ghallas, the Roghaelic Empire pulls out of the war, leaving Oroghal to fight for itself.

548, 601: The Oroghal rebellion is put down by Aroghai.

548, 592: Eleghist missionaries start to try to convert the people of (relatively tolerant) Aroghai, and the people of Oroghal.

548, 580: Elerogan I makes the infamous Intolerance Declaration, which stated that the Emperors of Roghelao were a special caste of demigods and ruled by divine right, and that all religions that do not claim this are lies of the evil god Tergon. “Servants of Tergon” (a.k.a. Eleghist missionaries) were to be stoned.

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