Kids

Alright, so I've been fiddling around with Rhia's kids' names, trying to put them in order, what year they were born, who their father was, etc. It's going rather well, though it's made me realize that while a hundred and fourty-eight doesn't seem like all that many compared to ten-thousand years of life, it's just not going to work. So, I've decided that I'll keep that number, but will incorporate the kids Rhia adopted. Now, while that number then seems small, if Rhia only had approx. fourty of her own kids, and when she was 'adopting', it was only one or two at a time, it allows for a rather large number for when she occassionally takes on large groups of them, which only happens two or three times. The first time I really played it out was with Rhayvin just before the end of the world, and there were thirty kids. This option will allow me to pick and choose where I want Rhia to have her kids, even if it does mix up the numbers I had already laid down. After all, this site wasn't supposed to be stone; this is where I hammer out the problems before they get set in stone in the published books.
I've got lots of great ideas working for me now, and the bc era, which was literally a blank slate only yesterday is now very much filled in, for the most part at least. Using major world history, I'm getting story ideas, and following my thought that these books would be a critique of all of human kind.
Well, I've decided to go ahead and post the important dates I've picked out. You can ponder for yourself how they'll be used. And, some of them might not be used, depending on how I start working things out.

3200bc: Sumerian city-states along the Tigirs and Euphrates develop.
3000bc: Menes founds first Dynasty of Egypt.
2900bc: Indian civilization begins in the Indus Valley with the city Harappo, or Mohenjo-Daro.
2700bc: Minoan civilization and government arise on the island of Crete.
2205-1767bc: Hsia Dynasty founds the country of China.
2000bc: Babylonians develop a mathematical system using 60 units, as well as devide the circle into 360 degrees. The stone palaces of Knossos are built on Crete.
1595bc: Hittites, led by Mursilis, lay waste to Babylonia.
1288bc: Ramses II fights the Hittites.
1240bc: Israelites established in Canaan.
1010bc: King Saul killed by Phillistines at Gilboa. Saul succeeded by David.
840bc: Vannic kingdom developes under the shadow of the Assyrian empire in present day Russia, Turkey, and Iran.
660bc: Japan established as a country.
621bc: Draco creates a code of laws in Athens.
559bc: Cyrus the Great becomes king of both Persia and Medea.
521bc: Darius succeeds Cyrus.
64ad: Nero burns Rome.
79ad: Mt. Vesuvius erupts and lays waste to Pompeii.
96-180ad: The 5 'good' emperors of Rome.
96-98: Marcus Nerva
98-117: Marcus Trianus
117-138: Publiius Hadrianus
161-180: marcus Aurelius
324ad: Constantine becomes Emperor of Rome.
400ad: Windmills first used in Persia.
537ad: Hagia Sophia Cathedral constructed in Constantinople.
c590ad: Pope Gregory is the first monk to become pope.
604ad: Prince Shotoko rules behind Empress Suiko. Creates a seventeen-article "Constitution" for a central government based on China's.
673-678ad: Arabs beseige Constantinople. Invention of Greek Fire helps bring to ruin the seige. In 678, a 30 year peace treaty is signed.
700ad: Chinese invent gunpowder.
705ad: Wu Hou becomes the first Empress of China.
794ad: Kyoto founded. Remains the capital until 1185 when it's moved to Edo, or Tokyo.
1000ad: Leif Ericson, a viking seaman, establishes a short-lived colony in Newfoundland in America.
1492ad: Columbus lands in the Carribean.
1621ad: In London, The Anatomy of Melancholy is published.
1868ad: Meiji restoration.
1872ad: First railway line between Tokyo and Yokohama.
1889ad: The Meiji Constitution is promulgated.
1894-95ad: Sino-Japanese War.
1904-05ad: Russo-Japanese War.
1912ad: Death of emperor Meiji.

That's about it. As you can see, I've quite a lot to work out. My brain can only take so much, you know? @-@ Oh, once I do start hammering out the details, I will start making posts for the individual characters, to go over them in detail, at least for myself. But, it will paint a picture on their attitude, how they usually dress, what they would do in various situations, where they came from, when they died, etc.