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The distant past is a period before the 1st millenium. | The '''distant past''' is a period before the 1st millenium. | ||
==Billions of years ago== | ==Billions of years ago== | ||
===Hundred billion years ago=== | ===Hundred billion years ago=== | ||
*In [[97,445 BCE]]; [[Forthencho]], acting as a messenger for the Gravemind, stated that the [[Domain]] had around hundred billion years of "life-patterns and living wisdom".{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS37|Sil|Chapter=String 37}} | *In [[97,445 BCE]]; [[Forthencho]], acting as a messenger for the [[Gravemind]], stated that the [[Domain]] had been gathering information from before there were stars and had around hundred billion years of "life-patterns and living wisdom".{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS37|Sil|Chapter=String 37}} As of [[2557#June|June 2557]] this information was believed people who worked under [[Project BOOKWORM|Project: BOOKWORM]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HRC23|Ren|Chapter=23}} | ||
===Before life=== | ===Before life=== | ||
*[[The great Glow]] occurs in the galaxy.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS4|Sil|Chapter=String 4}} | *[[The great Glow]] occurs in the galaxy.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS4|Sil|Chapter=String 4}} | ||
===Billions of years ago=== | |||
*Precursors arrive in the [[Milky Way]] galaxy.{{Ref/Book|Id=Warp8|HWF|Section=Travellers|Page=8}} | |||
==Millions of years ago== | ==Millions of years ago== | ||
===Over half a billion years ago=== | ===Over half a billion years ago=== | ||
*In 97,445 BCE, during a debate with [[Mendicant Bias]], the [[Precursor]]s were hinted by the | *In 97,445 BCE, during a debate with [[Mendicant Bias]], the [[Precursor]]s were hinted by the Gravemind to have accumulating a vast reserve of rules based on experiences and disputes.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS24|Sil|Chapter=String 24}} | ||
===Around 100 million years BCE=== | |||
*In [[2526]], [[John-117]] theorized that the [[Netherop species|civilization]] on [[Netherop]] may have perished around a million centuries before, alongside around a thousand centuries, and a hundred centuries.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HOC21|Oblv|Chapter=21}} | |||
===Prior to the Forerunners being seeded on Ghibalb=== | |||
*[[The Weapon]] estimated that some data on the [[Totem Ring]]s may be older than the [[Forerunner]]s.{{Ref/Game|Id=hafh|HI|Forerunner Audio log|Detail=Ring 01 Weapon analysis}} | |||
*The origins of the [[Mantle|Eld]] symbol is stated to predate the Forerunners.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P317|Enc22|Page=317}} | |||
===Around 15 million years BCE=== | ===Around 15 million years BCE=== | ||
*The [[Precursor]]s seeded the species that would come to be known as [[Forerunner]]s on the planet [[Ghibalb]] | *The [[Precursor]]s seeded the species that would come to be known as [[Forerunner]]s on the planet [[Ghibalb]],{{Ref/Site|Id=HWUSForerunners|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/forerunners|Site=Halo Waypoint|Section=Universe, Species|Page=Forerunner|D=12|M=11|Y=2020|LocalArchive=https://archives.halopedia.org/waypoint/www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/forerunners.html}} branched from the same base stock that also produce ancient [[Human]]ity.{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22P310|Enc22|Page=310}} | ||
===Around 10.1 million years ago=== | ===Around 10.1 million years ago=== | ||
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*The [[Precursor]]s choose early [[human]]s to be the next species to carry the [[Mantle]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS13|Sil|Chapter=String 13}} Desiring to seize the Mantle for themselves, the early [[Forerunner]]s [[Forerunner-Precursor war|rebel against the Precursors]] and wipe them out almost entirely.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS15|Sil|Chapter=String 15}} | *The [[Precursor]]s choose early [[human]]s to be the next species to carry the [[Mantle]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS13|Sil|Chapter=String 13}} Desiring to seize the Mantle for themselves, the early [[Forerunner]]s [[Forerunner-Precursor war|rebel against the Precursors]] and wipe them out almost entirely.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS15|Sil|Chapter=String 15}} | ||
*After the Forerunners hunt down all of the Precursors in the [[Milky Way]] galaxy. The remains of the Precursors retreat into the [[Large Magellanic Cloud]]; the Forerunners' [[Warrior-Servant|Warrior]] fleets pursue them via [[probability mirror]]-reconciled [[slipspace portal]]s and proceed to finish their work.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS15}} | *After the Forerunners hunt down all of the Precursors in the [[Milky Way]] galaxy. The remains of the Precursors retreat into the [[Large Magellanic Cloud]]; the Forerunners' [[Warrior-Servant|Warrior]] fleets pursue them via [[probability mirror]]-reconciled [[slipspace portal]]s and proceed to finish their work.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS15}} | ||
*A number of Forerunners who conscientiously object to the complete destruction of the Precursors in the Large Magellanic Cloud are exiled{{Ref/Reuse|HSS15}} on a barren planet within the [[Tarantula Nebula]]; these Forerunners later remain as the [[ | *A number of Forerunners who conscientiously object to the complete destruction of the Precursors in the Large Magellanic Cloud are exiled{{Ref/Reuse|HSS15}} on a barren planet within the [[Tarantula Nebula]]; these Forerunners later remain as the [[Sedaaro Forerunner|only surviving population]] of the expedition.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HSS10|Sil|Chapter=String 10}} | ||
*In the face of extinction, most of the Precursors reduce themselves to inert powder, intending to regenerate their forms later.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS13}} However, [[Primordial|one intact specimen]] remained in deep stasis and is buried within a remote [[asteroid]] a million years afterward.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS15}} | *In the face of extinction, most of the Precursors reduce themselves to inert powder, intending to regenerate their forms later.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS13}} However, [[Primordial|one intact specimen]] remained in deep stasis and is buried within a remote [[asteroid]] a million years afterward.{{Ref/Reuse|HSS15}} | ||
*In the Large Magellanic Cloud; two Precursors escaped the genocide, where some Forerunners hide them; but they die and become flowers containing their genetic code.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HPOLC44|PoL|Chapter=44}} | *In the Large Magellanic Cloud; two Precursors escaped the genocide, where some Forerunners hide them; but they die and become flowers containing their genetic code.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HPOLC44|PoL|Chapter=44}} | ||
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*[[97,445 BCE]] (Halo Array fired) | *[[97,445 BCE]] (Halo Array fired) | ||
*[[97,421 BCE]] | *[[97,421 BCE]] | ||
*[[97,368 BCE]] | |||
===57,000 years ago=== | ===57,000 years ago=== | ||
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==1st millennium BCE== | ==1st millennium BCE== | ||
===10th century BCE=== | ===10th century BCE=== | ||
====950s BCE==== | |||
*[[957 BCE]] | |||
====930s BCE==== | ====930s BCE==== | ||
*[[938 BCE]] | *[[938 BCE]] | ||
====920s BCE==== | |||
*[[921 BCE]] | |||
====910s BCE==== | |||
*[[918 BCE]] | |||
===9th century BCE=== | ===9th century BCE=== | ||
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====480s BCE==== | ====480s BCE==== | ||
*[[480 BCE]] | *[[480 BCE]] | ||
===1st century BCE=== | |||
====60s BCE==== | |||
*[[64 BCE]] | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||