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The '''[[Covenant]]''', like almost all cultures, keeps a record of their history using their own methods of timekeeping. Unfortunately, the exact measures, if any, of these are a mystery, and there are hints that there may be multiple divisions of each age (9th Age of Reclamation, for example.) What is known is that the Covenant divide their recorded time into seven Ages <ref>http://halosm.bungie.org/story/staten102204.html</ref>, divided based on notable events within each. Each age is not neccessarily a period of time, but a description of the events within it.

These were followed by the [[Age of Conversion]]<ref>http://halosm.bungie.org/story/staten102204.html</ref>, where the Covenant started their subjugation of other species in their search for Forerunner artifacts, incorporating them into their society, adding their strengths to their own. It is likely that the [[Taming of the Hunters]] occurred during this time period, requiring the creation of another [[Arbiter]] and defeated them only by threating to destroy the homeworld of the Hunters. This period most likely included the incorporation of the [[Grunts (Unggoy)|Unggoy]], [[Jackals (Kig-Yar)|Kig-Yar]], [[Drones (Yanme'e)|Yanme’e]] and [[Engineers (Huragok)|Huragok]] in separate Ages of Conversion.

The [[Age of Doubt]]<ref>http://halosm.bungie.org/story/staten102204.html</ref> is speculated to be a group of periods during which many of the Covenant began to lose faith in their mission. During the 29th Age of Doubt, the Grunt Rebellion occured, instigated by the Jackals, requiring the creation of an Arbiter to quell. The last Age of Doubt, the 29th, ended in the year 2525, in human counting, leading into the Age of Reclamation.