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[[File:H4 - Forthencho surrenders.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Forthencho|Lord of Admirals Forthencho]], commander of the prehistoric human military, accompanied by human soldiers.]] | [[File:H4 - Forthencho surrenders.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Forthencho|Lord of Admirals Forthencho]], commander of the prehistoric human military, accompanied by human soldiers.]] | ||
{{Quote|Once, we were one great race, united in power and concerted in our goals...|[[Forthencho]]<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 99''</ref>}} | {{Quote|Once, we were one great race, united in power and concerted in our goals...|[[Forthencho]]<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 99''</ref>}} | ||
By approximately [[150,000 BCE]], [[human|humanity]] had achieved a considerable level of technological sophistication, achieving [[Slipspace drive|interstellar travel]] and colonizing planets along the [[Orion Arm]] of the [[Milky Way|Milky Way Galaxy]] becoming a major political and military power rivaling the [[Forerunner]]s. This civilization [[Human-San 'Shyuum alliance|allied]] with an earlier civilization of the [[San 'Shyuum]] species and later [[Human-Flood war|waged war]] against the [[Flood]], only to later suffer a disastrous defeat against the [[Forerunner]]s and be subsequently regressed back into hunter-gatherers and confined to their ancient homeworld. | By approximately [[150,000 BCE]], [[human|humanity]] had achieved a considerable level of technological sophistication, achieving [[Slipspace drive|interstellar travel]] and colonizing planets along the [[Orion Arm]] of the [[Milky Way|Milky Way Galaxy]] becoming a major political and military power rivaling the [[Forerunner]]s. This civilization [[Human-San 'Shyuum alliance|allied]] with an earlier civilization of the [[San 'Shyuum]] species and later [[Human-Flood war|waged war]] against the [[Flood]], only to later suffer a disastrous defeat against the [[Forerunner]]s and be subsequently regressed back into hunter-gatherers and [[Erde-Tyrene civilization|confined to their ancient homeworld]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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===Partial recovery=== | ===Partial recovery=== | ||
[[File:ObservingArtifact.png|thumb|right|250px|After their once highly advanced civilization had been shattered by the Forerunners, most humans lived within [[Wikipedia: Hunter-gatherer|hunter-gatherer]] communities. The humans seen here are observing [[the Portal]] to the Ark.]] | [[File:ObservingArtifact.png|thumb|right|250px|After their once highly advanced civilization had been shattered by the Forerunners, most humans lived within [[Wikipedia: Hunter-gatherer|hunter-gatherer]] communities. The humans seen here are observing [[the Portal]] to the Ark.]] | ||
{{Main|Erde-Tyrene civilization}} | |||
Forced to start again, the collective human genus tried in vain to reattain their former glory, with some human communities such as the civilization built around Earth's largest city [[Marontik]] establishing wooden cities and steam-powered waterborne vessels nearly nine thousand years later.<ref name="c25"/><ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 86''</ref> Most humans, however, lived in [[Technological Achievement Tiers|Tier 7]] tribal communities, such as the one that was encountered by the Forerunners during the construction of [[ | Forced to start again, the collective human genus tried in vain to reattain their former glory, with some human communities such as the civilization built around Earth's largest city [[Marontik]] establishing wooden cities and steam-powered waterborne vessels nearly nine thousand years later.<ref name="c25"/><ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 86''</ref> Most humans, however, lived in [[Technological Achievement Tiers|Tier 7]] tribal communities, such as the one that was encountered by the Forerunners during the construction of [[Portal at Voi|the portal]] to [[Installation 00|the Ark]] in eastern [[Africa]].<ref>'''[[Halo 3: The Cradle of Life]]'''</ref> | ||
After the activation of the [[Halo Array]], the human civilization regressed once again, and would remain as Tier 7 hunter-gatherers for nearly a hundred millennia. | After the activation of the [[Halo Array]], the human civilization regressed once again, and would remain as Tier 7 hunter-gatherers for nearly a hundred millennia. | ||
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File:H4-Concept-PreHuman-Armor.jpg|Designs of an ancient human battle armor suit. | File:H4-Concept-PreHuman-Armor.jpg|Designs of an ancient human battle armor suit. | ||
File:H4-Terminal-Human-ShipDesigns.jpg|Designs of ancient human battleships. | File:H4-Terminal-Human-ShipDesigns.jpg|Designs of ancient human battleships. | ||
File:H4-Terminal-Forthencho_hologram.jpg|Forthencho, Lord of Admirals, examines a hologram of an infested Forerunner world. | |||
File:H4-Terminal-Prehistoric_human_BridgeOfficer1.jpg|A human bridge officer. | |||
File:H4-Terminal-Prehistoric_human_BridgeOfficer2.jpg|Another bridge officer surrounded by displays. | |||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Factions]] | [[Category:Factions]] | ||
[[Category:Human]] | [[Category:Human]] | ||