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   * A super-civilization exists on Earth, powered by atomic energy. About one million years before 1949 A.D., the Fire People of the Yellow Comet destroy all human life on Earth except for a small remnant of survivors who become primitives. [All-Star #49]   * A super-civilization exists on Earth, powered by atomic energy. About one million years before 1949 A.D., the Fire People of the Yellow Comet destroy all human life on Earth except for a small remnant of survivors who become primitives. [All-Star #49]
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 +==== c. 500,000 B.C. ====
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 +  * The Lord of Order later known on Earth as [[Nabu the Wise]] is born around this time on the planet Cilia. [Doctor Fate, More Fun Comics #67 (May, 1941)]
  
 ==== c. 100,000 B.C. ==== ==== c. 100,000 B.C. ====
  
   * A highly advanced super-race located in deepest Africa mysteriously dies out, ruled by four kings given by their brilliant scientists the powers of telepathic control and teleportation. Senor Prince, Mr. Monarch, the Masked One, and Mr. Crown survive in suspended animation until 1949. //Note: This civilization is specifically not Atlantis but an unnamed one that was probably wiped out long before Atlantis was founded.// [All-Star #52]   * A highly advanced super-race located in deepest Africa mysteriously dies out, ruled by four kings given by their brilliant scientists the powers of telepathic control and teleportation. Senor Prince, Mr. Monarch, the Masked One, and Mr. Crown survive in suspended animation until 1949. //Note: This civilization is specifically not Atlantis but an unnamed one that was probably wiped out long before Atlantis was founded.// [All-Star #52]
 +  * The Nyarl-Amen Dynasty exists around this time, a worldwide empire ruled from Nyarl-Amen's sea city beneath the waves and populated by fish-men who have human bodies with fish heads and wield tridents that shoot bolts of lightning. //Note: The Nyarl-Amen Dynasty is said to have existed 50,000 years ago in one instance, and 100,000 years ago in another, but it fits better as a more ancient civilization.// [Doctor Fate, More Fun Comics #65 (March, 1941)]
  
 ==== c. 50,000 B.C. ==== ==== c. 50,000 B.C. ====
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 ==== c. 3,500 B.C. ==== ==== c. 3,500 B.C. ====
  
-  * The Lord of Order known as Nabu the Wise descends to Earth from the planet Cilia, landing in the region later called Mesopotamia.+  * The Lord of Order known as Nabu the Wise is exiled to Earth from the planet Cilia, landing in the region later called Mesopotamia. There Nabu dons a human form and becomes a guardian of mankind for centuries.
  
 ==== c. 3,000 B.C. ==== ==== c. 3,000 B.C. ====
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   * Previous incarnation of Terry Sloane as Arabian prince. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/jsa1986-05/|Justice Society of America: Ancient Evils: The Shadow War]]"]   * Previous incarnation of Terry Sloane as Arabian prince. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/jsa1986-05/|Justice Society of America: Ancient Evils: The Shadow War]]"]
  
-==== 2025 B.C. ====+==== 2030 B.C. ====
  
-  * In the Egyptian city of Bubastis, the mad priest Khalis slays his followers in the name of the god Anubis, who grants Khalis the Amulet of Anubis as a reward for his service. Nabu the Wise overcomes Khalis, strips him of the Amulet, and orders Khalis mummified alive. [First Issue Special #9]+  * In the Egyptian city of Bubastis, the mad priest Khalis slays the followers of Bast in the name of the god Anubis, who grants Khalis the Amulet of Anubis as a reward for his service. Using the Amulet to take control of an army of slaves, Khalis forces them to build a mighty pyramid in homage to Anubis. Finally, one day Nabu the Wise arrives and defeats Khalis, stripping him of the Amulet, and the slaves mummifies Khalis alive. Anubis vows that Khalis will know "life-in-death" (as a living mummy) for all time until he has recovered the Amulet of Anubis. ["Dr. Fate," First Issue Special #9 (December, 1975)]
  
 ==== c. 1500 B.C. ==== ==== c. 1500 B.C. ====
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 ==== c. 1050 B.C. ==== ==== c. 1050 B.C. ====
  
-  * People of ancient Babylon revere a hero named Zorn [Batman #102]+  * People of ancient Babylon revere a hero named Zorn. [Batman #102] 
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 +==== c. 350 B.C. ==== 
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 +  * Alexander the Great is brought to 1942 by Dr. Doome and battles the Seven Soldiers of Victory. [Leading #3]
  
 ==== 331 B.C. ==== ==== 331 B.C. ====
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   * Per Degaton travels back in time from 1947 to help the Persian king Darius defeat Alexander the Great in the Battle of Arbela, changing history. The JSA later travels back in time to thwart Degaton, restoring history to its original course. [All-Star #35]   * Per Degaton travels back in time from 1947 to help the Persian king Darius defeat Alexander the Great in the Battle of Arbela, changing history. The JSA later travels back in time to thwart Degaton, restoring history to its original course. [All-Star #35]
  
-==== c. 350 B.C. ====+==== c. 300 B.C. ====
  
-  * Alexander the Great is brought to 1942 by Dr. Doome and battles the Seven Soldiers of Victory. [Leading #3]+  * After 3,000 years of battling the forces of Chaos on Earth, Nabu the Wise's human shell is worn out from service. In an attempt to heal his psychic wounds, this Lord of Order places himself in suspended animation for more than 2,000 years in an Egyptian-style pyramid built in the Valley of Ur in Chaldea. ["This Immortal Destiny," DC Special Series #10 (1978); "The Secret Origin of Dr. Fate," All-Star Squadron #47 (July, 1985)]
  
 ==== c. 225 B.C. ==== ==== c. 225 B.C. ====
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   * Alex Olsen, the 16-year-old son of Cyrus Gold (adopted by shopkeeper Bartholomew Olsen who married his mother, and raised in Metropolis with his step-siblings) is murdered by the same man who murdered his father. His corpse is later reanimated as Kid Grundy. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/juniorjsa1986-01/|Junior JSA: The Junior Injustice Society]]"]   * Alex Olsen, the 16-year-old son of Cyrus Gold (adopted by shopkeeper Bartholomew Olsen who married his mother, and raised in Metropolis with his step-siblings) is murdered by the same man who murdered his father. His corpse is later reanimated as Kid Grundy. ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/juniorjsa1986-01/|Junior JSA: The Junior Injustice Society]]"]
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 +==== 1908 ====
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 +  * January 17: Kent Nelson is born in the United States to Swedish archeologist Dr. Sven Nelson and his American wife Celeste.
  
 ==== 1912 ==== ==== 1912 ====
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   * Hugo Danner confronts the corrupt lobbyist Melcher in Washington. Gives aid to the disarmament fight. [The Gladiator, by Philip Wylie]   * Hugo Danner confronts the corrupt lobbyist Melcher in Washington. Gives aid to the disarmament fight. [The Gladiator, by Philip Wylie]
-  * Noted archeologist Sven Nelson and his twelve-year-old son Kent conduct a dig in the Valley of Ur in Mesopotamia. Upon opening the sarcophagus of Nabu the Wise, Kent releases poison gas which immediately slays his father. Nabu takes pity on the boy and schools him in the ways of mysticism. [All-Star Squadron #47]+  * Noted Swedish-born archeologist Sven Nelson, accompanied by his twelve-year-old son Kent Nelson, conducts the British Museum-sponsored excavation of an Egyptian-style pyramid in the Valley of Ur in Iraq (known to archeologists as Mesopotamia), hoping to find clues to prove his theory that people from another planet built both the pyramids of Egypt and the ziggurats of Mesopotamia. Upon opening the sarcophagus of Nabu the Wise, Kent inadvertently releases poison gas, which immediately slays his father. Taking pity on the boy, Nabu removes the boy's grief over his father's death with a touch, then takes him to a hidden dimension and schools him in the ways of mysticism and the secrets of the universe for the next fifteen years. [Doctor Fate, More Fun Comics #67 (May, 1941); "Dr. Fate," First Issue Special #9 (December, 1975); "This Immortal Destiny," DC Special Series #10 (1978); "The Secret Origin of Dr. Fate," All-Star Squadron #47 (July, 1985)]
   * August: Arnold Munro is born to John and Anna Munro (although his real father is Hugo Danner) in Indian Creek, Colorado. Arn inherits the same super-powers of his father.   * August: Arnold Munro is born to John and Anna Munro (although his real father is Hugo Danner) in Indian Creek, Colorado. Arn inherits the same super-powers of his father.
  
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   * June 26: Thomas & Martha Wayne are killed before the eyes of their son, Bruce Wayne. Young Bruce vows by candlelight to dedicate the rest of his life warring on all criminals.   * June 26: Thomas & Martha Wayne are killed before the eyes of their son, Bruce Wayne. Young Bruce vows by candlelight to dedicate the rest of his life warring on all criminals.
   * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/secretorigins-e2-batman-tp1924/|Secret Origins: Batman: Times Past, 1924: The Proper Thing to Do]]"]   * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/secretorigins-e2-batman-tp1924/|Secret Origins: Batman: Times Past, 1924: The Proper Thing to Do]]"]
-December+ 
 +=== December, 1924 === 
   * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/secretfiles-e2-batman-tp1924/|Secret Files: Batman: Times Past, 1924: Christmas Memories]]"]   * ["[[http://www.5earths.info/earth-2/secretfiles-e2-batman-tp1924/|Secret Files: Batman: Times Past, 1924: Christmas Memories]]"]
  
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