Bronze Age
The Early Bronze Age extends between 1200 and 3200 BC, essentially from the beginning of written history to widespread collapse in civilisations throughout the eastern Mediterranean. Human history would see the rise of ancient Egypt, Sumer and Akkad, the Indus Valley culture, the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties in China, Mycenaean Greece and the Hittites. In northern Europe, the gnomish Vepses empire would comprise much of Europe's northern forests. Elves from the west would appear and found the Egreliian culture. Hobgoblins would build an empire, the Yaxjasso, that for a while controlled much of Siberia. There would be other, numerous civilisations that would also rise, many of which little information would remain in the documents of the game world.