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Gorean Years: Annual Chronology

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Due to the many different calendar systems in use by the cities and peoples of Gor, it would be virtually impossible to choose one such system as the primary means of measuring and listing Gorean years. Therefore, included are eight such systems, each of which is in use in a particular geographical region of Gor, or is utilized by a particular city or culture. In such a way,it is `
possible to discern the particular year in which an important event occurred upon Gor, and assign it to its corresponding Earth date. I have listed no more than a few events from each city or culture, along with the Earth year in which they occurred as well as the present Earth year according to that system.
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Chronology of Ar
This is far and away the most often used and quoted system of chronology in the books; it is therefore assumed that this system is in use, or at least is understood, throughout most of the civilized regions of Gor. The abbreviation "CA" stands for the phrase "Contasta Ar," which can be translated as "from the founding of Ar."
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10,110 CA {Year of Pa Kur's Horde} 1960 AD
10,119 CA {Restoration of Marlenus} 1969 AD
10,137 CA {Cosian Invasion of Ar} 1987 AD
10,151 CA {Current Year} 2000 AD
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Chronology of Ko-ro-ba
Although no actual reference is made to the formal reckoning of years in the city of Tarl Cabot's training, it is a reasonable assumption that since the entire city was destroyed {only to be rebuilt years later}, that they would formulate a new calender based upon the year in which that climactic event occurred. In any case, that is how it is presented below. Note that Year 1 {1969 AD} is the first year AFTER Ko-ro-ba's Home Stone was returned to the city site by Matthew Cabot. Therefore, the events of the third book {Priest-Kings of Gor} actually took place during the preceding year.
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Year 1, Post-Reconstruction 1969 AD
Year 32, Post-Reconstruction {Current Year} 2000 AD
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Chronology of Torvaldsland
In Torvaldsland the years are numbered by Rune-Priests, and the starting date {Year 1} of their chronology dates from the legendary event "Thor's Gift to Torvald," when the god Thor supposedly traded the spring of Torvaldsland to the hero Torvald in exchange for a ring of gold.
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1,006 Rune-Priest Year {Year of the War Arrow} 1972 AD
1,031 Rune-Priest Year {Current Year} 2000 AD
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Chronology of Port Kar
The books are very specific about the manner in which years are numbered in Port Kar, and Tarl Cabot often makes use of the term which have been abbreviated below as "SCC." This actually represents the designation "Of the Sovereignty of the Council of Captains," meaning that the chronology of Port Kar was revised almost thirty years ago to refer specifically to the year of the Council's assumption of power in that city.
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Year 1 SCC {Year of Victory over Cos and Tyros} 1970 AD
Year 31 SCC {Current Year} 2000 AD
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Chronology of Turia
As in the case of Ko-ro-ba, above, the Turian reckoning of years have been dated from a definitive event in the city's history, namely Turia's invasion and defeat and the subsequent restoration of her Home Stone by the Ubar-San of the Wagon Peoples.
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Year 1 The Sparing of Turia 1969 AD
Year 31, Post-Invasion {Current Year} 2000 AD
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Chronology of Tharna
The chronology of Tharna has been dated from the dethronement and enslavement of the freewomen once known as the "Silver Masks." Each year since therefore bears the title "Sa`ng-fori" after it, acknowledging that each year since that event is a year of freedom for its male inhabitants.
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Year 1 Sa'ng-fori {"without chains"} 1968 AD
Year 32, Sa'ng-fori {Current Year} 2000 AD
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Chronology of the Wagon Peoples
The Wagon Peoples are an unusual case, as they do not number their years at all; instead they give each year a specific name relating to the most important event which occurred during that particular period. These names `
are not written down, but rather are entrusted to individuals known as "Year Keepers" who commit them permanently to memory to be passed down to their descendants. Fortunately, we are given the names of at least two such years in the fourth book of the series, "Nomads of Gor."
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"The Year in Which Tarl Cabot Came to the Wagon Peoples" 1968 AD
"The Year in which Tarl Cabot Commanded a Thousand" 1969 AD
32nd Year of the Ubar-San {Current Year} 2000 AD
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