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...osals for a similar decimal-based unit system predated that by more than a century, and the meter was the only unit to survive more or less intact (that is, w ...etween two lines on a specific platinum-iridium bar. In the mid-twentieth century, it was redefined in terms of a [[wavelength]] of [[light]]—more spec

...phabet]] was introduced by [[Ireland|Irish]] missionaries around the ninth century, Old English had several letters that modern English lacks ([[eth]], [[thor ...easier. The thorn and eth letters fell into disuse around the thirteenth century, replaced by the ''th'' still used for their sounds today, though the ash s

...'s Avelachian holdings were lost to the [[Avelachian Pall|Pall]] several [[century|centuries]] before the rest of the empire fell.

...en the cycles is becoming too great, which has generally been about once a century. The last intercalary month was added twenty-six years ago, in [[2769 (D.C

...res other than [[human]]s. It experienced two world wars in the twentieth century of the [[Gregorian calendar]] used by most civilizations there, and so on.

...images and idealizations of various natures. It is only in the last two [[century|centuries]] that the word became the standard term for its current [[spectr ...indicates that the year is approximate (but within a few [[year]]s, not a century). Years and centuries are [[CE]] unless specified otherwise.

...r once every few decades at most, and there have now been none in nearly a century. Still, there's no reason to believe that Eahe Kiéhïe isn't ye

...n by [[Wikipedia:Epiphanius of Salamis|Epiphanius of Salamis]] to a second-century [[Wikipedia:Anatolia|Anatolia]]n [[Wikipedia:Christian|Christian]] [[sect]] ...a sufficiently complex system. A twentieth-century or early twenty-first-century computer certainly isn't self-aware or sentient, but it has nothing near th

...s as well. There arose in the [[third century (Drithidian calendar)|third century]] a vogue for onirarchs to interface tabulators with their own minds to boo

...ositions since time immemorial, on Ufmarkt time immemorial is only a few [[century|centuries]] ago. How long beyond that the judges first rose to power,

...iverse)|Earth]]. The name had fallen out of favor by the late [[twentieth century]], possibly due to oversaturation, but lingered in popular culture as a ste ...raham Lincoln]], [[Wikipedia:Fido (dog)|the other]] a dog of mid-twentieth-century [[Italy]] that became famous for its fidelity to its master. However, whil

...otic, the current system involving the Silver Council crystallized about a century after the Hollow Empire's decline.

...ortant, and different [[government]]s and factions have vied over it for [[century|centuries]]. Now, it's in an era of relative peace, the interested governm

...de for the layout of the City of Bones, the city gradually added to over [[century|centuries]] by many independent individuals who never communicated with eac

...ome futurists prognosticating that the S point will come within the next [[century]], and others maintaining that it is still as much as eight hundred years o ...h sides saw the wisdom of hiding behind an alias, and by the mid-twentieth century most supers assumed costumes and code names as they do today.

...ilde;anaman [[breeder (Ñanama)|breeder]]s have, over the last few [[century|centuries]], produced specialized birds to fill most of the roles more usua

...Asia]] and [[Europe (Nuclearth)|Europe]]. It seems to have taken nearly a century for it to have established a firm foothold in the [[Americas (Nuclearth)|Am

...tivities, which no doubt slowed its growth somewhat. Still, over the next century or so, these further solidified until the Cult had enough members to be a f

...industry tends to follow; on Earth these came very close together, about a century or two apart, but this isn't always the case. In any event, each of these

...the Altar is necessarily barren, supporting nothing but bare stone. Six [[century|centuries]] ago, a [[elemental mage|wizard]] named [[Aerillan]] had an idea

...character that appeared in a popular set of [[puppet show]]s in the [[Blue Century]].

...gests, however, that it is not less than a [[year]], and not more than a [[century]]. The exact number of corpora of each Wanderer is likewise unknown, but m

...the book of [[Leviticus]] but for a time used generally to signify a half century before passing into more general use of any anniversary or occasion of cele

...y|taxonomy]]. While on [[True Earth]] generally credited to an eighteenth-century [[scientist]] named [[Wikipedia:Carl Linnaeus|Carl Linnaeus]], this system

...al worlds there may not have had contact with the main world of Varra in [[century|centuries]], if ever. The same is true of the [[Smeltery]], where apparent

...escendants would maintain their claim. The situation was stablized four [[century|centuries]] ago by High Lord [[Mortiman Tael]], who compromised by giving '

...housand]], follows the precedent set by his predecessors of the last few [[century|centuries]] in concerning himself primarily with [[religion|religious]] mat

...some specific pinnacle of adaptation, however; contrary to some nineteenth century misunderstandings (which tend to persist to some degree in common thought e

Ganulias can live at least two [[century|centuries]], and there is some indication that they may live for much longe

The orbiting mountain remained barren for several [[century|centuries]] thereafter before being colonized. This colonization, however,

...y government also maintains public buildings and other works. In former [[century|centuries]], there were officers called murengers specifically entrusted wi ...ut is not confined to them; the largest planned city in early twenty-first-century Earth, [[Wikipedia:Navi Mumbai|Navi Mumbai]], [[India]], is not the capital

...f the increasingly numerous adventurers flocked to her church. Over the [[century|centuries]], she grew in influence and power, passing from a little-known m

...décor is eclectic, reflecting its gradual expansion over the six [[century|centuries]] since it was first constructed, but there are some common theme

...Xxere take pride in their city's singlure. A scandal arose just over a [[century]] ago when a small group of mages allegedly stole some of the city's magica

When a few [[century|centuries]] later the [[Blotesian Empire]] sought to annex the area, the de

...world long enough. Now they aspired to omniregency, and may have spent [[century|centuries]] preparing for it.

...The largest sovereign state on the Earth for much of the late [[twentieth century]] was the [[Soviet Union]], at more than twenty-two million square kilomete

...hypothesis]], this idea had considerable popularity in the early twentieth century. Upon examination, however, it became clear that some proponents of the th