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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 spec8 KB (1,226 words) - 03:03, 19 July 2011
- ...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 s16 KB (2,574 words) - 20:12, 2 July 2013
- ...'s Avelachian holdings were lost to the [[Avelachian Pall|Pall]] several [[century|centuries]] before the rest of the empire fell.10 KB (1,614 words) - 15:17, 18 January 2024
- ...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.C4 KB (739 words) - 23:32, 19 July 2009
- ...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.5 KB (767 words) - 03:51, 11 May 2013
- ...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.19 KB (2,956 words) - 02:10, 3 September 2023
- ...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 ye4 KB (765 words) - 02:46, 8 April 2010
- ...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 th15 KB (2,465 words) - 01:28, 19 June 2013
- ...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 boo15 KB (2,279 words) - 16:47, 8 January 2023
- ...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,6 KB (996 words) - 23:04, 19 September 2017
- ...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, whil19 KB (3,013 words) - 16:26, 13 April 2022
- ...otic, the current system involving the Silver Council crystallized about a century after the Hollow Empire's decline.8 KB (1,249 words) - 05:39, 27 October 2012
- ...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 governm7 KB (1,227 words) - 07:14, 15 December 2012
- ...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 eac8 KB (1,409 words) - 14:10, 12 June 2011
- ...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.22 KB (3,502 words) - 02:55, 9 May 2013
- ...ilde;anaman [[breeder (Ñanama)|breeder]]s have, over the last few [[century|centuries]], produced specialized birds to fill most of the roles more usua8 KB (1,250 words) - 04:01, 11 May 2013
- ...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)|Am9 KB (1,466 words) - 17:04, 8 February 2010
- ...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 f9 KB (1,565 words) - 16:23, 5 September 2010
- ...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 these10 KB (1,629 words) - 18:33, 15 May 2013
- ...the Altar is necessarily barren, supporting nothing but bare stone. Six [[century|centuries]] ago, a [[elemental mage|wizard]] named [[Aerillan]] had an idea9 KB (1,539 words) - 04:20, 11 May 2013
- ...character that appeared in a popular set of [[puppet show]]s in the [[Blue Century]].10 KB (1,622 words) - 15:50, 17 January 2022
- ...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 m13 KB (2,132 words) - 02:52, 28 December 2021
- ...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 cele24 KB (4,050 words) - 01:18, 27 February 2024
- ...y|taxonomy]]. While on [[True Earth]] generally credited to an eighteenth-century [[scientist]] named [[Wikipedia:Carl Linnaeus|Carl Linnaeus]], this system11 KB (1,721 words) - 15:04, 12 May 2013
- ...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 apparent11 KB (1,875 words) - 17:49, 20 March 2013
- ...escendants would maintain their claim. The situation was stablized four [[century|centuries]] ago by High Lord [[Mortiman Tael]], who compromised by giving '10 KB (1,583 words) - 05:57, 24 December 2011
- ...housand]], follows the precedent set by his predecessors of the last few [[century|centuries]] in concerning himself primarily with [[religion|religious]] mat10 KB (1,675 words) - 21:22, 21 July 2012
- ...some specific pinnacle of adaptation, however; contrary to some nineteenth century misunderstandings (which tend to persist to some degree in common thought e12 KB (1,856 words) - 15:02, 12 May 2013
- Ganulias can live at least two [[century|centuries]], and there is some indication that they may live for much longe13 KB (2,071 words) - 15:37, 5 May 2024
- The orbiting mountain remained barren for several [[century|centuries]] thereafter before being colonized. This colonization, however,12 KB (2,043 words) - 04:19, 11 May 2013
- ...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 capital28 KB (4,491 words) - 22:48, 24 February 2014
- ...f the increasingly numerous adventurers flocked to her church. Over the [[century|centuries]], she grew in influence and power, passing from a little-known m16 KB (2,565 words) - 01:57, 19 February 2022
- ...décor is eclectic, reflecting its gradual expansion over the six [[century|centuries]] since it was first constructed, but there are some common theme19 KB (2,991 words) - 23:23, 17 May 2013
- ...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 magica20 KB (3,385 words) - 15:31, 18 January 2024
- When a few [[century|centuries]] later the [[Blotesian Empire]] sought to annex the area, the de24 KB (3,941 words) - 23:49, 18 March 2024
- ...world long enough. Now they aspired to omniregency, and may have spent [[century|centuries]] preparing for it.27 KB (4,573 words) - 13:22, 18 August 2014
- ...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 kilomete33 KB (5,167 words) - 15:26, 18 January 2024
- ...hypothesis]], this idea had considerable popularity in the early twentieth century. Upon examination, however, it became clear that some proponents of the th48 KB (7,378 words) - 00:48, 1 June 2015