History of the Amarr Empire

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History of the Amarr Empire

The history of the Amarr Empire is the longest of any of the main factions, going back thousands of years into ancient times. Starting roughly in 8000 AD, the Amarr people founded an Empire from Amarr Island, established the Holders class, began the Reclaiming, and started the practice of taking slaves.

The Amarr Empire was unchallenged as it went out into space to expand and conquer lesser civilizations, most notably the Minmatar. It would continue this practice until it encountered the Gallente Federation in 23180 AD.

No longer an all-encompassing hegemon, the Amarr Empire would undergo a period of Transition, as it adapted to the realities of no longer being invincible, through the Amarr-Jove War and the Minmatar Rebellion that would follow it. The Amarr Empire would take on its modern state with the dawn of the capsuleer era in YC105.

Eras of Amarr History

Amarr Timeline

2370 AD
The Terran solar system is fully colonized.
3805 AD
The Conformists, a group within the Unified Catholic Church, settles on Soekheviti.
3841 AD
The Conformists take control of Soekheviti.
3891 AD
Warp technology is discovered.
3897 AD
The Conformists lose power and are exiled from Soekheviti.
4224 AD
Warp drives for ships invented.
7703 AD
The wormhole leading to New Eden opens.
7987 AD
EVE Gate opens.
7989 AD
The conformists start migrating to New Eden, spurred on by Dano Gheinok, one of their leaders, Gheinok manages to direct them to the planet of Athra.
8000 AD
Dano Gheinok proclaims himself prophet and sets the foundations of the Amarr theocratic state to come.
8061 AD
The EVE Gate closes as the wormhole collapses.
8061 AD
The same year as EVE closes the last group of conformists arrives on Athra. The conformists all settle on the continent of Amarr, from which they later take their name.
16470 AD
The first Amarr Emperor is crowned.
20022 AD
The Udorians arrive on Amarr continent, spurring the static Amarr society into rapid changes.
20078 AD
The reclaiming is launched, the Amarrians start a war to conquer all the lands on Athra.
20371 AD
The Amarrians conquer the last Udorian state.
20544 AD
The Amarrians conquer the last state on Athra, they now control the whole planet.
21290 AD
The first star gate between systems since the collapse of EVE is built between Amarr and Hedion.
21423 AD
The Amarrians discover the Ealurians and subsequently conquer them in the spirit of the reclaiming.
21875 AD
The moral reforms start, the status of the emperors alters and the power of the apostles is curbed.
22480 AD
The Amarrians invade and conquer the Minmatar Empire.
22762 AD
The current Amarr Emperor is elected. The head of another heir family, Khanid, refuses to acknowledge this and sets out to create his own empire. It is called the Khanid Kingdom a.k.a. Dark Amarr.
22821 AD
The Sotiyo-Urbaata drive, the first warp drive, is constructed.
23058 AD
Amarr scientists discover jump drive technology, allowing instant jumps between systems without star gates.
23180 AD
First contact between the Gallente and the Amarr, soon after the Amarr come into contact with both the Caldari and the Jove.
23191-23193 AD
The Jove establish contact with the Amarr Empire, Caldari State and Gallente Federation
23216 AD
The Amarr-Jove War – rapidly settled in favor of the Jove at the Battle of Vak'Atioth.
23216 AD
The Minmatars rebel. The Amarrians and their allies are forced to flee, the minmatar collaborators are set up in their own semi-independent state, they are today known as the Ammatars.
23233 AD
CONCORD is founded, bringing together the five empires of the Amarr, Caldari, Gallente, Minmatar, and Jove in a common assembly for the first time.
23236 AD / YC0
EST (Eden Standard Time) and the YC dating system established at Yoiul Conference.
YC105
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