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So, before I start this timeline, I feel like it's worth noting that there are going to be some learning curves that may be difficult to surmount if you don't read the timeline from the beginning. That goes without saying for the genre we're all reading writing in here of course, but in this timeline it's especially the case. We will not be able to fall back on very many familiar places and concepts as the timeline goes on, as the point of departure is so far back in history with such an influential group of people IOTL that it literally butterflies all written history. Europe will never be called Europe, and Asia will never be called Asia, and all of the countries and mountain ranges on these continents will never be called what they are today, if they even exist with remotely the same borders in the case of the former. There will be lots and lots of BIG butterflies here, and I will do my best for now to make it easy by incorporating comparisons of our timeline and this timeline in the most tasteful manner I can think of, but as the timeline goes on, and certain names and places are well established, we will slowly phase out of this and perhaps into a more parentheses or perhaps notes-based comparison. We'll see.

It's also worth taking the time to mention that I hate the traditional Latin orthography of just about every language that was ever written with cuneiform, because in most cases they don't accurately represent the phonology at all. In between updates, I will be posting guides to my own orthographies of languages like Sumerian, Elamite, etc. They will definitely look funny to the eyes of anyone with at least a cursory knowledge of these languages, and for that I apologize, but I guess my apology isn't that sincere because I won't be altering my actions according to your annoyance :evilsmile:. I will also be including updates on the linguistic development of different language groups, as we are starting out waaaaaaaaaaaay back in time, and there will be lots and lots of time for some crazy developments, I think.

That's about all. I hope you all enjoy :noexpression:
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