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===Origin and rise=== | ===Origin and rise=== | ||
[[File:Enc22 AncestorCity.png|thumb|250px|An Ancestor city.]] | [[File:Enc22 AncestorCity.png|thumb|250px|An Ancestor city.]] | ||
Having presumably evolved and achieved civilization on [[Earth]], originally known as "Erda" or "Erde-Tyrene",<ref name="prim237">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 237-238''</ref> humanity first became a spacefaring civilization at some point prior to [[1,100,000 BCE]]. These early humans settled on numerous worlds along the galactic margin; these regions would be targeted by the [[Flood]]'s initial assault over a million years later.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 67-68''</ref> Early in their history, long before encountering the [[Forerunner]]s, humanity underwent a series of technological dark ages, which left their populations scattered across many worlds and resulted in the loss of most of their records, including the knowledge of Earth being their potential original homeworld. It was not until much later when scientists led by [[Yprin Yprikushma]] traced humanity's potential origin to Earth.{{Ref/Reuse|prim237}} Around [[150,000 BCE]] humanity moved their civilization outward along the [[Orion Arm]], possibly to flee Forerunner control.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 20''</ref> | Having presumably evolved and achieved civilization on [[Earth]], originally known as "Erda" or "Erde-Tyrene",<ref name="prim237">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 237-238''</ref> humanity first became a spacefaring civilization at some point prior to [[1,100,000 BCE]]. These early humans settled on numerous worlds along the galactic margin; these regions would be targeted by the [[Flood]]'s initial assault over a million years later.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 67-68''</ref> Early in their history, long before encountering the [[Forerunner]]s, humanity underwent a series of technological dark ages, which left their populations scattered across many worlds and resulted in the loss of most of their records, including the knowledge of Earth being their potential original homeworld. It was not until much later when scientists led by [[Yprin Yprikushma]] traced humanity's potential origin to Earth.{{Ref/Reuse|prim237}} Around [[150,000 BCE]] humanity moved their civilization outward along the [[Orion Arm]], possibly to flee Forerunner control.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 20''</ref> They first settled in and built up population centers in two star systems dozens of lightyears away from Sol before stringing outposts together across nearly thirty thousand lightyears toward the galactic margin of the galaxy.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 42''</ref> | ||
After recovering from their dark ages, humanity made the former [[Precursor]] world [[Charum Hakkor]] their capital, to be close to one of the greatest collections of Precursor structures.<ref name="c112">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 112''</ref> Humanity also formed [[Human-San'Shyuum alliance|an alliance]] with the [[San'Shyuum]] species in order to gain access to their advanced technology.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 113''</ref> At their height, humanity's technological advancement nearly rivaled that of the Forerunners.<ref name="c164">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 164''</ref> | After recovering from their dark ages, humanity made the former [[Precursor]] world [[Charum Hakkor]] their capital, to be close to one of the greatest collections of Precursor structures.<ref name="c112">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 112''</ref> Humanity also formed [[Human-San'Shyuum alliance|an alliance]] with the [[San'Shyuum]] species in order to gain access to their advanced technology.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 113''</ref> At their height, humanity's technological advancement nearly rivaled that of the Forerunners.<ref name="c164">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 164''</ref> | ||
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==Sphere of influence== | ==Sphere of influence== | ||
{{Main|Human colonies}} | {{Main|Human colonies}} | ||
Humanity's empire encompassed at least | Humanity's empire encompassed at least twenty thousand worlds in a thousand star systems across thirty thousand lightyears<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 42''</ref> of the [[Milky Way Galaxy]].;<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 129''</ref> This is likely before they lost a third of their colonies to the Flood as the Flood had ravaged humanity's colonies for over one thousand years prior to the discovery of the Primordial and the Flood only retreated from the Milky Way Galaxy during the 40 years between the Primordial being discovered by humanity and the final 53-year conflict of the human-Forerunner wars. | ||
*[[Sol system]] | *[[Sol system]] | ||