Auroran History

The official dating system of the Auroran civilisation is the Atomic Era calendar, in which year zero coincides with the first nuclear tests on Rumah (a distinctive date in terms of radiocarbon dating, due to the sudden increase in carbon-14 concentration caused by the tests). Dates are measured in Rumah years.

Hydrocarbon Era (-130AE to 130AE)
The Hydrocarbon Era is perhaps the most significant era of Auroran history, and is characterised by the widespread use of hydrocarbon fuels, making energy cheaper and more abundant than it ever had been in the past. This had a knock-on effect on the Auroran economy the world over. For the first time in the history of Auroran civilisation, the global economic growth rate increased tenfold from the steady 'natural' rate of 0.145% per annum to a comparatively huge 1.45% per annum; economists predict that, in the 260 year-long Hydrocarbon Era, progress was made equivalent to 2600 years at the natural rate of growth. Indeed, the Hydrocarbon Era saw developed Auroran societies transition from industrialising economies to fully-fledged intellectual economies, with the less developed societies close behind.