Talk:Manussan year

Dating discrepancy
I would just like to clarify this. Based on The Cradle of the Snake, the Great Crystal is created in 2326 and the Mara manifests. In Snakedance it is repeatedly stated that the Crystal is 800 years old and the Mara was defeated 500 years ago, meaning the Sumaran Empire/Era lasted 300 years, aligning with Ambril's statement of the middle-period being 700 years ago. It is also stated once that Federation records begin "some 600 years" after the fall of the Manussan Empire, seemingly implying that THAT is when the Federator defeated the Mara. But that is one reference when the "800/500" numbers are reiterated multiple times. So why is the "600" reference taken as the determining date and "800" is the error? Steed 19:28, 27 April 2021 (UTC)