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The chronology and history of the world of ''Friendship is Magic'' has always been a contradictory and confusing one. This article will attempt to piece together the complete chronology of the world from the dawn of time to the alien invasion that happens at the point beyond "[[Spoilers]]".

==Prehistory==
===Time immemorial===
* At some point in the far, far distant past, the multiverse comes into existence, sprouting infinite timelines over the course of history.<ref name = "FIM18 infinite selves">''[[Reflections]]'' - {{C|FIM|18|Part II: "Back to Where You've Never Been Before"}}<br>"Could there be '''''more''''' alternate universe out there? Who are we in each one of them? There's an infinite number of possible selves! And of those selves, who is the real '''''you'''''? It's fascinating. Truly a lifetime of research is to be had in the '''''simple''''' idea of traversing the interdimensional cosmos! '''''EEE!'''''"-[[Twilight Sparkle]]</ref><ref name = "Sunset Shimmer">[[My Little Pony Annual 2013 (IDW)|My Little Pony Annual 2013]] - "[[Sunset Shimmer]]"<br>[[Crisis of Infinite Equestrias]]</ref><ref name = "Infinite universes">''[[Legends of Magic]]'' - {{C|LOM|1|Issue 1}}<br>"[[Princess Celestia|Princess]], our world is only one of many. There are an infinite number of worlds all around us."-[[Starswirl the Bearded]]</ref>

* At some point, the [[Lord (conceptual being)|Lords]] of [[Chaos]] and [[Order]] appear as the embodiment of their concepts for their respective timelines.<ref name = "Order we shall have">''[[Accord (comic story)|Accord]]'' - {{C|FIM|49|Part the Second: "In all Chaos There is a Cosmos, in all Disorder a Secret Order"}}<br>"I am '''''here''''', in '''''every pony!''''' I am the '''''unifying principle''''' of '''''order!''''' I live in the hearts of '''''all''''' ponies to '''''desire''''' order! And '''''order''''' we shall have."-[[Accord]]</ref><ref name = "NK1">''[[Nightmare Knights]]'' - {{C|NK|1|Issue 1}}</ref><ref group = "Q">Timeline placement for this is iffy to say the least. We don't know if the "Lords" were created from these concepts, or vice versa, but given quotes from Accord, it appears to be the former, but this is unconfirmed speculation</ref>

===Before ponies===
* At some point in the farthest reaches of history before the dinosaurs roamed the earth, [[Dark Trees|dark, sentient trees]] existed.<ref name = "TAME">{{C|FIM|25}} - "[[To Tame the Beast]]"</ref>
* Before the dinosaurs, simple ocean life such as fish and jellyfish lived in the oceans of Earth.<ref name = "TAME"/>
* Millions of years ago, dinosaurs roamed the earth.<ref name = "FIM17">''[[Reflections]]'' - {{C|FIM|17|Part I}}</ref><ref name = "FIM24">[[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (comic book)|Friendship is Magic]] - {{C|FIM|24|Issue 24}}</ref><ref group = "Q">Interestingly, ponies have such a good idea of what dinosaurs look like that [[Ocellus]] can transform into a T-rex, as seen in {{C|FIM|71|"Happy Haunts"}}</ref><ref name = "TAME"/>

===Early pony history===
* Thousands of years ago, [[Cave ponies|the first ponies emerged]], speaking a [[Cave language|simplistic language]]. These ponies were intelligent enough to use tools and communicate, but appeared to be of a different, more primitive species.<ref name = "SHADOW3">''[[Shadow Lock (comic story)|Shadow Lock]]'' - {{C|FIM|53|Part III}}</ref>
* The Hippogriff civilization founds the first kingdom on the island of [[Mount Aris]]. Their oldest knownruler was [[Vetera]]. Thousands of years ago, the [[Winged Citadel]] was built and would later be revered as the "fourth wonder" of the world.
* At some point, the [[Pegasus kingdom]] and [[Griffon kingdom]] would start a war known as the "[[Zephyr War]]". However, their battle was interrupted by [[Hippogriff]]s who mediated conflicts between the two, which caused the foundation of the [[Eastern Kingdom]].

==Notes==
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==References==
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