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<h2 style="background-color:# | <h2 style="background-color:#828FA2;">ca A.D. 1996</h2> | ||
This time estimate is based on the premiere date of ''Stargate SG-1'' (1997) and not that of the release of ''Stargate: The Movie'' (1994). | This time estimate is based on the premiere date of ''Stargate SG-1'' (1997) and not that of the release of ''Stargate: The Movie'' (1994). | ||
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* After about a month on the planet, Daniel discovered Ra's map room with all of the Stargate addresses of the planets in the Goa'uld's domain. Curious, he unburied the Stargate and tried out some of the addresses, but couldn't make a lock. He figured that these Stargates had been either destroyed or buried just like the one on Earth had been. Knowing the dangers that reopening the Stargate could bring, Daniel trained Skaara and other Abydonians to keep a 36-hour watch by arming them with the Earth weapons that O'Neill's team left behind. (1.01 "Children of the Gods Part 1") | * After about a month on the planet, Daniel discovered Ra's map room with all of the Stargate addresses of the planets in the Goa'uld's domain. Curious, he unburied the Stargate and tried out some of the addresses, but couldn't make a lock. He figured that these Stargates had been either destroyed or buried just like the one on Earth had been. Knowing the dangers that reopening the Stargate could bring, Daniel trained Skaara and other Abydonians to keep a 36-hour watch by arming them with the Earth weapons that O'Neill's team left behind. (1.01 "Children of the Gods Part 1") | ||
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<h2 style="background-color:# | <h2 style="background-color:#828FA2;">ca A.D. 1997-1998</h2> | ||
This time estimate corresponds to Season One of ''Stargate SG-1''. | This time estimate corresponds to Season One of ''Stargate SG-1''. | ||
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* The Antarctic Stargate and DHD were put in storage at Area 51 in Nevada. (1.18 "Solitudes", 2.14 "Touchstone") | * The Antarctic Stargate and DHD were put in storage at Area 51 in Nevada. (1.18 "Solitudes", 2.14 "Touchstone") | ||
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<h2 style="background-color:# | <h2 style="background-color:#828FA2;">ca A.D. 1998-1999</h2> | ||
This time estimate corresponds to Season Two of ''Stargate SG-1''. | This time estimate corresponds to Season Two of ''Stargate SG-1''. | ||
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|valign="top"|'''The Tok'ra are revealed; The Asgard identify the Ancients as the builders of the Stargates:''' | |valign="top"|'''The Tok'ra are revealed; The Asgard identify the Ancients as the builders of the Stargates:''' | ||
* Carter was taken as the host of Jolinar of | * Carter was taken as the host of Jolinar of Malkshur, a Tok'ra, against her will while helping a planet evacuate from a Goa'uld attack. The System Lords sent an assassin after Jolinar, and he followed her back to Earth through the Stargate. Teal'c killed the assassin, and Jolinar died saving Carter's life. From that moment on, Carter had some of the memories of Jolinar and the ability to use Goa'uld technology, including the ribbon device and healing device. This encounter with Jolinar revealed the existence of the Tok'ra. Her memories helped the team track down the secret Tok'ra base, and Carter saved her dying father's life by persuading him to become a host to a Tok'ra symbiote named Selmak. With Jacob Carter/Selmak acting as the primary liaison, the Tok'ra became allies with the Tau'ri (what the Goa'uld and Jaffa call the humans of Earth, the planet they called "The First World") and the Rebel Jaffa in the fight against the Goa'uld. (2.02 "In the Line of Duty", 2.06 "Thor's Chariot", 2.11 "The Tok'ra Part 1", 2.12 "The Tok'ra Part 2", 3.02 "Seth") | ||
* Carter and Daniel met Thor of the Asgard as he presented himself in his true form (like a Roswell grey, as Carter put it). SG-1 already knew about the Asgard, but had never seen their true form. The Asgard were named mostly after Norse gods and had studied humans of Earth for a long time. They also felt quite protective of humanity, especially when it came to the way humans were being treated by the Goa'uld. (1.10 "Thor's Hammer", 2.06 "Thor's Chariot", 2.16 "The Fifth Race", 3.03 "Fair Game") | * Carter and Daniel met Thor of the Asgard as he presented himself in his true form (like a Roswell grey, as Carter put it). SG-1 already knew about the Asgard, but had never seen their true form. The Asgard were named mostly after Norse gods and had studied humans of Earth for a long time. They also felt quite protective of humanity, especially when it came to the way humans were being treated by the Goa'uld. (1.10 "Thor's Hammer", 2.06 "Thor's Chariot", 2.16 "The Fifth Race", 3.03 "Fair Game") | ||
* Dr. Daniel Jackson's theory that the "ancient ones" built the Stargates and not the Goa'uld was substantiated when Col. Jack O'Neill met the Asgard. O'Neill had taken a download into his mind of an Ancient Repository of Knowledge while on P3R-272, and inputted all the Stargate addresses (created by the Ancients when they built the network) into the dialing computer at Stargate Command. He also drew a detailed schematic of the DHD and revealed the use of an eighth chevron to dial to another galaxy. He used the Ancient knowledge to build a power source needed to dial the great distance to another galaxy and traveled to the Asgard's homeworld in the Ida Galaxy. The Asgard told O'Neill about the Alliance of the Four Races and that the Ancients had moved on a long time ago. The Asgard also removed the knowledge from O'Neill's mind because it was killing him and sent him back to Earth through the Stargate. The fact that O'Neill learned about the Asgard Stargate from the Ancient Repository probably indicates that the Alliance had been established during the time before the Ancients left the galaxy due to the plague, which was at least 5-10 million years ago. (1.11 "The Torment of Tantalus", 2.16 "The Fifth Race"; ''Stargate Atlantis'': 1.01 "Rising Part 1") | * Dr. Daniel Jackson's theory that the "ancient ones" built the Stargates and not the Goa'uld was substantiated when Col. Jack O'Neill met the Asgard. O'Neill had taken a download into his mind of an Ancient Repository of Knowledge while on P3R-272, and inputted all the Stargate addresses (created by the Ancients when they built the network) into the dialing computer at Stargate Command. He also drew a detailed schematic of the DHD and revealed the use of an eighth chevron to dial to another galaxy. He used the Ancient knowledge to build a power source needed to dial the great distance to another galaxy and traveled to the Asgard's homeworld in the Ida Galaxy. The Asgard told O'Neill about the Alliance of the Four Races and that the Ancients had moved on a long time ago. The Asgard also removed the knowledge from O'Neill's mind because it was killing him and sent him back to Earth through the Stargate. The fact that O'Neill learned about the Asgard Stargate from the Ancient Repository probably indicates that the Alliance had been established during the time before the Ancients left the galaxy due to the plague, which was at least 5-10 million years ago. (1.11 "The Torment of Tantalus", 2.16 "The Fifth Race"; ''Stargate Atlantis'': 1.01 "Rising Part 1") | ||
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* Hathor captured SG-1's O'Neill, Daniel, and Carter and tried to use them to gather information on the current state of affairs since her time on Earth about 2,000 years ago. Teal'c called for a group of Jaffa to help him rescue the Tau'ri and start the Jaffa Rebellion to overthrow the Goa'uld. O'Neill killed Hathor and the team returned to Earth to resume their missions through the Stargate. (2.22 "Out of Mind Part 1", 3.01 "Into the Fire Part 2") | * Hathor captured SG-1's O'Neill, Daniel, and Carter and tried to use them to gather information on the current state of affairs since her time on Earth about 2,000 years ago. Teal'c called for a group of Jaffa to help him rescue the Tau'ri and start the Jaffa Rebellion to overthrow the Goa'uld. O'Neill killed Hathor and the team returned to Earth to resume their missions through the Stargate. (2.22 "Out of Mind Part 1", 3.01 "Into the Fire Part 2") | ||
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<h2 style="background-color:# | <h2 style="background-color:#828FA2;">ca A.D. 1999-2000</h2> | ||
This time estimate corresponds to Season Three of ''Stargate SG-1''. | This time estimate corresponds to Season Three of ''Stargate SG-1''. | ||
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* Indeed, the two had put the pieces together and found Kheb. There, they met a monk who talked like a Zen Buddhist who tested their hearts and intentions. Master Bra'tac felt renewed and left Daniel with the monk to discuss Sha're's son, the Harsesis. Apophis's Jaffa troops arrived and began to storm the temple, but the monk stood in their way, and they killed him with a staff weapon blast. The monk's ascension was the first one witnessed by SG-1 and Bra'tac, and they watched in awe as the monk's body burst into radiant light and then completely disappeared, leaving only his robes behind. (3.20 "Maternal Instinct") | * Indeed, the two had put the pieces together and found Kheb. There, they met a monk who talked like a Zen Buddhist who tested their hearts and intentions. Master Bra'tac felt renewed and left Daniel with the monk to discuss Sha're's son, the Harsesis. Apophis's Jaffa troops arrived and began to storm the temple, but the monk stood in their way, and they killed him with a staff weapon blast. The monk's ascension was the first one witnessed by SG-1 and Bra'tac, and they watched in awe as the monk's body burst into radiant light and then completely disappeared, leaving only his robes behind. (3.20 "Maternal Instinct") | ||
* Eventually, Oma showed herself to Daniel and gave him access to the child, but he realized that he didn't have the powers that she had demonstrated to keep the boy safe (such as sending lightning bolts to down death gliders and Jaffa, controlling fire, levitating objects). Daniel relinquished the baby into Oma's care, and she took the child from Kheb through the Stargate. (3.20 "Maternal Instinct") | * Eventually, Oma showed herself to Daniel and gave him access to the child, but he realized that he didn't have the powers that she had demonstrated to keep the boy safe (such as sending lightning bolts to down death gliders and Jaffa, controlling fire, levitating objects). Daniel relinquished the baby into Oma's care, and she took the child from Kheb through the Stargate. (3.20 "Maternal Instinct") | ||
* The Asgard discovered the Replicators, bug-like mechanical creatures, on an isolated planet and took some for study without understanding the danger they posed. They became, as Thor put it, "a plague on our galaxy that is annihilating everything in its path." SG-1 helped | * The Asgard discovered the Replicators, bug-like mechanical creatures, on an isolated planet and took some for study without understanding the danger they posed. They became, as Thor put it, "a plague on our galaxy that is annihilating everything in its path." SG-1 helped Thor survive a Replicator attack on his starship, but they beamed the Stargate from the SGC to Thor's ship in order to escape the ship's destruction. This left the SGC without a Stargate, but General Hammond quickly ordered that the Antarctic Stargate be brought out of storage to take the Giza Stargate's place. (3.22 "Nemesis Part 1", 4.01 "Small Victories Part 2") | ||
* Thor's ship crashed into the Pacific Ocean and one of the "bugs" survived on Earth, where it quickly took over a Russian submarine. Fortunately, the infestation was destroyed before more of the Replicators were created (they consumed mostly metals to create more of themselves), but it also meant that the Giza Stargate was lost in the ocean. (3.22 "Nemesis Part 1", 4.01 "Small Victories Part 2") | * Thor's ship crashed into the Pacific Ocean and one of the "bugs" survived on Earth, where it quickly took over a Russian submarine. Fortunately, the infestation was destroyed before more of the Replicators were created (they consumed mostly metals to create more of themselves), but it also meant that the Giza Stargate was lost in the ocean. (3.22 "Nemesis Part 1", 4.01 "Small Victories Part 2") | ||
* The Russians retrieved the Giza Stargate from the ocean and began their own Stargate Program without the knowledge of the United States. Former Air Force Colonel and NID Agent Harry Maybourne committed treason when he provided the Russians with the information they needed to get their program started. (4.07 "Watergate") | * The Russians retrieved the Giza Stargate from the ocean and began their own Stargate Program without the knowledge of the United States. Former Air Force Colonel and NID Agent Harry Maybourne committed treason when he provided the Russians with the information they needed to get their program started. (4.07 "Watergate") | ||
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<h2 style="background-color:# | <h2 style="background-color:#828FA2;">ca A.D. 2000-2001</h2> | ||
This time estimate corresponds to Season Four of ''Stargate SG-1''. | This time estimate corresponds to Season Four of ''Stargate SG-1''. | ||
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* After Oma took Sha're's son, she helped him to ascend. She also buried his Goa'uld genetic memories, considered to be the thoughts of a thousand Hitlers, deep into his subconscious mind, telling him that the memories were too strong to resist and the best way to win was to "deny it battle". This philosophy reflected The Others' rules of non-interference: they knew that the power that the Ori were gathering through their worshipers corrupted them, so it was better not to interact with humanity at all so that man's worship could be avoided. Shifu, whose name means "light", told Daniel that he needed to choose a new path concerning handling the Goa'uld, rather than forcing the boy to remember the genetic memories. He then ascended and left through the Stargate, and that was probably the last time Daniel ever saw him. (4.17 "Absolute Power") | * After Oma took Sha're's son, she helped him to ascend. She also buried his Goa'uld genetic memories, considered to be the thoughts of a thousand Hitlers, deep into his subconscious mind, telling him that the memories were too strong to resist and the best way to win was to "deny it battle". This philosophy reflected The Others' rules of non-interference: they knew that the power that the Ori were gathering through their worshipers corrupted them, so it was better not to interact with humanity at all so that man's worship could be avoided. Shifu, whose name means "light", told Daniel that he needed to choose a new path concerning handling the Goa'uld, rather than forcing the boy to remember the genetic memories. He then ascended and left through the Stargate, and that was probably the last time Daniel ever saw him. (4.17 "Absolute Power") | ||
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<h2 style="background-color:# | <h2 style="background-color:#828FA2;">ca A.D. 2001-2002</h2> | ||
This time estimate corresponds to Season Five of ''Stargate SG-1''. | This time estimate corresponds to Season Five of ''Stargate SG-1''. | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:29, 6 March 2010
Introduction
This timeline is part of a larger timeline that covers the over 50-million-year history of the Ancients. To view the entire timeline, visit Timeline of the Ancients, which also includes an overview of the Ancients' evolutionary path and author's notes.
Date Range | Period | Human | Ascended | Galaxy | Notes |
Over 50 million years ago | Alteran | Yes | Uncertain | Original home galaxy, often referred to as simply the Ori galaxy because only the Ori remained there. | The Altera and their brethren the Ori were humans on the evolutionary path toward ascension, but it is unknown if there were ascended beings who existed before or during this period, and if they existed, whether or not the humans were aware of them. The Ori greatly outnumbered the Altera and were preparing to wipe them out because of their conflicting philosophical views. By the end of this period, the only Ancients that existed were the Altera, the mountaintop villagers who chose to leave their home aboard a single spaceship rather than engage in a war. The Ori were left behind to continue on their own path. |
5 to 10 million years ago to 50 million years ago | Ancient | Yes | Possible | Primarily in the Milky Way, their new home that they named "Avalon". The Altera became known as the Ancients. | This period includes the establishment of the Stargate network in the Milky Way, the exploration of their new home galaxy and others through the launch of their exploration fleet of Stargate-seeding starships and follow-up exploration vessel Destiny (see Stargate Universe), the formation of alliances, the advancement in weapons and other technology, the development of the means to collect and store their accumulated knowledge, and the continued research into the acceleration of evolution through genetic alteration to achieve ascension. Some of the Ancients had evolved to the point that they could ascend on their own. The defining moment that ends this period is the occurrence of the plague that swept throughout the galaxy that forced the Ancients to ascend, to leave the galaxy, or to die out. Because of the plague and the heightened research into ascension, the Ancients never boarded Destiny, but instead left the exploration fleet to continue on its automated course. |
10,000 years ago to 5 to 10 million years ago | Lantian | Yes | Yes | Pegasus. The Ancients were called the Ancestors by the humans of the Pegasus galaxy. | This period opens with the plague sweeping throughout the Milky Way that forced the Ancients to leave the galaxy in one form or another—whether it be by ascending, by leaving the galaxy as humans (in spaceships, for example), or by dying out. The Ancients that ascended joined together in a collective called The Others. The Ori, although not hit by a plague, also ascended and established themselves as the gods of the religion "Origin". This period also includes the creation of the second generation (evolution) of humanity in the three galaxies: the original Altera/Ori home galaxy, the Milky Way, and Pegasus. As they did in the Milky Way, the Ancients in Pegasus built a Stargate network and settled on several planets. By the end of this period, more Ancients had ascended and apparently joined their own ancestors who were with The Others; however, no more ascended beings joined the Ori because the Ori did not wish to share their power and prevented their humanity from evolving to the point where they could ascend on their own or through the use of advanced technology. This period ends when the last of the Lantian survivors of the Wraith-Ancient War abandoned Atlantis and used the Stargate to return to Earth, where they blended into Earth's societies, left the planet through the Stargate, or ascended. |
Present to 10,000 years ago | Legacy | Possible | Yes | All except original home galaxy. | This is when the majority of Ancients are Ascended Beings, and other races use and abuse their legacy. At the beginning of this period, the Lantian Ancients had just returned to Earth after abandoning Pegasus to the Wraith and chose to blend in with Earth's societies, to leave Earth through the Stargate, or to ascend. Proof of the Ancients' blending into the human population of the Milky Way is the natural occurrence of the ATA gene (Ancient Technology Activation gene) that allows the possessor to activate and interface with genetically-keyed Ancient technology, as well as the cultural influences of the world's ancient civilizations. Some Ancients from earlier in this period survived into the modern era in human form via stasis, time travel, or some other form of technological means, while a few Ascended Ancients chose to retake human form. This period includes the reopening of the Stargate in modern times and a near-repeat of history as the humans of Earth assimilate the Ancients' legacy, which not only includes knowledge and technology, but also old rivalries that the Ancients had failed to resolve. It also includes the discovery of Destiny, which opened up the universe to exploration (albeit limited) and to the exposure to new life forms untouched by Ancient hands. |
ca A.D. 1996This time estimate is based on the premiere date of Stargate SG-1 (1997) and not that of the release of Stargate: The Movie (1994).
ca A.D. 1997-1998This time estimate corresponds to Season One of Stargate SG-1.
ca A.D. 1998-1999This time estimate corresponds to Season Two of Stargate SG-1.
ca A.D. 1999-2000This time estimate corresponds to Season Three of Stargate SG-1.
ca A.D. 2000-2001This time estimate corresponds to Season Four of Stargate SG-1.
ca A.D. 2001-2002This time estimate corresponds to Season Five of Stargate SG-1.
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Articles on the Ancients
This series of articles covers the history, language, writings, knowledge, and technology of the Ancients.
- Ancients: History (Main Article)
- Altera: The Ancients as Advanced Humans in Their Home Galaxy
- The Others: The Ancients After Ascending
- Ancient Language
- Ancient Writings
- Ancient Knowledge and Technology
- Complete Timeline of the Ancients (50 Million Years Ago to Present)
Episodes
Stargate SG-1
- Stargate: The Movie
- 1.01 "Children Of The Gods Part 1"
- 1.02 "Children Of The Gods Part 2"
- 1.03 "The Enemy Within"
- 1.08 "The Nox"
- 1.10 "Thor's Hammer"
- 1.11 "The Torment Of Tantalus"
- 1.13 "Fire And Water"
- 1.14 "Hathor"
- 1.18 "Solitudes"
- 2.02 "In The Line Of Duty"
- 2.06 "Thor's Chariot"
- 2.11 "The Tok'ra Part 1"
- 2.12 "The Tok'ra Part 2"
- 2.14 "Touchstone"
- 2.16 "The Fifth Race"
- 2.21 "1969"
- 2.22 "Out Of Mind Part 1"
- 3.01 "Into The Fire Part 2"
- 3.02 "Seth"
- 3.03 "Fair Game"
- 3.10 "Forever In A Day"
- 3.15 "Pretense"
- 3.20 "Maternal Instinct"
- 3.22 "Nemesis Part 1"
- 4.01 "Small Victories Part 2"
- 4.06 "Window Of Opportunity"
- 4.07 "Watergate"
- 4.14 "The Curse"
- 4.17 "Absolute Power"
- 5.03 "Ascension"
- 5.08 "The Tomb"
- 5.19 "Menace"
- 5.21 "Meridian"
- 5.22 "Revelations"
- 6.01 "Redemption Part 1"
- 6.03 "Descent"
- 6.04 "Frozen"
- 6.11 "Prometheus"
- 6.22 "Full Circle"
- 7.11 "Evolution Part 1"
- 7.12 "Evolution Part 2"
- 7.15 "Chimera"
- 8.02 "New Order Part 2"
- 8.08 "Covenant"
- 9.05 "The Powers That Be"
- 10.08 "Memento Mori"
- 10.18 "Family Ties"
Stargate Atlantis
Related Characters
- Col. Jack O'Neill
- Dr. Daniel Jackson
- Capt./Maj. Samantha Carter
- Teal'c
- Maj. Gen. George Hammond
- Vala Mal Doran
- Anubis
- Apophis
- Athena
- Belus
- Jacob Carter/Selmak
- Sarah Gardner
- Hathor
- Isis
- Jacek
- Jolinar of Malkshur
- Kasuf
- Catherine Langford
- Ernest Littlefield
- Malikai
- Marduk
- Nem
- Oma Desala
- Omoroca
- Osiris
- Qetesh
- Ra
- Reese
- Seth
- Sha're
- Shifu
- Skaara
- Thor
- Gen. West
Related Articles
- Abydos and the Abydonian People
- Abydos Cartouche
- Alternate Timelines
- Amaunet
- Ancient Time Machine
- Antarctic Stargate
- Ascended Beings
- Asgard
- Asgard Beaming Technology
- Asgard Holographic Technology
- Cheyenne Mountain Complex
- Chulak
- Clava Thessara Infinitas
- Cloning
- Dial Home Device (DHD)
- Earth
- Ernest's planet (P3X-972, later PB2-908)
- Eye of Tiamat
- Furlings
- Goa'uld
- Harsesis
- Healing Device
- Heliopolis
- Jaffa
- Kelowna
- Kheb
- Naquadah
- Naquadah Reactor
- NID
- Nox
- Oannes
- P2X-338
- P4X-639
- P8X-412
- Replicators
- Repository of Knowledge
- Ribbon Device
- Ring Transporter
- Russian Stargate Program
- Sarcophagus
- SG-1
- SG-16
- Stargate
- Stargate Command (SGC)
- Steward Expedition
- Symbiote
- Tau'ri
- Tok'ra
- The Tomb Creature
- Velona (P4X-636)
--DeeKayP 12:20, 23 April 2008 (PDT)