First Era
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The First Era is the earliest recorded historical period in The Elder Scrolls’ continent of Tamriel, marked by the rise and fall of ancient empires, legendary heroes, and foundational events that shape the series’ lore.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| First Era canonical | 9 |
| Merethic Era (in-universe, approximate) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12912265 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: First Era Context triple: [Tamriel, hasEra, First Era]
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A.
Imperial Era
The Imperial Era is the period in the Star Wars galaxy when the Galactic Empire holds power between the fall of the Republic and the rise of the Rebel Alliance.
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B.
Acharonic era
The Acharonic era is a historical period associated with the life, teachings, or influence of the Jewish sage Taz (Rabbi David HaLevi Segal) and his halachic work.
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C.
Wordian age
The Wordian age is a middle Permian subdivision of geologic time characterized by significant marine and terrestrial faunal developments prior to the major biotic crises later in the period.
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D.
Heroic Age
The Heroic Age is a legendary period in Greek mythology characterized by the exploits of great heroes such as Heracles, Perseus, and the warriors of the Trojan War.
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E.
Common Era
The Common Era (CE) is the widely used secular calendar era that counts years from the traditional date of the birth of Jesus, corresponding to the same years as AD in the Gregorian and Julian calendars.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: First Era Target entity description: The First Era is the earliest recorded historical period in The Elder Scrolls’ continent of Tamriel, marked by the rise and fall of ancient empires, legendary heroes, and foundational events that shape the series’ lore.
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A.
Imperial Era
The Imperial Era is the period in the Star Wars galaxy when the Galactic Empire holds power between the fall of the Republic and the rise of the Rebel Alliance.
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B.
Acharonic era
The Acharonic era is a historical period associated with the life, teachings, or influence of the Jewish sage Taz (Rabbi David HaLevi Segal) and his halachic work.
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C.
Wordian age
The Wordian age is a middle Permian subdivision of geologic time characterized by significant marine and terrestrial faunal developments prior to the major biotic crises later in the period.
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D.
Heroic Age
The Heroic Age is a legendary period in Greek mythology characterized by the exploits of great heroes such as Heracles, Perseus, and the warriors of the Trojan War.
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E.
Common Era
The Common Era (CE) is the widely used secular calendar era that counts years from the traditional date of the birth of Jesus, corresponding to the same years as AD in the Gregorian and Julian calendars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional time period
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historical era ⓘ |
| appearsInFranchise | The Elder Scrolls ⓘ |
| documentedIn | in-game books and texts in The Elder Scrolls series ⓘ |
| follows | Merethic Era ⓘ |
| hasNotableEvent |
Akaviri invasion of Tamriel
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Alessian Doctrines ⓘ Alessian Slave Rebellion ⓘ Battle of Glenumbra Moors ⓘ Battle of Red Mountain ⓘ Chimer transformation into Dunmer ⓘ Nord occupation of Morrowind ⓘ Nordic expansion into Morrowind ⓘ Ysgramor’s legacy and the early Nordic kingdoms ⓘ conquests of Reman Cyrodiil ⓘ construction of major Ayleid and Nordic ruins ⓘ creation of the Tribunal Temple ⓘ development of early Imperial culture ⓘ disappearance of the Dwemer ⓘ early conflicts between Nords and Chimer ⓘ early development of the Thieves Guild traditions ⓘ early formation of the Mages Guild’s precursors ⓘ establishment of the Colovian Estates ⓘ expansion of the Alessian Empire across Cyrodiil ⓘ fall of the Ayleid city-states ⓘ formation of early political borders in Tamriel ⓘ formation of the First Council in Morrowind ⓘ formation of the Kingdoms of High Rock ⓘ formation of the Second Empire of Cyrodiil ⓘ foundation of Orsinium ⓘ rise of the Alessian Empire ⓘ rise of the Camoran Dynasty in Valenwood ⓘ rise of the Direnni Hegemony ⓘ
linked to:
Direnni Hegemony
rise of the Dwemer city-states ⓘ rise of the Reman Empire ⓘ rise of the Tribunal in Morrowind ⓘ rise of various human and elven kingdoms ⓘ sieges of Orsinium ⓘ spread of the Eight Divines worship ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
legendary heroes and mythic events
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rise and fall of ancient empires ⓘ transition from mythic age to historical age ⓘ |
| influences |
cultural identities of Tamrielic races
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political landscape of later Elder Scrolls games ⓘ religious institutions of Tamriel ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalUniverse |
continent of Tamriel
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linked to:
Tamriel
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| partOf | timeline of The Elder Scrolls ⓘ |
| precedes | Second Era ⓘ |
| settingOf | events in The Elder Scrolls lore ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: First Era Description of subject: The First Era is the earliest recorded historical period in The Elder Scrolls’ continent of Tamriel, marked by the rise and fall of ancient empires, legendary heroes, and foundational events that shape the series’ lore.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: First Era