After the death of the ancient Sun God, the entire world was in chaos. Even the main world, which was not seriously affected by the cataclysm, took more than a hundred years to stabilize.
As for the way of dividing the eras, because the unified political power never appeared again, different ways of dividing the eras gradually emerged in different places.
The Northern Continent and the Southern Continent divide the Third Age in the same way, calling it the Catastrophic Era, and then divide the Catastrophic Era into two eras, namely the Age of Glory and the Age of Disaster.
What was once the Glory Era has now become the Glory Age. The most terrifying period after the Cataclysm happened is called the Age of Catastrophe.
The impression left by the cataclysm on the gods was so terrifying that the entire Third Age was completely replaced by the Age of Disaster.
It’s not that there were no gods who suggested that if the Third Age was called the Era of Catastrophe, it would make it seem like the Age of Catastrophe was the mainstream of the Third Age.
So perhaps the Third Age can be renamed the Age of the Sun God, because whether it is the age of glory or the age of disaster, it is closely related to the Sun God.
The one who opposed this proposal the most fiercely was naturally the new generation of Sun God Eternal Flame, while the other gods, with various thoughts, finally agreed to call the Third Age the Catastrophic Era.
They don't know whether their catastrophe refers to the terrible catastrophe that the world encountered during the Disaster Era, or whether it means that it was a catastrophe to the entire world from the beginning of the ancient Sun God's appearance.
Anyway, the sun god is dead now, and the remaining Adam is hiding. The real creator is a serious evil god, so naturally the good gods will do whatever they say.
And it was only during the Fourth Age that the ancient Black Sun God was so secretive. After the righteous gods began to destroy the past history, the past of the Third Age would be completely buried, and these considerations would no longer matter.
Perhaps the only one who has an opinion is the True Creator. Divine Adam doesn't pay much attention to this matter, but as the True Creator of the evil god, he basically cannot influence the opinions of the general public.
Another difference between the animation of this world and the original book is that the division of eras in the Land Abandoned by God is different from the continent where Klein is located.
Although Silver City was not the only city-state in the Land Abandoned by God, all city-states including Silver City ultimately chose a similar division method.
The Third Age is still called the Glorious Era in the city-states of the Land Abandoned by God, and the internal ages are still prescribed by the Sun God, the Age of Exploration and the Age of Climbing.
It's just that after the fall of the Sun God, it was not the Disaster Era in the third season, but directly entered the Fourth Age. However, as for the names of the Fourth Age, the Land Abandoned by God can be said to be various.
For example, Silver City calls the Fourth Age the Catastrophic Era, and Moon City calls the Fourth Age the Dark Age. In addition, there are also terms such as the Doomsday Era, the Despair Era, and the Tomb Era, which can be said to be incomplete.
But no matter which city-state it is called, the style is the same, that is, it reveals a strong sense of despair and gloom, just like the game "Forsaken Land" released in this world.
As for the various eras within the Fourth Age, due to the loss of powerful figures like the Sun God, there was no unified plan that everyone recognized.
What's more, with the end of the Fourth Age, the gods began to destroy historical materials on a large scale, and those previous distinctions became even less important. Anyway, future generations don't even know much about the history of the Fourth Age.
However, because history is a thing that is inextricably linked, unless the whole thing is completely destroyed, some clues can still be seen.
Therefore, such fragmentary descriptions and titles as the Age of Strife, the Four Emperors Period, and the Pale Age are still preserved by some information or living people.
No historian has ever written a history book for the entire Fourth Age, so the division of various ages within the Fourth Age basically depends on where it is taught.
The only thing that all forces agree on is that the Fourth Age should be called the Age of the Gods. Although the Second Age can also be called the Age of the Gods, wasn't it swept away by the Sun God?
It's not just a sweep, we have to stand from a human perspective and focus on human feelings to call the Second Age the Dark Age.
But for those ancient ethnic groups, how can the Second Age be considered the Dark Age? On the contrary, it is the Third Age in which they are heading toward destruction. That is the true Dark Age, and everything is declining in an irreversible trend.
However, those ancient creatures that can make sounds are either dead or hiding, or they no longer exist as members of a civilized group.
Therefore, the dead have no way to speak, just like the true Creator can only be furious because the Third Age of Glory, in which he got such a nice name, was changed to the Age of Catastrophe.
So after the audience later learned that the Era of Cataclysm was originally called the Era of Glory and that the true Creator was really the Creator, some people complained directly:
The True Creator has so much resentment towards the righteous gods. I'm afraid a lot of the resentment comes from these guys, and they still slander him as a disaster, right?
The Northern Continent divides the ages in basically the same way, but the Southern Continent is different. They believe that the Era of the Gods extends until the opening of the new sea route.
It's just that in the eyes of the people of the Northern Continent, the beginning of the Fifth Age of Black Iron is another era of the Fourth Age.
The gods have always been sheltering above them, so how can we say that the era of the gods is over? It's just the way the gods contact them that differs.
Therefore, the previous one was the age of divine arrival, and the subsequent one was the age of divine enlightenment. God has been protecting his believers, but before, he came directly, and then through spiritual connection.
What really brought the Age of Gods to an end was not that the gods no longer walked the world in person, but that the invaders from the north had defiled their land.
The fifth era, the Black Iron Era, after the Age of Gods, many things in this era are closely related to the predecessor of the time traveler, Emperor Russell.
Although Emperor Russell didn't know much about history, he had at least received nine years of compulsory education and seven years of higher education, so he had some foundation.
Therefore, although he did not understand the theory of those historians during the Renaissance, he could still use it subconsciously. It was nothing more than crudely dividing history into syllogisms: ancient times, the Middle Ages and modern times.
Emperor Russell believed that before the "Twenty Years' War", it was the ancient times of the Fifth Age, because during this period, various kingdoms were still adjusting their own internal affairs.
Since the "Twenty Years' War", the entire northern continent has become increasingly connected as a close whole. The political turmoil in one country may affect the entire continent, so it is counted as the "Middle Ages".
Then the arrival of his great Emperor Russell will lead people out of the "Dark Iron Middle Ages" and usher in a new bright future.
Yes, in Klein's era, the Fifth Age was called the Black Iron Age. This term actually started from Russell. Before, this era was just generally called the New Era.
