User blog:Swordzmanp236/The ERB Time Device (Alpha)

The subject pretty much describes it all. We have so many characters available to us now that we are able to construct a timeline for them all. The question is, should we? Now, some may argue that it's not really "necessary", but it might be cool.

In software, an "alpha" is a piece of software that is not fully formed, but is open for testing and future development. So, the timeline is an idea that I want to run across. It's not quite fully formed, but the idea is to be able to look up specific rappers  by the era in which they lived or were created.

I admit that I know very little programming. I mean, I took Visual Basic, but that was about it. And that was a good decade ago. Point is, I wouldn't know the first thing about coding a timeline into the wiki.

Being a history nut, I have some ideas as to where everybody should go, or rather, when. Looking for someone who can build the timeline article.

Stick with me on this, and let's see if you get where I'm going:

1300's BCE: Moses, Hebrew prophet, is born. Records of Yahveh appear in ancient writings

1200's BCE Moses dies

500's BCE:

400's BCE: 1st Century BCE: Reign of Cleopatra VII Philopator
 * Leonidas and Gorgo, royal cousins of Sparta, are born
 * Book of Genesis compiled by multiple writers. Hebrew Creation stories (God, Adam and Eve, etc) written in opposition to surrounding cultures.
 * Pleistarkhos, son of Leonidas and Gorgo, Prince of Sparta, is born
 * Battle of Thermopylae fought, Leonidas dies, leaving Pleistarkhos to rule when of age.
 * Pleistarkhos dies

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And so forth. Perhaps one might use thumbnail images as links on the timeline.

Let me know how you feel. Once again, it's just a crazy idea for someone who has time and who might be looking for things to do, seeing as we have the general essence of the wiki fleshed out. Sadly, I don't have the sleight of hand to do it all at once.

Swordzman