Hyborian Age

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The Hyborian Age is a time period that features in Conan.

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The Hyborian Age was an era of Earth history taking place between roughly 10,500 BC and 9500 BC. The age was so named for the continent of Hyboria, which was the central zone of the world. It was said said to had followed the end of the Thurian Age that held the reign of King Kull and culminated with the the destruction of its civilizations, Lemuria and Atlantis, by a geological cataclysm. After this cataclysm, the surviving humans were reduced to a primitive state and a technological level hardly above the Neanderthal. Several such tribes migrated to the northern areas of what was left of the Thurian continent to escape destruction. They discovered the region to be safe, but covered with snow and already inhabited by a race of vicious white-furred apes. A vicious territorial war ensued until the humans drove the apes further North, past the Arctic Circle. Believing the apes were destined to perish, the humans turned to taming their harsh new home.

The race known as the serpent people made its final stand in this time, and a major hero was the Cimmerian barbarian Conan.

Overview

It was set between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Sons of Arya. (Novel: The Phoenix and the Sword)

Notable deities worshipped in this era included:

  • Crom :
  • Mitra :

Inhabitants

  • Bori :
  • Conan :

Notes

  • The Hyborian Age was created by Robert E. Howard where it was first referenced in The Hyborian Age (1938).

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Video games

  • In Age of Conan, the Hyborian Age was the setting of the MMORPG video game.

Appearances

  • The Hyborian Age: (1938)

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