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By the turn of the 18th century, global commerce over land and sea had become prevalent enough that the need for a standard way to track dates became apparent. Prior to that date, most countries used their own calendars, and any negotiations between countries would need to reckon dates in both systems. Each calendar had its own dates of origin as well as own rules for determining the length of days and years. For instance, the traditional [[AcronisAkronism|AcronianAkronist]] liturgical calendar is a lunar one with days beginning at sundown and months reckoned only by the phase of the moon, which made it complicated to convert dates into a solar calendar system where days began at sunrise and months being a fixed number of days.

The meteor's approach was seen as a bright streak across the sky by people across the world, and was noted as an omen (of either good fortune or ill) in several different cultures. The meteor struck in what is now [[AcronisTavaris]] and had an aequatorial approach that made the streak visible in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres. However, more notable and even more widely recorded was that the meteor's impact created a massive dust cloud that darkened the skies across the planet, negatively impacting temperatures, agriculture, and navigation worldwide.

Impelanzan historical records show a shift from sea-based to land-based travel and commerce after the impact because the dust and ash obscured the stars in the night sky by which they navigated at sea. The records of the [[Tavari Union|Tavari]] people, who lived in the area where the meteor hit, noted a massive famine in the year of the impact, which they believed to be a fragment of the moon falling to Urth. The island on which the meteor hit is named the Greater Tear of the Moon (there is also the Lesser Tear of the Moon, a smaller, neighboring island), named after the event, and the island was held to be cursed and therefore remained intentionally uninhabited for allcenturies. ofIn Tavarithe historycurrent untilday, the Tavariislands Civilare Warhome inonly theto a few scattered 15thAkronist centurymonastic CEcommunities.

Approximately half of the delegates were astronomers, historians, and other academics who did the primary work of calculating the epoch and devising the rules. The other half of the delegates were ministers, ambassadors, and political officials from various governments, who did the primarily political work of convincing their counterparts to accept and use the calendar internationally. Delegates from [[AcronisFederation of Bana|Bana]], [[Cryria]], [[Duominzu]], [[Great Morstaybishlia]], [[Rosalica]], [[South Peragen]], and the [[Tavari UnionTavaris]] attended the conference.