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## ''Renaissance'': Rebirth of knowledge and civilization. Interstellar trade and communications resume, and the seeds of a new Empire are planted. From here, the history can circle round back to Formation of Empire. Otherwise, it leads up to:
# '' The Final Empire'': During the final empire, humanity/interstellar civilization becomes [[Crystal Spires and Togas|highly civilized]], peace reigns, and humanity explores the ultimate questions (God, Life, and the Universe). Note that all empires at their zenith do this kind of thing. It is just at this stage, humanity can confront such questions directly. This period can only be distinguished from previous empires when its future is mapped out.
# ''Humanity's Final Fate'': Humanity [[Ascends to A Higher Plane of Existence]] or [[
This was the most commonly used timeline. However, it doesn't mean every writer followed every single Stage. Some Stages got rearranged, others are skipped totally. It should also be noted that this History was often Human-centric, although aliens were sometimes followed this template. See the Examples below.
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See also [[The Trope History of the Universe]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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** There are a few (very minor) hints that the first government was the Terran Concordiat from Laumer's ''[[Bolo]]'' series, although the tone of the two series' [[Sliding Scale of Silliness Versus Seriousness|doesn't really mesh]]. Said stories are also an example themselves, covering a timespan from the start of World War III up to the collapse of the Concordiat in the [[Apocalypse How|Final War]] with the [[Intelligent Gerbil|Melconians]].
* ''[[Known Space]]'': Often shows the exploration of Solar System and Interstellar Space, as well as Alien Contact.
* [[H. Beam Piper]]'s ''Terro-Human Future History'' is cyclical, going through at least five Empires after the Terran Federation falls. Piper's timeline was a little more detailed than Asimov's, and was also influential in codifying the trope.
* [[Poul Anderson (Creator)|Poul Anderson]]'s ''Psychotechnic League'' stories has World War III occur at the begining, a brief Interregnum which results in exploration of the Solar System and the formation of the Solar Union, which plays the role of the First Empire. However, things go bad, and another Interregnum occurs, until the discovery of FTL travel, which leads to the formation of the Stellar Union, in the role of a Second Empire.
** A second series of his fits this pattern as well -- the [[Technic History]] stories set in the ''Poleseotechnic League'' of [[Intrepid Merchant|Nicholas van Rijn and David Falkayn]] and subsequent Terran Empire of [[Overt Operative|Dominic Flandry]].
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