Board Thread:Wiki discussion/@comment-5019018-20170811014154/@comment-18014300-20170813025548

We might be able to take from the names used for the time periods in official sources like the Encyclopedia and The Essential Guide, of which I only have the latter. In the latter case, there is a chapter specifically devoted to time periods, eras, and settings, so maybe we should try to be as close to its usage as possible.

In the timeline, there is listed:
 * (referring to Greece)
 * Third Crusade
 * Italian Renaissance
 * French Renaissance (with Bombastus)
 * Fall of the Ming dynasty
 * Spanish Inquisition
 * Fall of the Inca Empire
 * Hapsburg Era
 * Salem Witch Trial
 * Golden Age of Piracy
 * Seven Years' War
 * American Revolution
 * Louisiana Rebellion
 * Slave Uprising
 * French Revolution
 * Sikh Empire
 * Industrial Revolution
 * World War I
 * Russian Revolution
 * Palmer Raids
 * Opium Wars
 * World War II
 * Cold War
 * World War II
 * Cold War

The ones which actually have entries to them are titled:
 * The Levant
 * Renaissance Italy
 * Constantinople
 * Golden Age of Piracy
 * Seven Years' War
 * American Revolutionary War
 * Louisiana Rebellion
 * French Revolution
 * Industrial Revolution

I think it is fine to just in general use era names that stay as close to the source usage as possible, with some modifications. For example, American Revolution makes more sense than the American Revolutionary War for describing the period as the latter refers more specifically to the war itself. "Fall of the Ming dynasty" should just be "Ming dynasty", partly because Chronicles: China is set in the middle of the dynastic period anyways and doesn't have any relevance to its end more than a century after the game. Also, while we should use eras for each main game, I'm not so sure about side settings in comics.