the narrative thereafter moves forward or backward in time.
I. Thule: 310 B.C.
II. The Peaches of Forever: 19
III. The Comrade: 359
IV. Death in Palmyra: 641
V. No Man Shuns His Doom: 998
VI. Encounter: 1050
VII. The Same Kind: 1072
VIII. Lady in Waiting: 1221
IX. Ghosts: 1239
X. In the Hills: 1570
XI. The Kitten and the Cardinal: 1640
XII. The Last Medicine: 1710
XIII. Follow the Drinking Gourd: 1855
XIV. Men of Peace: 1872
XV. Coming Together: 1931
XVI. Niche: 1938
XVII. Steel: 1942
XVIII. Judgment Day: 1975
XIX. Thule: ?
Chinese names are transcribed according to the Wade-Giles system. This probably remains somewhat more familiar to Anglophone readers than Pinyin or Yale, and is no more inaccurate a rendition of ancient or regional pronunciations.
Armorica: Brittany.
Berytus: Beirut.
Bravellir: Probably near modern Norrkoping, Sweden.
Britannia: England and Wales.
Burdigala: Bordeaux.
Ch’ang-an: Near modern Sian (Pinyin “Xian”).
Constantinople: Istanbul.
Damasek: Damascus.
Dumnonia: Cornwall and Devon.
Duranius: The River Dordogne.
Emesa: Horns.
Falemia: An area in the region of Naples, anciently noted for its wines.
Gadeira: Cadiz (Lathi “Gades,” Semitic “Agadir”).
Gallia: Gaul, France with parts of Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland.
Gardhariki: Western Russia.
Garumna: The River Garonne.
Gauiland: Southern Sweden, apparently between Scania and Lake Vanern.
Hetan-kyo: Kyoto.
Hleidhra: Lejre, in Denmark.
Khalep: Aleppo.
Kiyiv: Kiev.
Lakota: Dakota (Sioux).
Lugdunensis: A province in Gaul, comprising most of north-em and a fair portion of central France.
Lugdunum: Lyons.
Makkah: Mecca.
Massalia: Marseilles (Latin “Massilia”).
Medinat Rasul Allah: Medina.
Nidharos: Trondheim, in Norway.
Pariki: Pawnee.
Peking: Beijing.
Poitou: Former French province, now divided into the departments of La Vend6e, Deux-Sevres, and Vienne.
Pretania: Britain, including Scotland.
Sor: Tyre.
Stalingrad: Volgograd.
Syria: A province of the Roman (later the East Roman or Byzantine) Empire, approximately the same as the modern country.
Tadmor: Palmyra, in Syria.
Tartessos: Southwestern Iberia (conjectural).
Thule: Southern Norway (conjectural).
Tripolis: Tripoli, in Lebanon, also known anciently as “Tarabulus.”
Wendiand: A region bordering on the southern Baltic shores.
Wichita mountains: in southwestern Oklahoma.
Yathrib: Original name of Medina.
