Talk:Amethyst/@comment-27019303-20151011204136/@comment-5544341-20151012060742

Actually, if you're gonna school people, try using concrete sources.

For example, the first battles for Earth were fought in the Ancient Sky Arena; we know that for certain. We have no idea when the Strawberry Field battle took place, and it'd be erroneous to place it just yet.

Second, Pearl says in the book they fought for earth 5500 years ago. There's no indication whether this is the beginning, middle, or end, but it means there's a 2000 year wide gap around this time with which we can place the 1000 year wide span of the war.

We DON'T know when the Gems actually FIRST invaded. The "6000 years ago" mark we have is a point of when Gems began incubating in The Prime Kindergarten. We don't know how much time it took to set up, or to scout the planet, or to build their other structures (such as the Lunar Sea Spire) to establish things like cultural and government centers. We also don't know if the Rebellion began before or after incubation began.

What we have concrete so far is that the war took place at some point between 6500 years ago and 4500 years ago. This means that the span of time in which Amethsyt may have emerged is between 5500 years ago and 4500 years ago.

My best guess is that Incubation started roughly 6000 years ago, with the rebellion going into full force about about 500 years later. This puts Amethyst's age at 4500 or younger.