Foundation era

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fictional historical era time period in fiction

The Foundation era is a far-future period in Isaac Asimov’s universe marked by the rise and struggles of the Foundation as it works to shorten the predicted dark age following the fall of the Galactic Empire.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Foundation chronology	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional historical era ⓘ time period in fiction ⓘ
basedOn	Hari Seldon’s psychohistory plan ⓘ
chronologicallyFollows	events of "Forward the Foundation" ⓘ events of "Prelude to Foundation" ⓘ
createdBy	Isaac Asimov NERFINISHED ⓘ
depictedIn	novel "Foundation and Earth" NERFINISHED ⓘ novel "Foundation and Empire" NERFINISHED ⓘ novel "Foundation" NERFINISHED ⓘ novel "Foundation’s Edge" NERFINISHED ⓘ novel "Second Foundation" NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	Galactic Empire era ⓘ fall of the Galactic Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGenre	science fiction ⓘ
hasGoal	preservation of human knowledge ⓘ reestablishment of galactic civilization ⓘ shortening the predicted dark age ⓘ
hasKeyEvent	Seldon Crises NERFINISHED ⓘ conflicts with neighboring kingdoms ⓘ emergence of the Mule ⓘ establishment of the Foundation on Terminus ⓘ rise of the Traders ⓘ search for the Second Foundation ⓘ
hasKeyFigure	Arkady Darell NERFINISHED ⓘ Bayta Darell NERFINISHED ⓘ Ebling Mis NERFINISHED ⓘ Hari Seldon NERFINISHED ⓘ Hober Mallow NERFINISHED ⓘ Salvor Hardin NERFINISHED ⓘ the Mule NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasKeyLocation	Galactic Periphery NERFINISHED ⓘ Terminus NERFINISHED ⓘ Trantor NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasKeyOrganization	First Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainFocus	rise of the Foundation ⓘ struggles of the Foundation ⓘ
hasSettingIn	far future ⓘ
hasSubgenre	space opera ⓘ
hasTheme	determinism versus free will ⓘ manipulation of history ⓘ rise and fall of empires ⓘ role of science in society ⓘ
involves	Foundation traders ⓘ Galactic Empire remnants NERFINISHED ⓘ independent kingdoms ⓘ
partOf	Isaac Asimov’s Foundation universe NERFINISHED ⓘ Isaac Asimov’s future history NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeSpan	approximately 1,000 years of predicted interregnum (shortened) ⓘ
usesConcept	psychohistory ⓘ

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R. Daneel Olivaw → operatesDuring → Foundation era ⓘ

Seldon Crisis → partOf → Foundation era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foundation chronology