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“We are fortunate to have had the mummies of our ancient kings properly preserved for future generations, yes, but why for the love of God are you people eating them?” —Mamluk ambassador Nuru Mustafa on a Venetian Egyptology gathering, 1841 “By your calendar, it is July 19th, in the Year of the Lord 1841. By ours, it is the Seventh Dancing Moon, in the 1,873rd Year of the Journey. By that of the Wakatunga to the south, it is the Fifteenth Day of the Month of the Crane, in the 3,064th Year of the Reborn Sun. By that of the Vinlanders, it is the 7th of Heyan’il [Heyannir], in the 820th Year of the Confluence. There are other calendars used on this continent also, including the Kochani one, which is frankly incomprehensible. “The key point I wish to make here is that your year is not alone. It may be your Lord, but it is our Journey. And in Manaháhtaan [Manhattan], though it is now a part of your League, you must expect to treat with people who know the Journey far better than they do