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'''Roshar''' is the native name for the planet on which ''[[The Stormlight Archive]]'' is set. It is also the name of the supercontinent that the main events of the series take place on{{17s ref
==Nations==
Roshar's population categorizes their history into a number of epochs. Most notable is the [[Silver Kingdoms]] Epoch, or the Heraldic Epoch, when the [[Knights Radiant]] kept the peace. They protected Roshar from their home, the great city of [[Urithiru]]. The Silver Kingdoms are:
==Calendar==
The Rosharan calendar is divided up into ten months, with ten weeks each. Both the months and the weeks are named after the numbers on the [[Ars Arcanum]], and are sometimes combined into abbreviations. Such abbreviations have the full name of the month and two suffixes, for week and day. Each week is five days, so the year in Roshar is 500 days, ultimately defined by the time between two [[Weeping|Weepings]].{{book ref|sa2|46}} Although the Rosharan year is 500 days long, these days are shorter than on Earth and a Rosharan year is equivalent to 1.1 Earth years.{{17s ref
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There is also [[Taln's Scar]], which is a great swath of red stars that stand out against the white ones. Some people believe they can determine the personality of some one based on the position of Taln's Scar on their seventh birthday.
There are two other inhabitable planets in Roshar's system, which is known as [[Greater Roshar]]: [[Braize]] and [[Ashyn]].{{17s ref
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