Before This World is a single song.
 According to this paradigm, history can be divided into three periods in relation to the dominant region in the world: Middle Eastern dominance before 500 BCE, Eurasian cultural balance until 1500 CE and Western dominance since 1500 to 2023 CE
 It is separated from the World of Light (alma d-nhra) above and the World of Darkness (alma d-huka) below by ayar (aether)

