Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-173.202.132.183-20140203224548/@comment-9062114-20140207005612

Well, you have to consider that eras are not set in stone, they're merely concepts of time created by mortals. So sometimes it doesn't add up 100% due to the fact that when they Dawn Era ended and the Merethic Era began appears to debatable amongst historians. Considering how when you get this far back, history seems to be very poorly documented as Dovahsbrom said.

Something also worth noting is that Since this was the first landmark created by man or mer it could represent the very beginning of the Merethic Era, as most consider the Dawn Era the time when Lorkhan convinced the Aedra to create the mortal plane. Meaning, that after Nirn was created the Merethic Era may have "officially" begun.

Does that make sense?