The History of the Colonial Tribes

So far, we don't have much:

-indefinite Humans evolve on a planet other than the 12 Colonies, most likely Earth

-indefinite Humans leave Earth for Kobol

-5000 (?) Humans should have developed advanced sailing at least a milennium before the advent of the FTL drive. The age of Enlightenment should have begun, creating a philosophy of Ethics ("imperative")

-4000 The human race knows FTL travel and are situated on Kobol

-4000 A "13th tribe" leaves Kobol

-3600 Pythian Prophecies are authored on handwritten scrolls

-2000 The 12 tribes leave for the Colonies. A cataclysm befalls them and a dark age begins (which I find very unlikely, RDM!!!)

-53 (approx.) Start of CW 1

-41 Armistice signed

-0 CW2, destruction of the Colonies and exodus of the remaining humans.

The Opening theme song is a real Hindu song

Gayatri Mantra
Oṃ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ
Tat savitur vareṇyaṃ
Bhargo devasya dhīmahi
dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt

O earth, atmosphere, heaven:
May we attain that excellent glory
of Savitr the God:
So may he stimulate our prayers.

Oh God! Thou art the Giver of Life,
Remover of pain and sorrow,
The Bestower of happiness,
Oh! Creator of the Universe,
May we receive thy supreme sin-destroying light,
May Thou guide our intellect in the right direction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayatri_Mantra
http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Soundtrack_(Season_2)