Endnote 1 – Why 2K?

Nostradamus was born in France in 1503. His major work, Centuries, a collection of obscurely phrased, rhymed quatrains written in French, was published in 1555. The most oft-cited passage is quatrain 10:72: “The year 1999, seven months, from the sky will come a great King of Terror, he will bright to life the great king of the Mongols. Before and after Mars [war] reigns with good success” (my translation).