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Noyus
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Golcuk/TURKEY
Jun 2001 time: 07:15
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Here are my votes:
Spanish 20
Vikings 20
Monghols 20
Arabs 20
Turks 20
Celts 20
Israelis 10
Portugese10
Hittites 10
Phoenicians/Carthagians 10
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Tingkai
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To find the Northwest Passage
Aug 2001 time: 13:15
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20 for each:
Arabs
Canadians
Ethiopians
Khmer
Koreans
Malian
Portuguese
Spanish
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Yog-Sothoth
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Trondheim, Norway
Sep 2000 time: 06:15
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Vikings 20
Inca 20
Maya 20
Celts 20
Sioux 20
Assyrians 20
Byzantines 20
Spanish 20
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S. Kroeze
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the Hague, the Netherlands, Old Europe
Dec 1999 time: 05:15
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Most people identify a civilization with a nationality; I'm not against a national element in the game, but everyone should understand the enormous difference separating these concepts.
Here is a list of civilisations one could defend as reasonably accurate -though still a matter of opinion:
1. Sumerian/Babylonian
2. Egyptian
3. Indus/Dravidian
4. Chinese
5. Greek
6. Roman
7. Mayan/Meso-American
8. Inca/Andes
9. Byzantine/Orthodox
10. Latin/Catholic
11. Islamic/Near Eastern
12. Germanic/Protestant
13. Russian/Slav
14. Indian/Hindu
15. Japanese
16. Tibetan
17. South East Asian
18. sub-Saharan civilization??
Of course every list is open to debate. As one should acknowledge its religion that identifies all civilizations! One could still argue the existence of a Celtic, Persian or Turkish civilization. But that would be the limit. McNeill, the authority who more or less introduced the concept of civilization in historiography, recognizes even less: Mesopotamian, Egyptian, merging into Near Eastern, (3)Indian, Chinese, Japanese and (6)Western, which he only divides into Greek Orthodox and Latin Catholic.
Those asking for Hunnish or Mongol civilazations absolutely miss the point: those were the barbarians!
I would gladly have given all my 160 points to the Sumerians, who were definitely 'THE CIVILISATION'! Or have split them equally between the Indus, Byzantine and Sumerian civilisations. Yet I will abide with the rules -though it's a complete waste of time of course!
My points:
Sumerians 20
Indus/Dravidians 20 (Important: this civilisation is not identical to the Indian civilisation. It was in about 1500BC destroyed by charioteering Aryans. Ribannah will explain why they didn't invade on horseback, though they had mastered Horseback riding)
Mayan 20
Inca/Andes 20
Byzantine/Orthodox 20
Latin/Catholic 20
Islamic/Near Eastern 20
Tibetan 10
South East Asian 10
I would like to draw attention to the fact that I supported almost exclusively non-European civilisations. Nor did I support my 'own' nation, because there never was a 'Dutch civilisation'! Yet I live in Europe and am a real snob.
Some people's emotional stability seems at stake when these issues are discussed....
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Chief Gnome
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Mongols 20
Spanish 10
Vikings 20
Arabs 15
Turks 20
Thai 10
Incas 15
Sioux 10
Ethiopians 20
Poles 20
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