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of no one.
Apr 1999 time: 23:15
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why are the celts in germany? good question. i looked it up. here is what i found:
quote: Many academics believe that the ancestors of the Celts were the Proto-Indo European culture who lived near the Black Sea circa 4000 BCE. Some migrated in a South-Westerly direction to create the cultures of Thrace and Greece; others moved North-West to form the Baltic, Celtic, Germanic and Slavic cultures. Evidence of a Proto-Celtic Unetice or Urnfield culture has been found in what is now Slovakia circa 1000 BCE. This evolved into a group of loosely linked tribes which formed the Celtic culture circa 800 BCE. By 450 BCE they had expanded into Spain; by 400 BCE they were in Northern Italy, and by 270 BCE, they had migrated into Galatia (central Turkey). By 200 BCE, they had occupied the British Isles, Brittany, much of modern France, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland, North West Spain, and their isolated Galatia settlement in Turkey.
Although the Celts had a written language, it was rarely used. Their religious and philosophical beliefs were preserved in an oral tradition. Little of their early history remains. Most of our information comes from Greek and Roman writers, who may well have been heavily biased (the Celts invaded Rome in 390 BCE and Greece in 279 BCE). Other data comes from the codification (and modification) of Celtic myth cycles by Christian monks. The latter included the Ulster Cycle, the Fenian Cycle, the Cycle of Kings, the Invasion Races Cycle from Ireland, and The Mabinogion from Wales. Unfortunately, much Celtic history and religion has been lost or distorted by an overlay of Christianity.
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Jun 2001 time: 00:15
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quote: Originally posted by M. le Comte
When will these nasty developpers have the idea to raise the number of civs present at the same time on the map ?
I know that goes against the meaning of "civilization", because a civilization is always composed by more that one state. But we don't care that concept ! After all, since civilization I, there are a german, a spanish and a french civ, whereas in the reality, they belong to the same civilization, altough they are independant states !
So why don't developpers take the 200 countries that exist, or the thousands of "nationalities" that compose these 200 countries, and put them all in Civilization ? At the begining of each game, an option would allow the player to choose between playing again one to 200 civilizations. The "200 mode", on a large map, would be almost impossible to win by war, but what an exciting experience to meet more than two or three civs in Europes, whereas kings and republics through History had to deal with at least fifteen opponents at the same time ? nowadays, since sovietic union has disappeared, more than thirty countries share the European continent. They are peaceful, but they used to be warmongers. It would be much more amazing than spending centuries to find an opponent. |
sounds cool but that would take long!
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Dear Al'Kimiya
There are Celts in Germany because the Celts, about 2100-1500 years ago, ranged across all Europe (thought the Roman Empire decreased their holdings).
They were present from Scotland to Turkey, to north Africa.
These people still exist in the form of our British Welsh, Scots, Irish, Cornish, Manx, and the Fench Bretons. It was the Teutons (now called Germans) that pushed the Celts out of their native lands. The word 'Welsh' is Anglo-Saxon for 'foreigner'.
Hope this clears it up for you,
Tod.MB
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quote: Originally posted by CIA_Operative
Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Rep, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Moldova, Romania, Russian Fed, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nothern Ireland, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia |
There are 52. Source Pictorial Atlas of the World pub. by Ottenheimer.
1. Albania
2. Andorra
3. Austria
4. Belgium
5. Bosnia-Herzegovina
6. Bulgaria
7. Croatia
8. Cyprus
9. Czech Rep.
10. Denmark
11. Estonia
12. Finland
13. France
14. Georgia
15. Germany
16. Greece
17. Hungary
18. Iceland
19. Ireland
20. Italy
21. Latvia
22. Liechtenstein
23. Lithuania
24. Luxembourg
25. Macedonia
26. Malta
27. Monaco
28. Netherlands
29. Norway
30. Poland
31. Portugal
32. Romania
33. San Marino
34. Slovakia
35. Slovenia
36. Spain
37. Sweden
38. Switzerland
39. Armenia
40. Azerbaijan
41. Belarus
42. Kazakhstan
43. Kyrgyzstan-South border is Europe Asia border
44. Moldova
45. Russia-To Ural Mountain
46. Tajikistan-South border is Europe Asia border
47. Turkmenistan-South border is Europe Asia border
48. Ukraine
49. Uzbekistan-South border is Europe Asia border
50. United Kingdom-If Scotland leaves than there will be 53
51. Vatican
52. Yogoslavia-If Montenegro leaves there could be 54
Note: There is Kaliningrad, formal Prussia, will they remain part of Russia or go their own way.
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quote: Originally posted by CIA_Operative
From what the UN tells me Turkey
So far only 51 add any you think are missing |
You left out Slovakia and Slovenia, plus Turkey is not part of Europe. Boy will "Roman" be upset when he returns to our boards in Sept. and find out you miss his country Slovakia. Maybe no one will tell him.
On the Turkey thing. The part of Turkey that is located in Europe is to small to be consider part of Europe.
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quote: Originally posted by Ribannah
I count 49, maybe I still overlooked a couple 
Turkey(49) |
Turkey is not Europe.
You missed Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.
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quote: Originally posted by shum00
There were some concerns about Japan getting the entire Pacific to itself unless India steps in... I may be wrong, but wouldn't China be in the way as well? |
In Civ 2, on a world map, I cannot remember a game that included China and India going to sea and establishing a city SouthEast of the mainland. It seem the AI almost always stayed in Asia, Middle East or sometime they would sail to the America's and start a city there.
For what ever reason unless you the player said randon starting places, no AI civ would start in Australia, New Zealand, or Indonesia unless it was a replacement civ for one that was destroyed.
In fact can anyone remember an AI China building a city in Siberia
(Sibirshoye)?
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Grim Legacy
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War Machine, Barbaric King, Relentless, Remorseless, Guiltless and Unclean!
Aug 2001 time: 06:15
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I see little need for such a large map when the maximum number of players is still so limited.
I thought the biggest Civ2 custom maps were already huge. Guess I'll have to wait and see whether the '6x' does anything for me. :/
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quote: Originally posted by Wille
I've been to Turkey as well and I agree that the culture is far from European but officially though, Turkey is European. |
Sorry guys Turkey is in Asia. It has always been in Asia.
The very small part in Europe is only about 2 or 3%, look at a map. Turkey northern border and the Sea of Marmara separates Asia and Europe. Turkey border Iran, Iraq, Syria are they in Europe? They also border Armenia, Georgia, Bulgaria, and one more country, can anyone ans that question? A friend of mine was station (US Army) in Iran in the sixty. He has been to Turkey and Iraq and also told me the people of Turkey were great people. Also another 2 couple (Col. and Major General Retired USAF) (friend of ours) tour Turkey about 3 year ago during Christmas and said they had great time in Turkey.
Ref: Pictorial Atlas of the World by Ottenheimer
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