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Wernazuma III
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Decolonize!
Aug 2000 time: 06:21
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Cities:
Zimbabwe
Ulundi
Bapedi
Hlobane
Isandhlwana
Intombe
Empangeni
Mpondo
Ngome
Swazi
Tugela
Umtata
Umfolozi
Ibabanago
Isipezi
Amatikulu
Zunguin
Nongoma
Pongola
Kambula
Babanango
Nquthu
Jozini
Ndondakusaka
Tshaneni
Colenso
Mlunzini
Talana
Eshowe
Magudu
Gingindlovu
Hluhluwe
Ndundulu
Ngwelezana
Mtubatuba
Nseleni
Mkuze
Tehingwe
Nyezane
Majuba
Mpila
Mbazwana
Laings Nek
Gqokli Hill
Masinda
Nkiya
Bashibis
Mselani
Mpumalanga
Last edited by Wernazuma III on 11-08-2002 at 23:15
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Wernazuma III
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Decolonize!
Aug 2000 time: 06:21
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London
Nottingham
Coventry
York
Warwick
Newcastle
Manchester
Oxford
Liverpool
Dover
Brighton
Norwich
Sheffield
Leeds
Reading
Birmingham
Exeter
Cambridge
Southhampton
Gloucester
Bristol
Leicester
Sunderland
Bradford
Carlisle
Ipswich
Peterborough
Canterbury
Winchester
Salisbury
Huddersfield
Bedford
Wrexham
Stoke
Darlington
Blackburn
Luton
Barrow
Derby
Swansea
Blackpool
Northhampton
Portsmouth
Bolton
Hereford
Preston
Plymouth
Walsall
Berwick
Hastings
Oldham
Rochester
Middlesborough
Hull
Stafford
Wolverhampton
Cheltenham
Maidstone
Croydon
Worcester
Newport
Bath
Grimsby
Swindon
South Shield
Gateshead
Aylesbury
Chichester
Cirencester
Doncaster
Lancaster
Scarborough
Milton Keynes
Wigan
Banbury
Durham
Tonbridge
Shrewsbury
Stafford
Stoke
Chelmsford
Leaders:
Oliver Cromwell
Nelson
Wellington
Robert Walpole
Marlborough
Henry V
William Pitt
Edward III
Edward Longshanks
Henry II
Alfred the Great
Clement Attlee
Drake
Churchill
Montgomery
Last edited by Wernazuma III on 13-08-2002 at 01:18
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molly bloom
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Lundenwic
Oct 2001 time: 15:21
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I think you can definitely remove Greenwich and Richmond and Kingston, as they are but London boroughs, despite their many and varied attractions (including world heritage sites). Unless you mean the Kingston in the north, of course...
Swansea and Newport and Wrexham are located in Wales (or, rather, one Newport is located, famous for its Chartist uprising, Roman remains and Norman castle) and Blackpool despite its trams and glamour doesn't really occupy the place in English history that say, Winchester (Alfred's capital) or Salisbury does.
Poor Cornwall/Kernow misses out, but I think for geographical completeness you could include, say Penzance, Truro, Bodmin or Launceston.
As for the leaders- well, Edward III and Edward Longshanks spring to mind. As do Henry II, Alfred the Great and Clement Attlee.
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Lord Merciless
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More English GLs:
William the Conqueror
Richard the Lionhearted
Edward I
Edward III
The Black Prince
Henry VIII
Francis Drake
Duke of Marlborough
Nelson
Churchill
Montgomery
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Dauphin
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Caught in a tuna net
Jan 1970 time: 05:21
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William the Conqueror is contentious, even if you say he founded the "new" England, rather than just conquered/acquired England.
Also with regards Coeur de Leon... 
quote: Who hasn't heard of Richard the Lionheart...soldier, poet and beloved English king of the Robin Hood legends, plotted against by foul Prince John? During his lifetime, he truly cast a larger-than-life shadow. So fierce a Crusader was England's Richard I, that he became the Middle East's equivalent of the "bogey man." Syrian mothers warned naughty children to bed lest King Richard come and get them.
Richard's popularity with the Saxons and peasantry in England, however, probably rested less on his fairness and more on the fact that he was hardly ever there. During his 10-year reign, it is estimated that he spent but 6 months in England. In fact, it is doubtful he ever spoke a word of English |
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Maybe add Tecumseh to the Iroquois Great leader list. He fought for an Independant Michigan for the Iroquois an Canadian Sovernty( bad spelling ) from America.
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molly bloom
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Lundenwic
Oct 2001 time: 15:21
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quote: Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin
Politically and economically Wales and England are almost inextricably linked as a single unit.
I'm sure many Welsh would feel agrieved at being called English, but there are enough 'English' things about Wales to justify the cities being included as English cities. (As it is justifiable to include Austrian place names as German)
I wouldn't complain if they were withdrawn from the list though. |
No Welsh ancestry, I take it?
If we were to use your reasoning then at least one city in Northern Ireland would have to be included- Londonderry/Derry/Doire, whose links with the City of London (and by extension England) are obvious from its former/current name.
I think the rationale behind including Austrian city names in a German civ list is slightly different- the cultural sphere of the German peoples as a whole, would stretch to the Volga, the Baltic and the Black Sea
and then you have the House of Habsburg link, with the almost continuous occupancy of the Holy Roman Empire's crown from the 15th century onwards by an Austrian based German speaking member of the House of Habsburg.
If we're going to call the civ. English, fine, have English cities. If it were British/Britain, that's a different kettle of poissons, as the name has a longer pedigree, and more relevance when applied to the Welsh. The problem for me has always been that the sloppy/inexact use of English for British and England for Great Britain or the United Kingdom manages to exclude a large number of people of non-Germanic origin and a great deal of history and culture in isles not originating with the Germanic invaders.
Of course this all began because of the erroneous assumption on Sid's/Firaxis's part that English/British were interchangeable, which of course they aren't.
In any case, there are enough towns/cities of importance and size within the boundaries of England to fill Wernazuma's list.
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molly bloom
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Lundenwic
Oct 2001 time: 15:21
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quote: Originally posted by Wernazuma III
It's getting confusing. Is my list OK as it is in my edited original post? |
Just take out Swansea, Wrexham and Newport. As I said, the area around Swansea has a higher proportion of native Welsh speakers than elsewhere in South Wales (in comparison with, say Cardiff or Chepstow/ Cas Gwent), so that would make little sense. I suspect the link in the atlas was to do with population figures, possibly, as there seems to be a preponderance of industrial era cities in the list, with a bias towards the north. One glaring omission- Chester, Deva to the Romans, home of the 20th legion, Valeria Victrix. Can't remember if you included Lincoln, either.
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