History of the World, the 8th Wonder of the World

[Glohithia]

Hanz,

We are happy to join you in discussing the problem of the English and their hasty act of aggression. It is common knowledge that the English provoked you. You gave them fair and clear warning, which they ignored.

Mali stands firmly by your side on this matter. We feel you are in your rights to counter the English aggression in a measured way. We feel that any action up to and including disbanding of the offending city is fair. We would ask that if you decide to disband the city, you offer the English a settler in return so they can build in a mutually agreeable site, even the site they currently occupy. We realize that the problem isnt necessarily the placement of the city as the English continue to claim, but the use of the artist to take away workable land from the city you had already founded.

We have heard you say on many occasions that you were open to discuss with the English the founding of their cities in such a way so that neither nation would have cultural problems. We think this is very wise as it would go a long way to avoiding future conflict.

Lastly, we wonder if you have heard from Egypt regarding this issue? Up until now, all other parties have weighed in and we are curious as to their stance on this important issue.

[Pinchak]

A Letter to All Nations of Terra from Mandela of the Zulu

Fellow Nations,

Once again the Zulu nation has been thrust into chaos resulting in war, this time due to internal treason.

During my absence, King Levi once again took control of the Zulu through the use of black magic. The whole affair has left the Zulu behind developmentally, has left the Zulu with broken friendships, and has left me blind.

Make no mistake however, I Mandela now have full control of the Zulu people. I owe my allegence to them first, however will be considerate of other nations in doing so.

Due to heated debates swelling up in many parts of Terra, I have elected to break offical alliances with all nations. We cannot afford another war. We will operate as an independent nation, however are open to trade of resouces, tech, and religion with all nations.

We hold no grudges, and hope that others will not hold grudges against us.

Many blessings upon all the people of Terra,

- Mandela of the Zulu

[Pinchak]

A Letter to All Nations of Terra from Martin Luther of the Zulu

Due to the absence of both Mandela and Shaka during the second Zulu/Carthagen war, I have been asked to speak on behalf of the Zulu concerning said war.

Our offical stance on the war and the outcome is as follows...

The Carthagens were planning revenge upon the Zulu for the first war. This information was given to us by two different sources, and confirmed once we invaded.

Having to raise another army to deal with this threat cost the Zulu infastructure wise, as well as putting us at the end of the line for land in the new world.

The changing of peace terms from Hippo to Haduram was made because it was discovered that Hippo was pretty much useless from a resourse standpoint. Haduram had many hills and a good food source. Compensation for being drawn into another war would have to be something of value, thus... Haduram.

- Martin Luther of the Zulu

[condor223]

Egypt has been in conference with several nations this week. She affirms Mali's suggestion. The great artist was a surprise for everyone on that continent. Egypt has not yet seen the area under discussion, but has had information relayed from those having diplomatic issues about the use of the artist.

The prospects for Egypt to have a few better cities in the new lands is not very good. They seem to be scattered all over terra, and would have much cultural difficulties because of that.

Egypt will be inquiring about various solutions with all nations of terra.

[Robert]

Session 1: 98 turns
Session 2: 81 turns
Session 3: 60 turns
Session 4: 51 turns
Session 5: 25 turns
Session 6: 39 turns
Session 7: 22 turns
Session 8: 0 turns
Session 9: 31 turns

[KunojiLym]

692 CE is generally considered to be the beginning of the Renassainance in Korea, and is the reason why the Choson dynasty is considered to be a 'Golden Age' of Korea. The famed scholars of Seonggyungwan produced ideas at an explosive rate, one after another. It was here that the concepts of free will and the rights of man were first articulated, and here too where the concept of a nation as belonging to the people rather than the king was first mooted. These ideas spread quickly to the surrounding nations, in their turn sparking off intellectual revolutions there as well. Thereafter, each century saw another breakthrough by the Seonggyungwan scholars; economic theories on the market in the 8th century CE, and ingeniuous techniques of engineering in the 9th. Remarkably, though, the names behind the ideas were never publicised; in accordance to Taoist traditions, the community rather than the individual came first, and Seonggyungwan took sole credit for all of these innovations. In 875 CE, the first branch of the Seonggyungwan, the Sosu Seowon, opened, also in Seoul. The Seowon served partly as stepping stones to Seonggyungwan, and partly as a response to the increasing demand for its educational services.

The Choson dynasty also saw a flowering of the Taoist philosophy and faith. In 756 CE, Jeong Dojeon, a noted scholar and politician, established the shrine of Bulguksa in P'yongyang, in honor of Seol Chong. This was not just a place of worship; Taoist priests and scholars all gathered here to debate the faith, and seek out fresh enlightnment. For the common folk, Bulguksa became the centre of Taoism, and yearly tens of thousands of people made the pilgrimage to see the birthplace of the founder of Taoism. Jeong himself went on to write the treatise for which he is most famous for, the Bulssi Japbyeon.

[Robert]

The days of Lloque Yupanqui

Innocent Settlers killed

The Incan Island not far from the west-coast.
The Americans and the Carthagians had already settled on the Incan Island without being authorized by the Sapa Inca, but Lloque Yupanqui forgave them and accepted their settlements. "We must live in peace next to each other" he said to his people who demanded action against the illegal settlements. The Incan people accepted the wise words of their wise leader.

Early in the morning on a tuesday in May a new Galleon with Incan Settlers arrived at the Island. The Settlers left the ship. The protective horsemen who would escort the settlers didn't arrive yet. The Settlers decided to walk into the right direction already while the ship sailed back to the continent.

The settlers walked a few miles and enjoyed the nature around them. Unwasted nature, not touched by human civilization. The idea to live here enjoyed them!
Then suddenly from the bush a bunch of barbarians appeared. The leader of the settler expedition tried to talk to them, but the barbarians were not willing to talk or to negotiate. Not to mention that the language spoken by the Barbarians was unknown among the Incan settlers.
Unarmed the settlers ran away into the woods, followed by the Barbarians.

On a distance the Incan horsemen tried to travel through the woods as fast as possible, being delayed by rough terrain and unknown paths.

The settlers ran through the woods but were caught up by the barbarians. All settlers were slaughtered. The Barbarians fled back into the woods.
At that moment the Horsemen arrived and saw the corpses. They wept.
Then they tried to find track of the barbarians, went after them, into an ambush. All horsemen died as well. A black day for all Incans.

Years later a 3rd batch of settlers left for the Island, well prepared and protected this time. They were able to settle on the north of the Island. But the beauty was gone. It's the settlement of blood, many of the settlers said.

The English return their Colony of Olly

For years the English people had inhabited the colony of Olly, but the colony was returned to the Incans. The area surrounding Olly was all Carthagian/Zulu, but the Incans invested much into the cultural development of the city and soon the city expanded into the surrounding fields again, like the days of old.

The dead of Lloque Yupanqui

One day Lloque Yupanqui called his son, Mayta Capac and said to him:
"Mayta, are you ready to rule the Incan empire?"
"I don't know my father"
"How will you know?"
"When you tell me father!"
"How can you rule the Incan people if you need the advise of your father to make important decisions? Leave my eyes"

One year later Mayta Capac was called to his father again.

"Are you ready now to rule the Incan Empire?" Lloque Yupanqui asked.
"I don't know, father"
"What if I die today? Then nobody knows if you're ready!"
"I will be ready when you die!" Mayta Capac

He wasn't done speaking when Lloque Yupanqui closed his eyes and died.

[deity]

[ sorry... lack of posting... well done CS and Kuno. The thing I wanted to write about is the city conflict between Hittites and Choson in the New World. Basically the Korean city should not have been there when there was a naturally occurring barb city already thee in a better spot with overlapping radii. The barb city was well defended on a hill so Hittites used up resources to take it. The pathetic Choson city must go! ]

[Robert]

Session 1: 98 turns
Session 2: 81 turns
Session 3: 60 turns
Session 4: 51 turns
Session 5: 25 turns
Session 6: 39 turns
Session 7: 22 turns
Session 8: 0 turns
Session 9: 31 turns
Session 10: 38 turns

[Toni]

An open letter to the world.

Bismark ask if the Hittite can explain affront of the world the reasons for their huge military buildup. There is currently no foreign threat to the security of the Hittite civilization, but nevertheless they are building more and more.

We call on all nations to speak up, against this aggressive move. There has been peace for centuries on terra, but now the Hittite are on the verge of disturbing our way of life.

And also why do the Hittite use such excuses that it’s all about Germany. When Germany has always been a peaceful nation, we have never done anyone wrong; we work with our neighbors so that we can live in peace.

This alarming situation will show if all nations on terra want to live in peace or we are on the dawn of a great military race, which will only bring sorrow to everyone. It’s only natural that other nations start building up in order to be safe against such an aggressive move.

Lets work together to resolve this matter, diplomacy is the only way!

Bismark invites all parties interested in this matter to speak out!

[condor223]

Pharaoh's Vizier opened the papyrus scrolls which described the past valour of the Korean neighbors during the critical founding years of the Egyptian People!

"Indeed, we are honour bound to help Korea should she ever be in need. We have given Korea a fine ship to explore the new land, but that is not enough.

Any attack on Korea is an attack on Egypt. Korea has written to Pharaoh about the military build up on her borders. "

The Vizier prepared the agreement for Egypt and Korea. "We are bound by blood spilled in the past for us and marriage by this arrangement."

"Our young Pharaoh has asked Korea to send him a suitable queen."

[deity]

Displeasure with Korea

Hittite pronouncement to the world

Let it be known of the Hittites displeasure with the Korean regime.

Firstly, let it be known that they did once upon a time offer our forebears a great alliance with them and the Mali. Without any proper negotiation it came to pass that these Choson mongrels did fall under the sway of Germanic influence. They slipped under the thumb of Hanz, who, as the big bully of the West, did say 'you are either with me or against me'. The same fate befell the Mali. Today we see these two nations fuelling the Germanic powerhouse that is a threat to us all. But the Hittites do squarely place the blame on the gutless Choson leadership!

Secondly, let it be known that a great Taoist regime was to develop in the south. For this reason the Hittites declined to invent Taoism, favouring our then friends, the Choson to invent it in another 20 years. A great Taoistic regime did not follow.

Thirdly, the Hittites are furious with the Choson for settling Suwon instead of using resources to take the naturally placed city of 'No' - formerly settled by indigenous tribes. The Hittites used troops to take this well-defended barbarian stronghold and claim it and all of its city radii.

The Hittites demand that the city of Suwon be destroyed and we shall be doing so forthwith, regardless of world opinion.

No negotiation will be entered into.

[ ooc I'm really annoyed to miss this session I've been planning for ages. I hope you have all sorts of tech problems and the session fails... ]

[deity]

Originally posted by Toni
An open letter to the world.

Bismark ask if the Hittite can explain affront of the world the reasons for their huge military buildup. There is currently no foreign threat to the security of the Hittite civilization, but nevertheless they are building more and more.

We call on all nations to speak up, against this aggressive move. There has been peace for centuries on terra, but now the Hittite are on the verge of disturbing our way of life.

And also why do the Hittite use such excuses that it’s all about Germany. When Germany has always been a peaceful nation, we have never done anyone wrong; we work with our neighbors so that we can live in peace.

This alarming situation will show if all nations on terra want to live in peace or we are on the dawn of a great military race, which will only bring sorrow to everyone. It’s only natural that other nations start building up in order to be safe against such an aggressive move.

Lets work together to resolve this matter, diplomacy is the only way!

Bismark invites all parties interested in this matter to speak out!

And as for you Bismark, the mongrel proginy of Hanz, I say to you that we we seek balance in the New World for all the nations of the world.

To this end, any actions by us in the New World may yield repercussions in the old world. Our troop buildup in the old world is purely defensive to allow our actions in the New World to occur.

Konya

[Toni]

It’s clear what Konya is after, Germany hasn't seen noting but aggressiveness towards herself and her friends. We ask Konya to give at least some evidence when using such harsh words vs. us. We ask Konya what has Germany done wrong, it is sad to see words from an open aggressor like you come out. Lets not forget the time when the English settled in the new world and stole German land from an already establish colony, Germany made a compromise not to react so peace can have a chance. But now we can see the real face of Konya, who isn’t ready on any compromises but only ready for a war of aggression. Let it be known that a war on the Choson is a war on Germany; we openly declare our mutual defense treaty with the Choson. If what Konya wants is war he will have it. Germany is ready to defend her friends.

[Toni]

And as for you Bismark, the mongrel proginy of Hanz, I say to you that we we seek balance in the New World for all the nations of the world.

So Konya you are seeking balance through war, how can that be balance when you are on the verge of starting a world war. Your bulling will stop now; we won't give into your unfair demands.

All nations should gather together and resolve this crisis, because we Germany fear that Konya has already made his mind and war is upon all of us.

Germany calls on diplomacy to prevail. Our 1st goal is to find a solution to this through talks, but we stand side by side with our Choson friends.