FIRAXIS crossed the line

[georges bonbon]

nag, nag

[Slax]

Well, I wanted to see the addition of the Portuguese in this expansion, but probably won't from the sounds of it.

[Jonny]

Originally posted by Rhothaerill

Originally posted by BigDork
Wait, you mean the Mayans and Incans didn't have a war? Next you'll be telling me the Bolivian navy isn't one of the strongest in South America.

I wonder how many people will get that?

I get it; not all North American young men are ignorant about these things, you know.

But back on the subject, hopefully these "Mayan-Incan wars" are simply a typo by their copywriter, and it is really just a pre-Columbian America scenario.

[Chilean Presidentâ„¢]

Originally posted by BigDork

Wait, you mean the Mayans and Incans didn't have a war? Next you'll be telling me the Bolivian navy isn't one of the strongest in South America.

[Wernazuma III]

Their heavy warships on Lago Titicaca

But honestly, Presi: Was the battle of Iquique against the Peruvian or Bolivian fleet?

[Chilean Presidentâ„¢]

Their heavy warships on Lago Titicaca

Actually that's true the Bolivians do have a Navy and war boats in that lake

The Naval Combat of Iquique and the Naval Combat of Punta Gruesa were against the Peruvian fleet.

[GodKing]

The Inca (or Inka) and the Aztec were contemporaries. Both were destroyed in effect by Spanish colonization and the conquistadors. It is known that these two civs traded with each other via sea lanes in the Pacific by using their Balsa wood rafts (believed to have originated in the Northern Peru area). Such trade was limited. Whether the civs traded directly or not is not known, as there were many sub cultures. The Maya were far earlier than both of these civs, and were in effect gone by the time the Inca came around. Remember, the Inca empire was only around for around 100 years before it ended, and had just gone through a major civil war just prior to the Spanish arriving. Although it is conceivable that the Inca and Aztec would have had conflicts, their borders were still far enough apart that they never had any direct land contacts. Where they would have met is probably in the deep jungle/mountains of Columbia or Panama, not very hospitable terrain.

[Jon Shafer]

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
Other than the reason that it specifically states "the battles between Mayans and Incans"?

Other than the fact that the PR department often gets a few things wrong.

Not that you heard it from me though.

[Chilean Presidentâ„¢]

Where they would have met is probably in the deep jungle/mountains of Columbia or Panama, not very hospitable terrain.

Exactly
The Aztecs and the Chibchas of Colombia had contacts and this last ones had contact also with the Incas so probably the comerce or any kind of exchange was done by the Chibchas as intermediary.

[WarpStorm]

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
Other than the reason that it specifically states "the battles between Mayans and Incans"?

Let's just say, that I might know that it can be played without war (if that's really what you want to do).

In addition, I think Breakaway (Firaxis had very little to do with this scenario) did a little more research than the copy writer at GameSpot did.

[Vince278]

I did hear the Swiss navy received an invite to the opening of the Panama Canal (true!). Haven't heard if the Swiss bothered to send anyone anyway.

[Akaoz]

Originally posted by Vince278
I did hear the Swiss navy received an invite to the opening of the Panama Canal (true!). Haven't heard if the Swiss bothered to send anyone anyway.

Actually, IIRC they used to have, and still may have, two torpedo boats patrolling one of their lakes... So they do have a navy of sorts...

-Alech

[Myrddin]

The ultimate navy is Uzbekistan's,


a country completely surrounded by other countries without a coast

[bobbo008]

everyone knows its the navy of Lesotho that strikes fear into all neighboring country.

[Theseus]

And then there's Canada...