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[Saint Marcus]

Dutch: Amsterdam

what other cities can they build?

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Feephi
Vanilla Coke tastes bad.
My girlfriend looked really hot yesterday.
The Eagles will win MNF tonight vs. Packers.

That's about it off the top of my head.....

Somebody's padding his post count to make Prince!

[vmxa1]

Originally posted by Feephi



Vanilla Coke tastes bad.
My girlfriend looked really hot yesterday.
The Eagles will win MNF tonight vs. Packers.

That's about it off the top of my head.....

Thanks for the laugh. That was funny.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Louis XXIV
Since Akkad is right next to Babylon, he'd be a better candidate for the Babylonians.

Akkad (or Agade) predates Babylon by many, many centuries. It was a Sumerian city-state and its lineage of kings is given in the ancient Sumerian texts. It wasn't a Babylonian city.

[Alexander I]

Sumer and Akkad

So when it came down to it, was it to be Sumeria, "the first civilization, " or Akkadia , "the first empire" that was to be included in the new expansion?

It looks like old Sargon of Akkad didn't conquer the Sumerians this time.

I don't think Sargon would be good as a leader for Sumer or Babylon. He'd be best as the leader of his own culture, the Akkadians. Although, if any subsequent Mesopotamian culture were Sargon's heirs, it would have to be the Assyrians.

In example, we have the Assyrian King Sargon II, without any antecedent of the same name.

Give us Assyria!

[Saint Marcus]

I'd prefer Assyria over the Hittites.

[Louis XXIV]

I'd prefer Assyria over the Sumerians.

The Hittites had a very influential position.

Sargon the first isn't Assyrian (although the Argade (Old Akkadian) Empire did conquer the region). Since Civ3 doesn't add generations (Cleopatra, not Cleopatra VII) Sargon II would be confused for Sargon of Akkad. Tigleth-Pileser (I don't think I spelled that right), Ashurnasirpal, or Ashurbanipal would make good leader choices.

[Alexander I]

No, Sargon I (of Akkad) isn't Assyrian. My point was only that his "heirs" to the suzerainty of northern Mesopotamia were the Assyrians, and that this is refelected in their monarch, Sargon II.

And no, Sargon II would not be the ideal choice for an Assyrian Civ3 leader, especially when compared with Assurnasirpal, Assurbanipal, Tiglath-Pileser, or perhaps the likes of Sennacherib or Shalmaneser.

My personal choice would be Tiglath-Pileser -- the quintessential Assyrian sovereign.

[Louis XXIV]

I'd have to agree, but this is getting off-topic

[Alexander I]

Well, since I started this thread anyway, i'm not terribly concerned...

[Sarxis]

I saw "lol" for a barbarian city. Is that new?

[RobC]

Originally posted by Louis XXIV
Pictures?

Here you go:

http://pix2.hotornot.com/pics/HQ/HZ/GM/K8/GSGLEZBKCBPF.jpg

...I actually know the guy who started that site (actually, I'm not sure if that's something I should admit ... )

[Brundlefly]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov


Somebody's padding his post count to make Prince!

Know what really sucks? I thought I automatically got to choose custom avatar at Prince (300 posts). I just found out that I have to wait until 500...

[vmxa1]

Don't worry Feephi, the avatars are often disabled anyway.

[Alexander I]

So how do you find out how many posts you've made anyway?