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Sumeria's Enkidu Warriors put up a good fight, but the combination of ancient cavalry and swordsmen (with occasional help from horsemen) proved too much for them. Cities fell, the Pyramids and Hanging Gardens changed hands, two ancient cavalry armies rose in battle, and one of them was defeated by Gilgamesh's greatest warriors. Eventually, it took a total expulsion of Sumeria from the continent for Gilgamesh to make peace on terms acceptable to the outraged Dutch (the most important of which was the surrender of the secrets of Feudalism). Unfortunately, by that point, war weariness for the Dutch had become so terrible as to require pushing the luxury slider up to 50%, which cut into native research.
Dutch armies then went on to rout Portugal very easily (and indeed were doing so even as a smaller force dealt with the Sumerians in the icy west). Once the Portuguese were expelled from the continent, they agreed to give back Middleburg, the silk city they had taken early in the war.
When the war ended in 440 AD, the Dutch found themselves about four turns away from completing their research in Navigation. Contact had been made with the entire world, and the second-place Byzantines were behind by two techs: Education and Astronomy. But with the handicap of war weariness removed, the Dutch would once again become the world's undisputed technological innovators.
Interestingly, by the end of the war, even in spite of the considerable military built to fight it, unit support costs were actually lower than they would have been prior to C3C. The Dutch had 69 units (including 18 workers), but had sufficient cities to support 49 of them for free.
The Dutch also had a third leader from the war. In the screenshot below, Lagash is one turn away from completing a library. Once that is finished, it will become the new Dutch capital.
With the Sumerians defeated and exiled, Amsterdam is the most culturally advanced city in the world, Groningen is second, and The Hague is fifth. Dutch culture is the equal of its nearest three rivals combined in spite of a little over four centuries of warfare.
Dutch armies then went on to rout Portugal very easily (and indeed were doing so even as a smaller force dealt with the Sumerians in the icy west). Once the Portuguese were expelled from the continent, they agreed to give back Middleburg, the silk city they had taken early in the war.
When the war ended in 440 AD, the Dutch found themselves about four turns away from completing their research in Navigation. Contact had been made with the entire world, and the second-place Byzantines were behind by two techs: Education and Astronomy. But with the handicap of war weariness removed, the Dutch would once again become the world's undisputed technological innovators.
Interestingly, by the end of the war, even in spite of the considerable military built to fight it, unit support costs were actually lower than they would have been prior to C3C. The Dutch had 69 units (including 18 workers), but had sufficient cities to support 49 of them for free.
The Dutch also had a third leader from the war. In the screenshot below, Lagash is one turn away from completing a library. Once that is finished, it will become the new Dutch capital.
With the Sumerians defeated and exiled, Amsterdam is the most culturally advanced city in the world, Groningen is second, and The Hague is fifth. Dutch culture is the equal of its nearest three rivals combined in spite of a little over four centuries of warfare.
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Coastal cities are a major source of wealth, and having them be size 12 instead of size 6 makes a significant difference. I'm also curious as to why Groningen didn't build an aqueduct to grow past size six, since leaving it small was a waste of potential wealth and production. (Also note that back when you were in Republic, size 7 would have meant a couple extra free units, which would have translated into a difference of four gold per turn for unit upkeep.)
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