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And now for a more serious and maybe even correct answer about why the pyramids count as graneries in CIV II. We all have commented on the Historical Nature of CIV II. While I don't know the thinking process used by either Sid or the design team for the Wonders, I did find this in the History of the Franks by Bishop Gregory of Tours.
In Book I, Chapter 10 of his history Gregory says in talking about the Nile: "Beside the river stands the city of Babylon, not the Babylon which I have described already, but the one where Joseph built granaries of wonderful workmanship made of square stones and cement. They are constructed in such a way that they are very broad at the base but narrow at the top, so that corn could be poured into them through a small aperture. These granaries are still to be seen to this day." The translator provides two notes to this passage. The first on the name Babylon, "Babylon, a fortress in Lower Egypt, opposite to the Pyramids." And, the second on the "Granaries". "What Gregory takes for granaries are the Pyramids."
In his preface Gregory states that what modern events and places he decribes are either something he has witnessed himself or had related to him by reliable witnesses. He wrote his History of the Franks during the latter portion of the 6th Century and it is my understanding that it wasn't until Neapolianic times that the true nature of the Pyramids was discovered. So the association of the Pyramids with granaries may be a long standing one, even though incorrect. The design team may have felt that all players would be well versed enough in Western History to understand that association. Then again they might have used Blue Sky pipe dreams that had no connection at all to reality.
Ken
In Book I, Chapter 10 of his history Gregory says in talking about the Nile: "Beside the river stands the city of Babylon, not the Babylon which I have described already, but the one where Joseph built granaries of wonderful workmanship made of square stones and cement. They are constructed in such a way that they are very broad at the base but narrow at the top, so that corn could be poured into them through a small aperture. These granaries are still to be seen to this day." The translator provides two notes to this passage. The first on the name Babylon, "Babylon, a fortress in Lower Egypt, opposite to the Pyramids." And, the second on the "Granaries". "What Gregory takes for granaries are the Pyramids."
In his preface Gregory states that what modern events and places he decribes are either something he has witnessed himself or had related to him by reliable witnesses. He wrote his History of the Franks during the latter portion of the 6th Century and it is my understanding that it wasn't until Neapolianic times that the true nature of the Pyramids was discovered. So the association of the Pyramids with granaries may be a long standing one, even though incorrect. The design team may have felt that all players would be well versed enough in Western History to understand that association. Then again they might have used Blue Sky pipe dreams that had no connection at all to reality.
Ken
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