This time, it's Persia-poll!

[loinburger]

Originally posted by monkspider
IMO it comes down to a showdown between Persia and the Aztecs

Who had more impact on the world? Persians, hands down. The cultural influence of the Aztecs was practically erased.

[SerapisIV]

Originally posted by Ribannah
I am fully expecting to see an expansion pack 6-12 months after the initial release, containing 16 more tribes with their own leaders and special units.

I'll second the sentiment, and throw in a bunch of new scenarios and graphic enhancements (ie more tile variety without changing the actual terrain, ie prettier forests and such)

[Locutus]

Rhysie,
There's no real hard evidence that the maximum of choosable civs will be 16 but there are very, very strong clues. I'd say the number 16 is about 99% certain.

Sabre2th et al,
You guys seem to look at civs that you personally think are important more than actual evidence: the evidence on the Aztecs is pretty strong (a handfull of city names), the evidence on the Persians fairly strong (2 typically Persian city names), the evidence on the Babylonians is weak (1 city name that was assigned to Babylonia in the past but is really Sumerian) and the evidence on the Spanish and Mongol extremely weak (they can only be in if other evidence turns out to be incorrect). So it looks like the Mongols and Spanish are out in favour of the Babylonians, Persians and Aztec. No, I don't like it either but that's the way it looks (and with only 16 slots certainly not unacceptable, though the Mayans would have been more fitting than the Aztec). Of course, nothing is 100% certain yet at this stage.

My vote goes to Cyrus BTW, though Xerxes and Darius the Great would be very acceptable as well.

[Sabre2th]

Sabre2th et al,

Why pick me? I didn't pick the ones I thought were more important, I've followed your thread and have read your eveidence. These are the civs that I think are most likely, based on everything I've read so far.

[Gangerolf]

Xerxes. (BTW how do you pronounce that)


The Persians make good rivals for the Greeks. They should (and probably will) be included. Hmm, Persepolis - that sounds kinda Greeek. Minneapolis.

I am fully expecting to see an expansion pack 6-12 months after the initial release, containing 16 more tribes with their own leaders and special units.

Yes please.

[Alexander I]

Xerxes = "Zerksees" in pronunciation, I believe.

The reason all the Persian names sound Greek is because we have almost all our information on Persia from Greek historians, the Greeks being their nemesis.

Persepolis - Greek for "Persian City"

Darius -- more properly Dareios, also a Greek translation of his Persian name.

As for Xerxes, his real name was most likely closer to the Biblical equivalent, Ahasuerus, a more Semitic version of the name.

Unique unit could be the 10,000 Immortals.

[shade]

My vote goes for Ayatola,it doesn't always has to be a legend whose name first got translated to greek and then to Latin(ie Darius)and Iran is where Persia was in the old ages(not exactly but it's a part of it)

Shade

[datakodin]

Kurosh

Cyrus the Great? How do you prononce him? Take care - his name was Kurosh.

He was the first who established Persian Empire. So he is their leader.