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A Wonder screen with a modern Hamurabi (or six modern Hamurabi to be exact 
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A Wonder screen with a modern Hamurabi (or six modern Hamurabi to be exact )
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Great, Gramphos!
Looks like the Babylonians were really good in that game! But, am I remembering wrong, or is the wonders built a bit late compared to Civ2?
Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.-Isaiah 41:10
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made - Psalms 139.14a
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Why should they? The Babylonians had another language thay us, you know...Originally posted by Slax
Don't those city names seem odd?
BTW: Samarra is one of their cities I see. wonder what Eli will say to that!
Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.-Isaiah 41:10
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made - Psalms 139.14a
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I guess so... "Barrylon"? What is that? Barry Manilow´s home town?Don't those city names seem odd?
I watched you fall. I think I pushed.Comment
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Ninny-va and El Leapy *could* be alternative transliterations of the cities formerly known as Nineveh and Ellipi, but I have not seen them before...Comment
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Or maybe Firaxis was joking around with the names...Originally posted by LarryLard
Ninny-va and El Leapy *could* be alternative transliterations of the cities formerly known as Nineveh and Ellipi, but I have not seen them before...
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I think that's true.Originally posted by LarryLard
Ninny-va and El Leapy *could* be alternative transliterations of the cities formerly known as Nineveh and Ellipi, but I have not seen them before...
Ninny-va - Nineveh
El Leapy - Ellipi
BTW, the Great Library looks like a 20th century
American styled city library. Has Firaxis screwed up
with the wonder graphics?
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C'mon guys. Of course Firaxis is toying with names here. Barrylon and El Leapy are not alternative transliterations of Babylon and Elippi
(of course it is what they started from, but the new names are clearly a joke. Cheer up )
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I believe you are right.Originally posted by Martinus
C'mon guys. Of course Firaxis is toying with names here. Barrylon and El Leapy are not alternative transliterations of Babylon and Elippi (of course it is what they started from, but the new names are clearly a joke. Cheer up )
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yes, i SERIOUSLY doubt those are the default names, whoever was playing that game renamed the cities to be "funny" i guess.-connorkimbro
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