Similiar Civs?

[Inverse Icarus]

maybe it's just me, but when i hear the word "Gauls" i think Charlemange, and i think France.

what exactly is the difference betwen the Gauls and the French, territory wise?

[Carthage Barca]

Gauls were what the romans called the people of the region that is now france. I think that it was an error, the Gauls are really the Celts in the game. Soemhting I would like to add though does the game really need the Koreans? I mean Three Civs (China,Japan,Korea) are all squeezed in that area of the world. Now my Korean History isn't very good but, are that that much different from china?

[Darkworld Ark]

Originally posted by Carthage Barca
Now my Korean History isn't very good but, are that that much different from china?

They're closer to Japan than China. (Same language family, Korea got alot of Japanese influence during Japan's conquests of Korea)

[JtheJackal]

Your reason for not including Korea isn't really a good one. China, Japan, Korea all in northeast Asia. Babylonia, Persia, Ottomans, Arabs all in the Middle East. (Most of thier territories overlapping throughout history). Aztec, Mayans, Inca all Central and South America. English, Germans, French, Gauls, Spain, all western Europe, Ect. Its just the way civilizations work out. They branch off each other.

[monkspider]

Well put J.
I really don't think Korea is any more similar to Japan than England is to France. In fact, probably much less so.

[KaiserIsak]

I agree with monkspider on that one. But Koreas historical role is much less then the one of france and britain.
I think koreas historical role is to small to be included.

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by KaiserIsak
I agree with monkspider on that one. But Koreas historical role is much less then the one of france and britain.
I think koreas historical role is to small to be included.

i was talking to my chinese friend about this today (he's a bit more up on his asian history than i am) and he said Korea was the Poland of Asia, in that it was constantly conquered and subjigated by other powers, seperated by small attempts of self-rule.

[JtheJackal]

Korea got a chapter in my high school history book, Poland didn't.

[Panag]

Originally posted by KaiserIsak
I agree with monkspider on that one. But Koreas historical role is much less then the one of france and britain.
I think koreas historical role is to small to be included.

hi ,

wrong , what they did was huge , only it aint documented so much in the western world , .......

have a nice day

[phunny_pharmer]

"Korea got a chapter in my high school history book, Poland didn't" How about: Solidarity? Chopin? Curie? The Poles have contributed a lot to world history and culture. I'm not even Polish.

That is no way to judge a civ. Who is to say that your textbook was right, or wasn't biased?

However, considering that there already is an overabundance of European civs, I don't think the Poles should be included. Korea should be in.

[GeneralTacticus]

i was talking to my chinese friend about this today (he's a bit more up on his asian history than i am) and he said Korea was the Poland of Asia, in that it was constantly conquered and subjigated by other powers, seperated by small attempts of self-rule

Are you sure he didn't mean dominated? Prior to 19th-20th centuris Korea was independant for more than a thousand years...

[KaiserIsak]

Poland were for several hundred years one of the biggest power in europe, and we would probably be moslems all of us if it was´nt for their victory outside Vienna in 1683 (i think thats the year) over the ottomans.
Panang, what was huge? Could you please tell me? i dont know so much about korean history, but i would like to learn.

[Adm.Naismith]

Originally posted by KaiserIsak
I agree with monkspider on that one. But Koreas historical role is much less then the one of france and britain.
I think koreas historical role is to small to be included.

Hmmm, are you baiting Yin26 to coming back with a vengeance?

He wrote a very extended (somewhat overextended, are you listening my friend? ) tirade to explain the role of Korea during History.

I must admit it was interesting for an European as I am, in fact an Italian that suffered an excessive amount of history lesson about Roman History, to learn more about Asian history.

[civman2000]

poland was huge, but iirc weak. Thye were the largest country but really not one of the strongest powers.

[Miznia]

But Polish culture spread, overwhelming neighboring cultures that became more powerful. For instance, German, Russian, and Uralic culture are all Polic off-shoots.

Korea on the other hand has no unique culture, and survives only because it's like Australia in Risk: four provinces that take forever to get to and don't have to be heavily defended, and only give you two armies per turn if you own them all. And to top that off, they couldn't even count as a continent without lumping in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea!

Korean Pop is awesome, by the way.

Miznia