Changes between Version 25 and Version 26 of Civ:_Persians

Timestamp:

2011-08-16 02:56:55 (21 months ago)

Author:

michael

Comment:

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Civ:_Persians

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 == STRUCTURE DESCRIPTIONS ==
 === VILLAGE ===
+ * '''Name: Pairidaeza.''' (Means 'fortified garden'.)
+
+ * '''Class:''' House.
+ * '''History:''' Apart from the Great King and his close relatives, the satraps resided in splendid spacious residences, which included palaces, pavilions and gardens. The English word "paradise" derives from these gardens.
+
+ * '''Name: Jowgah. '''(Means 'farm'.)
+   * '''Class: '''Farmstead.
+   * '''History:''' Farming probably originated in the lands of Mesopotamia circa 8000 BC. The arable lands of Sumer and Akkad, well irrigated by the Tigris and Euphrates, accounted for food surpluses, which were in turn stored in granaries present in every town. The Persians, who were originally shepherds and hunters, probably began farming under the influence of the nearby Elamites.
+
+ * '''Name: Keshtzar.''' (Means 'field'.)
+   * '''Class: '''Field.
+   * '''History:''' Unlike today, when southern Iraq is almost entirely covered with deserts, ancient Mesopotamia of 3000 years ago was an extremely fertile, arable land.
+
+ * '''Name: Ramag. '''(Means 'horse herd'.)
+   * '''Class:''' Corral.
+   * History: The Persian kings established Royal Horse Herds, for use during military campaigns, at strategic locations throughout the entire Empire.
+
+ * '''Name: Asiya. '''(Means 'mill'.)
+   * '''Class''': Mill.
+   * '''History:''' The Persian kings kept the huge annual tribute received by their subject nations in specific buildings in Persepolis and Susa. In the provinces, the satraps were responsible for the establishment of similar foundations, where local taxes and public funds were kept.
+
+ * '''Name: Padgan. '''(Means 'outpost'.)
+   * '''Class:''' Scout Tower.
+   * '''History:''' The narrow entrance into mountainous Cilicia was protected by wooden fortifications which made any foreign intrusions extremely difficult.
+
+
+=== TOWN ===
  * '''Name: Xsacapava.''' (Means 'Provincial Governor'.)
    * '''Class: '''Civ Centre.
    * '''History:''' The practice of using Xsacapava or Satraps as governors to administer the realm was a practice older then the Achaemenids themselves. The term first appears in Median to describe their vassal kings and it is likely that Cyrus the Great introduced it into his new empire. Darius the Great streamlined and formalized this system under his sweeping administrative reforms.
 
- * '''Name: Pairidaeza.''' (Means 'fortified garden'.)
-
- * '''Class:''' House.
- * '''History:''' Apart from the Great King and his close relatives, the satraps resided in splendid spacious residences, which included palaces, pavilions and gardens. The English word "paradise" derives from these gardens.
-
- * '''Name: Jowgah. '''(Means 'farm'.)
-   * '''Class: '''Farmstead.
-   * '''History:''' Farming probably originated in the lands of Mesopotamia circa 8000 BC. The arable lands of Sumer and Akkad, well irrigated by the Tigris and Euphrates, accounted for food surpluses, which were in turn stored in granaries present in every town. The Persians, who were originally shepherds and hunters, probably began farming under the influence of the nearby Elamites.
-
- * '''Name: Keshtzar.''' (Means 'field'.)
-   * '''Class: '''Field.
-   * '''History:''' Unlike today, when southern Iraq is almost entirely covered with deserts, ancient Mesopotamia of 3000 years ago was an extremely fertile, arable land.
-
- * '''Name: Ramag. '''(Means 'horse herd'.)
-   * '''Class:''' Corral.
-   * History: The Persian kings established Royal Horse Herds, for use during military campaigns, at strategic locations throughout the entire Empire.
-
- * '''Name: Asiya. '''(Means 'mill'.)
-   * '''Class''': Mill.
-   * '''History:''' The Persian kings kept the huge annual tribute received by their subject nations in specific buildings in Persepolis and Susa. In the provinces, the satraps were responsible for the establishment of similar foundations, where local taxes and public funds were kept.
-
- * '''Name: Padgan. '''(Means 'outpost'.)
-   * '''Class:''' Scout Tower.
-   * '''History:''' The narrow entrance into mountainous Cilicia was protected by wooden fortifications which made any foreign intrusions extremely difficult.
-
-
-=== TOWN ===
  * '''Name: Bandar'''. (Means 'dock'.)
    * '''Class: '''Dock.