Changes between Version 11 and Version 12 of Civ:_Ptolemies

Timestamp:

Apr 8, 2013, 9:06:44 AM (11 years ago)

Author:

michael

Comment:

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Civ:_Ptolemies

@@ -184 +184 @@
    * '''Appearance:'''
      * '''Shell:''' 2 tiers of oars.
-   * '''History:''' 'The design of the bireme was modified from the penteconter, a ship that had only one set of oars on each side, the bireme having two sets of oars on each side.
+   * '''History:''' 'The design of the bireme was modified from the penteconter, a ship that had only one set of oars on each side, the bireme having two sets of oars on each side.
    * '''Garrison:''' Cannot.
    * '''Function:''' These ships were designed to go fast so they could transport troops to the sights of battles.
@@ -479 +479 @@
  * '''CB1'''
    * '''Generic Name: Cleruchy.'''
-   * '''Specific Name: Kleroukhoi.'''
-   * '''History:''' .
+   * '''Specific Name: Klēroukhia.'''
+   * '''History:''' The Ptolemies invited Greeks and Galatians (Gauls) alike to settle in Egypt within military settlements called cleruchies (klēroukhia). Under this arrangement, the settlers were given a plot of land, or a kleros, and in return were required to serve in the pharaoh's army when called to duty. This created a upper-middle class of military settlers who owed their livelihoods and fortunes to the pharaoh and helped grow the available manpower for the Egyptian army. A side effect of this system was that it drained the Greek homeland of military-aged men, a contributing factor to Greece's inevitable conquest by Rome.
    * '''Effect:''' ?.
 
  * '''CB2'''
-   * '''Generic Name: Syntagma.'''
-   * '''Specific Name: Syntagma.'''
-   * '''History:''' Based upon the Theban Oblique Order phalanx, the Syntagma was the formation that proved invincible against the armies of Hellas and the East.
-   * '''Effect:''' Infantry pike units can use the Syntagma formation (without the need to research a technology). The Syntagma formation is very slow, gives a high pierce attack bonus, and is nearly invincible from the front. However, it is extremely vulnerable from the rear and prone to being flanked unless guarded adequately.
- * '''CB3'''
-   * '''Generic Name: .'''
-   * '''History:''' .
-   * '''Effect:''' .
+   * '''Generic Name: Nile Delta.'''
+   * '''History:''' .
+   * '''Effect:''' The Ptolemaic Egyptians receive 3 additional farming technologies (see below) above and beyond the maximum number of farming technologies usually available to a faction.
 
 == TEAM BONUS: ==
@@ -503 +498 @@
  * '''Cavalry:''' Good.
  * '''Naval:''' Good.
- * '''Siege:''' Good.
+ * '''Siege:''' Good, but not all techs. One fewer tier of siege techs than Macedonia.
  * '''Economy:'''
-   * '''Farming:''' Excellent.
+   * '''Farming:''' Excellent. See "Nile Delta" civ bonus (above) and Special Technologies (below).
    * '''Mining:''' Average.
-   * '''Lumbering:''' Weak.
+   * '''Lumbering:''' Poor. Egypt was definitely not a country of forests.
    * '''Hunting:''' Weak.
    * '''Fishing: '''Good.
@@ -517 +512 @@
 == SPECIAL TECHNOLOGIES ==
  * '''ST1'''
-   * '''Generic Name: Archimedes'Screw.'''
-   * '''Specific Name: .'''
-   * '''History:''' .
-   * '''Effect:''' Increased food production for farm fields.
-
- * '''ST2'''
    * '''Generic Name: Pharaonic Cult.'''
    * '''Specific Name: .'''
-   * '''History:''' .
-   * '''Effect:''' Hero aura range boosted by 50%.
+   * '''History:''' .
+   * '''Effect:''' Hero aura range boosted by 50%.
+
+ * '''ST2 (Farming Tech !#1)'''
+   * '''Generic Name: Well Sweep.'''
+   * '''Specific Name: Kēlōneion.'''
+   * '''History:''' An ancient tool for efficiently drawing water from well.
+   * '''Effect:''' Increased food production for farm fields.
+
+ * '''ST3 (Farming Tech !#2)'''
+   * '''Generic Name: Water Wheel.'''
+   * '''Specific Name: Sāqīya.'''
+   * '''History:''' A water wheel used to disburse water from lower elevations into irrigation canals. The earliest evidence of a sakia is from a Hellenistic tomb painting in Ptolemaic Egypt which dates to the 2nd century BC. It shows a pair of yoked oxen driving a compartmented waterwheel, which is for the first time depicted, too. The Greek sakia gear system is already shown fully developed to the point that modern Egyptian devices are virtually identical. It is assumed that the scientists of the Museum of Alexandria, at the time the most active Greek research center, may have been involved in its invention. An episode from the Alexandrian War in 48 BC tells of how Caesar's enemies employed geared waterwheels to pour sea water from elevated places onto the position of the trapped Romans. (source: Wikipedia)
+   * '''Effect:''' Increased food production for farm fields.
+
+ * '''ST4 (Farming Tech !#3)'''
+   * '''Generic Name: Archimedes' Screw.'''
+   * '''Specific Name: .'''
+   * '''History:''' A machine historically used for transferring water from a low-lying body of water into irrigation ditches, whose invention is traditionally attributed to Archimedes of Syracuse, the famous Greek mathematician and engineer.
+   * '''Effect:''' Increased food production for farm fields.