Changes between Version 22 and Version 23 of Civ:_Seleucids


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Nov 29, 2013, 3:47:01 AM (10 years ago)
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    379379 * '''Specific Name: Sītobólion.'''
    380380   * '''Class:''' Farmstead.
    381    * '''History''': Grain wasn't plentiful in Macedon, which is why it was carefully stored in granaries, some of it being reserved for times of siege.
     381   * '''History''': The Seleucid Empire straddled the Fertile Crescent, an area where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers regularly flooded and provided rich soil for farming.
    382382
    383383 * '''Generic Name: Field.'''
    384384 * '''Specific Name: Agrós.'''
    385385   * '''Class:''' Field.
    386    * '''History:''' .
     386   * '''History:''' The Fertile Crescent, much like the Nile River basin and delta, was a net exporter of grain for thousands of years.
    387387
    388388 * '''Generic Name: Corral.'''
    389389 * '''Specific Name: Épaulos.'''
    390390   * '''Class:''' Corral.
    391    * '''History:''' Basic animal pen. Also for horses, which were the domain of the truly wealthy in Macedonia.
    392 
    393  * '''Generic Name: Warehouse.'''
     391   * '''History:''' Basic animal pen.
     392
     393 * '''Generic Name: Storehouse.'''
    394394 * '''Specific Name: Apothḗkē.'''
    395395   * '''Class:''' Storehouse.
    396    * '''History''': Resources and building materials were kept in warehouses.
     396   * '''History''': Resources and building materials were kept in storehouses.
    397397
    398398 * '''Generic Name: Outpost.'''
    399399 * '''Specific Name: Prophylax.'''
    400400   * '''Class:''' Outpost.
    401    * '''History:''' Towers were an important part of city fortifications. The defending troops shot arrows at the enemy and poured boiling oil over the assailants.
     401   * '''History:''' Lightly-manned outposts served to provide crucial advanced warning of invasion and attack.
    402402
    403403 * '''Generic Name: Palisade.'''
    … …  
    409409 * '''Specific Name: Limḗn.'''
    410410   * '''Class:''' Dock.
    411    * '''History:''' Greece is a sea country, which is why some of the greatest Hellenic and Hellenistic cities like Ephesus, Corinth, Alexandria and Antioch were built by the sea. It should also be noted that all colonies during the Great Colonisation were thriving port centres, which traded with the local population.
     411   * '''History:''' The Seleucids regularly fought the Ptolemies for control of the old Phoenician ports along the Eastern Mediterranean, or "Levant." At times, these cities provided the Seleucids with mighty warships by which they could project their power into the Mediterranean basin and Greece.
    412412
    413413 * '''Generic Name: Barracks.'''
    414414 * '''Specific Name: Stratopedon.'''
    415415   * '''Class:''' Barracks.
    416    * '''History:''' .
     416   * '''History:''' Train infantry units. Research training improvements.
    417417
    418418=== TOWN ===
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    420420 * '''Specific Name: Agorā́.'''
    421421   * '''Class:''' Civic Centre.
    422    * '''History:''' The Macedonians founded cities wherever they conquered.
     422   * '''History:''' The Seleucids were founders of cities. These cities were populated by Greek settlers and veterans from the Seleucid armies.
    423423
    424424 * '''Generic Name: Temple.'''
    425425 * '''Specific Name: Naós.'''
    426426   * '''Class:''' Temple.
    427    * '''History:''' A temple dedicated to the Olympic pantheon of gods.
     427   * '''History:''' A temple dedicated to the Olympic and Eastern gods. The Greeks, like the Romans later, often melded their gods with similar gods of those whom they conquered.
    428428
    429429 * '''Generic Name: Blacksmith.'''
    430430 * '''Specific Name: Synergeíon.'''
    431431   * '''Class:''' Blacksmith.
    432    * '''History:''' The earliest Greek smiths worked in copper, then bronze, and then finally iron.
     432   * '''History:''' The earliest smiths worked in copper, then bronze, and then finally iron.
    433433
    434434 * '''Generic Name: Marketplace.'''
    435435 * '''Specific Name: Empórion.'''
    436436   * '''Class:''' Market.
    437    * '''History''': The center of a Macedonian city is its Emporion. Here is where vendors sell their wares and where commerce and local politics mix.
     437   * '''History''': The center of a Seleucid city is its marketplace. Here is where vendors from the city and countryside can come to sell their wares and where commerce and local politics mix.
    438438
    439439 * '''Generic Name: Defense Tower.'''
    … …  
    445445 * '''Specific Name: Teîkhos.'''
    446446   * '''Class:''' Wall.
    447    * '''History:''' Macedonian cities were surrounded by stone walls for protection against enemy raids. Some of these fortifications were massive structures.
     447   * '''History:''' Seleucid cities were surrounded by stone walls for protection against enemy raids. Some of these fortifications were massive structures.
    448448
    449449 * '''Generic Name: Wall Tower.'''
    … …  
    455455 * '''Specific Name: Pýlai.'''
    456456   * '''Class:''' Gate.
    457    * '''History:''' .
     457   * '''History:''' The gates to a city were often targets for besieging armies.
    458458
    459459=== CITY ===
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    482482   * '''Requirements''': None.
    483483   * '''Phase:''' Village.
    484    * '''Special:''' Trains all cavalry units except Citizen-Militia Cavalry.
     484   * '''Special:''' Train all cavalry units except Citizen-Militia Cavalry. Research training improvements.
    485485
    486486=== WONDER ===