Louis XXIV
Le Roi Soleil
Thank you. I knew I was thinking of that thread, but I couldn't find it.
That's not entirely true. Unless they changed it, they used to have unique music specifically for that city-state. This adds a touch of work for them.
Anyway, I'd love to see Dubai for a Maritime (I guess, otherwise maybe Mercantile). Its success is fairly recent, but it's also been impressive. If it isn't in, I'd strongly consider swapping Ur for Dubai and moving Ur to Cultural or Religious.
I also wouldn't mind if Burj Khalifa were to be a wonder, even if it would have little effect for being so late in the game.
Well we could have bahrain instead of dubai but BNW has panama city which was also a partially recent importance to the world. Dubai is pretty new but it's gonna be considered historical in centuries to come.
Actually Panama City was key to the Spanish empire. It was the first Spanish city on the Pacific, was a staging point for the conquest of the Inca, and much of the gold and silver that went to Spain passed through Panama City. The Panama Canal only enhanced Panama City's importance it didn't make it.
But Panama was part of New Spain then, it wasn't really it's own nation, so I don't think that that's the basis off which the Devs had included Panama for.
They should add a Kiev city-state.
They should add a Kiev city-state.
Kiev absolutely should be in. Would you say mercantile, militaristic, or what? Keeping in mind that it'll probably represent Kiev at its height. This means that, while Ukraine is a part of it, we're really talking the Kievan Rus.
I don't really see what independence has to do with it. The cited example of Bahrain has changed hands many times before gaining independence, in fact Panama got its independence first. My point was that Panama City's importance, like Bahrain's, is not a recent development. Unlike Dubai which was fishing village well into the 20th century, and only over the last few decades had become a major center of world commerce.
Dubai is an excellent candidate for a modern cs, but Panama City has been an important city for far longer and thus the comparison to Dubai is a little off.
I barely prevent myself from writing this request in every thread. Quite an old city, which was one of the most important cities in Eastern Europe during Middle Ages. Despite its relative importance declined significantly since that time, the country it represents played a huge role in world wars. Still, nobody in Firaxis cares about, as I see. My last hope is that Polish civ is rather incomplete without some city-state representing Ukraine (Kyiv or Lviv).
yeah your right, its always the capital city who became a City state.Given that City States are always capitals, Dubai isn't going to happen because Abu Dhabi would take that spot.
yeah your right, its always the capital city who became a City state.
Quebec City was also the capital of New France, which was arguably 'the height' on it's importance, as city states should be measured at.
Colombo is not the capital of Sri Lanka. The capital is Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, a suburb of Colombo.
I'd also say that Genoa was capital of Republic of Genoa, which the city state seems to be based on.