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Absolutely. That's why our esteemed cartographer is sticking to the primary areas of influence, not maximum extents. I was just pointing out that Celts in Turkey were not ridiculous.
The Civ Atlas: BNW Civs, City-States and Wonders on maps
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Absolutely. That's why our esteemed cartographer is sticking to the primary areas of influence, not maximum extents. I was just pointing out that Celts in Turkey were not ridiculous.
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I stand corrected then
Not really, that's far beyond me. I didn't source it because that template is actually everywhere.
I do agree, I wish I could make them smaller without making areas like Greece and the Middle-East even more confusing.
God of Kings
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The world map image is missing the boundaries of South Sudan. Sorry to be nitpicky.
It's also missing Montenegro and Kosovo, and probably has a few others inaccuracies and anachronisms.
Biologist
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I've noticed that there doesn't seem to be any Hawaii (unless maybe Hawaii is off the end of the map within the Polynesian "triangle"). Overall, though, this is a nice at-a-glance reference for the relative locations of the various civs in the real world.
Edit: Oddly enough, I think I saw a TV program use this template (or one like it) recently. Somehow when they cropped the image to highlight their area of interest (the Western Hemisphere), they managed to entirely erase South America. There was just a big blue emptiness below Central America. It was fairly comical and a bit disconcerting.
It's interesting how Russia's Far East is more "western" than Australia in this map. I think that's why they left Hawaii out.
God of Kings
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I always wonder what would happen if Denmark and the Zulu are next to each other? It would be rather difficult to tell them apart on the minimap.
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Uh? Don't see why...
One has a brown background, the other has a white background - they are complete opposites (if not even the inverse of one another, but I think the Zulu's background is lighter than Denmark's foreground) - They are going to be easily distinguishable, just as much as, say, Persia and Siam!
The real question is - what would happen if Denmark and the Zulu are next to each other? Who would win?
God of Kings
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Actually, the Zulu icon has a whitish shield in the middle and has a brown background.
No, it's a (brownish) white background and a brown icon. Actually, that icon is rather confusing, but the Zulu's lands are white in the minimap.
However, in my map I used brown and not white to contrast with the blank area. I did the same for Portugal and Japan.
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It might be fun to make a pink & blue map to show the geographical distribution of land by the gender of the leader. With Catherine and Wu, the world might be surprisingly pink.
