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My Ancestors were Vikings
I learned that if England has more culture then the USA then Phillidelpia will culture flip and be an English city.
Excellent read. It's concepts can be extended to much more than war. A true literary and philosophical masterpiece; one of the 10 most important writings Humanity has ever produced IMHO.boodlefoof said:Sun Tsu's Art of War should be required reading at the junior high or high school level in my opinion... My dad gave me a copy to read when I was about 12.
One thing I should bring up, however, is that the games gave me the false impression of Iron's superiority over Bronze.
One thing I might have thought I learned, had I not known better than to believe it:
Democracy and Republic are different. (They are not, the civilopedia in a roundabout sort of way, admits as much. No society has ever revolted from the one to the other, as they are the same thing.) It almost seems as though the "Republic" and "Democracy" are the U.S. governed by either the Republican Party or the Democratic Party. But we don't have anarchy after an election.
Actually, that's not quite correct. Pure iron is softer than bronze. However, iron-age people found out how to make hardened iron by heating it in charcoal and cooling it in cold water. The resulting object has a surface that is much harder than bronze. Iron is also more malleable and lighter than bronze. So, not only could they melt iron into any shape and harden it afterwards, but the result would be both harder and less heavy than bronze. That makes it much better for use in tools and weaponry.Daarkseid said:One thing I should bring up, however, is that the games gave me the false impression of Iron's superiority over Bronze. I did some research and was surprised to discover that Bronze is superior to Iron in many respects, and was only replaced because of the fact in ancient times, getting ahold of Tin and Copper usually required that at least one of the materials be imported. Iron, on the other hand, required greater technology to use. Once this hurdle was overcome, iron became a more attractive material because it could reasonably replace Bronze in the production of weapons and tools, but was cheaper and easier to acquire.