It all started around the year 4000BC. As the worlds barbaric tribes continued their massive in-fighting and separation of their own people that had been the tale of the known planet for as long as tales existed, we stood on the threshold of something that would stand the test of time for generations. Not only would we learn the secrets that would help in the continuance of all humanity forever in the fields of science and medicine, but we would become a mighty empire that would envelope all the weak and sickly creatures of the land, and through the power of unity, we would discharge these same people, that stumbled upon us loose and disorganized, and mold them into the greatest fighting force the world has ever known.
Here is how it all began....
As it is recorded, our great nation was created with the emergence of a colony by the name of Athens. Built along the fertile banks of the river Nile, in what was to become the entrance of the world to the African Peninsula.
Gradually, our people developed military techniques that were used to ward off the roving barbarian camps and bandits. One technique was the Phalanx, and the men who were trained to use this deadly art were named Hoplites. They`re many exploits will be chronicled here as they come into play.
As Athens grew in size, merchants and explorers were sent out from its borders in the hope of finding other fledgling civilizations in which to trade the many goods that they had to offer to the world. It was not long before they came across the ancient Egyptians. In the area of the Middle-East, an empire such as our own was beginning to tame the surrounding wilderness. The reason why, even today, our architecture closely resembles the Egyptian culture, and we speak the same language, is the result of our close relations from the very beginning of recorded time
The year was 2800BC when the second Greek city was founded, Sparta. Situated at the very mouth of the Mid-East/African land bridge, it was a pristine position to harvest wheat and fish, and also to block Egypt`s expansion to the west which would intrude upon Greek sovereignty.
It was about this time that the Babylonian civilization came into contact with a scouting party, South of Egypt. The Babylonians at the time were underdeveloped and backwards in the knowledge of the advanced sciences. Posing no threat to ancient Greece, but possibly to become a valuable trading partner, they were catalogued as a mere barbarian tribe that was attempting the leap towards settled life.
Worthy of slight notice, were the Numidian tribes who taught our people Mystics.
Eventually Thermopylae was created along the coastline of the Mediterranean, to the West of the Egyptian capital of Thebes, and Corinth, which would soon flourish in its population alongside the likes of Athens, was colonized to the South of that previously stated capital, along the prosperous river Nile.
While all this was going on, a slower, more deliberate process had been completed. The completion of the study of Writing enabled the ability to send emissaries to Thebes and to produce an embassy in the capital of our old friends and allies.
The disappearing face of the Gauls gave us the gift of literature, a truly ground breaking advancement for our Greek civilization, so early and ahead of everyone else at the time.
A very short distance to the North we encountered the German race. Having heard distant whispers from the Egyptians about their war like ruler Bismarck, we were prudent to deal with them cautiously. But through them, we established contact with the Russians, Koreans, Chinese, and the Ottoman Turks.
It became apparent to us that the formerly mentioned civilizations were all concentrated on the continent of Europe. This left the rest of Africa and Asia unsettled and free, which was welcome news to us at the time, as our warrior scouts had uncovered pleasant lands at the Southern tip (or what we thought was the Southern tip) of our African continent.
As time passed...
Incense was collected and our road network proved to be strong and hardy as it withstood the stampeding feet that would soon travel back and forth, from Athens to the luxury, and back again. Athens and Corinth proved to be profitable cities, collecting the revenue that the Nile gave to us. A small expedition was soon in the planning stages, with the goal to launch a Galley towards the island of Cyprus in the midst of the Mediterranean and to colonize it and acquire the rich vineyards that populated it.
The West proved to be inhospitable for the establishment of a populous city, so Pharsalos was built just North of Thermopylae, bordering the Germans. Looking back, I can say that we did not initially want to live alongside such a war like race, but the rolling hills and grazing grasslands for the cattle, were more than enough to convince us otherwise. Knossos was also settled on the island of Cyprus at this time.
In 1400BC, as is written, the capitals of the world were aflame with the news that the Japanese, a race never before encountered, had completed the Colossus in a city by the name of Kyoto. The men who reportedly brung this to our attention were no where`s to be found. At the time, a race of barbarians that went by the name of the Japanese were not even known to exist. Hardly reliable evidence.
The Greek peoples first source of Iron was secured in 1225BC with the establishment of the settlement called Argos. Once a road network was built we were able to start supplementing our lines of Hoplites with fighting Swordsman. The Empire was safe in its position on the African Peninsula, and the only worry we had to consider was the pressing borders of Germany. As long as they continued to expand and settle as slowly as they currently were, they would never become a true threat to the freedom of our nation, we thought.
The weaknesses of Egypt`s and Babylon`s chosen area of settlement may eventually prove to be the ruin of us all in the South. As the European countries of the North flourished and grew because of their rich grasslands and plains, our neighbors to our East stagnated in their desert wastelands. If they become to weak it may invite a more powerful, imperialistic empire from the North into our very own front yard. We sent many scientists and scholars to Babylon and Thebes, with the intention of teaching them the arts of war and peace, hopefully developing them into stronger nations, not only to protect themselves, but to protect us.
Thanks to the Babylonians, the Greek people learned of the existence of the Romans and Arabs in 975BC. The Roman nation is quite vast and well developed in South-Eastern Asia, or where India is in the modern day. The Arabs, distantly Eastern, are also flourishing, if not so strongly as their Roman neighbors. It is nice to have another civilization worthy of the name in the South, even if they are not quite in the Middle-East. A possible deter against European incursions?
Disaster strikes as barbarian uprisings of the West find their way to the newest Southern cities of our Greek colonization along the Nile. Undefended, they were repeatedly pillaged until reinforcements were able to arrive. Mounted barbarians? What will they think of next!
The cities to the South of the Nile are continuously battered by the enraged barbarians of the surrounding country side. The decision was made to send further reinforcements quickly to their aid as the nations treasury has decreased dramatically from the pillaging. Where Greece was once overflowing with coin, we are now forced to squander our every gold piece. This will not last long, however, for the Nile is ever generous.
As is well known amongst the Greeks, after many years of considering Africa completely devoid of civilized life, our adventurous Galleys happened upon Leptis Minor, a settlement of the Carthaginian empire at the very tip of the continent. Bckwards in science, they expanded over the years to include six cities, if they are entitled to the name, as not one amounts in population to Athens, and only barely reach the population of our Iron mining village of Argos.
Here is how it all began....
As it is recorded, our great nation was created with the emergence of a colony by the name of Athens. Built along the fertile banks of the river Nile, in what was to become the entrance of the world to the African Peninsula.
Gradually, our people developed military techniques that were used to ward off the roving barbarian camps and bandits. One technique was the Phalanx, and the men who were trained to use this deadly art were named Hoplites. They`re many exploits will be chronicled here as they come into play.
As Athens grew in size, merchants and explorers were sent out from its borders in the hope of finding other fledgling civilizations in which to trade the many goods that they had to offer to the world. It was not long before they came across the ancient Egyptians. In the area of the Middle-East, an empire such as our own was beginning to tame the surrounding wilderness. The reason why, even today, our architecture closely resembles the Egyptian culture, and we speak the same language, is the result of our close relations from the very beginning of recorded time
The year was 2800BC when the second Greek city was founded, Sparta. Situated at the very mouth of the Mid-East/African land bridge, it was a pristine position to harvest wheat and fish, and also to block Egypt`s expansion to the west which would intrude upon Greek sovereignty.
It was about this time that the Babylonian civilization came into contact with a scouting party, South of Egypt. The Babylonians at the time were underdeveloped and backwards in the knowledge of the advanced sciences. Posing no threat to ancient Greece, but possibly to become a valuable trading partner, they were catalogued as a mere barbarian tribe that was attempting the leap towards settled life.
Worthy of slight notice, were the Numidian tribes who taught our people Mystics.
Eventually Thermopylae was created along the coastline of the Mediterranean, to the West of the Egyptian capital of Thebes, and Corinth, which would soon flourish in its population alongside the likes of Athens, was colonized to the South of that previously stated capital, along the prosperous river Nile.
While all this was going on, a slower, more deliberate process had been completed. The completion of the study of Writing enabled the ability to send emissaries to Thebes and to produce an embassy in the capital of our old friends and allies.
The disappearing face of the Gauls gave us the gift of literature, a truly ground breaking advancement for our Greek civilization, so early and ahead of everyone else at the time.
A very short distance to the North we encountered the German race. Having heard distant whispers from the Egyptians about their war like ruler Bismarck, we were prudent to deal with them cautiously. But through them, we established contact with the Russians, Koreans, Chinese, and the Ottoman Turks.
It became apparent to us that the formerly mentioned civilizations were all concentrated on the continent of Europe. This left the rest of Africa and Asia unsettled and free, which was welcome news to us at the time, as our warrior scouts had uncovered pleasant lands at the Southern tip (or what we thought was the Southern tip) of our African continent.
As time passed...
Incense was collected and our road network proved to be strong and hardy as it withstood the stampeding feet that would soon travel back and forth, from Athens to the luxury, and back again. Athens and Corinth proved to be profitable cities, collecting the revenue that the Nile gave to us. A small expedition was soon in the planning stages, with the goal to launch a Galley towards the island of Cyprus in the midst of the Mediterranean and to colonize it and acquire the rich vineyards that populated it.
The West proved to be inhospitable for the establishment of a populous city, so Pharsalos was built just North of Thermopylae, bordering the Germans. Looking back, I can say that we did not initially want to live alongside such a war like race, but the rolling hills and grazing grasslands for the cattle, were more than enough to convince us otherwise. Knossos was also settled on the island of Cyprus at this time.
In 1400BC, as is written, the capitals of the world were aflame with the news that the Japanese, a race never before encountered, had completed the Colossus in a city by the name of Kyoto. The men who reportedly brung this to our attention were no where`s to be found. At the time, a race of barbarians that went by the name of the Japanese were not even known to exist. Hardly reliable evidence.
The Greek peoples first source of Iron was secured in 1225BC with the establishment of the settlement called Argos. Once a road network was built we were able to start supplementing our lines of Hoplites with fighting Swordsman. The Empire was safe in its position on the African Peninsula, and the only worry we had to consider was the pressing borders of Germany. As long as they continued to expand and settle as slowly as they currently were, they would never become a true threat to the freedom of our nation, we thought.
The weaknesses of Egypt`s and Babylon`s chosen area of settlement may eventually prove to be the ruin of us all in the South. As the European countries of the North flourished and grew because of their rich grasslands and plains, our neighbors to our East stagnated in their desert wastelands. If they become to weak it may invite a more powerful, imperialistic empire from the North into our very own front yard. We sent many scientists and scholars to Babylon and Thebes, with the intention of teaching them the arts of war and peace, hopefully developing them into stronger nations, not only to protect themselves, but to protect us.
Thanks to the Babylonians, the Greek people learned of the existence of the Romans and Arabs in 975BC. The Roman nation is quite vast and well developed in South-Eastern Asia, or where India is in the modern day. The Arabs, distantly Eastern, are also flourishing, if not so strongly as their Roman neighbors. It is nice to have another civilization worthy of the name in the South, even if they are not quite in the Middle-East. A possible deter against European incursions?
Disaster strikes as barbarian uprisings of the West find their way to the newest Southern cities of our Greek colonization along the Nile. Undefended, they were repeatedly pillaged until reinforcements were able to arrive. Mounted barbarians? What will they think of next!
The cities to the South of the Nile are continuously battered by the enraged barbarians of the surrounding country side. The decision was made to send further reinforcements quickly to their aid as the nations treasury has decreased dramatically from the pillaging. Where Greece was once overflowing with coin, we are now forced to squander our every gold piece. This will not last long, however, for the Nile is ever generous.
As is well known amongst the Greeks, after many years of considering Africa completely devoid of civilized life, our adventurous Galleys happened upon Leptis Minor, a settlement of the Carthaginian empire at the very tip of the continent. Bckwards in science, they expanded over the years to include six cities, if they are entitled to the name, as not one amounts in population to Athens, and only barely reach the population of our Iron mining village of Argos.
