Recent content by Ahimsadharma

Depends on situation, really. If its around 100 BC and i've met only 1-2 other civs that are fair distance from me, i go for civil service/code of laws etc types to pop an expensive tech really early. If its 1500 BC and i've already made contact with 3-4 other civs, each within a stone's throw...

If we even consider the idea of religion giving bonuses, we must make it so that these bonuses cannot be harvested concurrently or synergized with free religion. Otherwise, the whole gameplay becomes too much anti- expansion/anti-war, it becomes a question of 'who can found more religions first...

Exactly my point. Most historians use 'middle age' as a generalized term, typically starting with the fall of western roman empire to late 1500s/early 1600s for european context. Not every european nation progressed to middle ages or industrial revolution or whatever at the same pace- and hence...

There is no clear-cut definition of when 'middle ages' ended from entire European context. I highly doubt your knowledge of history if you want to argue semantics about what is/what is not middle ages- generally 1500s onwards is seen as definitely not middle ages. No, i do not need to take a...

This is not how men-at-arms started out and your 'horseback heavily armed men at arms' is a 1500s derivation from the Hapsburgs. Men-at-arms before that referred to landless peasants armed with assortment of items. Given the history of European education of the last 300 years, i find that...

No worries mate. completely understandable. ;)

You have no idea then. Men-at-arms are civillian militia leveed by a lord from his own estates. Men-at-arms also liberally combined divisions of professional military ( few who are the guards of the nobles) with large # of peasantry ! This has been the case till late 1400s for most land wars in...

Those parts are usually not considered for most historical studies. Have you read the work yourself ? if not you are in no position to critique it. I have and i can't say it was anything but objective observation. Megasthenes was a diplomat. Not a playwright like Homer or Shakespeare. most of...

Err...nonsense. Earliest source of Alexander of Macedon that i've personally read is Megasthenes( original works of megasthenes, translated into English)- who lived in the same day and age of Alexander of Macedon, was a chronicler of Selucus, one of Alexander's prime generals and founder of...

:eek: :eek: This is beyond nonsense. This is fiction of the most absurd kind. If you believe this, you might as well believe that the earth is flat, that Napoleon was dumber than a brain-damaged kid, that Gandhi had blood-drenched vampire orgies in his cottage and that Hitler loved Jews...

It has nothing to do with religion however. The hindus in SL are a different 'ethnic' group, speak different language, listen to different music, eat different food than the Sinhala people. In the last 20+ years of civil war in Sri Lanka, there has hardly been any case of strikes against...

This is nothing more than your perspective, which is nothing more than a supposition and of faulty analysis. FYI, you do not have to be a bible thumper to accept the existence of Jesus or Mohammed. I am not a Christian, neither am I a muslim and i'd consider it a great suffering if my kids were...

Please give us solid proof that your great-great grandfather existed. I am willing to bet any amount of money that unless your family is tied to the military or royalty 100-150 years ago, there is even less proof for his existence than the existence of Jesus. Your analysis is incorrect...

What bunk! Jesus is fairly well established in historical context ( though you are free to question the 'deeds' or 'magic' attributed to him) and Buddha is one of the most established historical figure in mankind's history- Buddha is used as a historical anchor for most of ancient Indian...

Yes. And the Byzantines are the ONLY european empire ever to use mercenaries extensively. Most of English,French, German, Spanish, Austrian, Slavic etc. history until 1500s was ' 90% peasants with pitchforks, 10% nobles in armour and riding horses' type of armies. Err no. Even the 100 years...