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There are certainly ten better than Kennedy. He was assassinated in the mass media era and the cult of the president was already in full swing when it was not in an earlier era. He gets more credit for what could of been than what actually was.

JFK is known and revered because he was assassinated. His actual record as president was pretty mediocre.

Teatro works. Commedia dell'arte was a major influence on multiple performing arts.

Or William Marshal basically keeping the sons and grandsons of Henry II on the throne despite their insistence of doing foolish things. Also, putting them in their place when Henry II was still alive.

1. Bohemia 2. Bulgaria 3. Comanche 4. Salish 5. Swahili 6. Chola 7. Oman

Tiwanaku was never an Incan city and was long abandoned before the rise of the Incan Empire. Not sure why it is on their city list and is not a city state.

Faster movement along rivers.

Most Civs are not usually based on one time period but rather the full spectrum of their golden age(s) or height of power. My design for Japan takes pieces from various pieces of Japan's history. The Jinja is a Shinto shrine and its ability represents that Japan's native folk beliefs were never...

Bakufu just means tent government. The Tokugawa Shogunate was not the one to invent the term and it had been long in use previoulsy. Hōjō Masako was from the Kamakura Shogunate and one of the key figures in the dominance of the Hōjō clan during it.

They don't want a situation where they could be sued by someone for taking their ideas.

Pants also help when walking in taller grass keeping burs, other sharp seeds, and ticks off the skin.

What you don't want America led by Lucky Luciano with the leader ability of National Crime Syndicate?

The only real thing from the 20s is Coolidge. The other things are from a larger time period.

America Leader: Calvin Coolidge. Appears in a suit and top hat with a dour expression. Leader Ability: The Chief Business. America builds industrial and economic buildings in half time and at a 25% reduced cost. Civ Ability: The Melting Pot. America gets additional culture per citizen whose...

The Edo period and its class system was to put stability and blunting threats to the shogunate as the highest priority. Thus money and military power had to be separated. Samurai could only have certain occupations that didn't make much money and were required to have certain things and perform...