Alternative Component Names for VP

Just doing my little part. :)

I've added the Persian names.

Immortals => Anusiya : according to the historian Kallie Szczepanski, was the name used in the empire (meaning "companions").
Satrap's Court => Vyxsachapavan : means "Court of the protector of the land" according to Herbert Cushing Tolman (vyx, meaning "court"/"palace" + xsachapavan, "meaning protector of the land"). It's a bit bizarre, so we can also use the more agreed on "Xsachapavan" (so same case as for the Mongolian UB2 : the name of the institution more than the building itself).
 

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Just doing my little part. :)

I've added the Persian names.

Immortals => Anusiya : according to the historian Kallie Szczepanski, was the name used in the empire (meaning "companions").
Satrap's Court => Vyxsachapavan : means "Court of the protector of the land" according to Herbert Cushing Tolman (vyx, meaning "court"/"palace" + xsachapavan, "meaning protector of the land"). It's a bit bizarre, so we can also use the more agreed on "Xsachapavan" (so same case as for the Mongolian UB2 : the name of the institution more than the building itself).
Updated. Without "Vyx".
 

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This is the sort of thing that caused me to start keeping files of city names for Civs that tend to be light on the numbers, or simply have city lists that are execrable.
Like Mayan lists that include modern Spanish site names (yes, I'm looking at YOU: Six-Sky!)

I have made a new city list for almost every civilisation in the game, because I was making one for my own game anyway. I like to pick the native names - 'Roma' instead of 'Rome', for an obvious example - and, as you say, some of the Mesoamerican (and Iroquois - please name them Haudenosaunnee, Amplitude) city names are just horrible. I think I based my lists on Civilization IV, then researched every single place in there, and added cities from III, V, and VI, after researching each of them, if they were not on my list yet. It took quite a lot of time, and for most civilisations (the most obvious examples being ancient Mesopotamia and native Americans) I also did my own research to add entirely new cities not present in any of the games.
These two dudes have strong opinions about city names in civ 5 and 6. Maybe they would be interested in showing you their work?
There's a link to a github on the main page that has all the city name changes so far.
 
Sure! But note three things; one, I've written this for Python, as I was creating my game in Python, so you'll have to play around with the formatting (should be very easy with a simple Ctrl H), two, you will see the same city with various names throughout history appear in the list, and three, Civilization V and VI have a tendency to use regions, natural landmarks, or temple complexes (Khmer) as city names, I removed most of those. Aside from that, I'm pretty happy with my list - and I'd like feedback, by all means!

Code:
    citiesdictionary = {
    'America': ('Washington','New York','Boston','Philadelphia','Atlanta','Chicago','Seattle','San Francisco','Los Angeles','Houston','Portland','St. Louis','Miami','Buffalo','Detroit','New Orleans','Baltimore','Denver','Cincinnati','Dallas','Memphis','Cleveland','Kansas City','San Diego','Richmond','Las Vegas','Phoenix','Nashville','Albuquerque','Minneapolis','Pittsburgh','Oakland','Tampa Bay','Orlando','Tacoma','Santa Fe','St. Paul','Olympia','Hunt Valley','Springfield','Palo Alto','Centralia','Spokane','Jacksonville','Savannah','Charleston','San Antonio','Omaha','Birmingham','Honolulu','Anchorage','Sacramento','Hartford','Austin','Newark','Providence','Augusta','Concord','Frankfort','Annapolis','Salt Lake City','San Jose','Reno','Boise','Milwaukee','Santa Cruz','Monterey','Santa Monica','San Juan','Little Rock','Columbus','Lebam') ,
    'Arabia': ('Makkah','Medina','Riyadh','Dimasq','Baghdad','Najran','Kufah','Basra','Khurasan','Anjar','Fustat','Aden','Yamamah','Masqat','Mansura','Bukhara','Fez','Shiraz','Merw','Balkh','Mosul','Aydab','Dammam','Burayda','Ha\'il','Tabuk','Abha','Bayt Ras','Suhar','Taif','Kunfuda','Dhahran','Jubayl','Hafar Albatin','Jeddah','Diriyah','Jazan','Hama','Shihr','Abu Dhabi','Dubai','Doha','Sana\'a','Zabid','Aqaba','Ta\'izz','Hudaydah','Mukalla','Gaydah','Muscat','Salalah','Hittin','Raqqa','Irbid','Hims','Albab','Alkarak') ,
    'Assyria': ('Assur','Nineveh','Nimrud','Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta','Dur-Sharrukin','Halab','Carchemish','Kanesh','Harran','Imgur-Enlil','Shubat-Enlil','Qatna','Sareisa','Sam al','Qarqar','Til Barsip','Arrap\'ha','Sur-Marrati','Sultantepe','Erbil','Hamath','Guzana','Turuspa','Nasibina','Arpad','Kelashin','Tadmor','Urartu','Sabata','Hit','Shinahuttum','Pteria','Arrapkha','Gasur','Ida','Ivah','Suhum','Mepsila','Rasappa','Purushanda','Karemlash','Kahat','Adummatu','Kullimeri','Uppumu','Anat','Til-Garimmu','Resen','Rehoboth-Ir') ,
    'Aztec': ('Tenochtitlan','Teotihuacan','Tlatelolco','Texcoco','Tlaxcala','Calixtlahuaca','Xochicalco','Tlacopan','Atzcapotzalco','Tzintzuntzan','Mitla','Malinalco','Cholula','Tula','Tamuin','Teayo','Cempoala','Chalco','Tlalmanalco','Ixtapaluca','Yagul','Coyoacan','Ixtapalapa','Huexotla','Tepexpan','Tepetlaoxtoc','Chiconautla','Zitlaltepec','Coyotepec','Apatzingan','Huehuetoca','Tequixquiac','Jilotzingo','Tlapanaloya','Tultitan','Ecatepec','Coatepec','Mixquic','Xoconochco','Chalchiuites','Chiauhita','Chapultepec','Itzapalapa','Ayotzinco','Iztapam','Huitzilopochco','Amecameca','Cacaxtla','Xalapa','Tenayuca','Teloloapan','Zacatula','Yucunudahui','Tezoyuca','Mazatan','Iztapalapa','Huaxyacac','Acatitlan','Tekpatzinko','Zinacatepec','Huitzuco','Taxco','Juxtlahuaca') ,
    'Babylonia': ('Babylon','Akkad','Dur-Kurigalzu','Nippur','Borsippa','Sippar','Opis','Mari','Shushan','Eshnunna','Ellasar','Erech','Kutha','Sirpurla','Neribtum','Ashur','Nineveh','Nimrud','Arbela','Nuzi','Tutub','Arrapkha','Shaduppum','Rapiqum','Mashkan Shapir','Tuttul','Ramadi','Ana','Haradum','Agrab','Uqair','Gubba','Hafriyat','Nagar','Shubat Enlil','Urhai','Urkesh','Awan','Riblah','Tayma') ,
    'Buganda': ('Mulago','Mengo','Nnono','Bigo','Lugeye','Nazigo','Mitw\'ebiri','Wakiso','Bandabalogo','Entebbe','Gimbo','Ngalamye','Bundeke','Kongojje','Kibibi','Katakala','Lubya','Kibulala','Nansana','Magonga','Kasangati','Nsujjumpolu','Muguluka','Bujjuko','Bukumero','Nsangi','Masuliita','Mukono','Nsimbe','Katebo','Nkozi','Kisubi','Ntenjeru','Nadanringa','Kakoge','Nakasongola','Mubende','Kawungera','Kakumiro') ,
    'Byzantium': ('Konstantinoupolis','Thessalonike','Adrianopolis','Nicaea','Antioch','Nicomedia','Angora','Trebizond','Iconium','Varna','Laodicea','Dorylaeum','Amorium','Philippopolis','Mistra','Dyrrachium','Edessa','Heraclea','Theodosiopolis','Odessos','Mesembria','Sardica','Ragusa','Philippi','Justinianopolis','Ioannina','Cephalonia','Kerkyra','Selymbria','Callipolis','Chandax','Lefkosia','Famagusta','Bari','Otranto','Chalkedon','Neocaesarea','Metilene','Seleucia','Sebastea','Myra','Gangra','Ochryd','Buthrotum','Naissus','Cherson','Traianoupoli','Achrida','Anion','Samosata','Prousa','Taormina','Septum','Prilapos','Constanta','Phoenice','Tyana','Chrysopolis','Kars','Sillaion','Konstantia','Patra','Korinthos','Paralios Kaisareia','Gaza') ,
    'Carthage': ('Carthago','Utica','Barcino','Leptis Magna','Hadrumetum','Hippo Regius','Gadir','Kerkouane','Leptis Parva','Thapsus','Sicca','Thaenae','Tacape','Sabratha','Oea','Malaka','Abdera','Sexi','Baria','Carmona','Onoba','Qart Hadasht','Bizerte','Ibrossim','Sarim Batim','Tipasa','Iol','Siga','Rusadir','Tingis','Lixus','Mogador','Ziz','Motya','Kapara','Lilybaeum','Karalis','Nora','Bithia','Sulcis','Tharros','Olbia','Melita','Kossyra','Zama Regia','Rusucurru','Djerba','Zouchis','Gigthis','Baecula','Saldae') ,
    'China': ('Beijing','Chengdu','Luoyang','Fenghao','Kaifeng','Datong','Hangzhou','Guangzhou','Nanjing','Chongqing','Xi\'An','Yin','Shangdu','Changchun','Hangzhou','Zhaoge','Shanghai','Yinchuan','Ye','Taipei','Yingqiu','Wuhan','Tianjin','Jinan','Harbin','Lanzhou','Fuzhou','Urumqi','Kunming','Nanchang','Changsha','Hefei','Guiyang','Macau','Ningbo','Baoding','Yangzhou','Haerbin','Loyang','Kunming','Shenyang','Xiangyang','Taiyuan','Jiangyin','Hengyang','Qingdao','Tainan','Dalian','Lijiang','Wuxi','Suzhou','Maoming','Shaoguan','Yangjiang','Heyuan','Huangshi','Yichang','Yingtan','Xinyu','Xinzheng','Handan','Dunhuang','Gaoyu','Nantong','Weifang','Jiujiang','Kangding','Qinyang','Nanning','Xinxiang','Wusu','Luta','Yiyang','Langfang') ,
    'Egypt': ('Waset','Mennefer','Memphis','Iunu','Abu','Elephantine','Ra-Kedet','Alexandria','Per-Ra-mesi-su','Shedet','Swenett','Per-Amun','Giza','Byblos','Akhetaten','Nekhen','Abdju','Abydos','Asyut','Avaris','Lisht','Per-Wadjet','Buto','Behdet','Saqqara','Sepermeru','Per-Atum','Busiris','Kahun','Hut-Heryib','Per-Banebdjedet','Khemenu','Djanet','Per-Bast','Piemro','Tanis','This','Men\'at Khufu','Sebennytus','Khent-Min','Tjebnutjer','Karnak','Armant','Balat','Kahun','Kom Medinet Ghurab','Abu Gorab','Hawara','Dashur','Raqote','Damanhur','Merimde','Abusir','Hwt-nen-nesu','Mer-neferet','Beni Hasan','Tasa','Badari','Khum','Amrah','Nagade','Gebtu','Armant','Nbwt','Aniba','Soleb','Semna','Amara','Zau','Amarna','Khem','Shedyet','Tentyris','Tjenu','Ta-senet','Atfih','Meir','Sharm el-Sheikh','Niwt-rst','Thebes','Pi-Ramesses','Luxor','Elkab','Edfu','Inbu Hedj','Djed Sut','Ankh Tawy','Hut ka Ptah','Per-Imen-mat-khent','Sena','Arsinoe','Heliopolis','Herakleopolis','Dehenet','Shmun','Minya','Ipu','Apu','Shmin','Ellahun','Akhmim','Elashmunein','Qift','Naqada','Ombos','Aswan','Djedet','Sebennytos ','Sais','Hermopolis','Athribis','Oryx','Akoris','Koptos','Hermonthis','Mendes','Pithom','Pe','Dep') ,
    'England': ('London','Edinburgh','York','Nottingham','Hastings','Canterbury','Coventry','Warwick','Newcastle','Oxford','Liverpool','Dover','Brighton','Glasgow','Birmingham','Chester','Norwich','Leeds','Reading','Richmond','Exeter','Cambridge','Gloucester','Manchester','Bristol','Leicester','Whitby','Hexham','Runnymede','Windsor','Aberdeen','Carlisle','Ipswich','Portsmouth','Berwick','Bath','Mumbles','Southampton','Sheffield','Salisbury','Colchester','Plymouth','Lancaster','Sunderland','Blackpool','Winchester','Hull','Durham','Bradford','Stoke-upon-Trent','Wolverhampton','Preston','Blackburn','Lincoln','Shrewsbury') ,
    'Ethiopia': ('Aksum','Gondar','Lalibela','Addis Ababa','Yeha','Debre Berhan','Adulis','Qohaito','Matara','Hawulti','Massawa','Adwa','Fasil Ghebbi','Zeila','Berbera','Harar','Kaskase','Addi Galamo','Tokonda','Kubar','Tegulat','Debre Tabor','Sebeta','Magdala','Ankober','Asmara','Jijiga','Dire Dawa','Adama','Gambela','Weldiya','Jimma','Bahir Dar','Adigrat','Mek\'ele','Tiya','Adi Ugri','Gabaza','Dahlak Kebir','Asella','Melazo','Shire','Fikya','Sabea','Hawila Assaraw','Weqro','Negele Arsi','Dila','Dejen','Fiche','Holeta Genet','Debre Zeyit','Finote Selam','Shashamane','Awasa','Dessie','Sodo','Hosaena','Nekemte','Debre Markos','Kombolcha','Ambo','Ziway') ,
    'France': ('Paris','Orleans','Lyons','Rheims','Tours','Marseille','Chartres','Avignon','Rouen','Grenoble','Dijon','Amiens','Cherbourg','Poitiers','Toulouse','Bayonne','Blois','Calais','Strasbourg','Brest','Bordeaux','Rennes','Nice','Saint-Etienne','Nantes','Reims','Le Mans','Montpellier','Limoges','Nancy','Lille','Soissons','Troyes','Narbonne','Caen','Toulon','Nimes','Le Havre','Lorient','Angouleme','Lourdes','Carcassonne','Cannes','Dunkerque','Aix-en-Provence','La Rochelle','Bourges','Boulogne','Vendome','Moulins','Riom','Aubusson','Bersancon','Angers','Clermont-Ferrand','Metz','Mulhouse','Perpignan','Roubaix','Argenteuil','Tourcoing','Montreuil','Versailles') ,
    'Germany': ('Berlin','Hamburg','Munich','Koln','Frankfurt','Essen','Dortmund','Stuttgart','Dusseldorf','Bremen','Hannover','Duisburg','Leipzig','Dresden','Bonn','Nurnberg','Bochum','Bielefeld','Karlsruhe','Gelsenkirchen','Wiesbaden','Munster','Rostock','Chemnitz','Schwerin','Braunschweig','Halle','Monchengladbach','Kiel','Wuppertal','Freiburg','Hagen','Erfurt','Kassel','Oberhausen','Hamm','Saarbrucken','Krefeld','Potsdam','Solingen','Osnabruck','Ludwigshafen','Leverkusen','Oldenburg','Neuss','Mulheim','Darmstadt','Herne','Wurzburg','Recklinghausen','Gottingen','Wolfsburg','Koblenz','Hildesheim','Erlangen','Kaiserslautern','Pirmasens') ,
    'Greece': ('Athenai','Lakedaimon','Sparta','Korinthos','Thebai','Argos','Knosos','Mykene','Pharsalos','Ephesos','Halikarnassos','Rodos','Thermopylae','Olympia','Eretria','Pergamon','Miletos','Megara','Phokaia','Sikyon','Tiryns','Samos','Mytilene','Chios','Paros','Tegea','Delphoi','Elida','Syrakousai','Heraklaia','Gortyn','Chalkis','Pylos','Pella','Naxos','Herakleio','Potidaia','Koryra','Mantineia','Erythrai','Elateia','Zakynthos','Delos','Demetrias','Melos','Thera','Priene','Kolofon','Klazomenai','Teos','Myrina','Thasos','Samothrake','Peiraieus','Ierakas','Smyrne','Larisa','Apollonia','Messene','Orchomenos','Ambrakia','Kos','Knidos','Amphipole','Patrai','Lamia','Marathonas','Nauplio','Ialysos','Lindos','Kerkyra','Vodena','Patra','Pytho') ,
    'Hatti': ('Hattusha','Ankuwa','Katapa','Shamuha','Tarhuntashsha','Nesha','Tawiniya','Zippalanda','Arinna','Kushshar','Karkamis','Shapinuwa','Alalakh','Emar','Kadesh','Nerik','Zalpuwa','Adaniyya','Arinna','Kummiya','Azatiwataya','Ivriz','Alcahoyuk','Ura','Malidiya','Tabikka','Tluk','Ugarit','Tarsa','Tuwanuwa','Hubishna','Hupisna','Landa','Sahasara','Lusna','Wistawanda','Shallapa','Washshukanni','Waliwanda','Wilusha','Urshu','Karahuyuk','Alisharhuyuk') , # Check: 'Akuwa','Arpad','Hubishna','Truwa','Ahhiyawa','Lystra','Tyana','Marassantiya','Etlik','Tabigga','Nenassa','Pteira','Ullama','Gaziura','Kussara','Purruskhanda','Alalah','Hakpis','Hanhana','Hattena','Nerik','Alashiya','Zalpa','Kizzuwadna','Isuwa','Azzihayasa','Gasga','Kassiya','Pala Tummana','Arawanna','Masa','Karkisa','Lukka','Seha','Arzawa','Hapalla','Mira','Pitassa','Mursilasa','Muwatallaya','Tudhaliyawa','Aleppo','Anguwa','Acem','Masat','Gavur','Horoz','Konya','Karaoglan','Hacilar','Suberde','Mersin','Arslantepe','Norshuntepe','Tepecik','Ashikli Huyuk','Acigol','Chiftlik','Cafer Huyuk','Gritille','Chayonu','Wilusa','Boghazkoy','Marqasi','Til Barsip','Sam\'al'
    'Haudenosaunee': ('Onondaga','Oneida','Kanien\'kehaka','Muh-heck Haeek Ing','Kanadaseaga','Shahwiangto','Teiaiagon','Tinawatawa','Ganatsekwyagon','Nundawao','Konondaigua','Kanonwalohale','Cattaraugus','Gistwiahna','Canowaroghere','Condawhaw','Gahayanduk','Canienga','Yorkjough','Totiakton','Canadasaga','Tonawanda','Caneadea','Sevege','Nowadaga','Ganawagus','Gewauga','Kanaghsaws','Chittenango','Kannassarago','Onoalagona','Tekisedaneyout','Kanadaseagea','Skahasegao','Teatontaloga','Sonojowauga','Oriska','Schaunactada','Onondarka','Kanatakowa','Nondas','Schoherage','Kashong','Deyonongdadagana','Canowdowsa','Tioniongarunte','Tewanondadon','Keinthe','Onondahgegahgeh','Chuchtononeda','Deyodeshot','Awegen','Jennesedaga','Onondaghara','Kahesarahera','Cowassalon','Oatka','Tueadasso','Kaskonchiagon','Solocka','Onoghsadago','Gadoquat','Kaygen','Osquake','Neodakheat','Joneadih','Canajoharie','Gahayenuk','Ganadoga','Ganos','Hostayuntwa','Onontatacet','Ostogeron','Gandaseteigon','Honeoye','Kowogoconnughariegugharie','Touenho','Owaiski','Cahunghage','Onekagonchka','Ganagweh','Oneniote','Gaenowanang','Goiogouen','Ossewingo','Ganesos','Canastigaone','Ganosgagong','Onadeioteat','Gwaugweh','Otiahanague','Kanagaro','Opolopong','Deonundagae','Oquaga','Deseroken','Gaonsagaon','Chondote','Saratoga','Buckaloon','Onnontare','Gadaho','Ganogeh','Teionontatases','Gahato','Skannayutenate','Geneseo','Gannentaha','Schoharie','Genundowa','Kente','Gistaquat','Tionnontoguen','Tegasoke','Cussewago','Onnaghee','Teseroken','Dayoitgao','Unadilla','Connewango','Thiohero','Sheoquago','Tetosweken','Owego','Skoiyase','Tkanetota','Gayagaanhe','Chenussio','Caughnawaga','Ganaraske','Deyohnegano','Tgasunto','Gaousge','Kawauka','Gaskosada','Tolungowon','Gathtsegwarohare','Kentsio','Cheronderoga','Dyosyowan','Ganneious','Chemung','Onekagoncka','Adjouquay','Ganondagan') ,
    'Holy Rome': ('Aachen','Praga','Wien','Wittenberg','Augsburg','Mainz','Ulm','Firenze','Pisa','Luxemburg','Strassburg','Lubeck','Brandenburg','Heidelberg','Trier','Regensburg','Magdeburg','Worms','Konstanz','Basel','Zurich','Salzburg','Innsbruck','Trento','Genua','Lucca','Siena','Arles','Besancon','Metz','Verdun','Brussel','Antwerpen','Liege','Szczecin','Kolobrzeg','Wroclaw','Olmutz','Pilsen','Bamberg','Mannheim','Goslar','Speyer','Paderborn','Passau','Hagenau') ,
    'Israel': ('Yerushalem','Natzrat','Yeriho','Hevron','Shechem','Bet Lehem','Yavne','Hefa','Hazor','Safad''Tiberias','Be\'er Sheva','Jaffa','Akko','Rishon LeZion','Meggido','Gaza','Ashdod','Ashkelon','Shiloh','Lod','Netanya','Gat','Gibeon','Kefar Sava','Gezer','Beit Shemesh','Beth-Horon','Emmaom','Afola','Yokneam Illit','Gilgal','Tirzah','Yavesh Gil\'ad','Ha-ay','Michmash','Herzliyah','Holon','Bnei Brak','Elat','Modi\'im','Arad','Nahariya','Ness Ziona','Metula','Beit Lid','Ramla','Petah Tikva','D\'ganya Alef','Ra\'anana','Rehovot','Hadera','Geva','Dimona','Kiryat Shmonah','Hod HaShron','Dan','Rosh HaNikra','Mizpe Ramon','Bat Yam','Ramat Gan','Givatayim','Shefayim','Rosh HaAyin','Karmi\'el','Tzufim','Alfei Menashe','Tzoran','Kadima') ,
    'Japan': ('Kyoto','Osaka','Tokyo','Kagoshima','Nagoya','Nara','Izumo','Kamakura','Ujiyamada','Nagasaki','Yokohama','Shimonoseki','Sapporo','Toyama','Matsuyama','Hakodate','Hijemi','Hiroshima','Fukushima','Echizen','Fukuoka','Nagano','Kobe','Sado','Fukui','Takayama','Kochi','Aomori','Akita','Naha','Mito','Togane','Sakura','Sendai','Shizuoka','Okayama','Takamatsu','Gifu','Otsu','Morioka','Yamagata','Tottori','Izumi','Hamamatsu','Numazu','Ota','Matsumoto','Bizen','Kurume','Narita','Wajima','Otsuki','Kaga','Nirasaki','Takasaki','Toki','Okazaki','Suo','Komagane','Nagahama','Miki','Ono','Omi'),
    'Khmer': ('Yasodharapura','Hariharalaya','Mahendraparvata','Amarendrapura','Indrapura','Angkor Thom','Lingapura','Krong Chaktomuk','Lovek','Vimayapura','Vientiane','Prey Nokor','Muang Tam','Aninditapura','Nagara Jayasri','Lavo','Sinhapura','Banteay Srei','Isanapura','Bhavapura','Dviradapura','Udong','Lavodayapura','Shrestapura','Vyadhapura','Angkor Borei','Sambhupura','Battambang','O Keo','Roluos','Ban Non Wat','Krong Kracheh','Chalieng','Snuol','Kaoh Nheaek') ,
    'Korea': ('Kaesong','Seoul','Pyongyang','Gyeongju','Gongju','Cheonan','Buyeo','Jeonju','Chuncheon','Changwon','Cheongju','Jeju','Suwon','Haeju','Sariwon','Andong','Masan','Ulsan','Gunsan','Busan','Incheon','Danyang','Miryang','Naju','Daegu','Daejon','Samcheok','Hamhung','Gwangju','Gangneung','Sangju','Jeongeup','Pohang','Sokcho','Uijeongbu','Suncheon','Nampo','Gumi','Donghae','Geoje','Mokpo','Yeosu','Yangsan','Jinju','Wonju','Sacheon','Nonsan','Gimhae','Gunpo','Jecheon','Iksan','Jochiwon','Wonsan','Pyongsong','Manpo','Bonghwa','Tokchon','Hungnam','Chongju','Namwon','Huichon') ,
    'Mali': ('Niani','Timbuktu','Dakadjalan','Gao','Bamako','Djenne','Kumbi Saleh','Mande Kaba','Takedda','Kurussa','Takrur','Walata','Segou','Kansala','Do','Sosso','Kri','Nioro','Zaghari','Awdaghost','Djedeba','Kukya','Nkran','Toron','Bla','Siby','Mopti','Tabon','Wadan','Kaniaga','Tadmekka','Bambougou','Timbo','Jalo','Agades','Katsina','Daura','Rano','Kano','Siguiri','Zazzau','Alkalawa','Ngazargamu','Biram','Taghaza','Arawan','Dutse','Awlil','Kong','Wagadugu','Kayes','Tenkodogo','Kangaba','Kankan','Oyo-Ile','Diema','Bilma','Niagassola','Dia','Massina','Narena') ,
    'Maurya': ('Pataliputra','Delhi','Varanasi','Vijayanagara','Mumbai','Agra','Lahore','Bengaluru','Indraprastha','Hyderabad','Mahasthangarh','Shahjahanabad','Dvaraka','Bodh Gaya','Rameswaram','Nashik','Mathura','Dwarka','Anhilwara','Ayodhya','Pandrethan','Pravarapura','Kushinagar','Savatthi','Champa','Prayagraj','Vaishali','Kanchipuram','Ujjain','Rajagha','Dacca','Chattogram','Assandh','Puri','Haridwar','Badrinath','Kampil','Kolkata','Peshawar','Kaushambi','Taksasila','Hastinapur','Ahichchhatra','Pune','Bagram','Kanhpur','Besnagar','Rairi','Bidar','Pratisthana','Sakala','Bhrigukachchha','Mangaluru','Multan','Amaravati','Mysuru','Jodhpur','Nagpur','Satara','Ahmedabad','Lucknow','Kusavati','Podana','Karachi','Meerut','Raiput','Fatehpur Sikri','Gangotri','Banavasi','Kedarnath','Gwalior','Mandsaur','Jaipur','Padmavati','Jubbulpore','Khukhragarh','Kolhapur','Navratangarh','Bhubaneswar','Konark','Gauhati','Tamralipta','Panjim','Bezawada','Srirangapatna','Jaunpur','Kalaburagi','Kataka','Durjaya','Ranchi','Rohri','Machilipatnam','Achalpur','Warangal','Halebidu','Chittorgarh','Vrindavan','Kalpi','Dharanagar','Belur','Bogra','Chandigarh','Imphal','Sonepur','Kolar','Talakadu','Gandhinagar','Vijayapura','Dispur','Nainital','Shillong','Ludhiana','Bhopal','Baroda','Ramdaspur','Indore','Asansol','Faridabad','Jalgaon','Dhanbad','Jamshedpur','Rajkot','Dharwad','Rajamahendravaram','Mankal','Kalyani','Kozhikode','Amer','Darjeeling','Sholapur','Gangaikonda Cholapuram','Chennai','Kaveri Poompattinam','Gingee','Uraiyur','Nagapattinam','Anuradhapura','Tambapanni','Nellai','Madurai','Upatissagama','Tanjore','Kochi','Vizhinjam','Tiruchirappalli','Korkai','Coimbatore','Salem','Trivandrum','Kaveripattinam','Rewalsar') ,
    'Maya': ('Mutal','Chichen Itza','Tikal','Copan','Lakamha','Palenque','B\'aakal','Yaxchilan','Uxmal','Mayapan','Calakmul','Bonampak','Uaxactun','Oxhuitza','Lagartero','Xukpi','Q\'Umarkaj','Quirigua','Izancanac','Yokib','Altun Ha','Izamal','Ake','Zama','Coba','Tulum','Dzibilchaltun','Cozumel','Edzna','Oxkintok','Becan','Nakbe','Cerros','Cival','Lamanai','Kaminaljuyu','Takalik Abaj','Holmul','Waka','Lubaantun','Siaan Kaan','Tonina','Tazumal','Comalcalco','Nim Li Punit','Ek\'Balam','Sayil','Kabah','Labna','Wak Kabnal','Xunantunich','Izapa','Noj Peten','Utaltan','Mani','Cuello','Xcalumkin','Lazapa','Cancuen','Yaxha','Acanceh','Champoton','Ixkun','Xpuhil','Yaxuna','Tipu','Ucanal','Becan','Kaminaljuyu','Xcocha','Dzibilnocac','Chutixtiox','Tayasal','Zaculeu','Iximche','Acalan','Uxwitza','El Mirador','Piedras Negras','San Bartolo','Dos Pilas','Seibal','Naranjo') ,
    'Mongolia': ('Karakorum','Avarga','Beshbaliq','Khanbaliq','Sarai Batu','Sara Berke','Sarai Juk','Samarkand','Urgench','Gazne','Ulaanbaatar','Toshkent','Ashgabat','Kish','Qarshi','Turfan','Otuken','Suyab','Kazan','Almaliq','Ordu-Baliq','Navaket','Kokeqota','Urumqi','Balasagun','Aksu','Karahoja','Darkhan','Bayan Tumen','Tsetserleg','Korla','Sili-yin hota','Hami','Astana','Iryai','Mandalgov\'','Uliastaj','Moron','Bishkek','Bayankhongor','Arvajkheer','Inchan','Lan\'zjou','Ulaangom','Ereen Khot','Chojr','Dushanbe','Baruun-Urt','Erdenet','Bayisingtu','Ajrag','Dalanzadgad','Khovd','Shanshan','Alma-Ata','Kashgar','Kucha','Yutian','Bokhara','Herat','Otrar','Nalajkh','Fuqi','Hotan','Maragheh','Soltaniyeh','Tashqurghan','Qulja','Yarkent','Mezar-i Sherif','Tosontsengel','Kunduz','Belh','Shibirgan','Meymene','Sajnshand','Ondorkhaan','Aqcha','Andhoy','Bulgan','Sar-i Pol','Tiflis') ,
    'Netherlands': ('Amsterdam','Rotterdam','Den Haag','Utrecht','Leiden','Gouda','Eindhoven','Delft','Dordrecht','Breda','Haarlem','Den Bosch','Nijmegen','Deventer','Maastricht','Middelburg','Groningen','Leeuwarden','Arnhem','Amersfoort','Brielle','Roermond','Zwolle','Alkmaar','Tilburg','Apeldoorn','Almere','Den Helder','Hilversum','Enschede','Lelystad','Venlo','Gorkum','Roosendaal','Bergen op Zoom','Harderwijk','Assen','Enkhuizen','Tiel','Vlissingen','Vianen','Vlaardingen','Schiedam','Leerdam','Schoonhoven','Dorestad','Kampen','Hoorn','Edam','Woerden','Muiden','Heerlen','Asperen','Schagen','Kampvere','Zutphen','Medemblik','Franeker','Harlingen','Stavoren','Lauwersoog','Kerkrade','Holwerd','Coevorden','Weesp','Oudewater','Heusden','Worckum','Grave','Naarden','Weest','Clundert','Uden','Nieuwstadt','Batavia','Oranjestad','Willemstad','Kralendijk','Philipsburg','Botte','Lekkerkerk') ,
    'Ottomans': ('Istanbul','Edirne','Ankara','Bursa','Halep','Konya','Samsun','Aintab','Gelibolu','Diyarbekir','Izmir','Sogut','Kayseri','Malatya','Marsin','Antalya','Zonguldak','Denizli','Ordu','Mugla','Eskisehir','Inebolu','Sinop','Adana','Tarsus','Artuin','Bodrum','Eregli','Silifke','Sivas','Amasya','Marmaris','Trabzon','Erzurum','Urfa','Izmit','Maras','Aksaray','Afyonkarahisar','Cezayir','Bitlis','Yalova','Corum','Babaeski','Isparta','Manisa','Havsa','Adana','Aydin','Iznik','Bolu','Bingol','Rize','Kirklareli','Karabuk','Cankiri','Rumadiyah','Kirikkale','Tunceli','Yozgat','Tokat','Selanik','Uskudar','Sorgun','Van','Duragan','Iskenderun','Eleskirt','Karapinar','Ahlat','Trablusgarp','Monastir','Mocha','Tirgoviste','Saraybosna') ,
    'Persia': ('Parsa','Pasargad','Susa','Hagmatana','Tarsus','Gordium','Bakhtri','Qumis','Sardis','Ergili','Esfahan','Anshan','Ganzak','Dariushkabir','Pahrah','Ghulaman','Istakhr','Borazjan','Haraiva','Bampur','Turengtepe','Bukhara','Parab','Shiraz','Samarkand','Peshawar','Dura-Europos','Seleucia','Merv','Kandahar','Altintepe','Tushpa','Talaura''Rey','Hasanlu','Gabae','Bunyan','Charsadda','Uratyube','Kermanshah','Dascylium','Qatna','Kabul','Kapisi','Saddarvazeh','Mashhad','Baku','Derbent','Arshada','Aspabota','Jinan','Issus','Gaugamela','Kunduz','Harmozeia','Kampada','Kounaxa','Nautaka','Istaravshan','Zehak','Khomein','Hamedan','Yazd','Arak','Sanandaj','Bam','Nishapur','Paishiyauvada','Farah','Meymand','Rasht','Estahbanat','Yasuj','Khur','Torud','Semnan','Kerman','Marvast','Hatra','Apamea') ,
    'Rome': ('Roma','Antium','Cumae','Neapolis','Ravenna','Arretium','Mediolanum','Arpinum','Perusia','Circeii','Setia','Veii','Satricum','Ardea','Ostia','Pisa','Velitrae','Viroconium','Tarentum','Brundisium','Caesaraugusta','Caesarea','Palmyra','Ancona','Parma','Saturnia','Signia','Aquileia','Clusium','Sutrium','Cremona','Bononia','Mutina','Beneventum','Saguntum','Cannae','Capua','Tusculum','Placentia','Hispalis','Artaxata','Carrhae','Aurelianorum','Nicopolis','Londinium','Eburacum','Gordion','Agrippina','Lugdunum','Verona','Pompeii','Corfinium','Treveri','Sirmium','Augustadorum','Bagacum','Lauriacum','Teurnia','Curia','Fregellae','Albafucens','Sora','Interrama','Suessa','Saticula','Luceria','Arminium','Senagallica','Castrumnovum','Hadria','Lucca','Regium','Rutupiae','Glevum','Lindum','Axima','Spoletium','Cosa','Crotona','Pixunte') ,
    'Russia': ('Moskva','Sankt-Peterburg','Velikij Novgorod','Rostov','Yaroslavl','Yekaterinburg','Yakutsk','Vladivostok','Smolensk','Orenburg','Krasnoyarsk','Kazan','Khabarovsk','Bryansk','Kiev','Solikamsk','Tver','Novosibirsk','Magadan','Murmansk','Irkutsk','Kharkov','Chita','Samara','Arkhangelsk','Chelyabinsk','Tobolsk','Vologda','Omsk','Astrakhan','Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky','Ulan-Ude','Kursk','Olonets','Saratov','Tambov','Tula','Vladimir','Perm','Voronezh','Pskov','Staraya Russa','Kostroma','Nizjnij Novgorod','Magnitogorsk','Zelenograd','Suzdal','Minsk','Odessa','Sevastopol','Lvov','Grodno','Polotsk','Petrozavodsk','Okhotsk','Semey','Vitsebsk','Kishinyov','Vilnius','Sergiev Posad','Nizjnekolymsk') ,
    'Siam': ('Ayutthaya','Phitsanulok','Lopburi','Sukhothai','Si Satchanalai','Kamphaeng Phet','Nakhon Sawan','Chiang Mai','Nakhon Si Thammarat','Nakhon Ratchasima','Khon Kaen','Udon Thani','Ubon Ratchathani','Chai Nat','Bang Pho','Nan','Suphan Buri','Tak','Taphan Hin','Uthai Thani','Lopburi','Martaban','Luang Prabang','Vientiane','Phatthaya','Nonthaburi','Pak Kret','Songkhla','Hat Yai','Hanthawaddy','Prapadaeng','Rayong','Nakhon Pathom','Samut Sakhon','Krung Thep','Chiang Khong','Phrae','Surin','Lampang','Yala','Surat Thani','Pathum Thani','Phra Pradaeng','Ang Thong','Chai Nat','Nakhon Nayok','Saraburi','Sing Buri','Suphan Buri','Chanthaburi','Chachoengsao','Chonburi','Ban Bueng','Kanchanaburi','Prachuap Khiri Khan','Prachinburi','Trat','Bang Saen','Si Racha') ,
    'Sumer': ('Unug','Eridu','Kish','Larsam','Zimbir','Lagash','Urim','Nibru','Bad-Tibira','Shuruppak','Umma','Hamazi','Agade','Isin','Girsu','Adab','Akshak','Zabalam','Kisurra','Larak','Mari','Kisiga','Nina','Dilbat','Kutu','Marad','Kua','Enegi','Eshnunna','Kissura','Nagar','Der','Ki An','Pazurish Dagan','Dabrum','Kutallu','Nagsu','Harbidum','Garnanum','Lulhani','Aratta','Kesh','Anshan','Apisala','Jemdet Nasr','Ubaid','Magan','Apisala','Harbidum','Failaka','Ebla','Lullubi','Gudua','Abu Salabikh') ,
    'Spain': ('Madrid','Barcelona','Seville','Cordoba','Toledo','Santiago','Salamanca','Murcia','Valencia','Zaragoza','Pamplona','Vitoria-Gasteiz','Santander','Oviedo','Asturias','Jaen','Logrono','Malaga','Valladolid','Palma','Teruel','Almeria','Leon','Ciudad Real','Segovia','Badajoz','Zamora','Mida','Lugo','Alicante','Cadiz','Talavera de la Reina','Elche','Alcorcon','Burgos','Vigo','Badajoz','La Coruna','Bilbao','San Sebastian','Granada','Cuenca','Aranjuez','Almanza','Osuna','Algeciras','Puertollano','Jerez','Gijon','Merida','Huelva','Ibiza','Tomelloso','Las Palmas','Tenerife','Oliva','Badalona','Havana','Manila'),
    'Tawantinsuyu': ('Qosqo','Tiwanaku','Wanuku','Machu Picchu','Ullantaytampu','Corihuayrachina','Ayacuchu','Willka Waman','Willkapampa','Vitcos','Antawaylla','Ika','Arequipa','Nazca','Atico','Yunkuyu','Wanuku Pampa','Tunsukancha','Waraq','Riobamba','Kashamarka','Ayawiri','Tumipampa','Puka Pukara','Pikillaqta','Vilcaconga','Sausa','Paria','Kitu Kara','Chuquiabo','Huancabamba','Paramonga','Pukatampu','Tumpis','Chan Chan','Chiquitoy','Marcahuamachuco','Limatambo','Inka Wasi','Huamachuco','Raqch\'i','Sipan','Pachakamaq','Inka Pirka','Llactapata','P\'isaqa','Kuelap','Pajaten','Chucuito','Chena Pukara','Pumpu','Loja','Saksaq Waman','Huaylas','Aconquija','Juli','Rosaspata','Chuquiapo','Pataz','Puno') ,
    }
 
Oh, and this might also be of relevance for you:

Code:
    civilisationdictionary = {
    # Future civilisations #1: Austria, Cherokee, Chola (Tamil), Kongo, Morocco, Norway, Polynesia, Portugal, Tibet
    # Future civilisations #2: Brazil, Chad, Ghana, Hungary, Indonesia, Mughals, Oman, Poland, Swahili
    'America': {'adjective': 'American', 'leader': 'Abraham Lincoln', 'title': 'President', 'trait1': 'Espionage', 'trait2': 'Military', 'colour1': (80,134,134), 'colour2':(255,255,255)},
    'Arabia': {'adjective': 'Arabian', 'leader': 'Abu Bakr', 'title': 'Khalifah', 'trait1': 'Culture', 'trait2': 'Religion', 'colour1': (192,255,192), 'colour2':(0,128,0)},
    'Assyria': {'adjective': 'Assyrian', 'leader': 'Ashurbanipal', 'title': 'Malka', 'trait1': 'Science', 'trait2': 'Military', 'colour1': (255,217,145), 'colour2':(247,191,0)},
    'Aztec': {'adjective': 'Aztec', 'leader': 'Motecuhzoma Ilhuicamina', 'title': 'Tlatoani', 'trait1': 'Military', 'trait2': 'Religion', 'colour1': (125,225,0), 'colour2':(247,191,0)},
    'Babylonia': {'adjective': 'Babylonian', 'leader': 'Hammurabi', 'title': 'Lugal', 'trait1': 'Food', 'trait2': 'Science', 'colour1': (0,0,128), 'colour2':(247,191,0)},
    'Buganda': {'adjective': 'Ganda', 'leader': 'Muteesa I', 'title': 'Kabaka', 'trait1': 'Food', 'trait2': 'Gold', 'colour1': (64,160,255), 'colour2':(239,206,73)},
    'Byzantium': {'adjective': 'Byzantine', 'leader': 'Flavius Constantinus', 'title': 'Imperator', 'trait1': 'Espionage', 'trait2': 'Religion', 'colour1': (112,0,112), 'colour2':(247,191,0)},
    'Carthage': {'adjective': 'Carthaginian', 'leader': 'Hannibal Barca', 'title': 'Sufet', 'trait1': 'Gold', 'trait2': 'Military', 'colour1': (255,96,0), 'colour2':(64,160,255)},
    'China': {'adjective': 'Chinese', 'leader': 'Shi Huang', 'title': 'Qin', 'trait1': 'Culture', 'trait2': 'Espionage', 'colour1': (255,0,153), 'colour2':(247,191,0)},
    'Egypt': {'adjective': 'Egyptian', 'leader': 'Ramesses II', 'title': 'Pharaoh', 'trait1': 'Food', 'trait2': 'Culture', 'colour1': (255,255,0), 'colour2':(0,0,192)},
    'England': {'adjective': 'English', 'leader': 'Alexandrina Victoria', 'title': 'Queen', 'trait1': 'Gold', 'trait2': 'Culture', 'colour1': (255,154,156), 'colour2':(255,255,255)},
    'Ethiopia': {'adjective': 'Ethiopian', 'leader': 'Dagmawi Minilik', 'title': 'Negus Nagast', 'trait1': 'Espionage', 'trait2': 'Happiness', 'colour1': (0,128,0), 'colour2':(128,255,255)},
    'France': {'adjective': 'French', 'leader': 'Louis Dieudonne', 'title': 'Roi', 'trait1': 'Production', 'trait2': 'Culture', 'colour1': (0,0,255), 'colour2':(247,191,0)},
    'Germany': {'adjective': 'German', 'leader': 'Friedrich II', 'title': 'Konig', 'trait1': 'Production', 'trait2': 'Science', 'colour1': (128,128,128), 'colour2':(0,0,255)},
    'Greece': {'adjective': 'Greek', 'leader': 'Perikles', 'title': 'Strategos', 'trait1': 'Science', 'trait2': 'Culture', 'colour1': (0,255,255), 'colour2':(255,255,255)},
    'Hatti': {'adjective': 'Hittite', 'leader': 'Suppiluliuma I', 'title': 'Tabarna', 'trait1': 'Food', 'trait2': 'Production', 'colour1': (27,187,185), 'colour2':(247,191,0)},
    'Haudenosaunee': {'adjective': 'Haudenosaunee', 'leader': 'Ayenwatha', 'title': 'Hoyaneh', 'trait1': 'Food', 'trait2': 'Happiness', 'colour1': (126,0,192), 'colour2':(79,125,97)},
    'Holy Rome': {'adjective': 'Holy Roman', 'leader': 'Carolus Magnus', 'title': 'Imperator Augustus', 'trait1': 'Gold', 'trait2': 'Espionage', 'colour1': (197,197,197), 'colour2':(247,191,0)},
    'Israel': {'adjective': 'Israelian', 'leader': 'Shlomoh', 'title': 'Melekh', 'trait1': 'Science', 'trait2': 'Espionage', 'colour1': (255,255,255), 'colour2':(0,0,192)}, # Melekh Yisra\'el , but 'TITLE of CIVILISATION' would sound very weird in that case
    'Japan': {'adjective': 'Japanese', 'leader': 'Meiji', 'title': 'Tenno', 'trait1': 'Food', 'trait2': 'Espionage', 'colour1': (255,64,64), 'colour2':(255,255,255)},
    'Khmer': {'adjective': 'Khmer', 'leader': 'Suryavarman II', 'title': 'Riec', 'trait1': 'Production', 'trait2': 'Religion', 'colour1': (0,0,192), 'colour2':(192,0,0)},
    'Korea': {'adjective': 'Korean', 'leader': 'Sejong', 'title': 'Wang', 'trait1': 'Science', 'trait2': 'Happiness', 'colour1': (192,0,0), 'colour2':(80,134,134)}, # Sejong Daewang, Sejong the Great
    'Mali': {'adjective': 'Malinese', 'leader': 'Musa Keita', 'title': 'Mansa', 'trait1': 'Gold', 'trait2': 'Religion', 'colour1': (239,206,73), 'colour2':(0,125,69)},
    'Maurya': {'adjective': 'Mauryan', 'leader': 'Chandragupta Maurya', 'title': 'Maharaja', 'trait1': 'Food', 'trait2': 'Religion', 'colour1': (196,87,255), 'colour2':(255,153,51)},
    'Maya': {'adjective': 'Maya', 'leader': 'K\'inich Janaab Pakal', 'title': 'Ahau', 'trait1': 'Gold', 'trait2': 'Science', 'colour1': (27,187,160), 'colour2':(255,64,64)},
    'Mongolia': {'adjective': 'Mongolian', 'leader': 'Temujin', 'title': 'Khagan', 'trait1': 'Food', 'trait2': 'Military', 'colour1': (99,61,0), 'colour2':(239,206,73)},
    'Netherlands': {'adjective': 'Dutch', 'leader': 'Willem van Oranje', 'title': 'Stadhouder', 'trait1': 'Gold', 'trait2': 'Happiness', 'colour1': (255,153,51), 'colour2':(255,255,255)},
    'Ottomans': {'adjective': 'Ottoman', 'leader': 'Suleyman I', 'title': 'Sultan', 'trait1': 'Production', 'trait2': 'Happiness', 'colour1': (0,64,0), 'colour2':(0,128,0)},
    'Persia': {'adjective': 'Persian', 'leader': 'Darayavahus', 'title': 'Shahanshah', 'trait1': 'Culture', 'trait2': 'Happiness', 'colour1': (247,191,0), 'colour2':(255,0,0)}, #(255,207,0) #(128,0,0)
    'Rome': {'adjective': 'Roman', 'leader': 'Gaius Octavius', 'title': 'Princeps Civitatis', 'trait1': 'Production', 'trait2': 'Military', 'colour1': (128,0,0), 'colour2':(247,191,0)},
    'Russia': {'adjective': 'Russian', 'leader': 'Pyotr Alekseyevich', 'title': 'Tsar', 'trait1': 'Production', 'trait2': 'Espionage', 'colour1': (198,198,0), 'colour2':(79,125,97)},
    'Siam': {'adjective': 'Siamese', 'leader': 'Borommatrailokkanat', 'title': 'Raja', 'trait1': 'Happiness', 'trait2': 'Religion', 'colour1': (180,73,126), 'colour2':(0,0,128)},
    'Sumer': {'adjective': 'Sumerian', 'leader': 'Eannatum', 'title': 'Ensi', 'trait1': 'Science', 'trait2': 'Religion', 'colour1': (64,0,192), 'colour2':(255,96,0)},
    'Spain': {'adjective': 'Spanish', 'leader': 'Carlos V', 'title': 'Rey', 'trait1': 'Culture', 'trait2': 'Military', 'colour1': (255,204,204), 'colour2':(128,0,0)}, #(124,124,26)
    'Tawantinsuyu': {'adjective': 'Tawantinsuyu', 'leader': 'Pachakutiq Yupanki', 'title': 'Sapa Inka', 'trait1': 'Production', 'trait2': 'Gold', 'colour1': (204,0,102), 'colour2':(247,191,0)},
    'Zulu': {'adjective': 'Zulu', 'leader': 'Shaka kaSenzangakhona', 'title': 'Inkosi', 'trait1': 'Happiness', 'trait2': 'Military', 'colour1': (255,255,192), 'colour2':(0,0,0)}
    }
 
Thanks @need my speed. I will look into your list.

Some of the countries have very short lists so maybe with your help I will expand them. But, most of "my" lists were made by natives or by after long researches so the lists are as close as possible to those times of ruler and in his language (greek, turkish, persian, arabian etc. (f.e. in your city list Beijing is the capital, and during Wu Zetian rule it wasn't, or your Aztec lists consists of names outside Triple Alliance in time of Montezuma II).
 
A few weird things I noticed cursorily:
Why is the Khmer Capital Yasodhapura, rather than Angkor Thom, which is where Jayavarman VII moved the capital to in his reign?
Why are all the Carthaginian city names in Latin (Cathago instead of Qart Hadasht)?
 
v3 released with few new endonyms and important fix.
 
cross-pooooost!
Back in college I found a book published in Philadelphia around 1799 that listed then-known 'Iroquois' villages. It was written by a clergyman, and I suspect it was a guide for sending missionaries to 'convert the heathen'. It is the earliest listing of Haudenosneee sites that I have found, but note that the exact spelling of some of the sites is different in later lists and the association of sites and specific groups I would regard as tentative at best. I strongly suspect that the spelling variations with later lists is more due to the difficulty of precisely translating the Haundenosenee into 'normal' English than anything else. For those looking for a Haudenosenee 'city list' it is, at least, a Starting Point. First column is the site, in parentheses the 'tribe' that the booklet associated with it.

Onandaga (Onandaga) Capital
Ahaouet (Onandaga)
Deseroken (Onandaga)
Gadoquat (Onandaga)
Gannentaha (Onandaga)
Kanadaseagea (Onandaga)
Kanatakowa (Onandaga)
Onantatacet (Onandaga)
Tgasunto (Onandaga)
Touenho (Onandaga)

Canadasaga (Seneca)
Cashong (Seneca)
Cattaraugus (Seneca)
Deyodeshot (Seneca)
Gadaho (Seneca)
Geneseo (Seneca)
Honeoye (Seneca)
Kaygen (Seneca)
Nondas (Seneca)
Tonawanda (Seneca)

Chondote (Cayuga)
Ganogeh (Cayuga)
Gayagaanhe (Cayuga)
Gewauga (Cayuga)
Kawauka (Cayuga)
Kiohero (Cayuga)
Neodakheat (Cayuga)
Oneniote (Cayuga)
Onnontare (Cayuga)
Oswego (Cayuga)

Canajoharie (Mohawk)
Canienga (Mohawk)
Nowadaga (Mohawk)
Onoalagona (Mohawk)
Osquake (Mohawk)
Saratoga (Mohawk)
Schaunactada (Mohawk)
Schohari (Mohawk)
Tewanondadon (Mohawk)
Unadilla (Mohawk)

Awegen (Oneida)
Cahunhage (Oneida)
Chittenango (Oneida)
Ganadoga (Oneida)
Oneida (Oneida)
Ossewingo (Oneida)
Ostogeron (Oneida)
Solocka (Oneida)
Tetosweken (Oneida)
Tuscarora (Oneida)

Tribes not specified or Mixed Tribes:

Allaquippa
Cayahuga
Chincklacamoose
Conemaugh
Coshockton
Jedakne
Juniata
Kahendohon
Karaken
Kittaning
Mahoning
Nescopek
Onaweron
Runonvea
Sconassi
Shamokin
Shenango
Tioga
Venango
Youcham
 
New endonyms found :
- Monolithic Church (Ethiopia) => ውቅር ዐብያተ (Amharic) => wik’iri ‘ābiyate => Wik'iri 'Abiyate
- Horse Archer (Huns) => Oqjunt (meaning "Arrow Horse" in ancient turkic)
Sorry but I have nothing better on that front for now
- Sachem's Council (Iroquois) => Hodiyahnehsonh Akhachin (meaning "Council of the Chiefs")

For Punic vocabulary (for Quinquereme and Grand Cothon), unfortunately the only things I've found on the matter are reviews of dictionaries that I can't get access to...
 
@Hinin:
Yes, but they ethnically replaced the native population. A European example would be Twangste (Old Prussian) ==> Königsberg (German) ==> Kaliningrad (Russian)

No, because colonies count, or cities with no other significant attestations like keništa.
If it were me, I would expand the definition of Persian beyond the Acheimenids to be more ethnographic, including successor states and ethnically similar peoples on the list.
Examples:
  • Parthian (Kōmiš, Nisa, Arshak)
  • Sassanid (Parsa-staxra, Ctesiphon)
  • Saka (Sigal, Sakastan)
  • Azerbaijani/Shirvanshah (Baku, Shirvān)
  • Safavid (Tabriz, Qazvin), etc.
Well, I think at this point I've demonstrated that if you gave me control of a city list I would probably focus less on the ruler than you do, but in a case like Dido, who would have considered herself Phoenician, rather than Carthaginian, your two options are to either entirely reorient Carthage to be Phoenicia, or to not focus on Dido's life. Instead, I would focus on a sequence of Carthaginian colonial and imperial expansions.

The thing I'm most excited about, more than messing with the city selection and order, is re-working the Carthage city list so it doesn't use the Latin names, and uses an approximation of Punic instead:
View attachment 524917== TšDHTRQ == QRTHDšT == Qart-Hadasht == Carthage
LLB'M == Liliybaeum
'GDR == Gadir == Gades

The big question is what do you do with Utique, and other Phoenician colonies which predate Carthage? Utique is only 40km away from Carthage and later became an ally/client of Carthage, but had enough autonomy that it brokered its own peace deal from Carthage much earlier and escaped destruction.

Carthaginian city lists:
Spoiler Latinized spelling :
Code:
Qart-Hadasht
Ziz
Kapara
Motya
Hippo
Lixis
Atiq
Cossyra
Olissipona
Cartennae
Lol
Tarras
Hadrumetum
Shalla
Malaka
Iboshim
Oyat
Leptis
Iomnium
Kissi
Tsabratan
Arambys
Tingi
Abdera
Kition
Sexi
Maqom Hadash
Tabarka
Lilybaeum
Cape Melqart
Gadir
Drepana
Bulla
Qart-Hadasht Nova
Mahon
Camarata
Igilgili
Macomades
Rusazus
Paxi
Rhousikada
Zarai
Timici
Rusguniae
Callista
Azama
Rusadir

Spoiler Punic spelling :
Code:
QRTHDšT
SYS
KPR'
HMTW'
'PWN
LKš
'TQ
YRNM
LSPN
QRTTN
LOL
TRS
DRMT
š'LT
MLK'
'BšM
WY'T
LPQY
'Y'MN
Kš
SBRTN
RMB'S
TNG
'BDRT
KTY
SKS
MQMHDšT
TBRK'N
LLB'N
RšMLQRT
'GDR
DPN
BB'L
QRT Nova
Mago
KM'
'YGLGLT
MQM'
RšZ
PKS
RšKD
SR`'
TMKY
RšGNY
KLST
ZM
Rš'DR

Igilgili. The Carthaginians often just transcribed Berber or Numidian place names into their script, and it results in some funny ones.
It's your mod, so it's your call.
This is what @pineappledan found about Punic language.
 
This is what @pineappledan found about Punic language.

Thx, but the problem here is that we need specific vocabulary, and not toponyms (which are usually more simple to find, simply because they stick far more) : we need things like "Five ranks ship" or "Admirality Island" (one of the names for the Great Cothon), all of which requires access to a Punic, or at least a Phoenician, dictionnary (since it's not simple vocabulary). Unfortunately, this kind of book is reserved for those who study the domain thoroughly, and not accessible in common university libraries. It happens that the Sorbonne where I work has a great department for that kind of things (Egyptology, Mesopotamian languages etc), but with the current events it's obviously closed.

I think we should simply wait some more... Maybe when things reopen I can try to gain access to the reserve of the department for a consultation, but that's a big maybe (I'm specialized in police history, so that's a distant topic...).
 
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V4 with some new endonyms from @Hinin available.
 
Just looked at the sql text, and the three endonyms I talked to you about last time aren't in it (Oqjunt, Wik'iri 'Abiyate and Hodiyahnehsonh Akhachin). Tried putting them in it myself, but it didn't work.
 
They were added:
Code:
UPDATE Language_en_US SET Text = 'Oqjunt' WHERE Tag = 'TXT_KEY_UNIT_HUN_HORSE_ARCHER'
UPDATE Language_en_US SET Text = 'Hodiyahnehsonh Akhachin' WHERE Tag = 'TXT_KEY_BUILDING_IROQUOIS_SACHEMS_COUNCIL'
UPDATE Language_en_US SET Text = 'Wik''iri ''Abiyate' WHERE Tag = 'TXT_KEY_IMPROVEMENT_ETHIOPIA_MONOLITHIC_CHURCH'
 
I think it's related to the download link you put in your message for the thread : when in the mod list, the mod appears in v.3, and when doing an auto-research for the words "Oqjunt", "Wik'iri 'Abiyate" and "Hodiyahnehsonh Akhachin" in the sql nothing appears.

Maybe you've put v.3 once again behind the download link for v.4 ?
 
Damn, you are right. When I go back home, I will compile it again and post the correct version.
 
Again v4. Previous download was broken. Ignore it and download again. Sorry for the inconvenience.
 
Thanks a lot for this rapid correction (and sorry for having bothered you with this). I'll recontact you as soon as I can get access to a Punic dictionnary (not for today, but not too late I hope). :)
 
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