C2C - Useful News and Links - Discussion & Organization

[rightfuture]

Someone Beat the Vikings to America
http://arstechnica.com/science/2013...vikings-into-the-north-atlantic-by-500-years/

The Faroe Islands, a remote archipelago between Scotland and Iceland, could have been inhabited 500 years earlier than was previously thought, according to a startling archaeological discovery. The islands were thought to have been colonized by the Vikings in the 9th century AD. However, dating of peat ash and barley grains has revealed that humans had actually settled there somewhere between the 4th and 6th centuries AD.

Love this Civ shattering news.

 

[SargontheGreat2]

The Faroe Islands are part of Norway and Europe, or is it Scotland? Too much CKII, I know more about Europe in 867 then today

 

[rightfuture]

The Faroe Islands are part of Norway and Europe, or is it Scotland? Too much CKII, I know more about Europe in 867 then today

Lol, Thank you SargontheGreat2,

I think I know more about the Future, and Prehistory than actual recorded History. Though that's probably not true.

Yes, it appears true that the Faroe Islands are more Europe than America. Sorry about not catching that.
Not so Earth shattering.

Do you have any interesting links that could apply to C2C?

 

[rightfuture]

Here's another new link.

5 Oldest Cities in the World That Are Still Around
http://history-facts.top5.com/5-old...-that-are-still-around/?ViewOnSinglePage=true

If you talk about the oldest city in the United States, that would be St. Augustine, Florida, with four and a half centuries of history. But in some parts of the world, St. Augustine would be considered the new part of town. The Middle East in particular has cities that are thousands of years old, with names you may recognize from the Bible. The oldest cities on Earth blend modern living with the traditions and lifestyles of their era.

Not sure how useful it will end up being either. But I find it somewhat interesting in terms of Civ gameplay.

 

[rightfuture]

And a better link than the previous on a similar subject

Scientists Have Found New Evidence to Show How Early Humans Migrated Into Europe
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130812102719.htm

Humans originated in Africa. But what route did they take as they began to disperse around the world 60,000 years ago? A new professor at the University of Huddersfield has played a key role in finding the answer to one of the most fundamental questions in the history of humankind.

 

[rightfuture]

DNA reveals details of the peopling of the Americas
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/gen...veals_details_of_the_peopling_of_the_Americas

The analysis, published August 12 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, supports the widely accepted notion of an initial coastal migration wave. A second wave of migration probably left Siberia only a couple thousand years after the first wave. Instead of trickling down the coast, the second group slipped through an ice-free corridor running from Alaska into what is now southern Canada, the team found. The second wave never made it south of the present-day United States.

The mixture of first-wave and second-wave genetic signatures in some Native Americans today indicates that the newcomers and existing populations interbred.

A third wave of migration started around 4,000 years ago in Alaska and swept mostly eastward across Canada.

 

[rightfuture]

The Entire History of the World—Really, All of It—Distilled Into a Single Gorgeous Chart
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vaul...ory_of_the_world_distilled_into_a_single.html

A real world chart of a game like Civ! Do you think it was an inspiration?

 

[rightfuture]

Population boom might not have set off “human revolution”
http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/06/population-boom-might-not-have-set-off-human-revolution/

About 50,000 years ago, modern humans left Africa and began occupying the rest of the world. The common thought is that a sudden growth in population caused the so-called “human revolution,” which gave birth to language, art, and culture as we know it today. Now, based on something that’s not obviously related to human culture—the size of shellfish fossils—researchers have challenged that model.

 

[rightfuture]

And Finally found my 'better' one on reaching the Americas


Humans may have reached the Americas 22,000 years ago
http://www.newscientist.com/article...he-americas-22000-years-ago.html#.UhdOaD_hd7E

Humans lived in South America at the height of the last ice age, thousands of years earlier than we thought, according to a controversial study. A team claims to have found 22,000-year-old stone tools at a site in Brazil, though other archaeologists are disputing the claim.

The team dated the sediments in which the tools were buried using a technique that determines when the sediments were last exposed to light. Some tools were buried 22,000 years ago – thousands of years earlier than any known human colonisation of the Americas.

For decades, archaeologists thought that the Clovis people were the first to enter the Americas, 13,000 years ago. But since the 1980s evidence has accumulated for an earlier colonisation, at least 15,000 years ago.

 

[rightfuture]

And here is one of submitted favorites, in case anyone missed it - for alternate timelines of course.

Spoiler :

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The USA Could Have Had A Tank To Fight The Revolutionary War
http://jalopnik.com/5923086/the-usa-could-have-had-a-tank-to-fight-the-revolutionary-war

A little something like tanks, which was something technically feasible at the time though never attempted. Here's how it would have worked.

Wanted to lay out the details out for an actual unit when I had time,
MrAzure encouraged me to get them out, so people could help.
(I have a lot more than this and didn't want to completely overwhelm people.)

 

[rightfuture]

How is this for a cool map to play C2C!

Spoiler :

and for anyone wanting to make a proper starting GEM or Standard Map

Spoiler :

Prehistoric - Ice Age Map

38 Maps You Never Knew You Needed
http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/maps-you-never-knew-you-needed?dummy=1

Enough for Now-
This Brain Dump was inspired by a previous chat with MrAzure to actually share some of my C2C related links.
If you want to discuss, add, or beat them!
Please share your own links away! (I can't be the only person who found Civ related links!!)

 

[Yudishtira]

The USA Could Have Had A Tank To Fight The Revolutionary War
http://jalopnik.com/5923086/the-usa-could-have-had-a-tank-to-fight-the-revolutionary-war

A little something like tanks, which was something technically feasible at the time though never attempted. Here's how it would have worked.

Wanted to lay out the details out for an actual unit when I had time,
MrAzure encouraged me to get them out, so people could help.
(I have a lot more than this and didn't want to completely overwhelm people.)

That is not a tank! (Where a tank has armour, that has...nothing whatsoever!) It's a Cannon pulled by a wagon/tractor, which probably is less effective in doing so than a large horse or two.