Swein Forkbeard
Nintendo Fan
Did they have Luanda and Maputo back then?
City names.
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Did they have Luanda and Maputo back then?
dazman92
Gabba Gabba Hey!
the region in question is Newfoundland.
btw, i always name my ottoman capital "Not Constantinople"
well, not always, but most of the time...
Hold The Onion
Chieftain
I usually call it Constantinople if I capture it to change it back. My friend always changes New York to New Amsterdam.
Thermopylae wasnt on the grrek list
And that's my favorite city name of all time!
Swein Forkbeard
Nintendo Fan
Umm... I just noticed that Abdera, home to the Greek philosopher Democritus, is a Carthaginian city.
Actually, during Ottoman times Istanbul was actually called Konstantiniyye, NOT Istanbul. So the Ottoman capital should actually be named Constantinople.
Umm... I just noticed that Abdera, home to the Greek philosopher Democritus, is a Carthaginian city.
There's another Abdera, in Spain, founded by Phoenician traders.
Luanda was founded in 1575, Maputo (known in Civ3 by its old name Lourenco Marques) in 1876.
It's kinda weird that some civs have cities in their lists that were in overseas territories (as previously mentioned, like Vikings, Romans, Persians, Mongolians etc), yet some do not. For example, the English empire does not have american, indian or australian cities in their list. No ex-spanish or French colonial cities either. I guess that's for sensitivity reasons. It would be a bit insensitive to put Boston or Delhi in the english cities list
I think it would be more impracticle then insensitive. Start giving America's biggest cities back to their founders and there might not be much left for an American civ. I'm curious also. Was Delhi settled by the British as Boston was? If not it may not be as suitable, as Boston is, for the British city name list.
ParadigmShifter
Random Nonsense Generator
There are towns in the UK called Boston and Washington already. But why oh why did they want another Birmingham in the US?
Swein Forkbeard
Nintendo Fan
Right. The name "Istanbul" didn't become official for that city until AFTER WWI.
Nobody here is talking about Korea much, I see. Well, their 4th city is Pusan, and their 3rd is Wonsan. Wonsan is a NORTH KOREAN city, while Pusan, South Korea, is much larger population-wise.
And it can't be for historical reasons, because otherwise Pyongyang would be the capital name (yes, Pyongyang is older than Seoul).
Swein Forkbeard
Nintendo Fan
Mali has Agadir in its city list, which is a Moroccan city that is known for a huge earthquake it suffered.
Both the Ottomans and Persians have Tarsus in their city lists.
Bushface
Deity
I've just looked at Soooooooooo's list of English cities: it includes "Notthingham", not a place I know, though I have been to Nottingham. OK, it's just a typo, I know.
Why that list includes Richmond is a mystery almost as deep as The Mumbles. Yes. there is a place called Richmond (in Yorks.) but it doesn't appear in the World Gazetteer list of the 1000 most populous places.
Why that list includes Richmond is a mystery almost as deep as The Mumbles. Yes. there is a place called Richmond (in Yorks.) but it doesn't appear in the World Gazetteer list of the 1000 most populous places.
Delhi was settled back in the 10th century iirc, but Calcutta was a British-built city (in 1690) and was the capital city of (British) India until 1911.
Onagan
The Dutch
I wonder which city the capitol of England would be. London in founded by the Romans as Londinium.
Hanseong was the capital of the Korean Empire between 1394-1910, after the collapse of the Empire the capital was renamed Gyeongseong. And after 1945 that city was renamed Seoul.
So Seoul is the right capital of the Koreans.
Catharsis
catch u on the flip scythe
The Mumbles is in because it's where Catherine Zeta Jones was born.
And Berwick was at war with Russia for over a century. Show some respect. (Of course, that assumes they were at war in the first place.)
And Berwick was at war with Russia for over a century. Show some respect. (Of course, that assumes they were at war in the first place.)
Onagan
The Dutch
And where should I know her from??
ParadigmShifter
Random Nonsense Generator
Err she's married to Michael Douglas and was in Zorro. She's quite the hotty.
The idea was to unite the notion of the new settlements in the US with industry, and Birmingham at the time was a major British industrial center (along with Manchester and Liverpool, etc.)...
There are going to be some repeats on the lists (and many are already listed here)...I'd say if they cannot be obviously confused with each other, keep them both in and suspend disbelief--make it easy.
EDIT: On including overseas "colonial" possessions as city names, I would say that Boston and Calcutta aren't on the English list despite being founded as English colonial possessions are because there are major civilizations that currently control those settlements in the game. Now, if you listed Port Royal for England or Quebec for France, since those regions aren't currently represented by a major civilization in the game, then it's a different story.
