Confuzzled

[kmad]

lately I've begun thinking of the logic behind some techs and the units/wonders you get from them..

like Polytheism, I can picture this:

"Hey, what if we believe in more than one god? Let's put some guys on elephants and attack people."

 

[Smash]

There is no logic in much of it.

I've always wondered why Pottery lets you build granaries but Masonary lets you build Pyramids

or why Seafaring gives you a unit to explore land with

or why Automobile lets you build battleships

 

[starlifter]

Industrialization lets you build Womens' Sufferage (PS in every city), but Communism lets you actually build Police Stations.

Gunpowder + Communism can yield Partisans if your city is captured, but you can't build partisans until you "discover" Guerilla Warfare.

 

[Marlos]

Personally, I've often wondered about the "discovery" of Polytheism and/or Monotheism. Not to necessarily turn this thread into a religious, preachy one, but man was created by God. Man did not "discover" God.

 

[Old n Slow]

Map Making lets you build boats (?) and what did the North American Indians do? Medicine & a great theatre? Chemestry and Physics and...nothing? (Wait, maybe that's OK)