Culture mechanics when a civ gets destroyed

[gamboy]

I dug out a good old NC49. Now I'm puzzled by the culture mechanics. Few turns ago I conquered Dur-Kurigalzu, it is now still in revolt for another 6 turns, and is 0% English (me), 96% Babylonian (Hammy gets hammered), and 3% Sumerian (two tiles from a Sumerian city with 'Developing' culture). I take now Hammurabi's last city, and what's puzzling me is that Dur-Kurigalzu now changes to 0% English and 99% Sumerian . The other former Babylonian cities all become 100% English as I would have expected. Can somebody explain me how this detail in the culture mechanics does work or hint me to a reference? I attached the civ save (BAT) for this scenario, look at Dur-Kurigalzu, then grab a horse on Akkad's gate and finish Hammy off and see the effect I describe.

So far I has the assumption that when a civ gets destroyed all its city population from the conquered cities turns to the nationality of the conqueror.

Thanks for your help!

 

[shakabrade]

Doesn't culture from destroyed civ just vanish and populatuon nationality represents culture ratios of remaining culture influences?

In your case former 3% Sumerian becomes 99% when Babylonian culture vanishes.

 

[Anysense]

So far I has the assumption that when a civ gets destroyed all its city population from the conquered cities turns to the nationality of the conqueror.

Thanks for your help!

Its culture just vanishes as shakabrade has already written. You might fall into the wrong assumption because captured cities usually don't have third party culture.

 

[gamboy]

Thanks for the answer. This calls then on cramped maps like this for an earlier rush when culture isn't that far yet, or razing with a new settler in the back.

 

[Dewii]

Razing with a new settler won't help, since the culture belongs to the square not to the city. In fact, it will probably not be possible: if you don't own a city there the square will become the property of whatever civilization has the majority culture. (Unless for some reason it's no longer in the cultural radius of a city they control.)