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Merchant
I probably got Civilization 5 just because I love history and geography.
I learned that Shaka didn't use his impis very well in the past. I mean...they are so strong! With proper decision, he would have been the king of the world and we would everyone be the slave of his majesty, the actual king of ZuluLand. What a noob...
As someone who majored in History, I think Civ is great for inspiring people to read and learn more about history.
Sure, there is a lot of incorrect information there, but if kids at school played Civ, maybe more people would care about history and knowledge.
Saying that Civ is bad for History because it has incorrect info is the same as saying that tv shows about astronauts are bad because they don't give all exact details and information. It is about making dreams and inspiring people, not being a boring encyclopedia.
Civ is certainly the jumping off point for reading a lot in Wikipedia.
Does anyone know where they get all this civilopedia information? Do they have some cooperation with some historians or they just have some team, which concludes some info from some various information sources? This is interesting question to ask to Firaxis, isn't it?
I'm 99% sure the majority of the info comes from Wikipedia...