Greece: The dawn of Europeans
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Ptolemy (the grand-grand son of Ptolemy) was elected as the president of Hellenic Republic. Oppositions stated that it was a scandal, making republic a dynastic rule. Ptolemy kept a law profile politics. H used the gold accumulated in Greek Treasury to fully fund research of philosophy.
In some years, a new spiritual movement appeared in Hellenic Republic. People across the empire started to love knowledge and wanted to learn more about the world. ("philosophy" means "love of wisedom")
This marked the transition of Greek Civilisation to a new era...
...fullfiling the greek destiny.
That's it! Victory sweet victory!
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In some years, a new spiritual movement appeared in Hellenic Republic. People across the empire started to love knowledge and wanted to learn more about the world. ("philosophy" means "love of wisedom")
Spoiler :
This marked the transition of Greek Civilisation to a new era...
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...fullfiling the greek destiny.
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That's it! Victory sweet victory!
Historians wrote down greek history. These are some of the most important chapters in geopolitical greek history of ancient times:
The first people to make a prolong peace and cooparation in Europe. Greece was born at about 1600BC. Athens, a minor village in middle of Greece will become the capital of one of the most influencial and great empires mankind has ever seen.
Greek colonisation. Greeks travelled far and wide to find new riches and commercial opportunities. The whole mediterranean was more or less colonised.
Conquest of Egypt. Previous colonisation wasn't enough. Egypt was rich in vital metal ores and was a fertile valley, ideal for commercial development.
Conquest of Mesopotamia. Greeks saw Mesopotamians as a threat and destroyed them. Unfortunatelly they couldn't afford to keep these lands. Mesopotamia was completely destroyed by greeks and hittites.
Capture of Jerusalem, spawn of Phoenicians. The collapse of Mesopotamians freed the sailors of fertile crescent. Phoenicians declared their kingdom indepedent. Meanwhile Greeks conquered Judeah, a major religious center and commercious port that strengthened greek economy.
Persian empire and Carthaginian spawn. Cyrus, a gifted military leader managed to conquer Hittites and tried to rebuild mesopotamia. Meanwhile Phoenicians feared of Greeks and Persians decided to move to the west and found their first colony Carthage. However, Carthage was too strong to be controlled by the inisignificant Tyrus and prevailed as the Carthagian empire.
Roman spawn and Greek conquests of Persia. Greeks were fighting Persians back to the east. Meanwhile a great western power spawned. Rome unified Italy under its rule and was preparing to conquer beyond its lands.
Conquest of Persian Shahdom, Bactria, Phoenicia, establishment of Seleukeia. Greeks established greek control over the former Persian empire and destroyed it completely. They conquered Phoenicia angering Carthage.
After a prolonged time of peace the western world was as follows. Greeks had absolute control of middle east, balkans and Iberia. Carthage expanded in northwestern Africa and Rome in Italian Peninsula and Libya. A small celtic kingdom buffered the balkan zone between Rome and Greece. This situation was a reallity for centuries.
Spawn of Ethiopians and Tamils. Two small kingdoms around their older and stronger neighbours. Civilised way of living inspired surounding people.
Roman wars after destruction of Carthage. Romans attacked Carthage and destroyed it completely. Meanwhile Greeks were fighting against Romans.
The end of Roman wars. Greeks conquered Italian peninsula destroying the Romans completely. The result of these three parties wars was the complete destruction of the western powers, Carthage and Rome. Only minor and indepedent kingdoms remained. Greece had ultimate control of Europe and middle east.
The world at 200BC, the date at which Greece discovered philosophy. This marked the end of the ancient and classical era in Europe and the greek victory.
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The first people to make a prolong peace and cooparation in Europe. Greece was born at about 1600BC. Athens, a minor village in middle of Greece will become the capital of one of the most influencial and great empires mankind has ever seen.
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Greek colonisation. Greeks travelled far and wide to find new riches and commercial opportunities. The whole mediterranean was more or less colonised.
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Conquest of Egypt. Previous colonisation wasn't enough. Egypt was rich in vital metal ores and was a fertile valley, ideal for commercial development.
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Conquest of Mesopotamia. Greeks saw Mesopotamians as a threat and destroyed them. Unfortunatelly they couldn't afford to keep these lands. Mesopotamia was completely destroyed by greeks and hittites.
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Capture of Jerusalem, spawn of Phoenicians. The collapse of Mesopotamians freed the sailors of fertile crescent. Phoenicians declared their kingdom indepedent. Meanwhile Greeks conquered Judeah, a major religious center and commercious port that strengthened greek economy.
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Persian empire and Carthaginian spawn. Cyrus, a gifted military leader managed to conquer Hittites and tried to rebuild mesopotamia. Meanwhile Phoenicians feared of Greeks and Persians decided to move to the west and found their first colony Carthage. However, Carthage was too strong to be controlled by the inisignificant Tyrus and prevailed as the Carthagian empire.
Spoiler :
Roman spawn and Greek conquests of Persia. Greeks were fighting Persians back to the east. Meanwhile a great western power spawned. Rome unified Italy under its rule and was preparing to conquer beyond its lands.
Spoiler :
Conquest of Persian Shahdom, Bactria, Phoenicia, establishment of Seleukeia. Greeks established greek control over the former Persian empire and destroyed it completely. They conquered Phoenicia angering Carthage.
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After a prolonged time of peace the western world was as follows. Greeks had absolute control of middle east, balkans and Iberia. Carthage expanded in northwestern Africa and Rome in Italian Peninsula and Libya. A small celtic kingdom buffered the balkan zone between Rome and Greece. This situation was a reallity for centuries.
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Spawn of Ethiopians and Tamils. Two small kingdoms around their older and stronger neighbours. Civilised way of living inspired surounding people.
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Roman wars after destruction of Carthage. Romans attacked Carthage and destroyed it completely. Meanwhile Greeks were fighting against Romans.
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The end of Roman wars. Greeks conquered Italian peninsula destroying the Romans completely. The result of these three parties wars was the complete destruction of the western powers, Carthage and Rome. Only minor and indepedent kingdoms remained. Greece had ultimate control of Europe and middle east.
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The world at 200BC, the date at which Greece discovered philosophy. This marked the end of the ancient and classical era in Europe and the greek victory.
Sanguivorant
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Wow, brilliant story. It will end here, right?
Many analysts and greekologists analysed many data about the ancient and classical greek polities. Here is the results of their work.
Greeks werea big power during bronze age. Transition to iron age found them to be a superpower. Only China and India could compete them.
Greece was the richest land on earth. Its wealth was almost as much as all the other states together.
Greece was the center of worldwide production. Manufacturing goods of Greece were found far and wide, from China to India and from Ethiopia to Tamils.
Greece had the biggest production in food. This explained the big greek population, and the high birth rate.
Greeks were the strongest military power on earth from the beginning. Only Persian and Romans could go against them, but they didn't make it.
Greek culture is the most influencial culture in the world. Even now, classical greek civilisation continues to influence the modern world.
Espisionage was the Achilles' heel of Greece. However, the same was for all powers of that era.
Greeks research was astonishing. However, competition was really strong. Indians were too advanced too and threatened greek supremacy in research fields.
Indexes of development. Greeks lacked only in three things. Aproval rate was the lawest, but it was a characteristic of Republic as it is believed today. Life expectancy was average too. Greeks maintained many wars, and this costs. The worst of all was the imports. Greek state was too large and wealthy making imports too attractive.
Greek cities were the most influencial in the world. Only the Chinese capital Changan could compete greek metropoleis.
Greeks didn't specialise in buildings and units. They only made sure to build odeon in every city. Meanwhile half Republic was settled, while the rest was conquered. The Republic would be 50% larger if Greeks kept the cities they razed.
Greek leadership was the best the world has ever seen. Greeks proved to be excelent electors and chosed the right person to the right position at the right time. Congratulations to them!
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Greeks werea big power during bronze age. Transition to iron age found them to be a superpower. Only China and India could compete them.
Spoiler :
Greece was the richest land on earth. Its wealth was almost as much as all the other states together.
Spoiler :
Greece was the center of worldwide production. Manufacturing goods of Greece were found far and wide, from China to India and from Ethiopia to Tamils.
Spoiler :
Greece had the biggest production in food. This explained the big greek population, and the high birth rate.
Spoiler :
Greeks were the strongest military power on earth from the beginning. Only Persian and Romans could go against them, but they didn't make it.
Spoiler :
Greek culture is the most influencial culture in the world. Even now, classical greek civilisation continues to influence the modern world.
Spoiler :
Espisionage was the Achilles' heel of Greece. However, the same was for all powers of that era.
Spoiler :
Greeks research was astonishing. However, competition was really strong. Indians were too advanced too and threatened greek supremacy in research fields.
Spoiler :
Indexes of development. Greeks lacked only in three things. Aproval rate was the lawest, but it was a characteristic of Republic as it is believed today. Life expectancy was average too. Greeks maintained many wars, and this costs. The worst of all was the imports. Greek state was too large and wealthy making imports too attractive.
Spoiler :
Greek cities were the most influencial in the world. Only the Chinese capital Changan could compete greek metropoleis.
Spoiler :
Greeks didn't specialise in buildings and units. They only made sure to build odeon in every city. Meanwhile half Republic was settled, while the rest was conquered. The Republic would be 50% larger if Greeks kept the cities they razed.
Spoiler :
Greek leadership was the best the world has ever seen. Greeks proved to be excelent electors and chosed the right person to the right position at the right time. Congratulations to them!
Following spoilers contain some files that helped me figuring out the elections and some ideas for next stories. And of course I attach the save.
Voting candidates:
Rules:
Yes it will. This will propably be my last post in this story. I hope you enjoyed as much as I did, and to be honest it is one I enjoyed the most, both the story and the gameplay. Thanx all of you for your participation!
![[party]](/images/smilies/partytime.gif "Party [party]")
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Yes it will. This will propably be my last post in this story. I hope you enjoyed as much as I did, and to be honest it is one I enjoyed the most, both the story and the gameplay. Thanx all of you for your participation!
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Encore!
Sanguivorant
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Any plans to start a new story?
I thought about Russia. I will think about it after a month.
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