ChineseWarlord
Prince
Winning the Historical Way is a series of posts where I ask the community for help with some of the tougher UHVs (for me) anyway with the added caveat that it is EXTRA historical. What these means is that I achieve the UHV required while also trying to achieve these goals in descending order of importance:
Building all wonders historically built by the civilization I'm playing
Not building any wonders not historically built by it
Not Changing to civics that do not make historical sense (no Republic for China for example)
Settling or conquering all historical and contested areas
Avoiding settling or conquering all foreign areas.
The first thing I did playing as Sumeria was to conquer the Independent Civs Nippur and Halab. These cities start with a single militia defending them and so should easily be done in by your vulture. Build granaries in these cities. Nippur will build vultures only, as it will be automatically destroyed with the rise of Babylon, which will also be your replacement city for Nippur. Halab, renamed to Khalpe, will build vultures as well, and later archers. I can't stress enough the importance of keeping up your military. You won't really have the opportunity to conquer cities once your opponents get metal weapons, so you must play defensively. You will be attacked by the Assyrians, and later the Persians, who get huge doomstacks.
Of course, there is the matter of technology. You won't have time to build libraries in every city, but try to build at least one, so as to ensure you meet the tech goal in time. Also use your unique power wisely. Manually research cheaper techs, and free-research more expensive ones, obviously. Especially important ones are Ceremony (for monarchy), Arithmetics (for redistribution), and Construction (for walls). City population shouldn't be an issue, but be sure to keep an eye on your cities. Late game will be a time of constant warfare, and if you are negligent, it's not outside the realm of possibility that you will lose population.
The Sumerian civilization has lasted over 2,500 years. Through it all, there have been various Barbarians, the Assyrians, and the Persians that have tried to consign them to the ashbin of history, but they have held firm. However, the latest threat comes far from the west, in the form of the Kingdom of Macedon. Has the luck of the Sumerians finally run out? The answer to such questions will have to be left to your imaginations.
Building all wonders historically built by the civilization I'm playing
Not building any wonders not historically built by it
Not Changing to civics that do not make historical sense (no Republic for China for example)
Settling or conquering all historical and contested areas
Avoiding settling or conquering all foreign areas.
The first thing I did playing as Sumeria was to conquer the Independent Civs Nippur and Halab. These cities start with a single militia defending them and so should easily be done in by your vulture. Build granaries in these cities. Nippur will build vultures only, as it will be automatically destroyed with the rise of Babylon, which will also be your replacement city for Nippur. Halab, renamed to Khalpe, will build vultures as well, and later archers. I can't stress enough the importance of keeping up your military. You won't really have the opportunity to conquer cities once your opponents get metal weapons, so you must play defensively. You will be attacked by the Assyrians, and later the Persians, who get huge doomstacks.
Of course, there is the matter of technology. You won't have time to build libraries in every city, but try to build at least one, so as to ensure you meet the tech goal in time. Also use your unique power wisely. Manually research cheaper techs, and free-research more expensive ones, obviously. Especially important ones are Ceremony (for monarchy), Arithmetics (for redistribution), and Construction (for walls). City population shouldn't be an issue, but be sure to keep an eye on your cities. Late game will be a time of constant warfare, and if you are negligent, it's not outside the realm of possibility that you will lose population.
The Sumerian civilization has lasted over 2,500 years. Through it all, there have been various Barbarians, the Assyrians, and the Persians that have tried to consign them to the ashbin of history, but they have held firm. However, the latest threat comes far from the west, in the form of the Kingdom of Macedon. Has the luck of the Sumerians finally run out? The answer to such questions will have to be left to your imaginations.
