List of trade delegation gifts

Last night I was horrified by a-ping that I shared a Wikipedia article of it in Facebook and posted it as a "fun fact"

Here in the Philippines I thought that aborted duck embryos (balut) are already unique. Never have I thought of eating creepy tarantulas as a snack.
 
Here's my first attempt at such a list, I will update it tomorrow since I'm not using my laptop (which has my game files) at the moment:

Teddy Roosevelt: Apple Pies
Saladin: Rare Snow,sweetest fruit, horse
John Curtin: Small selection of meats contributed to by Australian ranchers
Montezuma I: maize and chocolate
Pedro II: nothing, only a diplomatic delegation
Wilfrid Laurier: Maple Syrup, Wool Blankets, toque
Qin Shi Huang: tea, spices, silk
Poundmaker: Buffalo Robe, Pemmican
Cleopatra: Papyrus
Victoria: nothing, only a royal envoy
Eleanor of Aquitaine: Crystal vase, wine, truffles, dozen troubadours
Catherine de Medici: cheeses, baguettes, herbs, olives,
Frederick Barbarossa: nothing, he tells you to treat the envoy as you would treat him
Pericles: gifts (he makes a joke about Greek bearing gifts)
Gorgo: black broth, olive oil
Matthias Corvinus: Fine lace, crossbow emblazoned with the player's heraldry, paprikash made from Matthias Corvinus' family recipe
Pachacuti: Alpaca wool, turquoise, some cooked cuy
Chandragupta: Spiced Buttermilk,
Gandhi: teas, sarees, sitars
Gitarja: Oncom spore cakes
Hojo Tokimune: Yosegi zukuri
Jayavarman VII: a-ping
Seondeok: Yukpo,
Mvemba a Nzinga: fufu
Alexander: finest wine and olive oil
Mansa Musa: Indigo cloth, Kikeliba tea, one hundred porters carrying sacks of gold dust
Kupe: Pounamu, korowai cloaks, huhu grubs
Lautaro: Charquican, Mapuche cloth
Genghis Khan: Horses, Youth's Bow, Airag,
Wilhelmina: Sabot/Klompen shoes, cheeses, Stroopwafel
Harald Hardrada: runestones
Amanitore: fresh camel liver
Suleiman: rubies, emeralds, goldwork and many delicacies along with a chesnidjibashi (Imperial food taster) to make sure it isn't poisoned.
Cyrus: mirrored glass and pottery
Dido: Murex purple, Lebanon cedar, olives
Jadwiga: Pisanki
Trajan: Pecorino Romano
Peter: caviar
Robert the Bruce: Tweeds, Haggis
Tomyris: gorytos
Philip II: churros
Gilgamesh: jewels, lyres
Kristina: Bandy sticks, pickled herring, lingonsylt, and Knackebrod.
Shaka: Iklwa :eek:

I wished they all gave some sort of food...even bizarre ones :D, Why don't Pedro, Vicky and Fred give anything? I would like some feijoada, bangers and mash, and sauerkraut. :p
 
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I don't remember Alexander and Cyrus ever sending delegations to me, interestingly. Well, Cyrus usually ends up starting next to me, so he goes out before he has a chance :D
 
From DiplomacyStatements_Delegation_Text.xml and other DLC text xmls.

Mvemba: fufu
Catherine de Medici: herbs, olives, various cheeses, and baguettes
Cleopatra: small gift of papyrus
Barbarossa: diplomatic envoy
Gandhi: teas, sarees, and sitars
Gilgamesh: Sumerian jewelry, and lyres
Gorgo: olive oil and black broth
Hardrada: traders with gifts of rune stones
Hojo: yosegi-zukuri
Pedro: diplomatic delegation
Pericles: delegation bearing gifts (without the wooden horse)
Peter: caviar
Philip II: churros
Qin: finest spices, tea, and silk in the Middle Kingdom
Saladin: sweetest fruit, rare snow to cool you on even the hottest day, and the most excellent of horses
Roosevelt: fresh-baked apple pies
Tomyris: decorated gorytos (and she expects you have a bow)
Trajan: Pecorino Romano: the finest salted, sheep's-milk cheese
Victoria: Royal envoy
John Curtin: small selection of meats contributed by our ranchers
Montezuma: maize and chocolate
Gitarja: oncom spore cakes
Jayavarman: a-ping, a fried dish (tarantula)
Alexander: finest wine and olive oil
Cyrus: mirrored glass and pottery from our finest craftsmen
Amanitore: fresh camel liver
Jadwiga: pisanki (blessed)
 
Amanitore's camel liver must apparently be eaten raw.
 
Since this is related, I will list what the leaders ask you to do when visiting their closest city:

Teddy Roosevelt: show you stuffed bears
Saladin: finest arts, most delectable feasts, and melodious adhan
John Curtin: roasted macadamia nuts
Montezuma I: test your skill at Ollamaliztli
Pedro II: asks you if you can dance the samba, enjoy the Carnival
Qin Shi Huang: see terracotta sculptors
Poundmaker: see how the Cree people live
Cleopatra: introduce you to boardgame, Senet
Victoria: extend an invitation to visit her realm, which has "many colonies"
Catherine de Medici: delicacies of food and drink, teach you how to use a fork
Tamar: Visit their capital and behold their defensible tsikhe.
Frederick Barbarossa: see some glory in his city, unless they are rebelling again
Gorgo: sample our hearty black broth
Pericles: Debate politics before enjoying the theater
Chandragupta: Visit and relax at our grand stepwells
Gandhi: listen to the wisdom of Vedic poetry
Gitarja: take a walk through the Kampung
Hojo Tokimune: join him for the oban, he asks if you like jellyfish aemono
Jayavarman VII: visit the prasat to see what the Khmer hold dear
Mvemba a Nzinga: worship with him, then enjoy a meal of chicken moambe
Seondeok: visit their capital. Their seowon are the finest examples of scientific and political thought.
Alexander: walk amongst the bustling Agorai of Macedon and see how trade flourishes among his people
Lautaro: walk among the Chemamull and learn about their ancestors
Genghis Khan: See the Keshik gather
Wilhelmina: learn about their capital and reciprocate....
Harald Hardrada: visit nearby city (it's no Bilskirnir, but it is nice)
Amanitore: see impressive pyramids skyline at dawn
Cyrus: bask in the splendor of Persia's artistry and grand architecture
Jadwiga: enjoy a festive folk dance
Trajan: see his city and be "conquered" by its beauty
Peter: attend a ball at a beautiful dacha in the countryside
Robert the Bruce: visit their capital,
Tomyris: fit you in one of their pointy hats
Philip II: see a bullfight
Gilgamesh: see an ancient tradition of arts and sciences, behold the ziggurats
Shaka: travel to the Zulu capital. There is strength in our ikanda—which you should see for yourself.

Which of these invitations would you seriously accept? I like the ones involving food. :D
 
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Saladin's gift of snow and fruit is based on his real-life gift to an ill Richard the Lionhearted--Saladin sent him fruit in mountain snow (basically the early predecessor to sherbert) and also physicians, who treated Richard. Moments like this are what make history remarkable. Even though they were enemies *during the Crusades no less*, Saladin and Richard treated each other as one would expect chivalrous knights to. :)
 
I think Jadwiga should offer pierogi, my favorite comfort food (except maybe hummus). :D

Amanitore's camel liver must apparently be eaten raw.
Don't make the mistake of cooking it! :p

Saladin's gift of snow and fruit is based on his real-life gift to an ill Richard the Lionhearted--Saladin sent him fruit in mountain snow (basically the early predecessor to sherbert) and also physicians, who treated Richard. Moments like this are what make history remarkable. Even though they were enemies *during the Crusades no less*, Saladin and Richard treated each other as one would expect chivalrous knights to. :)
The relationship between Saladin and Richard I is one of my favorites in history. Another of my favorite Saladin/Richard stories is when Saladin sent Richard one of his horses because a king should not enter battle on foot.
 
I wonder what Trade Delegation Gifts and Foreign City Visit statements would be for possible future Civs?

Kimchi for Korea?
Beaver Hats from Canada?
Rose Hip soup from Sweden?
 
I wonder what Trade Delegation Gifts and Foreign City Visit statements would be for possible future Civs?

Kimchi for Korea?
Beaver Hats from Canada?
Rose Hip soup from Sweden?
Here's some:

Vietnam: dog stew
Ottoman: kebab
Mongols: kumis
Inca: chuño
Sioux: buffalo meat
Canada: maple syrup, bacon, and poutine
Korea: kimichi
Sweden: surströmming

England (alt leader): cottage pie/shepherd's pie
Russia (alt leader): borscht
Spain (alt leader): paella
China (alt leader): Peking duck (if Ming or later)/bears and camels (if Han to Song)
Japan (alt leader): sushi and sashimi
 
Here's some:

Vietnam: dog stew
Ottoman: kebab
Mongols: kumis
Inca: chuño
Sioux: buffalo meat
Canada: maple syrup, bacon, and poutine
Korea: kimichi
Sweden: surströmming

England (alt leader): cottage pie/shepherd's pie
Russia (alt leader): borscht
Spain (alt leader): paella
China (alt leader): Peking duck (if Ming or later)/bears and camels (if Han to Song)
Japan (alt leader): sushi and sashimi

this makes me very hungry now. Now I am craving for maki.
 
Kimchi has been around since the Three Kingdoms of Korea, so I guess that would fit with Seondeok or Sejong as leader.
 
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