[RFC RAND] Ancient Greece

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Spoiler :

This game is played with the RFC RAND mod: Monarch difficulty/ Very high likeness/ Huge map. It's a tutorial type short story playing as Greece

Our story begins at the end of what is known as the Greek Dark Ages (1200 BC - 800 BC). Archaeological evidence from this period is sparse, but historians agree there was a cultural shift after the discovery of Aesthetics.

Greek culture was centered around Priesthood and with the use of Masonry the Temple of Apollo at Delphi (Oracle) was build.

One common view has been that the Pythia, the priestess of the Temple of Apollo, delivered oracles in a frenzied state induced by vapors rising from a chasm in the rock, and that she spoke gibberish which priests reshaped into the enigmatic prophecies preserved in Greek literature.

One such prophecy has been preserved: "And them that take the sword shall perish by the sword." and it is believed it led to the discovery of Metal Casting.

 

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Archaic Greece
(turns 86-107: 820 BC – 505 BC)

Agriculture was the foundation of the Ancient Greek economy. Nearly 80% of the population was involved in this activity. An excellent area of activity for a citizen, it gave birth to a way of life and mores which persisted throughout Antiquity.

Traditionally, the Archaic period of Ancient Greece is taken in the wake of this strong Orientalizing influence during the 8th century BC, which among other things brought the alphabetic script to Greece, marking the beginning of Greek Literature (Homer, Hesiod).

Some Argonauts set off in their quest to find the golden fleece along the coast off the vast lands of Africa.

Greek culture was thriving which eventually led to the construction of the Parthenon in Athenai and the Temple of Artemis in Korinthos.

The theatre of ancient Greece, or ancient Greek drama, is a theatrical culture that flourished in ancient Greece. Western theatre originates in Athens and its drama has had a significant and sustained impact on Western culture as a whole.

Further scientific progress saw the advent of Animal Husbandry and horses were found roaming the lands north of Korinthos. The ancient city of Hierousalem, which had joined the Greek empire a long time ago, was spreading Judaism and the Greeks wanted to adopt Monotheism to put it to good use.

Athens suffered a land and agrarian crisis in the late 7th century, again resulting in civil strife. The Archon (chief magistrate) Draco made severe reforms to the law code in 621 BC (hence Draconian), but these failed to quell the conflict. Eventually the moderate reforms of Solon (594 BC), improving the lot of the poor but firmly entrenching the aristocracy in power, gave Athens some stability.

It has been told that a great prophet emerged and that he advocated building a shrine for the followers of Judaism. The shrine was build and was attracting a lot of wealth from pilgrims from the east.

Rapidly increasing population in the 8th and 7th centuries had resulted in emigration of many Greeks to form colonies in Magna Graecia (Southern Italy and Sicily), Asia Minor and further afield. The emigration effectively ceased in the 6th century by which time the Greek world had, culturally and linguistically, become much larger than the area of present-day Greece.

 

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Classical Greece
(turns 107-119: 505 BC – 325 BC)

During the classical period of Ancient Greece the Colossus of Korinthos was build. In 385 BC (turn 115) the Academy of Plato was founded (Great Library) in Athenai.

Greek culture produced another great artist and it was duly sent to Asia Minor to complete a great work.

By adopting the Phoenician alphabet and modifying it to create the Greek alphabet, the trading of technologies with the far east commenced.

At the end of this period a story about a young Macedonian prince appeared. He was very ambitious, but died at an early age in combat and was forever known as Alexander the Small.

 

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Hellenistic Greece
(turns 119-131: 325 BC – 145 BC)

Hellenistic civilization represents a fusion of the Ancient Greek world with that of the Near East, Middle East and Southwest Asia, and a departure from earlier Greek attitudes towards "barbarian" cultures. The extent to which genuinely hybrid Greco-Asian cultures emerged is contentious; consensus tends to point towards pragmatic cultural adaptation by the elites of society, but for much of the populations, life would probably have continued much as it had before.

The growth of cities was accelerated by the building of harbors, granaries and libraries.

Our argonauts had reached Asia by now and met with the Chinese and Japanese, but they weren't welcomed warmly due to religious differences. With Mathematics and Meditation out of the way, focus went to Greek Philosophy and one such philosopher (great scientist) rapidly progressed philosophical thinking.

As Greece was reaching a golden age, Metal Casting was traded for Monarchy with Babaylonia and for Iron Working with Egypt.

Hereditary Rule and Pacifism were adopted and during the golden age Korinthos started construction of a Great Lighthouse, while Athenai was building a Leaning tower.

 

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Roman Greece
(turns 131-163: 145 BC – 330 AD)

Roman Greece is the period of Greek history (of Greece proper; as opposed to the other centers of Hellenism in the Roman world) following the Roman victory over the Corinthians at the Battle of Corinth in 146 BC until the reestablishment of the city of Byzantium and the naming of the city by the Emperor Constantine as the capital of the Roman Empire (as Nova Roma, later Constantinople) in 330 AD.

… but this never happened. Although Rome was getting envious about the vast Greek Empire, they were pleased with their neighbors for a long time.

Our ancient seafarer had reached the most eastward lands and explored the lands of Terra Australis.

The discovery of Calendar and Compass was leading the way to new navigational techniques and a great merchant from Korinthos granted us Currency, when all of a sudden Rome declared war on Greece.

The war with Rome was lasting this entire period, but the Roman army couldn't find their way to Greece. Greece itself pursued further technological advances with Machinery, Feudalism, Guilds and Optics.

When Greece adopted Vassalage and Organized Religion it entered what is known as the Medieval period.

 

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Medieval Greece
(turns 163 - 178: 330 AD -560 AD)

During the Medieval period, which saw the transformation of Greece into the Byzantine Empire, Greece was raided by several armies.

The Roman army was decimated by the Greek phalanxes and a great mediator brought peace soon after.

Greece discovered further technologies (Code of Laws, Construction, Civil Service), but the main focus was circumnavigating the earth, which the Greeks believed to be round.

In 560 AD Greece reached this final goal and it was a great victory!!!

 

[micbic]

Very good! Thanks for doing the story I finally did not do!

 

[jokoneli]

Great story/tutorial