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Update 4 - 3600 B.C.

After an armed escort and army arrives in Babylon's Northern borders, the Assyrians grudgingly agree to leave Babylonian lands.

In Egypt, roads between the main cities are finally completed. The Egyptians are among the most advanced people in the world, and their impressive wonder ever grows. It's Northern neighbors, the Lower Egyptians, have gained access to a large coast and conduct basic trade regularly now.

In Anatolia, the Lydians begin rough trade with all neighboring civilizations. They by now have contact with Thrace, Macedonia, Athens, and Phoenicia, with strong rumors of a foreign civilization further inland of Anatolia. The Phoenicians inquire about a possible future trade route.

In Japan, Kyoto continues to grow. It's road system at this time rivaled that of modern day cities. With an upgraded army the Japanese expand all over their island home. Their high culture results in many ainu joining them, forming 2 new cities. A foreign explorer soon docks at one of them and sends greetings from his nation. Also of note, some ask that the roads in Kyoto be extended to Kobe and Hiroshima as well.

After heavy fighting in Northern Italia, the Romans have gained significant ground on the enemy lombards. However, the Lombards have by now managed to overrun the Etruscans. Further South, the city of Tarentum is established, but the people complain of a lack of roads.

The Mauryan Empire continues to expand in the jungles of India. It's population is hampered by the difficulty of growing food and they look to their leader for a solution. The recent completion of a wonder has been a tremendous boost to the country.

In Erie, chiefatin Brian Boru has gained almost complete control of the neighboring clans. All that remains is a small pocket in the Southeast. The economy is bettered due to roads, while the receny completion of a great monument has helped as well. The Irish are now the most cultured people in the world.

In Southeast Asia, the Khmer have finally reached the sea. They name it the gulf of Khmer in honor of their accomplishment, and go about expanding in all directions. Messangers from Siam and Mon arrive.

Poland switches the capital to Gdansk, but a recent series of beutification projects in Poznan stop the people from abandoning it. A frontier city named Warszawa appears, and some people looking for a quiet life move there. Contact is established with the Lithuanian Balts of the North.

In Israel the Jews continue to live in relative peace and harmony. A trade route is opened with the Phoenicians while a wonder is start in the outskirts of Jerusalem. People predict great things will happen upon it's completion.

In Germany the people try to domesticate horses but fail. Asides from central Asia, horses are too weak to support humans... at least untill Iron Age. However, some think that war chariots would be a good application. Also of note is the economy boost from the recently completed wonder.

Xia China proclaims itself destinied ruler of all the Chinese people. It's low culture however gives them trouble with the surrounding North. Via a Korean colony in the Northeast they now have a colony with thse people.

In Thrace, the king modernizes the military and expands in all directions he can. The people are content and he now has contact with the Lydians. The recently completed wonder has provided above average expansion.

Mogadishu becomes active with a new ruler. They increase their army rapidly and start a new wonder.

Athens establishes colonies on Crete and Agean islands. They have contact with Lydia but the two nations aren't communicating with each other. Back on the mainland, the Athenians expand further North.

In Srivijaya, the people begin the Temple of Teten in Palembang. A great growth of culture occurs, as the empire rapidly expands, both on it's own island and on java, where they make contact with the Majapahit peoples.

The Nomadic tribe known as the huns have awoken from a three-century long slumber. However they're far from civilized, not even having a capital yet.

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From Phoenicia
To Lydia

Would you be interested in starting a trade route? We could offer you dyes but we wonder what luxury you could give us in return.

From Korea
To Japan

Greetings friends. A non agression pact?

From Mon
To Siam

Hello. What would you say to a future trade route?

From Siam
To Khmer

Help us conquer the Mon, and we shall rule Southeast Asia together.

From Lithuania
To Poland

Greetings, trade?

From Denmark
To Germany

We would rather you not expand any further North.
 
3600 B.C.
 

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aaminion how come my army is still 1900? I ordered an increase by 2000 (using an economy level per 1000, so 2 economy levels)
 
Originally posted by Kamilian1
aaminion how come my army is still 1900? I ordered an increase by 2000 (using an economy level per 1000, so 2 economy levels)

fixed
 
Which one is Mon and which one is Siam?
 
Athens establishes colonies on Crete and Agean islands. They have contact with Lydia but the two nations aren't communicating with each other. Back on the mainland, the Athenians expand further North.

Actually, we have had extensive negotiations :).
 
King Chandragupta watched at his city. Pataliputra was a wondeful city, but the people were hungry adn the Population was growing slowly. The King decided to use the Ganges river to produce more food. One of his scientist had invented a new method to irigate the fields. The water was conducted to the fields, using a complex system of tubes and pumps. The food production was rapidly increased by using this method. But in times of droughts the people still starved to death, because of the lack of food. The King decided to build granerys in every viallage and every city. The farmers had to put a small amount of their harvest in this granerys and iIn times of needs, the stored food was shared among the people.

The King was fascinated by this new buildings, and he decided to start a massive project, the Grand Ganges Garnery. This Granery would be used to feed the great Armys of the Mauryan Empire in times of need, allowing a much greater ermy then before.


Orders:
-grow economy
-expand north towards Tibet
-try to etablish conntact with Tibet
-New Wonder: Grand Ganges Granery (5x army)
-build granerys throughout the country
-irrigate the fields using the ganges river
 
Nation: Mongols
Ruler: Chief Temujin
Goverment: Tribalism
Capital: Kara-Korum
Religion: Shamanism
Economy: 1
Culture: 1
Age: Bronze Age
Army: 7000 men
Navy: none


Yacky culture.... but than again, who cares? I shall take the Mongols :)
 
Mongolia
The Chief Temujin decleared a fast expansion northward should begin until huge water resources will be discovered.
Roads were being built to the north to begin the expansion. Huge amounts of men were sent to the north in a huge offense.

Orders
Expand by map.
Grow economy by building roads northward.
 
The Assyrians agreed to leave, and the whole nation breathed a great sigh of relief. War was prevented! Thanks to Hammurabi's diplomatic negociation. A large economic project was begun to celebrate. Meanwhile, at the Ziggurat, paid workers move heavy stone blocks up ramps. The Ziggurat will be a giant garden/temple. The people rejoice as yet another story is completed in the Great Ziggurat. Uruk and Babylon traded goods with one another. A greater means of transportation was needed. A road. One was built between the two cities, spurring trade. Hammurabi looks from his balcony and sees happy, productive, worshipful citizens.

- Grow Economy
- Continue Wonder
- Expand Northeast
- Build a road

To: Israel
From: Babylon

We respect your religion and desire to live in peace with your obviously advanced civilization.
 
Shogun Yamato stood on his balcony, overlooking the palace's flower garden. His mind swarmed with the recent goings-on in his nation. First had come the founding of his two great new cities, Kobe and Hiroshima. Already the people there cried for the connection of Kyoto's road system to their cities. Yamato knew that for those cities to thrive they needed infrastructure as advanced as that found in the Capital. And so he ordered that roads be built connecting Kyoto to the two outlying cities. Along these roads, small settlement... "really little more than way-stations," he thought... were to be built. This way travelers could sleep for a night and have a decent meal as they moved between the cities. He also ordered the building of improvements within Kobe and Hiroshima. Both cities would be fortified with great stone walls like those around Kyoto. Both would also benefit from public parks and temples. In Hiroshima a great harbor was to built, increasing sea trade and fishing, and also setting the groundwork for a great Japanese navy. Such things would make his citizens happy. But the Shogun had more to worry about than just his own people.

The embassery from Korea had been well received. Though his people had been at first suspicious and hostile towards the newcomer, when he managed to explain that he was on a peaceful mission to contact us, Japan had bestowed upon him the best of its hospitality. He had been brought before the Shogun, where he underwent a ceremony making him an honorary Japanese citizen and an honorary member of the imperial court. Yamato had then thrown a large feast in his honor, with fine foods from throughout the island: rice, noodles, meso soup, sushi, numerous varieties of broiled, boiled, and fried fish, crab, and beef, with beer and sake of the finest quality to drink. Shogun Yamato hoped this help seal a friendship with the Korean people.

The final question that kept swimming through Yamato's mind was what to do about his friends and allies the Tokugawa. The Tokugawa Shogunate had fought alongside Japan and had proven themselves good friends. Yamato had had Tokugawa himself to dine at the palace several times. But the old Tokugawa shogun had died, and had left no rightful heir, and so an illegitimate son with no real claim to the throne had come to power. He was a weak boy, both physically and mentally. His councillors had no confidence in him, his mother made most of his policy for him, and his people were becoming uneasy. There was even word that some yearned for the advanced infrastructure and thriving economy enjoyed by the Japanese. Yamato had an idea, but he feared the possible consequences. He could offer the Tokugawa people a chance to peacefully join the Japanese nation, with all the benefits of Japanese citizenship and culture, plus semi-autonomy over their domestic affairs. Yamato knew many would spring for this opporunity, but feared the young new Shogun would not be mature enough to do what was right for his people. On top of that, he commanded a sizable army -- though the loyalty of his troops to their Shogun was somewhat questionable. Yamato decided he had no other choice. He would send the offer to the Tokugawa.

To Korea:
Agreed. The Japanese people, though skilled in the arts of war, are fundamentally peace-loving. Our terms for the treaty are as follows: Korea will agree to make no expansion into the Home Islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. Korea will also make no expansion into Sakhalin Island, the Ryukyu Islands, or the Kuril Islands. Similarly, Japan will not expand into the Korean Peninsula, the Sikhote-Alin Mountains, or Manchuria. Neither Japan nor Korea will launch agressive war against the other. Deal?

To Tokugawa:
Friends, we have fought side-by-side in war, and lived side-by-side in peace. We speak the same language, worship the same religion, eat the same food, and are descended from the same ancestors. Why should it be that you live in a society with a failing economy, insufficient infrastructure, low quality of life, and restricted civil liberties? We cannot sit by idly while our brothers live in squalor. I hereby offer you the opportunity to join the Empire of Japan as full citizens. You will have all the rights of Japanese citizens, will benefit from the same infrastructure projects as those going on in Kyoto, Kobe, and Hiroshima, will prosper under the Japanese economy, and will retain semi-autonomy in your domestic affairs. Do you accept this offer, given to you in peace and friendship?

Orders:
-Build infrastructure of Kobe and Hiroshima. Build walls, a public park, and a temple in each. Build a large harbor in Hiroshima.
-Connect Kyoto, Kobe, and Hiroshima by roads. Build a way-station every few miles along these roads where travelers can stop to sleep, eat, and drink.
-Build the economy through the expansion of road networks, domestic sea trade via Hiroshima, agriculture in Kobe, and commercial fishing and other sea harvesting in Hiroshima.
-Continue to expand at the fastest rate possible. Show the Ainu tribes of the island the glory of Japanese culture and try to peacefully incorporate them into the empire.
 
Emperor Charles I sat in his glorious throne in Gdansk, the new capital of Poland. His grandfather was right: there was indeed a danger of people completely abandoning Poznan after the seat of power had been moved north. However, the frantic beautification efforts set into motion by the late Casimir II had not only encouraged people that stayed behind after the imperial family left to remain in Poznan and continue making it a thriving city, but it had also jetissoned Poznan into the #1 position of the world's most beautiful non-capital cities. Of course the Poles never heard of some of the runner-ups - "That one city"? "Hiroshima"? Some adults in Poland dismissed those as simple old wives' tales or figments of the childrens' imaginations. Everyone knew about Hamburg, one of the cities of Poland's first, great ally Germany. Even Corinth sounded a bit more familiar since there were rumors of more nations south of Poland.

Meanwhile, the new city of Warszawa, built on the river that the Poles called Wisla, developed into a perfect retreat from the busy streets of Poznan or Gdansk. The city had its own natural beauty and the river flowing right through the city's middle, dividing it into equal halves - west and east - seemed to highlight that natural beauty. But it was nowhere near as beautiful as Gdansk, Even if it were, Charles decided that Gdansk would remain as the capital. Poland needs a stable capital, not one that jumps to every new city that is built every 100 years. Warszawa was still missing a marketplace - Gdansk and Poznan already had theirs, while hooligans screwed up commerce in the newly-built city. This had to be rectified.

While expanding northeast, the Poles stumbled upon another nation - Lithuania. They had asked for trade but Poland could not afford to start one, and it seemed that neither could Lithuania. Charles saw potential in a relationship with these Balts and, since he had yet to wed, offered to marry the Lithuanian ruler's eldest daughter Olga (I just made up the name). The age difference wasn't much - only 15 years Such a marriage could not only bring both nations into closer relationship but pave the way for an eventual union of the two nations into one, with power shared between both domains.

Not long after Charles sent the courier did Chieftain Mindaugus of Lithuania accept the offer. Princess Olga married Emperor Charles. The union also meant that should the Lithuanian ruling Mindaugus family ever fall, Lithuania would automatically join Poland. The couple left Kaunas, the Lithuanian capital, for the Polish capital, Gdansk. The people cheered as their Emperor arrived with his beautiful new wife, though some were disappointed that the marriage did not immediately unite the two nations into one. There was a feast after the parade. All of Poland's aristocrats and Lithuanian Chieftain Mindaugus were present. 2 months later, Olga was already with child - the ultimate culmination of the marriage.

Diplo
From Emperor Charles I of the Polish Imperium


To Lithuanian ruler:
While I cannot afford to start a trade route right now, I can offer myself to marry your eldest daughter Olga. This would bring our two nations into a much closer relationship, and perhaps even eventual unification - something that would benefit each of our people equally. How about it?

Orders
Build marketplace in Warszawa. (Increase Economy)
Continue the Great Shipyards of Gdansk.
Keep 1000 troops throughout Poland to keep ordered.
Use the remaining 2900 to expand. (Expansion destinations: *SECRET* 1900 towards the northeast, go around Lithuania so that it's ALMOST surrounded - don't surround it completely! Once they reach the location of modern-day Vilnius, build the city of Wilno. The other 1000 go toward the south.*SECRET*)
Edit: Put in orders and an addition to the story - marriage!
 
From Lithuania
To Poland

I grant you my daughter's hand in marriage. Keep in mind I have a son though. However if my branch of the royal family ever falls, the responsibility of protecting Lithuania will fall on you.

From Korea
To Japan

Most excellant. We agree to all of your proposals.

From Tokugawa
To Japan

Your culture is obviously superior to ours, we will join you.
 
To Tokugawa:
We welcome and embrace you, my friends! May you grow and prosper under the banner of Japan as brothers!

To Korea:
Wonderful, wonderful! May our great nations live in peace until the last days of the Earth.

Additional Orders:
-Build roads into former Tokugawa territory to incorporate it into the empire.
 
From Poland
To Lithuania:
I grant you my daughter's hand in marriage. Keep in mind I have a son though. However if my branch of the royal family ever falls, the responsibility of protecting Lithuania will fall on you.
Very well. We agree. I, Emperor Charles I Piast of Poland, marry your daughter, Princess Olga Mindaugus of Lithuania. I shall take her back to Gdansk with me so that she may walk amongst our people, learn our ways, and so that we may produce Piast-Mindaugus offspring.
 
Egypt

Nomarch Mery looked throughout his lands which increasing fast but not fast enough for his liking. So he had his men carry more water and other supplys so that they could last the the desert areas a bit longer for expansion. In Luxor morale was going up since the Karnak Temples were nearing halfway in completion. But another thing troubled Mery, it was lower Egypt. The fact that the two had not unified to for one great Egypt was somewhat unsettling. After all they were practically the same people with the same culture. So he sent an important messenger asking for unification for one egypt. The two rulers would both share a part in ruling the government, and the people would all be treated the same since they were the same. If this unification plan did work it would also bring great profit and military bonus to the new egypt.


Upper Egypt to Lower Egypt: We would like unify our two kingdoms and be one Egypt. Your ruler would share a part in ruling just as well as our own Nomarch Mery. This combination would greatly help both our economys and militarys as they would become one. We hope you agree to this as it would bring glory to egypt enternity.


Orders

increase army
expand in all directions
have wise men research the wheel
combine with lower egypt to become a single unified Egypt if they agree
continue wonder (turn 4/10)
 
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