Researchers have described the time of early Germany from approximately 1600 BC until approximately 950 BC as a relatively peaceful period. Generally, they existed in a government form that can best be compared to a despotism in our modern era. Still, the leader that has been generally associated with this time one simply named Kev made great strides to bring laws and ceremony to his people in an effort to establish a new government form. Of course, this leader (scholars say) must have actually been a group of leaders who took the name Kev out of superstition or respect for the original. Indeed, it is unlikely that Kev I would have lived to be 650 years old.
With the advent of writing, scribes were becoming very important, and early efforts at libraries were even alluded to at this early stage. To date, the Civilization Papers is the greatest collection that we have today telling us of this time in German history. While the scribes are never named, it is apparent that they were all very close to their leaders and wrote about them with great respect. Indeed, the scribe himself, had he been singular, would have been even older that our 650 year old Kev I.
Following are the brief translations. The dates are those ascribed by historians and they are estimations as well. This is why they are given in 50-year increments.
1600 BC:
Leader hears from his mighty legion and shows many teeth. The river they follow led to village and there the strange people bury their dead in the ground and have a great ceremony. We need to do this, says the wise Kev, and now we put all dead in ground and have ceremonies.
Leader tells wise people to write that down as rule. He says to write other rules about other things as well and make them a code for people. A Code of Laws our creative leader proclaims.
1550:
Our leader says more explore and more build. He sees people that can dig water and people who make road things in the land. He asks can you build stuff and they say yes. Build cities! Go West and build cities for Germans glory. Settle people head west to obey great leader.
High Council in Berlin. All want more fight people, currency (whatever that is), science, exploration, luxuries. Leader beats me in frustration. Wise leader.
1500:
Our land looks like has many places to build. Need settle people and leader nods head in his wise fashion.
1450:
Some strange man tells leader of far off place where people called Chinese are building things called Pyramids. Sounds to leader like man has been licking the local frogs. He beats me anyway not knowing why Germans dont build strange things that he has never heard of.
Ahhh. Wise smart people present leader with his code of laws this year and beating loyal scribe is a bad thing. Leader says OK and that his hand hurt anyway. So wise. He proclaims, Let us develop a new form of leadership for future Kevs to lead the people. Call it Monarchy because I like the way that word sounds.
1400:
Libraries too big. Take too long. Cost money. No libraries yet build temples instead. The people do the leaders bidding.
Hamburg you no train archers. You train diplomat. Diplomat move faster, explore more land. Use tongue of silver to help Germany
1350:
Berlin builds a temple. People say ooh and then aah. Happy people there. Leader makes Berlin people to build giant statue a colossal statue. If Berlin people want to build something like the Pyramid thingys or something else then let them later.
1300:
Leader says, You settle people. You in nice place there. Build city soon. Other settle people still moving west. Leader smart.
1250:
Settle people finish city and leader names it Munich. Leader shows many teeth.
1200:
Our mighty legion see another village. Leader says enter but wisely warns: be careful.
1150:
Village is full of settle people who have no home now that legion stepped on the village. They see that leader is smart and leader asks if they know how to make roads, make water on the land and to dig the hills. They do and our leader invites the nomads to do these things. Kev calls them the nomads who wander. Clever leader.
1100:
There is much to be found as the Germans explore. Whales and stuff and black rocks in the hills other stuff and food places and something leader calls a bubblin crude. We should build by that stuff and use that stuff, boldly claims the mighty leader.
1050:
You settle people, you stop there. No, not you nomads, the settle people there. That is a good city place. Build there soon. I feel honored to have recorded these words from the toothy mouth of our leader.
1000:
Heidelburg is founded. And it only took you 50 years to build, says the leader. It would seem that our leader has discovered the advance of sarcasm, but it does not help to advance the people.
The wise leader gives money to Frankfurt to finish the training of settle people. Perhaps they can go toward the forest with the white silky stuff. Because it is so silky, I think that I will name it silk, says the leader.
975:
The settle people move out toward silky place. The legion tells the leader that they see yet another village.
950:
In the village are mighty people who travel fast on things they call chariots. They are mighty. They see the leader is wise and wish to fight for him against his enemies. Koningsberg will help to support them. The leader wonders what the rolly things on the sides of these chariots are called. Some day well figure out these mysteries, he so wisely claims.
In this year, a smart person tells leader that Germans are very close to giving leader the Monarchy that he requested and the leader shows many teeth for a long time. We then discover soon that leader has been dead for a time and we bury him with much ceremony. I am a sad scribe and will die soon too with ceremony. New leader will be wise and smart too, but will have to find own scribe.
OK, thats it. On to Smash.
Things to consider:
1. We are inches away from Monarchy and will likely see more growth and prosperity soon!
2. Frankfurt may actually be a better place for a science city with a whale and a silk. You may not want to have the settler from Frankfurt settle on the other, nearby silk tile as the new city there may encroach on Frankfurt but not that much if you do.
3. With that in mind, the next leaders may want to change the wonder Berlin is building.
Ahh, thats enough. Smash can take care of himself
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Diplomacy - the art of
saying "Good Doggie"
until you can find a rock
