Suggestions and Requests

[banzay13]

Should Iran have a port city? My understanding is that neither pre-Islamic Persia nor independent Iran were particularly maritime powers, especially not on the Indian Ocean (I think the situation in the Mediterranean was different where they could leverage the naval capabilities of their subjects).

Afsharid navy - Wikipedia

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Bushehr - Wikipedia

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considering that even Mesoamerican civs can build ships, why Iran can't?

Too much.
As for Australia - to the end of 2000AD pop score on that continent can be twice higher as in real life. (maybe even more? those cites can grow really big)
And same for New Zealand.
Maybe those marine resources can became exhausted, then sheep, wine, potatoes appear?

 

[Dracosolon]

Speaking of Australia - what do you think of adding a Coral resource that can be improved with a Marine Reserve?

 

[AOS9001]

Should Iran have a port city? My understanding is that neither pre-Islamic Persia nor independent Iran were particularly maritime powers, especially not on the Indian Ocean (I think the situation in the Mediterranean was different where they could leverage the naval capabilities of their subjects).

Pre-Islamic Persia definitely wasn't a major naval power in the Indian Ocean. However, in the Middle Ages, a little town called Hormuz popped up, which became a major commercial power in the Indian Ocean. It was one of the four keys to the Indian Ocean in Portuguese eyes (in DoC, Muscat serves that purpose just as well).

Honestly, the tile 1E is a better spot, because it can grab Karachi's fish much faster. And whoever conquers Karachi will quickly lose the dates and cotton to your culture (as Iran is a cultural powerhouse civ). Ahistorically decent tile for a city.

If we wanted to make Hormuz itself a more attractive city location, throw in some dates or citrus 1NE of the Hormuz tile (out of Persepolis/Shiraz's reach), since those crops are still grown there to this day (and perhaps the city name can switch to Minab in the industrial or global era, as Minab is now the primary city of the region).

Edit: When I said Minab was the primary city of the region, I meant the region where old Hormuz was. Bandar Abbas is the primary city of the modern Hormuz province in Iran, and that looks like it'd be 1SE of Shiraz.

 

[SultanRedSnake]

Speaking of Australia - what do you think of adding a Coral resource that can be improved with a Marine Reserve?

Can't. The Front Fell Off.

Context (A classic Must Watch!):

 

[SultanRedSnake]

I would at least make the case for Australia experiencing some manner of a food shortage around 1950. Why, you ask?