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I don't really care if the leaders or female or male, most civs have accurate leaders. Actually, cleopatra was neither egyptian, nor a great leader, Egypt's leader should be Ramses the Great or someone like that. France's leader's ok with Joan D'arc, though I would have put Charlemagne or Charles Marteaux, if it was up to me. Catherine is a good russian leader (even though she was German), but the main problem is that there are way too few african civs. the Zulu is a pathetic choice for a civilization. Even if the Zulu are kept in as a civilization, the next Civ3 expansion, or Civ4 should have Nubia, Ethiopia, and Mali/Songhai/Ghana as civilizations and should create a new civ type called "African." Just because These civilizations aren't as well known as some others, it's not an excuse to not include them. I mean, come on. The Dutch have been a relatively small and insignificant civilization, and they add them in an area that's already too crowded instead of adding more african civilizations that were much more influential and important, in an area that is lacking civilizations.
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To Xen: Congratulations on getting the Byzantines, I just hope for you that they actually have the cataphract as the UU and not some other unit.