Which is your favorite civ historically?

[ArmPilot]

I know people have asked a thousand times over which civ your fav to play as but i'm asking which is your fav historically and why.

I Peronnly like the Vikings and the Romans. I like the Vikings becuase i am scandinavian heritage (i'm not sure how much but i do know my last name is Swedish, since i don't care how many people know my name it's Tjernlund). I also just plain fasinated(sp?). I also like Roman history. They did many thing si don't like but i still like them overall.

Even tho i am American i don't like American history all that much. I have seen many mistakes and stupid mistakes(like taking land form the native Americans, slavery, Watergate, Clinton thing etc. etc .etc). I also don't like the biusness with Iraq. I supported the war but they are taking too long to pull out (seems like poor planning to me).

 

[Archer 007]

Romans and English

 

[sealman]

I have always been facinated by the ancient Egyptians.

 

[blackhalo15]

America, of course. I've always been fascinated with the Roman's, the Greek (or Greeks, not sure which one is correct), the Egytpians, and the Babylonians.

 

[Dogmeat]

Gotta luv the Koreans

 

[toh6wy]

I must agree that American history is boring compared to the others - and also had a lot more "d'oh" kinda moments, if you know what I mean.
Basically all of the others are interesting to me to some degree, but the most interesting are Russia, Celts, Egypt, Japan, and all four Native American civs.

 

[SesnOfWthr]

Personally, it's the greeks and romans for me. I used to love reading mythology when i was younger.

 

[Tranquility]

I think Dutch history is cool(how can a small country be so powerful). Of course, roman history is awsome, and the greeks . Asain history is pretty cool(mostly china and japan). However, i don't like Zulu history seems boring, and so is hittie and egypt.

 

[NankingDan]

Carthaginians: Brilliant Civ, Just plain cool, nearly destroyed Rome
Iroquois: Nearly achieved social harmony
Mayans: My parents went to Chichen Itza and brought a video camera to film some of their engineering and architecture. My god, those Mayans were SMART people. They even had universities and civil service exams. I think, in the game, they should have possibly been scientific.

 

[longshot007]

I find world war 2 very interesting. therefore my choices are obvious.

American England Germany Japan Russia And i guess rome? i dunno.

Also the crusades are pretty interesting so just add in the rest of europe and the arabic civs.

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

I personally like the Ottomans.

 

[aaron_burr]

I'm a big fan of the Holy Roman / Austro-Hungarian Empires.

Gotta love the Hapsburgs!

 

[alex994]

The Chinese!

 

[Jon Shafer]

Originally posted by aaron_burr
Gotta love the Hapsburgs!

All you have to do now is learn how to spell it.

My favorites are Germany, Byzantium, Ottomans and France.

 

[greentea]

I am a Bulgarian and don't understand why Bulgarians aren't a civ in CIVIII. During our GA in real history we were the third power in Europe after Franks and Bysantium. From the civs included in the game - Carthaginians.

 

[Lord_all_Mighty]

Ancient Era:
Greeks
Romans
Egyptians
Some Germanic tribes

Middle ages:
Byzantium
France
England
Germany
Vikings

Industrial period:
America
England
France (Napolean!)
Native American tribes

WW1&2
Germany
France
America
England
Japan
Italy
Russia/Soviet Union

and then my interest in history dissolves from there.

 

[davidcrazy]

Chinese history! followed by that of japan and korea

 

[Smellincoffee]

I enjoy playing as the Aztecs. As I've said before, they had style to burn.

 

[Mistfit]

The Vikings for their brash expansionism

The Greek for their Philosophy and Ingenuity

 

[Serpico]

Japan