[Freeciv-Dev] Re: historical background on nations/leaders Was: historical backgroundon wonders

[Raimar Falke <hawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 08:55:25PM +0200, ZENIT News Agency wrote:
> I hacked out entries on the various wonders for the Helptexts. I hope this is
> useful to the project!
> Anyway, this is a diff for the buildings.ruleset from default of the July 13
> CVS snapshot.

Thanks for contributing.

> 1701a1978,1989
> > \n\n
> > \"I did not tell half of what I saw, because no one would have believed 
> > me.\"\
> > \n                   -- Marco Polo\
> > \n\n
> > The great explorer Marco Polo (1254-1324) travelled throughout the east.\
> >  In 1271, his family brought him to the court of Kublai Khan in China,\
> >  when he was only 17.\ 
> >  In 1280 he made an overland journey from Uzbekistan to|

One netpick: \ instead of |

> >  China. Two years later, he made a second journey. His family left China in 
> > 1292\
> >  as escorts for a Mongol Princess. In 1298, he was taken prisoner in the 
> > battles\
> >  between Venice and Genoa. He is reputed to have dictated \"The Travels of 
> > Marco\
> >  Polo\" from that prison cell.\

        Raimar

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