[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Alternative nation dialog

[aliaga <aliaga@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 27-02-02 23:33 -0800, you wrote:

<snip some understandable reasons>

> The revised nations list I would like to see:
>
> Ancient Civs:
>
> Romans(Italians get removed. Romans were tough and well disciplined. The 
> Italian
> civilisation is basically a nobody civ in spite of the Renaissance).
> Greeks(Ancient Greeks - not the moderns.)
> Sumerians, Assyrian,Babylonian,Indian,Aztec, Mayan. Not sure which nation in
> North America was overwhelmingly dominant. Probably the Mayans, no Sioux or
> other tribes.
> Japanese - very old civ. You could argue it was an offshoot off chinese, but
> nonetheless pretty old.
> Egyptian
Yet, the Phoenicians who basically discovered everyone else and put History 
(with capital letters) in motion are too unimportant to get their fair 
share of world domination... :-P
And what about those forgettable Carthaginians who were the worst enemy of 
the Romans? Ever wonder whose idea was to have War Elephants?    ;-)

> Medieavael
>
> The vikings, the Arab nations, Syria, Egypt, Persia. France. Egypt, Britain.
> Austria Hungary, Turkey, Germany. Oddly enough Sweden. Their king was
> apparently the basis of modern military tactics in the gunpowerder era.
But apparently such "unknown" nation as SPAIN did not influence world's 
history (particularly american and european) during enough centuries to be 
taken into account!   :-(
Or even the Portuguese "bystanders" who only got small things like BRAZIL 
and colonies all over the Pacific to show that not only the northern 
peoples knew how to navigate.   :-?
All of which only goes to show why there are so many nations to choose 
from, because it is too hard to come with a list of the "best" of them, by 
any sensible account.
My .02E