help produce a scenario at 1 C.E.

Mars · October 23, 2001, 18:22

Please help me produce an historcally accurate scenario at 1 C.E.

These are the Empires I have so far

Key - Civ(Area in which civ is) - Leader(UU)

1) Roman Empire(Mediterranean) - Augustus (Legion)
2) Han China(China) - Liu Xiu(Crossbowman)
3) Parthian Empire(Iran) - ?(Horseback Archers)
4) Gupta(indian) - ?(War Elephant)
5) Germans(Germany) - ?(?)
6) ?(?) - ?(?)
7) Japanese(Japan) - ?(Ninja?)
8) Funan(Burma) - ?(Archer)
9) Bantu(Africa) - ?(?)
10) Olmec(Central America) - ?(?)
11) Inuit(Alaska and canada) - ?(dogsled?)
12) Arabs(Arabia) - ?(Trader?)
13) Anasazi(North America) - ?(Brave?)
14) Meroe(Sudan) - King Piye(Trading Ship)
15) Huns (Mongolia and Kazakhstan ) - ?(Hun Horseman?)
16) Armenia(Armenia) - ?(?)

Those are all the ones i got. The ones with (?) are ones i'm not sure on, or could do better on

I plan on making it so tha there are only 5 or so good playable civs with a few more challenging ones illustrated by their (?) (Rome, Parthian, China, India, Olmec(?), Japanese(?), Huns(?), Pelopanisans(?))

Pseud0nym · October 23, 2001, 19:21

Just as long as you don't include the isrealites and give em a Jesus unit.

Pseud0nym · October 23, 2001, 19:22

Wait... 1 CE? That would make it a baby Jesus unit...

Lorizael · October 23, 2001, 20:07

Oh what, a Jesus unit would be awesome!

It could spread propaganda like a spy, would have an attack of zero (of course) and could move on land and water like Civ II helicoptors. It would also heal faster than normal units!

I think if you want a 1 c.e. scenario, you shuold focus on the eastern hemishphere (not america) just because you could add more detail to that area. Afterall, we didn't discover the Americas until 1492, well after this scenario would end (I assume).

Mars · October 23, 2001, 20:33

My point is to allow people to expand farther. Its not supposed to be limited but the whole world. Its just supposed to give people a starting point.

Jeeze, where is everyone, usaully people are posting all over these things but there's only 3.

Locutus · October 24, 2001, 08:35

Well, I'll try and help you out a little bit.

> 8) Southeat Asia(?)

This would have to be Funan. The most important SE Asian civs came around in Medieval times, Funan is pretty much the only thing close to a civilization in the time period of your to-be scenario.

> 9) African Tribes(?)

Sub-Saharan Africans were still hunter-gatherers around this time, not even close to a civilization, but if you want to have anything as a civ it should probably be the Bantu.

> 10) Ghana(?)(or what ever trading empire was in west africa at the time)

See above, around 1 AD there was nothing even remotely resembling a civilization in West Africa. Berbers are probably closest to what you're looking for.

> 11) Inca(?)

The Incas didn't come around until 1200 AD or so. There were some primitive civs around Lake Titicaca but AFAIK little is known about them.

> 12) Inuit(?)

I don't have a clue about Inuit history so I can't comment on this.

> 13) Aztecs(?)

Like the Inca, the Aztec appeared on the Mesoamerican theatre only around 1200 AD. The Olmec were the dominant civ in this region around 1 AD.

14) Native American Tribe (?)

The Anasazi civilization started to rise around 1 AD, I don't know any other Native American tribes that are mentionworthy from this period.

> 15) Arabs(?)

There weren't the great civ they would become from 600 AD onwards but they did already exist and would be a good choice to fill up the Arabian peninsula.

> 16) Freebee

Meroe might be an interesting choice to fill up North East Africa a bit more. Northern Asia & Eastern Europe (roughly the territory that used to be covered by the USSR) is still a bit empty but I'm not sure what it could be filled up with. Looks like a good list...

Locutus · October 24, 2001, 08:48

Just had an idea: North Asia could be filled up with the Scythians in the west and lots and lots of barbarians in the east...

DarkCloud · October 24, 2001, 14:19

Since possibly only the Inuit were in North America at this time; just put either Mississipians and/or Anasazi (I think they came in 100-1200), however... or you could put some barbarians

[Merely to simulate nomadic herdsmen]

DarkCloud · October 24, 2001, 14:20

... and crop growers (mostly the latter)

Saint Marcus · October 24, 2001, 18:26

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Sub-Saharan Africans were still hunter-gatherers around this time, not even close to a civilization, but if you want to have anything as a civ it should probably be the Bantu.

How about Ethiopia? They had a more or less developed kingdom that traded with the Romans.

Locutus · October 25, 2001, 03:31

DC,
I'm not sure about the Mississipians but as far as the Anasazi go, it's not quite certain when exactly they arrived in what is now the southern US. Estimates seem to range between 300 BC and 200 AD, which would make them an excellent choice for a 1 AD scenario. But you're right, a lot of Barbarians will be needed to fill up some gaps, in North America and in many other places.

Mark L,
No, Ethiopia (or rather, Aksum) came to rise around 100 AD, so this scenario plays 1 century too early for that. Aksum's immediate predecessor was Meroe though, and I already mentioned them as a good alternative. But still, I'm getting the impression Mars wants to fill up the whole world with his choices and Meroe and Aksum were both fairly small kingdoms in the north of Africa (today's Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia), that would leave a vast portion of Africa empty. The Bantu's would eventually covered pretty much the whole of Sub-Saharan Africa (though I'm not sure how widespread they were in 1 AD), so that would probably be an even better choice. A combination of Bantu, Berber, Romans, possibly Meroe and some barbarians would fill up the entire African continent nicely.

Mongoloid Cow · October 25, 2001, 06:04

6) Aborigines

The Aborigines didn't build any cities, not then, not ever. I'm not sure how you could implement them into the scenario. Maybe you could fill up the entire continent with barbarians, and have a Polynesian civ, they were out to colonise then, and they finished when they reached New Zealand in 750AD. Be a good challenge...

Locutus · October 25, 2001, 07:02

Mongoloid Cow,
True, but adding Polynesia also is historically inaccurate because with the tools we currently know about we can't edit the AI and get the Polynesians to spread out the way they did in real history, one would need a scripting language or something similar for that

Whether you use Aborigines who live in cities or use Polynesians who expand in a very historically inaccurate way or not at all (and who live in cities, Polynesians never built cities either) makes no real difference as far as historic accuracy is concerned, both would be a good choice. Personally I too would prefer Polynesians but, heh, it's not my scenario

jdd2007 · October 25, 2001, 18:18

according to my "Histograph" you should replace german tribes with goths and add the huns. as for the other things, i do not know...

Mars · October 26, 2001, 16:05

I updated my list.

Now i need UUs and leaders for every civ

the order of my chart goes like this: (if you can't understand it)

Civ - Leader(UU)

Lorizael · October 26, 2001, 16:10

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Originally posted by Mars
I updated my list.

Now i need UUs and leaders for every civ

the order of my chart goes like this: (if you can't understand it)

Civ - Leader(UU)

Oh man, dogsled, that's rude! lol

I think it will be difficult to come up with UUs for all of those because some we know very little about. And UUs are going to be what make scenarios fun!

Mars · October 26, 2001, 16:13

Ohh, BTW:
It occured to me that some people don't understand why i'm putting in these very small nations. and i'll explain why. I want to have everything the way it was in real life. I'm making it so the Player will be one of the empire; Rome, Parthian, China, or may be (for more of a challenge) with Olmec, India, Japan, or the Huns. The other civs are just filler civs. But i don't want to use the barbarians cuz they don't trade, they just attack. And trading is one of the main purposes of these little civs

Mars · October 26, 2001, 16:18

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Originally posted by Lorizael

Oh man, dogsled, that's rude! lol

I think it will be difficult to come up with UUs for all of those because some we know very little about. And UUs are going to be what make scenarios fun!

What's rude about it. Its what they had, isn't it. Anyways, do you have a better suggestion

ranskaldan · October 26, 2001, 16:46

Historically, the Emperor of the Han Empire at 1 CE was a certain Liu Yan, known ceremonially as Han-Ping-Di (Emperor of Peace of the Han). One teeny problem is that this person was a totally pathetic emperor. He was the second last emperor of the Former Han Dynasty, and after he died his Dynasty quickly collapsed into political turmoil. Not a great emperor to play.

One way to go around this problem is if we cheat a bit and take the brilliant emperor closest in time. That would be Liu Xiu, ceremonially Han-Guangwu-Di (Emperor of Illustrious Might of the Han). He reigned 25-57 CE and he emerged from the civil wars at the end of the Former Han Dynasty, to create the Later Han Dynasty, which lasted for another two centuries.

As for the repeat-crossbow, it hasn't been invented yet a 1 CE

and I really don't know what else the Chinese can have at that period...

gopher · October 26, 2001, 17:38

The 4 main empires at 1 A.D were:
Roman (Erope/Med)
Guptua (Indian Subcontinent)
Han Dynasty (China, Tibet, Mongolia, and a bit of Pakistan!)
Sassanid (Middle East, at least what wasnt Roman)

the others?
The Huns,
Early Vikes
Japanese/Korean,
Kush (Ethiopia)
some random S.E Asia power (What was before Angor Wat?)
etc.

But at 1 A.D, those 4 were key

EDIT: some UU units...
Rome:Legion (duh!)
Hans:Regular Chinese UU Horseman (only stirrups in the world, the best riders)
Sassanid: Horseback Archers (Best Archers, and could fire from horseback very easily) Or some Siege Weapon (Best nation to Siege cities since Assyria)
Guptua: Either an Elephant or mobile Infantry (Indian Infantry at this time were clothed in Cloth, which was lighter than metal and almost as good, allowing more agility and more distance traveled)

Mars · October 26, 2001, 17:59

Thanks Gopher and Ranskaldan i'm updating my list now.

Though I'm not sure about one of your points Gopher. When did the Parthians fall. Was that before or after 1. c.e. Cuz the sassanids preceeded them, as you most likely know.

Anyways Rankskaldan reminded me of a point. You can cheat slightly if at that time, say an item or leader didn't exist but 1-100 years later it is the most important thing or leader of that empire.

ranskaldan · October 26, 2001, 22:02

Mars:

Change the Chinese UU from Tang cavalry to Han cavalry. The Dynasty at that time was the Han. The Tang dynasty came later, during the 7th century.

Mongoloid Cow · October 27, 2001, 02:10

Kush was in Nubia, which at that time was ruled by Meroe. There are only a few known Nubian kings (mainly because no one alive can read their language), there was an Egyptian dynasty which were Nubians more than a thousand years before this scenario, and there was King Piye (Pukiet(?))

If you manage to free up a civ slot, why not put Armenia in? They had to fight the Romans, Scythians and Parthians, and play them off with each other, to survive. And they were the worlds first Christian nation.

Ignore the Sassanid Persians as they started up after 1 AD.

The Meroic UU could be some form of trading/transport ship.

Arabs should be Bedouins. There was no Arab state or unity at that time. The term 'Arab' normally applies after Muhammad in 632(?)AD

The Funan UU might be either an archer or spearman modification.

Locutus · October 27, 2001, 06:12

Kush == Meroe, though Meroe is a more accurate name, so I suggest you drop Kush. This frees up a spot, which you probably best fill up with either the Scythians (as I suggested earlier) or, maybe even better, the Armenians (very good idea, Mongoloid Cow!).

Around 1 AD the first wave of Huns had already moved to Kazakhstan so you'll want to put the Huns in Kazakhstan or in Kazakhstan and Mongolia but definitely not just in Mongolia...

There seem to be many misconceptions about the Arabs. Many people seem to think they're not a civ but a race (or something like that) and many (other?) people seem to think that Arab history started in 634 AD with Muhammed. Both ideas are bullsh*t, the Arabs were a unified civilization that came into existance around 750 BC and have been an important trading nation ever since (concentrated in the southern Arabian peninsula, from 650 AD onwards spreading out to cover the entire Middle East, Northern Africa and Spain). This is a good source on their (early) history.

UUs and leaders could in some cases be tough. In case of China I would use the Crossbow. The repeated crossbow wasn't invented yet but the regular crossbow was used by the Chinese long before 1 AD (and it would be many centuries before it came into use elsewhere). The Hunnic UU should probably be Horse(back) Archer, but since you already have that as UU for Parthia, just Horseman or Rider (in other words, recycle the Chinese UU) might be a better choice. As you can read in this week's CotW feature on Civ3.com, Samurai didn't came around until much later so you can't really use those as UU for the Japanese. As Olmec UU I would probably just recycle the Aztec UU, Eagle Warrior it was I think? Most of these civs weren't exactly at the height of their power around 1 AD so finding suitable leaders will be challenging but I'll see if I can do some research for you when I have more time.

Mars · October 27, 2001, 10:42

Thanks for correcting me i wasn't actaully sure what Meroe was.

Can you tell me where Arminea was, what current nation

I'm updating the list now

Saint Marcus · October 27, 2001, 15:33

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Kush == Meroe

Not always. There has been a non-Kush Meroe I believe.

Locutus · October 27, 2001, 18:27

Mark L,
I was talking in the context of this scenario. Otherwise you would of course be correct. In fact, I think Meroe was probably one of the least important of the Kushite kingdoms (the only less important one that comes to mind is Napate).

Mars,
What modern country Armenia is today? How about Armenia?

It was an empire just east of the Roman Empire and northwest of Parthia. At its height it covered the Caucasus, part of western Iran and eastern Turkey. I'll see if I can find a map (saw a good one earlier today, if I can find it back).

Locutus · October 27, 2001, 18:35

http://www.roman-emperors.org/sest01.jpg (SE Roman Empire in 1 AD)

Edit: just noticed. Sythians are Scytians right? In that case they're not Africans but (Eur)asians. They lived north of the Black Sea, in the Crimean area and north of Armenia.

Mars · October 27, 2001, 19:58

Oh woops i forgot about Armenia, i thought that rung a bell but couldn't find it, must of overlooked it. (One of those former soviet bloc countries i see) thanks for the map

ranskaldan · October 27, 2001, 20:10

spelling issues:
Agustus should be Augustus.
Guptua should be Gupta.

Sythians? If you mean Scythians then they should be in Southeastern Europe.

And Germanic tribes is such a mouthful. Why not 'Germanics' or 'Germans'?