April 29, 2003, 16:39
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Civ attributes
What qualifications does a Civ historically need to get the atributes it got?
I'd like to know your oppinion 
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April 30, 2003, 08:43
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I'll use an example to show what I mean:
The Egyptians are Religious, Industrious, why?
The Americans are Industrious, Expansionist, why?
The Zulu are Militaristic, Expansionist, why?
etc, etc, etc
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April 30, 2003, 10:14
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Originally posted by Louis XXIV
I'll use an example to show what I mean:
The Egyptians are Religious, Industrious, why?
The Americans are Industrious, Expansionist, why?
The Zulu are Militaristic, Expansionist, why?
etc, etc, etc
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Quite difficult to explain it for all civs.
For example, it is easy to understand why the Egyptians are religious due the great monuments they built for their gods. And it is easy too to understand why the Babylonians are scientific as we consider that they invented writing. But for the others...
I suppose Firaxis defined the attributes first and tried to apply the couple of them that best correspond to a civ, compared to other civs.
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April 30, 2003, 12:30
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OK
I think I can figure out most of them
But it is hard to figure out what defines an Industrious Civ.
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April 30, 2003, 13:09
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Originally posted by Louis XXIV
OK
I think I can figure out most of them
But it is hard to figure out what defines an Industrious Civ.
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Maybe a civ with a big production capacity?
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April 30, 2003, 14:07
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Perhaps "Industrious" refers to the productiveness of a civ. The Egyptians certainly had to be productive to build those huge pyramids, mastabas, tombs, palaces, etc.! 
I think the Chinese should have been "Expansionist" along with "Industrious" though. Many dynasties partuclarly the Qin and the Han sought to greatly expand their empires.
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April 30, 2003, 20:54
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Speaking of Industrious, Expansionist
Can you think of any ideas for another Civ with that trait?
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