Regarding the historical analysis, I'm in awe. Regarding the Civ play, I'm also in awe. I'm always confused with the Immortals: "-17 Ranged Strength Ranged Strength against District District defenses and naval units." Does the City Center count as a District? So do Immortals do -17 damage against a City Center even if it has no walls? Anyway, very interested to see how far you can push with the Immortal forces...
Fun fact - there is still a Manichaean temple in Southern China. I have not been able to discern where there are actual Manichaean groups still active in China, or whether locals just pray there because it is there.
I am so glad I discovered this channel! I love this idea - playing Civ 6 and informing the watchers of the history of the civ you're playing. Keep it up!!
A quick note since you mentioned the Assyrians and Babylonians: they actually handled their conquests differently. Assyria was known to disperse conquered populations across their empire so that those people groups could never reunite and rebel. This is what happened to the Northern kingdom of Israel, and the 10 Israelite tribes which comprised that kingdom are sometimes called the lost tribes as a result. Babylon was different, because they would take some of the elite people back to Babylon, but leave many regular people in place. This is what happened to the Southern kingdom of Judah. The book of Daniel was written in Babylon, because Daniel was among those brought back as a prize for Nebuchadnezzar. After Belshazzar (grandson of Neb.) was killed by the Medo-Persian invasion, Darius took control of Babylon. When Cyrus took the throne he allowed the Jews to return to their homeland. The book of Ezra is about the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem and Nehemiah is about the rebuilding of the walls. Sometimes Christians will refer to a non-christian leader who is friendly toward Christians as a "modern day Cyrus," because of how good Cyrus was to God's people in the Old Testament.
Just for the sake of sharing... we know very little about Parthian Empire due to 2 reasons. The first one is that the Sassanian (or Sassanid) kings due to the injustice of Parthian rulers, especially toward the end of their empire's lifespan, hated them so vehemently that they destroyed anything they could get their hands on about them (including their deeds, customs, history, kings, etc.) The second and less significant reason is the destruction of libraries (which includes any remaining texts/books that may have survived about them) by the later Islamic Arab conquerors of the Sassanian Empire in cities like Gundeshapur, similar to what they did to the great library of Alexandria.
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"It's in the British Museum... no idea how it got there!" sums up a lot of their catalogue.
It could be argued that the concept or myth of the immortals surviving to this era makes them kinda immortal
Regarding the historical analysis, I'm in awe. Regarding the Civ play, I'm also in awe. I'm always confused with the Immortals: "-17 Ranged Strength Ranged Strength against District District defenses and naval units." Does the City Center count as a District? So do Immortals do -17 damage against a City Center even if it has no walls? Anyway, very interested to see how far you can push with the Immortal forces...
thank you!
Fun fact - there is still a Manichaean temple in Southern China. I have not been able to discern where there are actual Manichaean groups still active in China, or whether locals just pray there because it is there.
Wow that’s really cool! I’m definitely going to read more about it, thanks for sharing!
I am so glad I discovered this channel! I love this idea - playing Civ 6 and informing the watchers of the history of the civ you're playing. Keep it up!!
Thank you! We appreciate the encouragement and support! :)
A quick note since you mentioned the Assyrians and Babylonians: they actually handled their conquests differently.
Assyria was known to disperse conquered populations across their empire so that those people groups could never reunite and rebel. This is what happened to the Northern kingdom of Israel, and the 10 Israelite tribes which comprised that kingdom are sometimes called the lost tribes as a result.
Babylon was different, because they would take some of the elite people back to Babylon, but leave many regular people in place. This is what happened to the Southern kingdom of Judah. The book of Daniel was written in Babylon, because Daniel was among those brought back as a prize for Nebuchadnezzar.
After Belshazzar (grandson of Neb.) was killed by the Medo-Persian invasion, Darius took control of Babylon. When Cyrus took the throne he allowed the Jews to return to their homeland. The book of Ezra is about the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem and Nehemiah is about the rebuilding of the walls.
Sometimes Christians will refer to a non-christian leader who is friendly toward Christians as a "modern day Cyrus," because of how good Cyrus was to God's people in the Old Testament.
Very interesting, thank you 🙏🏼 we could use some more of your insights when we start our ancient Egypt series too!
Just for the sake of sharing... we know very little about Parthian Empire due to 2 reasons. The first one is that the Sassanian (or Sassanid) kings due to the injustice of Parthian rulers, especially toward the end of their empire's lifespan, hated them so vehemently that they destroyed anything they could get their hands on about them (including their deeds, customs, history, kings, etc.)
The second and less significant reason is the destruction of libraries (which includes any remaining texts/books that may have survived about them) by the later Islamic Arab conquerors of the Sassanian Empire in cities like Gundeshapur, similar to what they did to the great library of Alexandria.
Thanks for sharing! I hope it helps everyone watching understand more
OMG I died when you sped up the video 😂
XD it's my masterpiece editing moment
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Wouldn’t the Apadana have been very cold in winter?
The picture of me there is from January! On our way the road had some snow from the night before, but during the days it was warm.
Oeh that Samarkand is looking tasty! I really wish Civ would add an Abu'l Kheyrid Uzbek civ sometime!
Agreed! We will probably use Genghis Khan to talk more about central Asian history but there’s so much more civ potentials they could add from there!