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Seeds
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by Paul
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(3500-1 BC) It is the dawn of history and seven ancient Near Eastern civilizations
are ready to embark on the long road of Research, Building, and
Conquest! The shadows lengthen upon the sundial, so may the Gods
be with you Illustrious One! (Download the sounds here,
here and here. Barbarian Wrath
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The Lost
Paradise |
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by Stefan
Härtel |
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(2001 BC - 1699 AD)
This is a modified Civ2 standard game, placed in Oceania. You can
play with Polynesians, Maori, Micronesians, Melanesians or Papua |
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The
Iranians |
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by Stefan
Härtel |
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(1700-100 BC)
The Indo-Iranian tribes wandered into the Iranian plateau around
1700 BC. Here, they m et with ancient tribes such as the Elamites,
the Babylonians and the Kassites. It took some tribes nearly
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The
Homerian Age |
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by Allard
Höfelt |
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(1338-358 BC)
Minos is dead, Crete's power has almost vanished, and all other
formerly suppressed powers on the continent are expanding, making
war. Big city after big city falls, but there will be only one
survivor. The Mycenians "won" in reality, leading Greece
into a second great time. |
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End
of the Bronze Age |
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by Paul
Cullivan |
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(1200-455 BC)
New military technology has dramatically altered the old balance
of power. It's the end of the Bronze Age and mighty empires are
about to crumble. The Gods of War are thirsting for blood. Don't
disappoint them! (Download the sounds here and
here). |
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Hellas |
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by John
Ellis |
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(750-360 BC)
After the Dark Age that extinguished the light of the Bronze
Age Mycenean kingdoms, the Greeks began to recover in around
750 B.C. Colonists from the major City-States travelled throughout
the Mediterranean and founded new cities. |
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Sons
of Heracles |
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by Stefan
Härtel |
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(736-491 BC)
This scenario tells the story of Sparta, from the earliest days
to the conquest of the Pelopponesus and the hegemony in Greece.
It is thought that the city was founded by two branches of the
Dorian tribes between 1100 and 900 BC. (Download the sounds here and
here). |
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Persian
Empire |
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by Stefan
Härtel |
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(550-522 BC)
This scenario records the rise of one of the greatest empires
of the ancient world, the Achaemenid Persian empire. The scenario
starts shortly after the Persian conquest of the Median "empire"
and ends when the usurper Gaumata takes control of Persia. |
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Darius
the Great |
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by Stefan
Härtel |
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(519-487 BC)
"I spent the most time of my life in the Persian Court,
and even now, in my seventy-fifth year, I serve Artaxerxes just
like his father -my beloved friend Xerxes- and much earlier his
father, a hero even the Greeks know as Darius the Great."
(Persian envoy Cyrus Spitama in Pericles' Athens) |
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The History
of Rome |
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by Florian
Borchert |
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(510 BC- AD 98)
In this scenario you start with one single city only - Rome!
The whole Mediterranean world from Persia to Britain is simulated
for the next 610 years (download the sounds
here) |
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Peloponnesian
War |
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by Alex
Mor |
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(431 BC) After
the glorious victory of united Greek forces against Persia, the
feud separated the Peloponnesus peninsula under Sparta rule from
Greece, led by Athens. Greece's two biggest poles were preparing
for war. |
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Artaxerxes |
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by Stefan
Härtel |
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(399-359 BC)
Looking towards the west is the dominating power of Carthage,
setting out to its next series of conquests to reach the height
of its power. In the east is the mighty Persian empire, ready
to reconquer Egypt. Greece is in the middle of these two giants. |
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Imperium
Romanum |
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by Bernd
Brosing |
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(386 BC - AD
115) In 386 BC the Persian empire is still, despite its defeat
in Hellas, the most feared power in the Eastern Mediterranean.
But it has to fight many internal problems, and so the Egyptians
are able to free their country from the Persians (Download the
sounds here and here). |
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Quest
for Asia v3.1 |
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by Stefan
Härtel |
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(334-323 BC)
After bringing peace back to Greece, Alexander III, a young Macedonian
king, is about to fulfill the dream of his father and himself:
Invade and conquer the mighty Persian empire! The Persian king
Darius III is not taking this as a serious threat. Is he right,
or will this be his doom? (version 3.1 includes an alternative
graphics set made by Bernd Brossing, Gareth Birch and, of course,
Stefan Härtel). |
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The
Hellenistic Age |
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by Gabriele
Quaglia |
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(301 BC - AD
49) This scenario deals with the period between the conquest
of the Persian Empire by Alexander the Great and the establishment
of Roman supremacy. During this time, Greek culture and learning
were preeminent in the Mediterranean and the Middle East. |
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The
Rise of Rome |
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by Allard
Höfelt |
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(278-28 BC) A
small republic with the unassuming name of Rome has emerged as
the dominant power of the Italian peninsula. The stage is now
set for a stunning series of campaigns in which Rome conquered,
in turn, the western Greeks, Carthage, the Celts, and, finally,
the three Greek empires to become master of the Western world. |
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History of
Asia, part A |
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by Patrick L.
Shepard |
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(221 BC-1914 AD)
This folder contains four scenarios that detail the history of East Asia and the Pacific from 221 B.C., when Qin Shihuangdi
proclaimed the Chinese Empire, till the First World War in the area. However, it notably excludes the era of Mongol expansion,
which forms a gap between the first and second scenarios, and the high feudal era of Japan, which doesn't appear in the second.
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Hannibal |
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by Simon
de Bree |
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(219-202 BC)
Hannibal was the son of the King of Carthage, Hamilcar Barca.
During the First Punic War, in which Hamilcar fought the Roman
Empire for control of Sicily, the king told his son, Hannibal,
to swear to hate and fight the Roman empire. |
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Hannibal |
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by Stephan
Otto |
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(219-119 BC)
After their defeat in the First Punic War, which costed them
the loss of Sicily, the Carthaginians are trying to re-build
their empire in Hispania. Carthago Nova is founded on 228 BC.
Only nine years after, Hannibal's troops are at the gates of
Saguntum (WARNING! This scenario is in German). |
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Hannibal's
War, v2 |
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by Pericles
Dervisis & Gareth Birch |
(218-200 BC)
"My son, come forth and make an oath upon this altar.Swear that until the Roman state is crushed, the Barca family
shall not ease.Swear everlasting enmity to Rome!". With these words Hamilcar Barca created Hannibal, the scourge
of Rome. In an attempt to restore Carthaginian fortunes, the Punic armies led again by Hamilcar invaded Spain.
Hannibal, the general's youngest son,then only 10 years of age, accompanied him.
For years Hamilcar dreamed of continuing the war with Rome. Many a
night with his three sons, Hasdrubal, Mago and Hannibal they sat
around the camp fire discussing tactics and how the mighty Legions
could be brought to their knees. The old general died in battle in
229BC.His dream of defeating Rome, was left for his sons to
complete. Download sounds here
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Third
Punic War |
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by Stefan
Härtel |
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(149-145 BC)
After the Second Punic War (218-201 BC), Carthage has lost most
of its power, as well as all possessions out of their main territory
(today's Tunisia/parts of Algeria). In 149 BC the Romans declared
war on Carthage; this time not to defeat them, but to destroy
the city itself! |
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Spartacus |
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by Alex
Mor |
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(73 BC) Spartacus
has just escaped from a Roman Gladiator school along with a small
group of other captives. But there is no place to hide, the entire
known world is under control of the great Rome (download the second
part here. Download the sounds
here and
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The
Roman Empire |
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by Michael
Jeszenka |
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(58 BC- AD 341)
Julius Caesar is about to enter Gaul. You take it from there.
Build an empire and defeat Pompey in the civil war that follows
when you conquer Gaul. Develop new technologies and improve your
army. Romanize the world and defend it against Barbarian invasions. |
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Trajan's
Conquest |
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by Michael
Garibaldi |
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(98-137) The
Roman Empire at its greatest was during the rule of Trajan. He
conquered lands no Roman thought possible. Trajan fought and
won the Dacian Wars (102-106) and soon after defeated Britain
(109). He defeated the Parthians at Ctesiphon in 116, and captured
Armenia in 117. |
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The
Age of Constantine |
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by Masis
Panos |
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(306-337) In
the year 305 AD the Emperor Diocletian retired to Salona (Split)
to grow cabbages. On the 25th of July the following year, Constantine
was declared the Western Augustus by his loyal troops at Eburaca
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The
Fall of the Roman Empire |
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by Mark
Laanen |
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(429-476) The
weakened military state of the Romans has encouraged barbaric
tribes from the north to settle or conquer areas in the Roman
Empires. Hispania is in the hands of the Sueves and Vandals.
Tribes from Denmark raid the coast of Britannia, Aquitania is
controlled by the Visigoths... (download the sounds here). |
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