Preview: Provinces

[Foot]

one minor correction for Armenia. It states in the description, that the great irrigation canals were built by the Assyrian queen Samiramis. That is incorrect they were built during the Ararat Kingdom by natives.

No it doesn't. It says, in the voice of a contemporary of the EB time period, that the canals "are said to have been built by an Assyrian Queen, Semiramis". During our timeframe it was a common understanding that the canals had been built during the reign of Samiramis. In Armenia in that time Samiramis had taken a rather large role in the mythology of that region (it was claimed that she was the lover of Ara in that local myth).

However, this is not explained in the History section of the description, and so I shall edit it to make it clear that we do know the actual origin of these irrigation canals.

Foot

[artavazd]

No it doesn't. It says, in the voice of a contemporary of the EB time period, that the canals "are said to have been built by an Assyrian Queen, Semiramis". During our timeframe it was a common understanding that the canals had been built during the reign of Samiramis. In Armenia in that time Samiramis had taken a rather large role in the mythology of that region (it was claimed that she was the lover of Ara in that local myth).

However, this is not explained in the History section of the description, and so I shall edit it to make it clear that we do know the actual origin of these irrigation canals.

Foot

I like that particular story. Actualy she was rejected by Ara(moral of the story to stay true to family), which caused her to go crazy and invade Armenia. Ara was killed in the battle, and she had her magical dogs lick his dead corps trying to bring him back to life. (crazy chick) :)

[Darius]

So how often is the history of the provinces written from the perspective of the native people's during the period the game is set in and how often do you also include contemporary versions of history? The first is a really nice touch, as I can definitely see that helping the more serious players get more immersed in their game world, but I can't help but see the the second as almost required if not highly desired given the EB teams steadfast belief in presenting things only as facts would support them.

As far as having your dog lick someones wounds, I know that in present day we now know that a dogs mouth is in fact several times cleaner (and by cleaner I mean less infected with bacteria and other harmful microbes) and having a dog lick your cut would actually go to some extents to help clean it out. Obviously if you have access to hydrogen peroxide or any other form of anti-bacterial agents they would clearly be the preferred choice, but if you're broke as hell you do what you gotta do. What I'd like to know is if having a dog lick your wounds might have been a sort of folk remedy or is it just something that came about after people realized that just because the dog may lick it's genitals and eat it's own feces, it still has a cleaner mouth than a human that brushes and flosses. You know now that I actually write that down that makes me kind of pissed, that is so not fair.