Suggestion and Feature Request

[parthian shot]

Thank you for your encouragement! And welcome to TWorg.

Just so happened that two of the team mates (myself included) are involved in the archaeology and anthropology, so we do have a list of problems using the current game infrastructure for 450BC.

The current mods are based on the theses I have developed, and they are based on digging and developmental information from these digging in Russia, China, Mediterranean, Central Asia. But since I am not an expert of Masandarani, I am not aware that is the translation of the region. Traditionally, it was held that Masandaran means "valley demarcated by mountains", some would state more specifically that Masandaran means "Land of the mountain Mawz". So if you can provide your source, that would be very helpful. Of course, I ran into the Red Sonja comic character when I did research for this mod, and the character is supposedly from Hyrcania, the larger geographical area that includes the Masandarani territory. So you are not alone in thinking she-devil is from that region.

The interesting part is that Masandaran is rather famous for its axes and lumber business, the entire district within Masandaran was named Tabaristan, or land of lumber jacks. And Amazons do favor axes more than sword.

The part where the Amazon and Masandaran did not quite match is the lack of equestrian activities in that region, like the whitepaper I wrote and recorded first in rtw.gameheaven and later in TWC (http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forum...azon-Total-War), Greeks were impressed with the Amazons because the Amazons are all equestrians, and their names, whether these are nom de guerre or not, are mostly associated with horses. To a patriarchal infantry based military, a matriarchal cavalry with mobility and stand-off capability must be shocking and left a lasting impression. As one of my theses stated since the ancient horses are mostly 12 hands high, most men can not ride such war mount, which are really glorified ponies, and made the force as mobile and agile as women can.

I do agree that Greek, being often incorporating other culture's themes without naming sources, would add the Minoan goddess culture as part of their own collection of legends. So Gorgon is quite easily an adaptation of the Minoan Goddess Cults.

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