Quote Originally Posted by LeftEyeNine
The 18 civs are : America, Arabs, Aztecs, China, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Inca, India, Japan, Mali, Mongolia, Persia, Rome, Russia, Spain.
Wot!? No Italians, Carthaginians, Babylonians, Hittites, Byzantines, Thai, Koreans, Mogul Empire, Sumerians etc. etc.? That Sid Meier bloke must a bloody racist, methinks...

Seriously, come on, LEN. Lists like these are always a bit arbitrary, no two persons would arrive at the same list of 18 civ's. Now Turkey, be it the Turkish people(s) or the geographical area, indeed has a very interesting history, of considerable impact. But so have so many others. I fail to see the racism in their decision making. There is a bias towards western nations in the civ's included, but perhaps that has got more to do with marketing?

In M:TW, there is no compelling reason why Sicily and Aragon should be in M:TW, and Scotland, Sweden and Burgundy should not. Just deal with it and accept that they can't include the personal favourite of everybody. It's just a game, not a 10-volume definite account of the history of mankind.