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I think some of these Bronze Age civilizations could pull from work that is already being done in the "main stream" part of the game. For example, the Assyrians could make use of the Ziggurat for the Persians. Work on the Phoenicians could start with the Carthaginian files. Similarly, work on the Etruscans could start with the Romans. Mycenaeans If anyone has access to some Osprey books, check out The Mycenaeans c. 1650-1100 BC. There is sure to be a lot of art that could help. Wonder The Lion Gate would be great to include. Walls Mycenaean walls are known to have been formidable and made use of Cyclopean masonry. The Tiryns citadel shows this masonry very well. Buildings Possibly interesting to include would be the massive Tholoi, although I am uncertain what function they might play in the game. Possibly you have to build one for the king so your civilization can advance to the final level? Mycenaea is known to have an underground well aided whilst being sieged. Possibly this would be useful as a building or technology. Units Spearmen seemed to have been preferred by the Mycenaeans and were built like tanks. This guy shows off his homemade outfit while this pot is often used in archaeology publications. Chariot team Technology The Palace of Nestor had a massive library some of which was preserved due to a fire. The tablets contained information recording provisions sent to the palace. This could be a technology which is researched (i.e. Bureaucracy). Minoans Units Bare breasted women (NSFW). Although it's highly debatable if your average woman would have been dressed anything like this as we have little to know information regarding commoners. Almost all images we have of women are contested as either priestess or noble women. See also and here (NSFW). When I was visiting these archaeological sites, I saw little evidence for Minoan warriors. Some books suggest that this was because the Minoans were peace-loving female dominated societies while the Mycenaeans were war-mongering male dominated. This is possibly fun if you're academically inclined, but of little use here. I have seen some make use of the cow-hide shields that are sometimes shown on Minoan artwork as evidence for spearmen, but I have not seen nor heard of any conclusive Minoan warrior graves. Buildings Life was notably centered about a Palace such as that found at Knossos. Although we do not know if the person that lived here was actually a king (or queen for that matter). Minoan palatial structures are known to have been made up of several components including a magazine for storing pithoi themselves containing wine, olive oil and possibly grain. A lustral basin which is believed to have been for ritual purification. And a courtyard which might have been where fertility festivals (i.e. bull leaping) could have been conducted among other things. Courtyard are often accompanied by very short stairs which suggest people standing and viewing out into the courtyard or stacking objects which would face into the courtyard. Such objects have included features which look similar to this in some cases. This bull horns feature can be found at many Minoan sites. The axe symbol is pretty common (see specifically). Given the palatial structure of Minoan and Mycenaean sites, which is inherently modular, part of me feels the need to request a modular building component be added. But, I understand that this could be very complicated so maybe that would be best to wait on requesting. Technology The Minoans are known for their very good metallurgy which included seal rings. This could be useful since it's believed that seal rings and other exterior indicators were used in the development of writing (at least in the Ancient Near East). I realize that this is a really long post. I am incredibly excited. Maybe I can finally put that Classics minor to work

Galatian Mercenary Swordsman - Angus McBride drawing. They do not look all that different from his Gaulish & British brethren.

Thanks for confirming, idanwin. So, if we have the Romans, Hellenes & Celts covered. That leaves the Carthaginians, Iberians, Persians & Mauryans. I have to admit, I know far less about these last four cultures than the previous three. However, Wikipedia does have some information which sounds familiar from my Classics courses. In particular, Carthaginian Cippi (sg. cippus) which are similar to Roman stelae (see also). Iberians seem to be pretty hard to pin down as Wikipedia lists two groups -- Western & Central -- which might have some sort of territorial markers. The Western group uses stelae while the Central group might use Bulls. Using bulls would certainly be exotic. From my Ancient Near Eastern class, I remember stelae/stele being used by Near Eastern groups/peoples like the Code of Hammurabi, but not as much for territory demarcation. Unfortunately, I do not have a copy of this book with me at University, but I remember it having a lot of images and being very interesting. Possibly someone will find Persian territorial demarcation features there. The Mauryans could possibly make use of the Pillars of Ashoka. For the Ptolemies, variants of an obelisk might be useful. Also, I realize that Wikipedia is not an ideal source, but it can provide a good starting point to find better sources. Out of all of the groups covered, I feel the least comfortable about the Iberians. There seems to be a lack of information about how they might have demarcated territory. And, where there is information, the various Iberian peoples seemed to vary their expression of territory demarcation (unlike the Celts...possibly). Hopefully this information was useful.

Hi Yves, Thanks for the response. I did not find that site by Googling. The main thing that I was noticing, by poking around in the art concept and mod sections, was there seems to be quite a bit of overlap in units requested in some cases. Maybe just some sort of inventory would be better than my Google Sites idea.

Is there a current Wiki for 0 A.D.? After Googling for a bit, I found this Wikia which does contain a fair amount of information, but comes off as cluttered to me. Is there a 0 A.D. wiki which is not as cluttered? When I think of game Wikis, I think of something like the EUIII Wiki which is quite clean and uses a MediaWiki template. The template is the same as that used by Wikipedia so navigation comes off as familiar to a user. That being said, it seems like using a MediaWiki template is restricted to people that have their own server and related kit. I am not suggesting that the development team go out and purchase this kit just to make me happy. However, I have thought of organizing some of what I am seeing around the forum into a Google Sites Wiki (see Project Wiki) for my personal use so I can make connections between projects, mods and threads. Are there any rules/laws against me doing that?

This is a brainstorming thread, correct? Sorry, I have been lurking off and on for a couple of years now. For both the Gauls and Britons, apparently wooden figures could be used to delineate their territory (see bottom of this page). While I was at the National Museum of Ireland -- Archaeology, they said that these figures would sometimes be placed at territorial boundaries. Miranda J. Green also lists them in her book The World of the Druids. Both mention that they could also have religious/spiritual connotations. For the Ancient Britons, cairns could serve a similar purpose, although they are/were typically used to mark any site of importance (e.g. a burial site).