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| Temple of Abu Simbel |
Now onto Politics and Power!!!!!
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| Hieroglyphics of the Battle of Kadesh |
Politics play a large role in the Civilization V game. You can’t
turn a corner in a game without running into a rival civilization. Walls spring
up everywhere, including in my own civilization.
Diplomacy has been a key player in my civilization since the start
of the game. It started out as being able to pass through others lands peacefully
and then evolved into trade alliances with the Iroquois and Ottoman Empires.
The more tiles that I started to buy the more I angered my diplomatic friends.
The Ottoman Empire in particular accused me of being greedy and that my greedy
ways would hurt me in the future and then a few hours later they are congratulating
me on a new acquisition. Like power and politics in today’s day and age it is
extremely confusing in the game.
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| Papyrus of the Battle of Kadesh |
In the game you have to be careful to amass your power in ways
that will not anger allies yet at the same time allow you to make the most out
of the resources you have at hand. I try to amass power through creating
trading posts, being allies with a variety of people, and making my people
happier than other civilizations (something at which I am currently failing
at). Power struggles are represented in the game in skirmished with other
civilizations, fortifications of cities, and controlling and creating the
bigger and best things. Creating wonders is one of the fastest ways to gain
political prowess. I think I have only created two wonders which could be a reason
why I am dead last in a lot of the standings.
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| Ramses II charging Nubians |
Last night in fact the Iroquois
and Ottoman Empires waged war upon my civilization and I lost a large number of
my units. I can see how being a part of my own world war hurt my resources, decimated
my people and created unrest just like it did in the parties involved in WWI,
WWII, Vietnam and other wars of today’s age. The Civilization V game represents
human history power struggles in good way in my mind. It does however make it
seem somewhat skewed because it puts civilizations that would have not been
around at the same time at war with each other but I think that is just an
aspect of the game to make it intriguing to games at large.
Politics and power are play one of the biggest roles in the game
in my opinion. Of course the other themes are influential in power and politics
as well. If a civilization does not have resources that others want, doesn't
have a larger number of cities that are producing exponentially then the power
that they hold is minimal. Economic, military, and cultural prowess all aide in
making a civilization politically powerful.
This video gives some history on the Battle of Kadesh.
I like these one's better but for some reason it would not show up when I tried to add the link to the video uploader. These videos use video technology to showcase this decisive battle in Egyptian history.Watch all three for a complete idea.
