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01-21-2017, 06:24 PM | #12 |
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01-22-2017, 08:54 AM | #13 | |
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01-22-2017, 09:24 AM | #14 |
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May I suggest the book "Four Thousand Years Ago: A World Panorama of Life in the Second Millennium B. C" by Geoffrey Bibby a source?
It is almost 50 years old, but it gives one a very good "feeling" for the time and the people. And it's a great read. |
01-22-2017, 09:26 AM | #15 |
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Sounds interesting. I've ordered a copy of "1177 BC: The Year Civilization Fell".
Edit: There will be four nonhuman races in MesopotAfrica - Fishmen, Insect Men, Merfolk and Reptile Men. All four taken from Fantasy Folk.
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The dynamics of the historical collapse were probably shaped by the way most of the lands involved were around the Mediterranean. This made transport, of goods, people and ideas, from one country to another rather easy, compared with travelling long distances overland.
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01-22-2017, 09:52 AM | #17 |
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Yep. We shall need a central ocean of some kind.
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01-22-2017, 10:28 AM | #18 |
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Assume everybody has seen this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyry8mgXiTk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRcu-ysocX4 |
01-22-2017, 11:58 AM | #19 | |
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The bow was the elite weapon of the guys safe in their chariots. When people started to realize that they could simply kill the horses and render the people in the chariots, in their heavy armor (which was never designed for the use of anyone who had to run in combat), helpless, or close to it. Amazons and Persians rode into battle and attacked from a distance. The Greeks specialized in up close warfare.
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01-22-2017, 12:10 PM | #20 |
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Bibby is definitely inspirational for gaming, and being 50 years old is not a problem if you are using it to build a fantasy setting!
In my Bronze Age Setting game, the main sea was about the size of the Eastern Med, but with a narrower mouth blocked by don't-call-it-Crete and an ocean beyond. The adventurers were barbarian mercenaries from the mountains in the kingdoms of pseudo-Canaan. Every so often there was news about a tin shortage, or an increase in piracy, or the elderly king of don't-call-it-Egypt making an eccentric demand of his Asiatic subjects. One of the major NPCs was a thinly disguised Abdi-Ashirta from the Amarna letters.
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