Tbh when i look at Egypt in this game, i think of it more of the Egypt from back the Roman Empire times with the likes of Cleopatra rather than the Egypt from the rise of Islam and i think that's what the dev went for.
True, but the discussion was about Middle East. In that era there was no "Middle East". The Middle East refers to the region where Islam rose and created a certain similar look to the entire region. Back in the ancient times these were very different sub-regions. Egypt, Mesopotamia (current Iraq), Asia minor (current Turkey) and Persia (current Iran) had almost no unifying factor between them, whilst today they're all bundled as the Middle East (Land of terrorists
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It's pop-culture ancient Egypt. No real resemblance outside of superficial visual and name elements to the original.
It's actually kind of fitting that a post-apocalyptic society might base their society on a Pop Culture version of something without knowing any better.It's pop-culture ancient Egypt. No real resemblance outside of superficial visual and name elements to the original.
It is worth noting that if you're looking at Egypt in Cleopatra's/Ptolemaic Dynasty times, you're actually looking at very northern Greeks, because her entire lineage was Macedonian (tho there's apparently some argument on the Greek side as to whether or not Macedonians should be considered Greeks, despite the Greeks I knew reflexively claiming Alexander as their own: this was a major point of contention for some Greek friends of mine, in the past).
For a certainty, unless you want to see everyone, men and women both, shaved of head and wearing wigs, you definitely don't want to go authentic ancient Egyptian.
I don't care what we learn in school, Cleopatra was black
At this point, it's her choice, either way, though a lot more so with the scavenger route than the guard route
The really sad thing is that Jada Pinkett Smith special actually dragged a friend of mine who's an egyptologist in there, but I don't think she realized what the overall special was about or she probably would have kept the hell away from it. She rabidly hates disinformation and would have avoided it like the plague had she known it was afrocentrist.I don't care what we learn in school, Cleopatra was black
Yet many of them are happy to push a narrative they know to be untrue because it would severley discredit the region and everything they want you to believe.
Yeah i know, i love history and watch a lot of videos on youtube from like Kings and Generals, History Marche etc.It's pop-culture ancient Egypt. No real resemblance outside of superficial visual and name elements to the original.
It is worth noting that if you're looking at Egypt in Cleopatra's/Ptolemaic Dynasty times, you're actually looking at very northern Greeks, because her entire lineage was Macedonian (tho there's apparently some argument on the Greek side as to whether or not Macedonians should be considered Greeks, despite the Greeks I knew reflexively claiming Alexander as their own: this was a major point of contention for some Greek friends of mine, in the past).
For a certainty, unless you want to see everyone, men and women both, shaved of head and wearing wigs, you definitely don't want to go authentic ancient Egyptian.
That guy just can't keep his hands out of the pie, from what I've heard. He also seems to like blocking potentially useful research projects that are not particularly invasive and could forward really cool ideas.
Yeah, I agree! But, just remember that some of these kinks things you are pointing about Zaton are optional, and he only accept it if you choose to do so.
