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I can't really say. I've just been feeling miserable, couldn't concentrate on anything and also have a funny feeling in my stomach.
 
A rather humorous error concerns the distinction between the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes and the ancient Greek city of Thebes. In the map of Ramses II’s Egypt in the 13th Century B.C.E, Thebes, Egypt is not included. Rather, Thebes appears in Greece, a place that would not see an actual city named Thebes for several hundred years. On the map of Greece during the time of Alexander the Great, the artists have another chance to get the Thebes question right, but alas they fail once again. This time, Thebes, Egypt is shown while Thebes, Greece—arguably the most important Greek city at that time—disappears.
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Thebes, Boeoetia, was leveled by Alexander in 335 BC. It had ceased to be. It had expired and gone to meet its founder.
 
Gordon Freeman obviously.
Although he generally dealt with 4 legged creatures on faces, rather than 8. Either way though, they are nasty things and you should probably get yourself into a room with a large crowd of inept scientists competent doctors asap.
 
In my current Civ game, it's 1953. Venice is the most powerful nation, not through force of arms but through her continued championing of two dozen local city-states in what has been termed "The Venetian League". Venice is by far the richest country, using money to advance the single city at the League's heart.

I'm enjoying the Venetian challenge but I'll go back to a regular Civ after this.
 
Crowbars are the weakness of creatures with face addiction, because they lack faces.


EDIT: Tried Civ V again the other day, whilst it no longer seemed to suffer the 10 minute waiting period between turns that I previously experienced (although still a noticeable pause) ... I still prefer Civ IV!
 
Stardust said:
What on earth are you talking about?
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The razing of Thebes by the troops of Alexander the Great. Thebes and Athens, the two most important independent Greek city states of the time, allied against the expansion of the Macedon empire. The alliance lost to the Macedons led by Philipp II. in the Battle of Chaeronaea (338 BC), and the defeated Greek city states were forced into the Macedon-led Corinthian League, essentially an instrument of Macedon rule over mainland Greece. The Thebans were particularly unhappy with this situation, because the city was controlled by a Macedon garrison in the city centre. Philipp was murdered in 336, and his son, Alexander, followed him on the throne. Alexander was busy suppressing revolts and extending Macedon rule into Thrace (modern-day Bulgaria) and Illyria (essentially former Yugoslavia), but while he was away, the Greek cities tried to abolish the Corinthian League, and revolted. Upon returning from his campaigns, Alexander learned of this and decided to retaliate. Because the Thebans had openly fought against the Macedon garrison, Alexander decided to raze the city to set an example, but to spare Athens because of its importance in the Greek world. The city was completely destroyed, only the temples and the house of the famed Theban poet, Pindar, were left standing. Nobody in Greece revolted against Alexander afterwards.
 
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