The Egyptian people represent Egypt, a default civilization in Civilization II.
Color[]
The Egyptians are a yellow civilization. A game including the Egyptians will not have the Spanish or Aztecs.
Leaders[]
The default male leader of the Egyptians is Ramesses. Ramesses II (c. 1303–1213 BC) was the 3rd king of Egypt's 18th Dynasty and ruled from his teens until his nineties. He restored Egyptian control over Canaan (present-day Israel) but lost Syria to the Hittites.
The default female leader is Cleopatra. Cleopatra VII (69–30 BC) was not an ethnic Egyptian but a descendant of the Macedonian general Ptolemy, who carried on Hellenic rule in Egypt after the death of Alexander the Great. She defeated her brother Ptolemy XIII with the help of the Roman Julius Caesar, by whom she bore Caesarion. After Caesar's murder, she sided with Marcus Antonius against Octavian (later Augustus) and committed suicide after Antony's defeat at Actium.
Egyptian leaders use the default titles except under despotism and monarchy. An Egyptian emperor or empress is known as a "pharaoh". An Egyptian king or queen is known as a "great pharaoh".
Personality[]
The Egyptian AI, like the Chinese one, is civilized.
City list[]
The default Egyptian city list is a mix of the latinized Greek names that English usually uses for ancient Egyptian cities and the English and Egyptian Arabic names of less famous archaeological sites, medieval and modern Egyptian cities, and ancient Nubian locations.
- Thebes (default capital)
- Memphis
- Heliopolis
- Elephantine
- Alexandria
- Pi-Ramesses
- Giza
- Byblos
- El-Amarna
- Hieraconpolis
- Abydos
- Asyut
- Avaris
- Lisht
- Buto
- Edfu
- Pithom
- Busiris
- Kahun
- Athribis
- Mendes
- El-Ashmunein
- Tanis
- Buhen
- Bubastis
- This
- Oryx
- Sebennytus
- Cairo
- Canopus
- El Karnak
- Luxor
- Suez
- Damietta
- Rosetta
- Aswan
- Qertassi
- El Dakka
- Amada
- Aksha
- Kumma
- Meroe
- Semma
- Gebel Adda
- Philae
- Idfu
- Dishna
- Isna
- Akmim
- Port Said
- Mallawi
When this list is completed, the game continues with the names in the extra cities list. When that list is completed, the game cycles back to the top of this list with "Thebes" again.
Memphis and Giza are within a few miles of modern Cairo. Thebes, Karnak, and Luxor are also similarly close together. Edfu and Idfu are different romanizations of the same city name. Oryx was a nome, not a city. This, Isna, and Akmim are variant spellings of Thinis, Esna, and Akhmim. Semma is a misspelling of Semna.
Scenarios[]
In The Rise of Rome, Egypt is known as the Ptolemaic Greeks and uses the Spanish graphics and personality.
See also[]
- Egyptian in other games
Civilization II Civilizations [edit] |
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American • Arabian1 • Aztec • Babylonian • Carthaginian • Celtic • Chinese • Egyptian • English • French • German • Greek • Incan1 • Indian • Japanese • Mongol • Persian • Roman • Russian • Sioux • Spanish • Viking • Zulu |
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