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Gates of Ishtar
Special Ability: Raises the strength of walls, gates and towers
Description:
An enormous burnt-brick entryway located over the main thoroughfare in the ancient city of Babylon (now in Iraq). It was built in about 575 BC, the eighth fortified gate in the city. The Ishtar gate structure was more than 38 feet (12 metres) high and was decorated with glazed brick reliefs, in tiers, of dragons and young bulls. The gate itself was a double one, and on its south side was a vast antechamber. Through the gatehouse ran a stone- and brick-paved avenue, the so-called Processional Way, that has been traced over a length of more than half a mile.
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Lighthouse of Alexandria
Special Ability: Lets you see all of the water/sea
Description:
One of the Seven Wonders of the World and the most famous lighthouse in antiquity. It was a technological triumph and is the archetype of all lighthouses since. Built by Sostratus of Cnidus, perhaps for Ptolemy I Soter, it was finished during the reign of Soter's son Ptolemy II of Egypt in about 280 BC. The lighthouse stood on the island of Pharos in the harbour of Alexandria and is said to have been more than 350 feet (110 metres) high; the only taller man-made structures at the time would have been the pyramids of Giza. Much of what is known about the structure of the lighthouse comes from a 1909 work by Hermann Thiersch, Pharos, antike, Islam und Occident. According to the ancient sources consulted by Thiersch, the lighthouse was built in three stages, all sloping slightly inward; the lowest was square, the next octagonal, and the top cylindrical. A broad spiral ramp led to the top, where a fire burned at night.
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Roman Colesseum
Special Ability: Raises your population limit and lowers the enemy's population limit
Description:
The Colosseum or Flavian Amphitheater was begun by Vespasian, inaugurated by Titus in 80 A.D. and completed by Domitian. Located on marshy land between the Esquiline and Caelian Hills, it was the first permanent amphitheater to be built in Rome. Its monumental size and grandeur as well as its practical and efficient organization for producing spectacles and controlling the large crowds make it one of the great architectural monuments achieved by the ancient Romans.
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Tower of Babylon
Special Ability: Area effect conversion ability for Priests
Description:
In biblical literature, structure built in the land of Shinar (Babylonia) some time after the Deluge. The story of its construction, given in Genesis 11:1-9, appears to be an attempt to explain the existence of diverse human languages. According to Genesis, the Babylonians wanted to make a name for themselves by building a mighty city and a tower “with its top in the heavens.
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The Great Library
Special Ability: Allows player to see enemy buildings
Description:
Famous ancient library, considered to have the greatest collection of books in the ancient world. Founded by Ptolemy I Soter, king of Egypt, in the city of Alexandria, it was expanded by his son Ptolemy II Philadelphus early in the 3rd century BC. The scholars in charge included the ablest Alexandrian men of letters of the period. Zenodotus of Ephesus, whose specialty was the classification of poetry, was the first to hold the position of librarian. The poet Callimachus made the first general catalog of the books and apparently was also librarian. The two most noted librarians were Aristophanes of Byzantium and Aristarchus of Samothrace, both great editors and grammarians. In the time of Ptolemy II, according to one historian, the main library in the Alexandrian Museum contained nearly 500,000 volumes, or rolls, and an annex in the Temple of Serapis contained some 43,000 volumes. Most of the writings of antiquity were preserved in these collections from which copies were made and disseminated to libraries throughout the civilized world
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Temple of Zeus
Special Ability: Gives healing/regenerative ability to all units
Description:
The Temple of Zeus was built in dedication of the greatest of the Greek gods, Zeus. Housing one of the seven wonders of the world, a huge gold and ivory statue of Zeus created by Libon of Elis, it was the meeting place for the Olympic games every 4 years.
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