A Testament to the Ages! (Map Game)

A new map game! As always here are the rules,

Rules!
Be realistic!

Someone else must take a turn before you can go again.

Always save your photo as a .PNG

Calendar This map game starts at the dawn of Civilization in an alternate world, and last till the modern day!
 * 2300 B.C. to 1000 B.C. (During this time, a turn equals 100 years)
 * 950 B.C. to 400 B.C. (During this time, a turn equals 50 years)
 * 375 B.C. to 1000 A.D. (During this time, a turn equals 25 years)
 * 1010 A.D. to 1600 A.D. (During this time, a turn equals 10 years)
 * 1605 A.D. to 1800 A.D. (During this time, a turn equals 5 years)
 * 1800 A.D. to 1960 A.D. (During this time a turn equals a year)
 * 1960 Winter A.D. to 2000 Winter A.D. (During this time a turn equals a half a year, Winter and Summer)

Also try to do Scientific/Cultural/Religious/Economic changes instead of just Militaristic ones.

2300 B.C.


Civilization first starts in a place called Qart-Hadesh(Purple) and Nubia(Yellow)

City-States from both places begin to fight over Cattle grazing lands

Multiple city-states in modern Italy begin to emerge

2200 B.C.


Civilization starts in Britain. The people, the Celts, will become the ones who initate several scientfic and medical advances, but only in time.

City-states also start to pop up on the island of Sicily.

2100 B.C.

 * The city-states of Italy begin to fight over farm land

2000 B.C.


After 300 years of war, Nubia unites and forms the world's first written language.

The Celts create the world's first numerical system.

Canton becomes powerful, and expands greatly.

1900 B.C.
The Celts invent the world's first religious system. They are notable for worshipping only one god. The Celts invent a writing system, which consists of 26 letters. The Celts, over hundreds of years of expansion, now cover the whole of OTL England, Wales, and Scotland. The land is known as Celtia.
 * Rome becomes the most powerful of the Italian city-states and conquers most of west Italian coast.

1800 B.C.


Nubia expandes rapidly expands

The Kingdoms of Babilu (Red) and Niwt-Rast (Orange) are created

Qart Hadesh is united, and because of Nubian support begins massive colonization efforts

Sicilians are worries about Qart Hadesh so they start colonizing too

The Roman Kingdom conquers most of the Italian peninsula and the Alps

1700 B.C.

 * The Roman Kingdom begins to enter Greece and France.

1600 B.C.


Sicily is partly invaded by Niwt-Rast, and Qart-Hadesh

While Niwt-Rast is invading Sicily, Nubia goes to war

In the East, Japan and Goryo form

Japan and Qart-Hadesh now develope written languages of their own

Rome conquers most of the Balkan peninsula, more of France, and pushes into south Italy against the Qart-Hadesh

Maya city-states begin to appear on the Yucatan peninsula

1500 B.C.
The Kingdom of Celtia invents the world's first wheel. They also develop the world's first paper, by using some timber. Celtic astronomers build Stone-henge. One man theorizes that each star in the sky is like our Sun. He also concludes that since the Moon is shaped like a circle, the Earth should be too. A Celtic geographer theorizes about the existence of other contients. He also comes up with the theory that there are other civlizations like Celtia out on the world's horizon. All of these theories are true.

1400 B.C.
Rome creates the worlds first marble statues and develops cement as well as makes first contact with the Celts.

1300 B.C.


Bactria forms

Qart-Hadesh expands like never before

The Eastern nations all expand

1200 B.C.
A Celtic scientist develops the earliest known perodic table, of whom he believes consist of a breathing element and several other unknown ones. He also creates a theory that the blood in a body circulates from the heart. A Celtic metal-worker invents bronze, by combining copper and iron. Celtia colonizes OTL Ireland.

Rome conquers and parts of the Balkan peninsula

Maya civilization extends to Central America

Incan civilization expands along the Andes Mountains



1100 B.C.
Rome conquers all of France, Greece, Italy, and most of Spain, Rome also finishes the Coloseum and the Circus Maximus

Maya expands into more of Mexico

Incans expand to most of the Andes

the Mayan city-states unify under one government, they also develop ahighly complex system of agriculture, which makes thier society the most productive per capita in the world.

1000 B.C.
Rome conquers all of Spain, Italy, as well as Pelopenesse and Crete, Rome also begins to invade the Celts and colonize North Africa

Inca expands to all over the Andes

The Maya take over most of Mexico and Central America

Civilization begins to develop in Russia

Rome and Qart-Hadesh make peace

Nubia collapses

Goryo expands

Rome expands into Germania and begins to colonize East Africa

950 B.C.


Inca, Babilu, Rome, and Qart-Hadesh, and Canton expand

Niwt-Rast is divided between Babilu and Qart-Hadesh

Russia expands massivley towards the east

Rome takes over Germania and takes over most of modern Somalia

Maya expand south and on parts of modern Cuba

Inca expand massuvly south along the Andes mountains

900 B.C.
Celtia drives Rome out of it's territory. The Celts then sign a treaty with Rome, promising to pay Rome money for 4 years in exchange for Rome promising to never invade Celtia again.

The Celts invent the catapult launcher, the first true military armor, and the first bow-arrow weapons.

850 B.C.
Thanks to their innovative systems of agriculture, the Mayan Empire has been experiencing huge population grow. They expand south into South america and north, into the great plains, where they learn to domesticate the buffalo, creating the worlds first cavalry.

Rome conquers all of East Africa, colonizes West Africa and also develops siege weapons and iron armor and weapons.

Somebody please make a map reflecting the changes

800 B.C.
Celtia expands the size of it's military and adopts a series of innovative agricultural methods. Just like the Mayan Empire, the Kingdom of Celtia experiences a mass population growth.

Rome expands colonies along the Western African coast and begins to practice the agricultural methods of the Celts.

Thanks to it's great agriculture and sanitation, the Mayan population has doubled every twenty years for the past century. They are now by far the most populous nation on earth. Also, thanks to their association with domesticated animals, they have a stronger immune system. They control all of central America, the Great plains, and are building colonies on the east coast



750 B.C.
Celtia surrenders to Rome.

A Mayan scientist discovers that a series of dangerous material, when combined with certain elements, can create a deadly weapon. Gunpowder is invented.

Gunpowder makes mining easier, freeing more Mayans to expand northward and southward. The Mayan Empire now controls all of North America west of the Rocky mountains. to keep their massive empire under their control, they establish long series of towers which can communicate between each other using a system similar to semaphore. They also build very fast naval vessels which can transport troops along the coasts of their empire, and along their major rivers. The Mayan religion also reveres the Royal Family as closely related to the gods.

700 B.C.
A Mayan geographer, working with information provided by Mayan navigators, produces the first atlas of North America. The atlas is extremely accurate, and will be used for centuries to come.

Meanwhile, a Mayan scientist invents the Mayan periodic table, proving the existence of oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen. Another Mayan scientist discovers that the brain operates the rest of the body.

The Mayans establish settlements on the Amazon River, and colonize much of Brazil.

The Mayan Emperor creates the first Consulatory Parliament, in order to access the wisdom of his enormous realm. This makes him extremely popular with his subjects. However, he retains aboslute power.

650 B.C.
The Mayan Emperor ends the practice of human sacrifice.

The Roman Empire begins a massive invasion of the East and makes first contact with Russia. They also finish the expansion in the British Isles and by now control most of East Africa.

A new disease emerges in the Yucatan and 12 fall ill to it. The Mayans quickly quarantine all twelve, and they work to develop a treatment.

A plague kills 2/3 of the population of the Mediterranean, due to their poor medical sciences

Russia conquers Siberia

The Mayans finish colonizing North America and Brazil, and develop the first muskets. The Mayan Emperor builds a Royal College, to encourage scientific development. that begins the Mayan Reinassance.

The Mayans invent the printing press, helping scientific development throughout the Empire.

The Mayans develop a treatment for the disease, which involves injecting people with a very small dosage of the disease, which renders them immune.



600 B.C.
the Mayans expand further south, until they reach the tip of south america.

Mayan mathematicians discover that the world is round, and far large than the Mayans had suspected. the Mayan Emperor sends ships to find what lies beyond the great eastern and western oceans.

The Mayans begin trading with Europe and China, but are careful not to reveal where they come from. they are also careful to remain sanitary, and to quaranteen people who contract diseases.

The Maya make first contact with the Roman Kingdom and usher in what is known as The Great Exchange in Rome. Rome develops their first gunpowder weapons and begins sending them to support a new campaign to invade Central Africa.

The Mayans begin colonizing South Africa and Australia. they also pass laws to ensure no foreigners can travel to Mayapan (OTL america's), and only show Rome matchlock muskets, not the more advanced flintlock rifles.

waterwheels become commonplace in Mayan factories, making Mayan goods the cheapest in the world.

Citizens in Rome begin contemplating revolution as the King becomes more tyrannical and relations with the Maya are cut off, leading to a Roman economic depression and putting thousands out of work.

the Mayan Parliament is granted limited powers by the Mayan Emperor, and the Mayan constitution is written.

550 B.C.
the first steam engine is build in Mayapan.

disease theory is developed in the Mayan Empire, speeding their colonization of Africa.

The Inca Empire is formally annexed into the Mayan empire, although it had been a tributary for many years.

the Mayan Parliament is granted more powers, including the power to tax.

the first telegraph line is built in Mayapan

Rome sends an invasion force of 500,000 men to conquer Africa, by the end of the year they willa have conquered all of Africa that has not yet been occupied by other countries.