Would have been great if it didn't throw off the entire balance of the game, the tech is so horribly slow, you don't have a choice but waste turns upon turns on building units and destroying them because if you don't, you lose all your gold, and your population is always unhappy no matter what you do. Can't play tall, can't play wide, 150 turns to research half the ancient techs while having birthed over twenty warriors that serve no purpose... oh and if you don't disable this mod, the tech unbalance will convey onto any other game you try to play, it took me no less than two hours debugging mod by mod to finally discover it was this one breaking everything else

why the capital of Egeon Empire is called Theracelnople instead of Thera and why the also go for Eastern Orthodoxy in 3000BC

Start the game as Egypt, -60 happiness. Nice job.

accidentally deleted a mod and now can not be installed again. is it possible somewhere to download the file to install manually?

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good map

Why can't i find this mod on my mod list?

why cant i play as the medes (kurds) ?

Hello JesperBN
I really thank you for the compliments :)
I am surprised that you were still researching trapping at turn 300.
I did make the techs to go extremely slow to enjoy the Ancient~Medieval times, but I did not know that it would turn out like that.
Marathon is the right mode to play, epic might work as well. Once Greece can go into the higher techs, things will get easier, so focus on technology is important untill the civ becomes stable.
If you play as Egypt, it will start with about 70 unhappy citizens, so the more the cities, the harder to stabilize, but it will get easier and easier.
But trapping on turn 300 is a problem
Try decreasing the technology modification down a notch.

I'm in the same boat as president. Cant find the mod anywhere even though subed

I am currently trying out this map/scenario, and I've reached turn 300 in King difficulty.
I am playing marathon.
I have had a negative cashflow ever since I started to produce units. (I was stupid enough to forget to delete/sell them for a long time) but still I am only researching Trapping right now.

It is extremely difficult, but maybe because I am playing with Greece, and they have a lot of cities, many of those only 1-2 tiles away from the next..

I am not going to quit just yet, but I was a bit frustrated, as my gold is constantly between -10 and -30.

Also I started out with 31 unhappy citizens, but I have turned that around now, so I have 4 happy ones instead.

Am I only in this struggle because of the marathon game, or is it designed to be this difficult?

Thank you for your hard work, I love the authentic scenery, and I think you have done a very good job.

American Man You must tick the box/Circle that says load scenario

I subscribed to this but when I go to Mods, this doesn't show up anywhere.

Since Babylon is in the game, you do need DLC. And if you cannot load the game in the right spots, you have to check 'load scenario' on the game setup menu.

any dlc required?

when i load the game everyone is in the wromg spots

For some reason when I try to use it my science is fully maxed out and messed up

Are you unable to find the map? Here's my quickfix:

Copy the mapfile from the ancient world mod folder (MODS\The Ancient World) straight into the civ5\MAPS folder.

Worked for me

where i sthe map for this

Selcuklu ? Ottoman ?

Does this mod work, please message me if you know the answe

Even though I am subscribed, the map doesn't download. I can't find it in the MODS folder either. I would be thankful for a direct download link.

Excellent Mod!

the game crushes in the first 20 turns, everytime. you know why this can be?

cant find the map someone help?

cant find the map

Great mod!! and historicly accurite 2!

Sorry for wasting your time. I got it working and it is awesome.

When I try to run this, none of the civs are in the right places. I am using CIV 5 Complete. What am I doing wrong?

I perfer to play in the Ancient world then the Modern one!

One could try playing with the mod "Eras - Classic" which lets research end in the classical age.

For some reasons it starts from rennaicance era ( srry if pronounced wrong) , any help?

will you every update it.

I use this mod when I play.....''Ellye's Extra-Slow Research - Makes research is 160% slower.

Very nice scenario I like it a lot and play almost all the civ. Although you have to change the science and make it slower. You reach the medieval era in 2000 B.C. and the most of the civ is in early classic era. If you like to repeat the history by play one of the big civ like Persia and Hellas and make the conquest that they make you change the eras too fast and advance in the map too slow.

Nice try. Too many concerns for me to recommend playing it though. These include:
1. All civilizations start at 5000 BC with multiple cities. The ancients should start with three cities, next level with one, and the last levels appearing at a later start date.
2. These cities are often crammed too close together (Egypt is a mess!)
3. Initial unhappiness is tremendous due to multiple cities crammed together with no resource development or basic infrastructure.
4. This type of mod should not have a tech tree that goes past the medieval period.
5. The tech tree research should be slower.
6. This mod should have a much slower (Epic? Marathon?) game turn.
I'm sure there are other issues but these were enough for me to unsubscribe the mod.

Unvelievable mod! Honestly might be my favorite as a huge fan of the ancient world. I just have one big gripe that I feel should be addressed to improve the mod. I truly care about this mod and really want to see it improved. First, why can't I play on marathon? Even when I set it to marathon it somehow gets switched back to epic. I started a game as Assyria with the intent on taking over the 4 quarters of the world (Hittites, Persia, Babylon, and Egypt). Problem is, by the time I conquered Babylon and Persia it was the Medieval Age and Egypt was even well into the Renaissance. And I started invading Babylon when I only had archers and warriors. Cyrus the Great was able to conquer 3 of the 4 quarters in a couple of decades. I actually like how close the cities are to each other because it prevents them from growing and makes them feel like the small villages they were. This mod seems to best be played on marathon...let me play it on it then!

The map is broke. And while you fix it, learn english instead of using google translate :)

the second turn i play the game it crashes

I'll second the request for just starting cities please.

Could you make a version without Babylon? That would be deeply appreciated.

Great! hey please make TSL game...(use this map :D)

@Grizwald Hello. People usualy think of Egypt as a dry and deserty place but this is not true because Egypt is one of the most fertile places on Earth - at least along the Nile. So yes, there were thick forests all along the Nile even when desertification took place in the Sahara. Thousands of years of agriculture and high population drove these forests into small patches today along with the help of the Aswan Dam that prevents annual flooding of the Nile which helps not just the forests but all natural activities that are related to the Nile. So when you play the game as Egypt you might end up only with farms by the Nile if you wish to do so which is similar to Modern Egypt in reality. But some forests remain - Go to Google Earth and look between Fayum Lake and Fayum City in Egypt. Boom, there lies a thick lush and beautiful forest - which should be the true view of Egyptian landscape.

I don't think theres forests in egypt

Hi @fireonfire. Sometimes, the engine makes an edditional Mods file in your MOD file (Note that the two are different) The 'Mods' file might have 'the ancient world' file.

For those who can not find the map in the 'additional maps' menu:
unfortunately you might have to follow some steps to make it work. Look at the very bottom of my description.

Hi! Some of you guys wanted the Celts to be included in this map. I thought about this but came to the conclusion that they were not as much as significant to be included. (Sorry!) Instead, I included the Thracians who inhabited the Eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula (many Bulgarians are still descendants of these people to this day), and the Illyrians who had the west, in my latest update.

how can i play? i cant found the map :(

I couldn't find the folder "the ancient world" although the "subscribe" box is checked on this page.

You should make a version where you start with the capital city only.