W wątku poświęconym Warlordsom poruszona została kwestia petycji do Sida Meiera ws dodania polskiej cywilizacji. Temat umarł jakiś tydzień temu, ale myślę, że jest warty odświeżenia - chyba że mi umknął - jeśli tak, to wybaczcie.

Swego czasu wysłałem za pośrednictwem formularza na stronie Firaxis apel do twórców Cywilizacji - myślę, że można by wiele zdziałać, gdybyśmy wysłali wspólną petycję. Jestem zdania że nie powinniśmy siedzieć z założonymi rękami i patrzeć, jak po raz kolejny nas sie olewa. Bo dla mnie to nie jest kwestia złej woli, a raczej niewiedzy ludzi z FA. Przynajmniej taką mam nadzieję.

Oto co im wtedy wysłałem (również na kgilmore@firaxis.com - Fan Concerns/Events)

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Hi!

I'd like to say something about Sid Meier's Civilization IV. And about Civilization series at all.

I was very dissapointed, when I looked on new Civilization's tribes list and I didn't find Poland. Again... I know that my country doesn't have well promotion in the world. I know that polish nation have many opinions abroad - both good and bad. But, looking back at history and looking at present times, I think Poland deserve to be honored in Civilization's expansion pack.

You will ask: why Poland? There are many reasons, why Poland should be added to civilization's list. I send you just few...

1. HISTORY

- 10th century roots of first Polish Kingdom;

- XVI century - Poland both with Great Dutchery of Lithuania; (Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) was at this time one of Europe's most powerful countries;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish-Lithuanian_Commonwealth

- revolutionary heliocentric theory of the solar system developed by great Polish astronomer and mathematician, Nicolaus Copernicus;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copernicus

- Poland was a country of religious liberty and tolerance, "country without burning stakes";
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Confederation

- Polish troops were the only conquerors of Kremlin, Moscow;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_of_Troubles

- heavy cavalry - Polish Winged Hussar - was one of the most dangerous mounted unit of its time - even against gunpowder units such as musketman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Husarz.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kirchholm.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hetman_Zolkiewski_z_husaria.jpg
More ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussar )

- Tadeusz Kosciuszko and Kazimierz Pulaski - both Polish and American heroes of independence wars (American Revolutionary War and Polish Kosciuszko Uprising):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosciuszko
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazimierz_Pulaski
Phrase "For your freedom and ours" is commonly shown on polish military banners

- Constitution of May 3, 1791 - second, after American, modern constitution in the world and first in Europe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_third_May

- November 11, 1918 - Poland regained independence after 123 years of foreign (Germany, Austria, Russia) occupation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jozef_Pilsudski

- October 1920 - Battle of Warsaw called "18th most decisive battle in
world's history" (expression of lord d’Abernon, prominent military
historician) - culmination of Polish-Soviet War and great victory of Polish soldiers - they stoped invasion of Soviet Red Army to the Western Europe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish-Soviet_War

- 1932 - polish cryptologists broke Enigma's code, Nazi german portable cipher machine used to encrypt and decrypt secret messages - it is belived that breaking of Enigma's code shortened World War II by
12 months
http://www.enigmahistory.org/text.html

- September, 1 - October, 2 1939 - World War II - Poland fought against Nazi Germany and Soviet invasions and fell - Polish government moved to France and later to England - Poland never surrender and never collaborate with occupying authorities (the only exception in Europe). The Poles formed Home Army - one of the largest underground resistance movement during World War II largest underground army in Europe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Army

- World War II: 600,000 Polish soldiers fought on Allied side

- 1978 - Archbishop of Cracow, Karol Wojtyla, elected pope - John Paul II, one of the most beloved and influential Head of the Roman Catholic Church, begins to dismantling comunism in Europe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karol_Wojtyla

- August 1980 - Polish trade union federation rised conducted by Lech Walesa - "Solidarity" era begun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidarity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lech_Wa%C5%82%C4%99sa

- June 4, 1989 - first democratic elections in Warsaw Pact - peaceful revolution in Poland starts chain reaction in Central and Eastern Europe - Cold War begun to end


2. PRESENT TIMES

POLAND
Population: 38,635,144 (above 58,000,000 with Polish diaspora)
Area: 312,685 km2
Member:
- NATO
- OECD
- European Union

More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland

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These are FACTS, it is not my interpretation. In the end Copernicus' Observatory - Great Wonder in EVERY part of Civilisation series (except 4th part) - something mean - creation of Polish Side in Civilization would be a great final for all Polish fans of Sid Meier's Civilization.

If you are interested in common Polish and American history relations, I recommend you a book wrote by American authors Lynne Olson and Stanley Cloud: "A Question of Honor: the Kosciuszko Squadron in World War II" - briliant work!
http://www.questionofhonor.com/

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