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It's definitely underused compared to other parts of European history, but european history itself is still drastically overepresented: Pretty much all historical vidya that takes place prior to the modern era is either European or Japanese in setting or some fantasy version of one or the other
It's a shame, considering the amount of history that exists: Even just going pre-widespread firearms, in areas with complex civilization, there's
>5000 years of civilization in the fertile crescent, from Bronze age Egyptian Dyansties and Mesopotamian city-states, Iron age empires, the Persians, and medieval Caphiliates
>4000 years of civilization in India/South Asia, from the Indus River Valley civilization, to the Vedic period, to various classical and medivial empires and kingdoms
>3500 years of civilization in China and it's various dyansties and warring states periods, and the rest of East Asia
>3000 years of civilization in Mesoamerica (pic related), from the first Olmec cities to the dommiance of Teotihuacan, the Zapotec, and the Maya in the classical period, to the Toltec and Mixtec in the early postclassic, and the Aztec and Purepecha empires in the late Postclassic
>1500 years of civilization in the Andes, from the transition of proto-urban/state cultures like the Chavin and Paracas into Moche city states, the Nazca, etc in the Early intermediate period, the rise of the Wari and Tiwanku empires in the Middle Horizon, the Sican and Chimu in the late intermediate, and the rapid rise and utter dommiance of the Inca in the late horizon
>1500 years of civilization in Southeast asia due to it spreading there from India, with it's hindu kingdoms and empires, like the Khmer and Sukhothai
>1500 years of civilization in West Africa due to it spreading there from the fertile crescent and it's kingdoms and empires, like the Mali and Songhai
That's 20,000 years of civilization that's pre- widespread firearms we could be using in video games that we aren't, and then on top of that there's the lesser used periods of european history, like OP mentions.
I wish instead of whining about stupid shit like representation, that SJW's instead were advocating for a wider use of cultural inspriations. That seems like something they'd be into, actually making unique games featuring minority culture and shit rather then just slapping minorities into the same old games, but nope.
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I've seen this used to justify/explain why we don't get games featuring other time periods before, but I don't buy it: 99% of "hisotircal" vidya and media play so fast and loose with historical accuracy that as long as we have SOME sort of historical records and archeological evidence that it'd be good enough.
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Correct me if i'm wrong, but wasn't the greco-roman conception of sexuality more or less that of the sex of the person you are boning not mattering so much as if you were the dominant one or not? IE, it was fine to fuck other men as long as you were the one on top and being masculine, being on bottom was seen as unmanly. .
Sort of makes sense if you think about it, what's more manly then making another man your bitch?