Unique Ability Activate at a Holy Site district or Stonehenge. Historical Context Born of a “priestly family,” a direct descendant in the royal line of Manushcihar, upon his birth Zoroaster supposedly laughed…
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Thomas Aquinas | Civilization VI
Unique Ability Activate at a Holy Site district or Stonehenge. Historical Context “How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?” As foolish as this question may sound today, it…
Songtsan Gampo | Civilization VI
Unique Ability Activate at a Holy Site district or Stonehenge. Historical Context Most “great” prophets tend to be more concerned with the spiritual than the practical. Not so Songtsen Gampo – a…
Simon Peter | Civilization VI
Unique Ability Activate at a Holy Site district or Stonehenge. Historical Context An apostle, a true believer, a martyr, a pope (the Catholics consider him the first such), a saint… a fairly…
Siddhartha Gautama | Civilization VI
Unique Ability Activate at a Holy Site district or Stonehenge. Historical Context Siddhartha, who would one day be known as the Buddha (“the awakened” or “enlightened one”), seemed destined to become one…
O no Yasumaro | Civilization VI
Unique Ability Activate at a Holy Site district or Stonehenge. Historical Context O no Yasumaro, who lived in the early 8th Century AD, authored the two texts that form the foundation for…
Martin Luther | Civilization VI
Unique Ability Activate at a Holy Site district or Stonehenge. Historical Context Before Martin Luther turned Christian civilization upside-down, Catholicism was the only game in play. Those who didn’t agree got burned…
Madhva Acharya | Civilization VI
Unique Ability Activate at a Holy Site district or Stonehenge. Historical Context Madhva Acharya was born near the town of Udupi in 1238 AD to an elderly but pious Brahmin. Educated by…
Laozi | Civilization VI
Unique Ability Activate at a Holy Site district or Stonehenge. Historical Context The reputed author of the ‘Tao Te Ching,’ and thus the “founder” of Taoism, Laozi was a native of the…
John the Baptist | Civilization VI
Unique Ability Activate at a Holy Site district or Stonehenge. Historical Context A central figure in three faiths – Judaism, Christianity and Islam (and even forgotten sects like Mandaeism) – John the…