Microsoft Age of Empires: Inside Moves Corrections and Comments

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Page 11: Incorrect History of Cyrus the Great

Page 11:
Delete paragraphs 4 and 5 ("In B.C.546, Cyrus, the destroyer...")

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In B.C. 499, the Greek city-state of Athens earned the wrath of the Persian ruler, Darius I, for its support of the anti-Persian revolt of a Grecian colony called Miletus. Darius destroyed Miletus in B.C. 493 and vowed revenge on the Athenians.

Darius sent a huge army to teach a lesson to Athens in B.C. 492. Athens asked another Greek city-state, called Sparta, for help. Unfortunately for Athens, Sparta was too busy with a religious ceremony to help when the Persian army arrived. Athens had to attend to Darius alone. Surprisingly, the Athenian army defeated the Persians without Spartan help.

Page 11, paragraph 6, sentence 1:
Change: "In 480, Xerxes I, the son of Cyrus..."
To: In 480, Xerxes I, the son of Darius...

Page 87: Guard Tower Should Be Watch Tower

Page 87, first screen shot caption:
Change: "... build two guard towers."
To: ... build two watch towers. Microsoft Press is committed to providing informative and accurate books. All comments and corrections listed above are ready for inclusion in future printings of this book. If you have a later printing of the book, it may already contain the above corrections.