There is no peace without war....

That's a conclusion that I had made after playing Rome: Total War. Nope, this entry is not a review or anything about the game. Its all about this conclusion that I had come up. This might sound harsh but let's face it, that's how this World goes since men ever set foot of this God-given world. If any of you ever read history you find these 2 disturbing cycles. It's either:


Cycle 1
1. Building of a civilisation (or founding of a nation)

2. Civilisation/nation enters its golden ages.

3. Inner conflict

4. Civil War

5. Revolution

6. Peace for a period of time.

7. Repeat step 2 to 6.


OR:


Cycle 2
1. Building of a civilisation (or founding of a nation)

2. Civilisation/nation enters its golden ages.

3. Neighbouring nation/civilisation fear you might be a threat.

4. Invasion by a foreign nation.

5. War.

6. If the nation lost, they get conquered and then it will be a few years before the conquered nation fought back until they gain "independence".

If they are NOT conquered they will either:
a) Get attacked again
b) Strike back/Attack others
c) Read cycle 1.

7. Peace for a period of time

8. Repeat steps 2 to 6.

Here's a few examples of cycle one. This happened Right after Qin had finally unite the whole of China, Shi Huangdi died and left a huge political vacuum. All his ministers tried to fill this vacuum by fighting with each other to become emperor. Later an army of peasants led by Liu Bang revolted and then the Han dynasty was form. Peace was then restored, the Han dynasty prospered until the Yellow Turban rebellion . This cycle will repeat for a number of 16 times until the communist China we know of today. Another example of cycle one can be seen after the death of Alexander the Great. Alexander died without leaving an heir which cause his great empire to be seperated into 4 parts. Each of them wanted to take over his empire. Of course later none of it were able to unify the lands and was later either absorbed by the Roman Empire or been conquered by the Parthians.