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 As the setting of the Russian Revolution has already been explored through [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall|The Fall]], a game in this setting is unlikely. However, it is still a very interesting location and time period. As well as this, '''The Fall''' focused more on the cause of the whole revolution, rather than individual events. In a future AC game, players could be present at, or even cause, various events in the timeline of the game's story. We could also be present for slightly after the end of the revolution, and slightly before, to wholly understand what the change meant for Russia.
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 *'''Yakov Yurovsky''' - Yakov Yurovsky was an Old Bolshevik best known as the chief executioner of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, his family, and four retainers on the night of 16/17 July 1918.
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	*'''St Petersburg''' - Later renamed Petrograd, then Leningrad, Saint Petersburg is a city of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. Players could visit such landmarks as Saint Isaac's Cathedral, Palace Square, and the Winter Palace.		*'''St Petersburg''' - Later renamed Petrograd, then Leningrad, Saint Petersburg is a city of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. Players could visit such landmarks as Saint Isaac's Cathedral, Palace Square, and the Winter Palace.
	*'''Brest-Litovsk''' - In the same way players are in Philadelphia during the signing of the Declaration of Independence, players could be in Brest-Litovsk for the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.		*'''Brest-Litovsk''' - In the same way players are in Philadelphia during the signing of the Declaration of Independence, players could be in Brest-Litovsk for the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
	*'''Countryside''' -		*'''Countryside''' - A large 'Countryside' map, similar to the Frontier, could join together Moscow and St Petersburg. This would allow players to see the contrast between the poor farmland and the rich city areas.
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			As the setting of the Russian Revolution has already been explored through [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall\|The Fall]], a game in this setting is unlikely. However, it is still a very interesting location and time period. As well as this, '''The Fall''' focused more on the cause of the whole revolution, rather than individual events. In a future AC game, players could be present at, or even cause, various events in the timeline of the game's story. We could also be present for slightly after the end of the revolution, and slightly before, to wholly understand what the change meant for Russia.
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			*'''Moscow''' - Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, Moscow became the capital of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and of the Soviet Union less than five years later. Players could visit such landmarks as the Red Square and the Kremlin.
			*'''St Petersburg''' - Later renamed Petrograd, then Leningrad, Saint Petersburg is a city of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. Players could visit such landmarks as Saint Isaac's Cathedral, Palace Square, and the Winter Palace.
			*'''Brest-Litovsk''' - In the same way players are in Philadelphia during the signing of the Declaration of Independence, players could be in Brest-Litovsk for the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
			*'''Countryside''' -
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			*'''The Revolution of 1905''' - The Revolution of 1905 was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire. Some of it was directed against the government, while some was undirected. It included worker strikes, peasant unrest, and military mutinies. It led to the establishment of limited constitutional monarchy, the State Duma of the Russian Empire, the multi-party system, and the Russian Constitution of 1906.
			*'''The First World War''' - Obviously this should not be a World War One game. But due to the importance of the First World War in helping cause the Russian Revolution, namely that the huge amounts of defeats helped to grow unpopularity towards the commanding upper classes and especially the Tsar. Perhaps the game could start with the outbreak of war, and players could be present at battles such as:
			**'''The Battle of Tannenberg''' - Taking part in the first days of WWI (August 26 - 30 1914), the Battle of Tannenberg was one of the first major defeats to the Russian army. The battle is notable particularly for a number of rapid movements of complete German corps by train, allowing a single German army to concentrate forces against each Russian army in turn.
			**'''The Battles of the Masurian Lakes''' - The Battles of the Masurian Lakes were two offensives undertaken by the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and their allies) in September 1914 and February 1915. Both attacks devastated the Russian army.
			*'''The February/March Revolution''' - The February Revolution (March in the modern Gregorian calendar) was the first of two Revolutions in 1917 which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Russian SFSR (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, which later became part of the USSR). The revolution, confined to the capital and its vicinity and lasting less than a week, involved mass demonstrations and armed clashes with police and gendarmes, the last loyal forces of the Russian monarchy. In the last days mutinous Russian Army forces sided with the revolutionaries. It led to the abdication of the Tsar and the installation of a provisional government under Prince Georgy Lvov. This revolution appeared to break out spontaneously, without any real leadership or formal planning. Russia had been suffering from a number of economic and social problems, which were compounded by the impact of World War I. Bread rioters and industrial strikers were joined on the streets by disaffected soldiers from the city's garrison. As more and more troops deserted, and with loyal troops away at the Front, the city fell into a state of chaos, leading to the overthrow of the Tsar.
			*'''The Abdication and Assassination of the Romanovs''' - During the February Revolution, Tsar Nicholas II was urged to return to Petrograd to quell the protests by Mikhail Rodzianko. When he attempted to do so, on 2 March (15 March Gregorian), his train was blocked and he was forced to abdicate. He tried to arrange asylum for his family in Great Britain, but was denied as King George V feared this could cause uprising in England. In Spring 1918, he was transferred to Yekaterinburg, where he was imprisoned. In the summer, his family was told to go into the basement, where they were shot. Could this possibly have been a Templar or Assassin plot?
			*'''The October/November Revolution''' - The October Revolution (November in the modern Gregorian calendar), also known as the Bolshevik Uprising, was an armed uprising in Petrograd which replaced the provisional government with a permanent, Bolshevik Communist one. As the revolution was not universally recognized outside of Petrograd there followed the struggles of the Russian Civil War (1917–1923) and the creation of the Soviet Union in 1922. The revolution was led by the Bolsheviks, who used their influence in the Petrograd Soviet to organize the armed forces. Bolshevik Red Guards forces under the Military Revolutionary Committee began the takeover of government buildings on 24 October 1917 (6 November Gregorian). The following day, the Winter Palace (the seat of the Provisional government located in Petrograd, then capital of Russia), was captured.
			*'''The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk''' - On March 3, 1918, Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk at what is now Brest, Belarus. It was a peace treaty with the Central Powers that marked Russia's exit from World War One. While the treaty was practically obsolete before the end of the year, it did provide some relief to the Bolsheviks, who were tied up in fighting the Russian Civil War.
			*'''The Russian Civil War''' - After the Bolshevik Uprising's use of the Red Guard, a strong anti-Bolshevik movement spread through Russia. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk helped act as a catalyst for this movement, causing the formation of anti-Bolshevik groups both inside and outside Russia, pushing them into action against the new regime. After the Bolshevik Uprising, the Red Guard was instructed to begin the armed takeover of cities and villages throughout the former Russian Empire. This was resisted by a coalition force of 'Whites' led by Anton Denikin, Nikolai Yudenich and Alexander Kolchak. In the north-west, Yudinich threatened Petrograd, but was driven back in 1920. In the south-west, Denikin advanced towards Moscow, but was also stopped by the Red Armies. Kolchak was defeated in the east in 1919. This all ensured Bolshevik victory in 1923.
			*'''The Introduction of New Economic Policy''' - After the Civil War, Vladimir Lenin realised that change was necessary to win support of peasants and industrial workers. Therefore, in March 1921, the New Economic Policy was introduced, taking a step back from traditional Communist ideals. This involved allowing peasants to sell their crops for profit and allowing most small industry be run privately.
			*'''The Death of Vladimir Lenin''' - In 1922, Lenin suffered a stroke, and also survived an assassination attempt (Templars, anyone?). This lead to his death in January 1924. After his death, a cult of Lenin developed, with his image being spread throughout Russia, especially Petrograd (which was renamed Leningrad) and Moscow.
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			*'''Leon Trotsky''' - Trotsky was a Marxist Revolutionary and founder of the Red Army. Trotsky was initially a supporter of the Menshevik Internationalists faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. He joined the Bolsheviks immediately prior to the 1917 October Revolution, and eventually became a leader within the Party. According to AC lore, Lenin was supported by the Assassins, especially Nikolai Orelov and Aleksandr Ulyanov. Could Leon Trotsky be another Assassin in support of Communism?
			*'''Prince Felix Yusopov''' - Felix Yusopov was best known for taking part in the murder of Grigori Rasputin.
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			*'''Josef Stalin''' - Joseph Stalin (18 December 1878 – 5 March 1953), was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953, when, according to AC lore, he was killed by the Assassins. Assassin's Creed also says he deliberately caused WWII.
			*'''Grigori Rasputin''' - Grigori Raputin was a Russian peasant who claimed to be a mystic healer. He was taken in by the Tsar's family to help cure Nicholas II's son who had haemophilia. '''The Fall''' revealed Rasputin to be a covert Templar agent, assigned to infiltrate the Russian Royal House and become close to Tsar Nicholas II and his family.
			*'''Mikhail Rodzianko''' - Mikhail Rodzianko was a Russian politician who worked in the State Duma until the February Revolution. He emigrated to Serbia in 1920, where he died in great poverty in 1924, and he was the uncle to Aleksandr Rodzyanko, a corps-commander of the White Army during the Russian Civil War.
			*'''Anton Denikin''' - Anton Denikin was Lieutenant General of the Imperial Russian Army (1916) and one of the foremost generals of the White movement in the Russian Civil War. He died in 1947.
			*'''Nikolai Yudenich''' - Nikolai Yudenich was a commander of the Russian Imperial Army during World War I. He was a leader of the anti-communist White movement in Northwestern Russia during the Civil War. He died in 1933.
			*'''Alexander Kolchak''' - Alexander Kolchak was an Imperial Russian Navy commander, polar explorer and later - the Supreme ruler of the counter-revolutionary anti-communist White forces during the Russian Civil War. He was captured by Bolshevik forces during the war, and was executed in 1920.
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			*'''Tsar Nicholas II''' - Nicholas II was the last Tsar of Russia, Grand Prince of Finland, and titular King of Poland. His disastrous handling of World War One helped cause the February Revolution, which led to his abdication and later execution.
	\|}		*'''Vladimir Lenin''' - Vladimir Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet Union during its initial years (1917 – 1924), as it fought to establish control over Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a socialist economic system. The AC wiki says that "Though not an Assassin himself, Lenin was affiliated with the Russian Assassins. His brother, Aleksandr Ulyanov was an Assassin, as was their close friend Nikolai Orelov. During the October Revolution, Lenin sent a letter to Nikolai urging him to kill Tsar Nicholas II, even if the Order itself no longer saw him as a threat."
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			In order to wholly understand the background and effects of the English Civil War, I believe that the game should last from 1625-1653, whilst the actual conflict (in three parts) lasted from 1642–1651.
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			*'''The Thirty Years War''' - The Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) was a series of wars principally fought in Central Europe, involving most of the countries of Europe. It was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, and one of the longest continuous wars in modern history. In 1625, Charles I wanted to intervene on the Protestant side of the war, but foreign wars necessitated heavy expenditures, and the Crown could raise taxes only through Parliamentary consent.
			*'''Charles I's marriage to Henrietta Maria''' - One event to raise concerns over Charles's reign was his marriage to a Roman Catholic, French princess Henrietta Maria, in 1625, directly after ascending the throne. Charles's marriage raised the possibility that his children, including an heir to the throne, might grow up Catholic, an alarming prospect for officially Protestant England.
			*'''The Removal of Parliament''' - Charles's insistence on having his unpopular royal favourite George Villiers, the Duke of Buckingham assume command of an English expeditionary force undermined public support. Unfortunately for Charles and Buckingham, the relief expedition proved a fiasco, and Parliament, already hostile to Buckingham for his monopoly on royal patronage, opened impeachment proceedings against him. Charles responded by dissolving Parliament. Unfortunately, this reinforced the impression that Charles wanted to avoid Parliamentary scrutiny of his ministers.
			*'''The Bishops' Wars''' - The Bishops' Wars were conflicts, both political and military, which occurred in 1639 and 1640 centred around Charles I trying to introduce a uniform Church throughout Britain. In the spring of 1639, King Charles I accompanied his forces to the Scottish border to end rebellion against this change. After a a poor military campaign, he accepted the offered Scottish truce. The truce proved temporary and a second war followed in summer of 1640. This time, a Scots army defeated Charles' forces in the north. Charles eventually agreed not to interfere with Scotland's religion.
			*'''The Formation of the Long Parliament''' - Charles had insufficient funds to quell the Bishops' Wars in Scotland, so formed a new parliament in 1640, with John Pym and John Hampden at its head. The new Parliament proved even more hostile to Charles than its predecessor. It immediately began to discuss grievances against Charles and his Government, and took the opportunity presented by the King's troubles to force various reforming measures upon him. The legislators passed a law which stated that a new Parliament should convene at least once every three years. Other laws passed by the Parliament made it illegal for the king to impose taxes without Parliamentary consent, and later, gave Parliament control over the king's ministers. Finally, the Parliament passed a law forbidding the King to dissolve it without its consent, even if the three years were up.
			*'''The Wars of the Three Kingdoms''' - The Wars of the Three Kingdoms formed an intertwined series of conflicts that took place in England, Ireland, and Scotland between 1639 and 1651 after these three countries had come under the "Personal Rule" of King Charles I of England. These conflicts included the '''Irish Confederate Wars''', the '''Scottish Civil War''', and the three '''English Civil Wars'''.
			**'''The Irish Rebellion and Confederate Wars''' - The Irish Rebellion of 1641 began as an attempted coup d'état by Irish Catholic gentry, who tried to seize control of the English administration in Ireland to force concessions for the Catholics living under English rule. However, the coup failed and the rebellion developed into an ethnic conflict between native Irish Catholics on one side, and English and Scottish Protestant settlers on the other. This developed into the Irish Confederate Wars– fought over who would govern Ireland, whether it would be governed from England, which ethnic and religious group would own most of the land and which religion would predominate in the country–that ended in 1653.
			**'''The Scottish Civil War''' - In Scotland itself, from 1644–45 a Scottish civil war was fought between Scottish Royalists under James Graham, and the Covenanters, who had controlled Scotland since 1639 and allied with the English Parliament. The Scottish Royalists, aided by Irish troops, had a rapid series of victories in 1644–45, but were eventually defeated by the Covenanters. However, the Covenanters then found themselves at odds with the English Parliament and backed the claims of Charles II to the thrones of England and Scotland. This led to the Third English Civil War, when Scotland was invaded and occupied by the Parliamentarian New Model Army under Oliver Cromwell.
			**'''The First English Civil War''' - The first of three wars collectively titled the '''English Civil War''', the First English Civil War was fought from 1642–1646 between the Royalist 'Cavaliers' of Charles I of England and the Parliamentarian 'Roundheads' of Oliver Cromwell. Charles was eventually handed over to the English Parliament by the Scots and was imprisoned, marking the end of the First English Civil War in May 1646. Players could be present at some of the many battles of the First English Civil War, such as:
			***'''The Battle of Powick Bridge''' - Fought on 23 September 1642, this was the first major cavalry engagement of the English Civil War. It was a Royalist victory. The "battle" was closer to a skirmish, but nonetheless important. It started almost farcically, the two opposing cavalry units having set up camp in almost adjacent fields. Casualties were minimal on both sides. The result of the fight was the immediate overthrow of the Parliamentary cavalry, and this gave the Royalist troopers a confidence in themselves and in their brilliant leader, which was not shaken until they met Oliver Cromwell's Ironsides.
			*'''The Battle of Edgehill''' - The Battle of Edgehill was the first pitched battle of the First English Civil War. It was fought near Edge Hill and Kineton in southern Warwickshire on Sunday, 23 October 1642. All attempts at constitutional compromise between King Charles and Parliament broke down early in 1642. Both King and Parliament raised large armies to gain their way by force of arms. Late on 22 October, both armies unexpectedly found the enemy to be close by. The next day, the Royalist army descended from Edge Hill to force battle. After the Parliamentary artillery opened a cannonade, the Royalists attacked. Many men from both sides fled or fell out to loot enemy baggage, and neither army was able to gain a decisive advantage.
			***'''The Battle of Gainsborough''' - In 1643, Oliver Cromwell formed his troop of "Ironsides", a disciplined unit that demonstrated his military leadership ability. With their assistance, he won the first Roundhead victory at the Battle of Gainsborough in July.
			***'''The Battle of Langport''' - The Battle of Langport was a Parliamentarian victory late in the English Civil War which destroyed the last Royalist field army and gave Parliament control of the West of England, which had hitherto been a major source of manpower, raw materials and imports for the Royalists. The battle took place on 10 July 1645 near the small town of Langport, which lies south of Bristol.
			**'''The Second English Civil War''' - The Second English Civil War (1648–1649) was the second of the three English Civil Wars. The end of the First Civil War, in 1646, left a partial power vacuum in which any combination of the three English factions, Royalists, Independents of Cromwell's Army, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyterian Presbyterians] of the English Parliament, as well as the Scottish Parliament allied with the Scottish Presbyterians (the Kirk), could prove strong enough to dominate the rest. From 1646 to 1648 the breach between Army and Parliament widened day by day until finally the Presbyterian party, combined with the Scots and the remaining Royalists, felt itself strong enough to begin a Second Civil War. Players could be present at many events during the Second English Civil War, such as:
			***'''The Revolt in Wales''' - In February 1648 Colonel John Poyer, the Parliamentary Governor of Pembroke Castle, refused to hand over his command to one of Fairfax's officers, and he was soon joined by some hundreds of officers and men, who mutinied. At the end of March, encouraged by minor successes, Poyer openly declared for the King. Disbanded soldiers continued to join him in April, all South Wales revolted, and eventually he was joined by Major-General Rowland Laugharne, his district commander, and Colonel Rice Powell. In April also news came that the Scots were arming and that Berwick and Carlisle had been seized by the English Royalists. Oliver Cromwell was at once sent off at the head of a strong detachment to deal with Laugharne and Poyer. But before he arrived Laugharne had been severely defeated at the Battle of St. Fagans.
			***'''The Revolt in Kent''' - A precursor to Kent's Second Civil War had come on Wednesday, 22 December 1647, when Canterbury's town crier had proclaimed the county committee's order for the suppression of Christmas Day and its treatment as any other working day. However, a large crowd gathered 3 days later to demand a church service. This crowd then descended into violence and riot, with the city under the rioters' control for several weeks until forced to surrender in early January. On 21 May 1648, Kent rose in revolt in the King's name, and a few days later a most serious blow to the Independents was struck by the defection of the Navy, from command of which they had removed Vice-Admiral William Batten, as being a Presbyterian. Fairfax moved quickly into Kent, and on the evening of 1 June, stormed Maidstone by open force. It took almost a month to retake Walmer (15 June-12 July), before moving on to Deal and Sandown castles. On 28 July, Royalist warships arrived and, after 3 weeks of failed attempts to land a relief force at Deal, on the night of 13 August, managed to land 800 soldiers and sailors under cover of darkness. This force might have been able to surprise the besieging Parliamentarian force from behind had it not been for a Royalist deserter who alerted the besiegers in time to defeat the Royalists, with less than a hundred of them managing to get back to the ships (though 300 managed to flee to Sandown Castle). Another attempt at landing soon afterwards also failed and, when on 23 August news was fired into Deal Castle on an arrow of Cromwell's victory at Preston, most Royalist hope was lost and 2 days later Deal's garrison surrendered, followed by Sandown on 5 September. This finally ended the Kentish rebellion.
			***'''The Campaign of Preston''' -
			***'''The Execution of King Charles I''' -
			**'''The Third English Civil War''' -
			*'''The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland''' -
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	*'''Karl Marx''' - Karl Marx is commonly believed to have played a significant role in the establishment of the social sciences and the development of the socialist movement. He published numerous books during his lifetime, the most notable being The Communist Manifesto (1848) and Capital (1867–1894). In [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall\|The Fall]], the Assassins are shown to support Communism, and the writers at Ubisoft could tell us that this is because communism and socialism are assassin ideas. However, '''The Fall''' also seems to show that Communism is supported because it is what the people want.		*'''Karl Marx''' - Karl Marx is commonly believed to have played a significant role in the establishment of the social sciences and the development of the socialist movement. He published numerous books during his lifetime, the most notable being The Communist Manifesto (1848) and Capital (1867–1894). In [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall\|The Fall]], the Assassins are shown to support Communism, and the writers at Ubisoft could tell us that this is because communism and socialism are assassin ideas. However, '''The Fall''' also seems to show that Communism is supported because it is what the people want.
	*'''Florence Nightingale''' - Florence Nightingale was a celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. She came to prominence while serving as a nurse during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers.		*'''Florence Nightingale''' - Florence Nightingale was a celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. She came to prominence while serving as a nurse during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers.
	*'''Ned Ludd'' - Ned Ludd is the person from whom the Luddites took their name. In 1779, Ludd is supposed to have broken two stocking frames in a fit of rage. After this incident, attacks on the frames were jokingly blamed on Ludd. When the "Luddites" emerged in the 1810s, his identity was appropriated to become the folkloric character of Captain Ludd, also known as King Ludd or General Ludd, the Luddites' alleged leader and founder; this could have been Assassin propaganda to raise the profile of the Luddites. The Assassins could have supported the Luddites as they may have opposed industrialisation, which spawned capitalism, a system which the Templars used to control the masses.		*'''Ned Ludd''' - Ned Ludd is the person from whom the Luddites took their name. In 1779, Ludd is supposed to have broken two stocking frames in a fit of rage. After this incident, attacks on the frames were jokingly blamed on Ludd. When the "Luddites" emerged in the 1810s, his identity was appropriated to become the folkloric character of Captain Ludd, also known as King Ludd or General Ludd, the Luddites' alleged leader and founder; this could have been Assassin propaganda to raise the profile of the Luddites. The Assassins could have supported the Luddites as they may have opposed industrialisation, which spawned capitalism, a system which the Templars used to control the masses.
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	*'''The Creation of the Steam Train''' - The steam engine radically affected transport, vastly improving the speed of transportation with inventions such as the Steam Locomotive and the Steam Ship. As the development of steam engines progressed through the 18th century, various attempts were made to apply them to road and railway use. The first full-scale working railway steam locomotive was built by Richard Trevithick in the United Kingdom and, on 21 February 1804, the world's first railway journey took place as Trevithick's unnamed steam locomotive hauled a train along the tramway from the Pen-y-darren ironworks, near Merthyr Tydfil to Abercynon in south Wales. (Yay! We can now fast travel with steam trains!)		*'''The Creation of the Steam Train''' - The steam engine radically affected transport, vastly improving the speed of transportation with inventions such as the Steam Locomotive and the Steam Ship. As the development of steam engines progressed through the 18th century, various attempts were made to apply them to road and railway use. The first full-scale working railway steam locomotive was built by Richard Trevithick in the United Kingdom and, on 21 February 1804, the world's first railway journey took place as Trevithick's unnamed steam locomotive hauled a train along the tramway from the Pen-y-darren ironworks, near Merthyr Tydfil to Abercynon in south Wales. (Yay! We can now fast travel with steam trains!)

	For more information on the '''Industrial Revolution''', see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution Wikipedia page].		: For more information on the '''Industrial Revolution''', see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution Wikipedia page].

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	*'''Karl Marx''' - Karl Marx is commonly believed to have played a significant role in the establishment of the social sciences and the development of the socialist movement. He published numerous books during his lifetime, the most notable being The Communist Manifesto (1848) and Capital (1867–1894). In [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall\|The Fall]], the Assassins are shown to support Communism, and the writers at Ubisoft could tell us that this is because communism and socialism are assassin ideas. However, '''The Fall''' also seems to show that Communism is supported because it is what the people want.		*'''Karl Marx''' - Karl Marx is commonly believed to have played a significant role in the establishment of the social sciences and the development of the socialist movement. He published numerous books during his lifetime, the most notable being The Communist Manifesto (1848) and Capital (1867–1894). In [[Assassin's Creed: The Fall\|The Fall]], the Assassins are shown to support Communism, and the writers at Ubisoft could tell us that this is because communism and socialism are assassin ideas. However, '''The Fall''' also seems to show that Communism is supported because it is what the people want.
	*'''Florence Nightingale''' - Florence Nightingale was a celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. She came to prominence while serving as a nurse during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers.		*'''Florence Nightingale''' - Florence Nightingale was a celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. She came to prominence while serving as a nurse during the Crimean War, where she tended to wounded soldiers.
	*'''Ned Ludd'' - Ned Ludd ~~or Ned Lud, possibly born Ned Lud~~ is the person from whom the Luddites took their name. In 1779, Ludd is supposed to have broken two stocking frames in a fit of rage. After this incident, attacks on the frames were jokingly blamed on Ludd. When the "Luddites" emerged in the 1810s, his identity was appropriated to become the folkloric character of Captain Ludd, also known as King Ludd or General Ludd, the Luddites' alleged leader and founder; this could have been Assassin propaganda to raise the profile of the Luddites. The Assassins could have supported the Luddites as they may have opposed industrialisation, which spawned capitalism, a system which the Templars used to control the masses.		*'''Ned Ludd'' - Ned Ludd is the person from whom the Luddites took their name. In 1779, Ludd is supposed to have broken two stocking frames in a fit of rage. After this incident, attacks on the frames were jokingly blamed on Ludd. When the "Luddites" emerged in the 1810s, his identity was appropriated to become the folkloric character of Captain Ludd, also known as King Ludd or General Ludd, the Luddites' alleged leader and founder; this could have been Assassin propaganda to raise the profile of the Luddites. The Assassins could have supported the Luddites as they may have opposed industrialisation, which spawned capitalism, a system which the Templars used to control the masses.
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	*'''Beijing''' -		*'''Beijing''' - The capital of China, Beijing became occupied by Anglo-French forces during the Second Opium War, who looted the city and burned down the Old Summer Palace in 1860. Under the Convention of Peking ending that war, Western powers for the first time secured the right to establish permanent diplomatic presences within the city. In 1900, the attempt by the "Boxers" to eradicate this presence, as well as Chinese Christian converts, led to Beijing's reoccupation by foreign powers. Beijing would be a welcome return to the magnificent architecture of previous Assassin's Creed games after the lacklustre cities in ACIII; it would also be interesting to witness the political changes of the city, and China as a whole, throughout the period.
	*'''Hong Kong''' -		*'''Hong Kong''' - Hong Kong is situated on China's south coast, enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea. Hong Kong became a colony of the British Empire after the First Opium War (1839–42). Originally confined to Hong Kong Island, the colony's boundaries were extended in stages to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 and then the New Territories in 1898. In 1894 the deadly Third Pandemic of bubonic plague spread from China to Hong Kong, causing 50,000–100,000 deaths.
	*'''Shanghai''' -		*'''Shanghai''' - Located in the Yangtze River Delta in eastern China, Shanghai sits at the mouth of the Yangtze River in the middle portion of the Chinese coast. The municipality borders Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces to the west, and is bounded to the east by the East China Sea. For centuries a major administrative, shipping, and trading town, Shanghai grew in importance in the 19th century due to European recognition of its favorable port location and economic potential. The city was one of several opened to foreign trade following the British victory over China in the First Opium War and the subsequent 1842 Treaty of Nanking which allowed the establishment of the Shanghai International Settlement.
	*'''Nanjing''' - The capital of Jiangsu province in eastern China, Nanjing has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China on several occasions, such as during the Taiping Rebellion. It was also invaded by British troops during the First Opium War.		*'''Nanjing''' - The capital of Jiangsu province in eastern China, Nanjing has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China on several occasions, such as during the Taiping Rebellion. It was also invaded by British troops during the First Opium War.
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	*'''Hong Xiuquan''' -		*'''Hong Xiuquan''' - Hong Xiuquan was a Hakka Chinese who led the Taiping Rebellion against the Qing Dynasty, establishing the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom over varying portions of southern China, with himself as the "Heavenly King" and self-proclaimed brother of Jesus Christ. Some sources say Hong committed suicide by taking poison on 1 June 1864 at the age of 52, whereas others place say his cause of death was illness.
	*'''Zuo Zongtang''' - Zuo Zongtang was a Chinese statesman and military leader in the late Qing Dynasty. He quelled the Dungan Revolt.		*'''Zuo Zongtang''' - Zuo Zongtang was a Chinese statesman and military leader in the late Qing Dynasty. He quelled the Dungan Revolt.
	*'''Yasumasa Fukushima''' - Yasumasa Fukushima was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He served during the Sino-Japanese War and the Boxer Rebellion.		*'''Yasumasa Fukushima''' - Yasumasa Fukushima was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He served during the Sino-Japanese War and the Boxer Rebellion.

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	Europe 1911-1939===Europe 1911-1939===		Europe 1911-1939===Europe 1911-1939===
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	*'''Seville, Valladolid, Madrid and Barcelona''' - At the start of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), Seville and Valladolid supported the rebel uprising, whereas Madrid and Barcelona did not. Players could visit one or more of these cities during the war, and perhaps a''' 'Catalonia' '''countryside area.		*'''Seville, Valladolid, Madrid and Barcelona''' - At the start of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), Seville and Valladolid supported the rebel uprising, whereas Madrid and Barcelona did not. Players could visit one or more of these cities during the war, and perhaps a''' 'Catalonia' '''countryside area.
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	*'''The Hyper-Inflation of the early 20s in Germany''' - This would not only serve to create a chilling atmosphere, with people starving on the streets, it would also allow for a great gameplay feature (see below). The Wall Street Crash of 1929 would also create a similar effect.		*'''The Hyper-Inflation of the early 20s in Germany''' - This would not only serve to create a chilling atmosphere, with people starving on the streets, it would also allow for a great gameplay feature (see below). The Wall Street Crash of 1929 would also create a similar effect.
	*'''Several Uprisings in Berlin and Munich''' - Uprisings against the unpopular democratic government in 1920s Germany, such as the Spartacist Uprising, the Munich Putsch and the Kapp Putsch, would serve as exciting historical set-pieces.		*'''Several Uprisings in Berlin and Munich''' - Uprisings against the unpopular democratic government in 1920s Germany, such as the Spartacist Uprising, the Munich Putsch and the Kapp Putsch, would serve as exciting historical set-pieces.
			*'''Hitler's Rise to Power and its aftermath''' - Players could witness the change in atmosphere as the Nazis gained support throughout Germany, and also witness several key events leading up to Hitler's dictatorship in 1933, as well as events in the aftermath of this. For example, we could witness, through newspapers or conversations, the way that Hindenburg was strictly opposed to making Hitler the Chancellor, instead appointing Franz von Papen and then Kurt von Schleicher the Chancellor. Eventually, Hindenburg had to make Hitler the Chancellor of Germany due to the amount of support for him (the Nazis became the largest political party in July 1932).
			*'''The Reichstag Fire''' - On the night of the 27th February 1933, shortly after Hitler had become Chancellor, the Reichstag was set on fire in an act of arson. A Dutch Communist, Marinus van der Lubbe, was arrested at the scene; however, historians are still not certain that he was responsible, or at least wholly responsible, for the attack. Perhaps in a game the writers could shed some light on 'the truth'?
	*'''Crises caused by Hitler's Foreign Policy''' - Crises such as the re-militarisation of the Rhineland, the failed and the succeeded Anschluss with Austria, and the Sudeten Crisis are but a few of the many crises caused by Hitler's expansion of Germany.		*'''Crises caused by Hitler's Foreign Policy''' - Crises such as the re-militarisation of the Rhineland, the failed and the succeeded Anschluss with Austria, and the Sudeten Crisis are but a few of the many crises caused by Hitler's expansion of Germany.
	*'''The Spanish Civil War''' - The Spanish Civil War lasted from 1936-1939, and was between the Nationalists, a right-wing group led by '''General Franco''', and the Republicans, the existing government, who were currently under the leadership of Manuel Azana.		*'''The Spanish Civil War''' - The Spanish Civil War lasted from 1936-1939, and was between the Nationalists, a right-wing group led by '''General Franco''', and the Republicans, the existing government, who were currently under the leadership of Manuel Azana.
	*'''Germany's Invasion of Poland''' - The news of Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939 could be a dramatic conclusion to the assassin's story. It may also unlock a video honouring those killed in WWI and WWII.		*'''Germany's Invasion of Poland''' - The news of Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939 could be a dramatic conclusion to the assassin's story. It may also unlock a video honouring those killed in WWI and WWII.
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	*'''General von Ludendorf''' - Erich von Ludendorf was a German general in WWI. He was also a close ally of Hitler, but grew to dislike him in the 20s.		*'''General von Ludendorf''' - Erich von Ludendorf was a German general in WWI. He was also a close ally of Hitler, but grew to dislike him in the 20s.
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	*'''Englebert Dolfuss''' - The Chancellor of Austria, Englebert was murdered during the failed Anschluss with Austria in 1934.		*'''Englebert Dolfuss''' - The Chancellor of Austria, Englebert was murdered during the failed Anschluss with Austria in 1934.
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	*'''Manuel Azana''' - The current President of Spain when the Civil War broke out. He died in exile in 1940, shortly after losing the war in 1939.		*'''Manuel Azana''' - The current President of Spain when the Civil War broke out. He died in exile in 1940, shortly after losing the war in 1939.
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	!<font color="white">'''Gameplay Features''' </font>		!<font color="white">'''Gameplay Features''' </font>
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