Representations of ancient hellenist culture in the videogames civilization (1991-2018)

The present scientific article deals with the representations of the ancient Hellenic world that a saga of videogames (of the genre of turn-based strategy) of enormous popularity and historical trajectory as Civilization has created since its appearance in the year 1991. This cultural product and en...

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Autores:
Vázquez-Miraz, Pedro
Matos, Camilo
Freire, Gabriel
Tipo de recurso:
Fecha de publicación:
2020
Institución:
Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar
Repositorio:
Repositorio Institucional UTB
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.utb.edu.co:20.500.12585/12254
Acceso en línea:
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12585/12254
Palabra clave:
Civilization
Greece
Macedonia
Ptolemaic Egypt
Video games
Videojuegos
Civilización
Grecia
Macedonia
Egipto
Ptolemaico
Bizancio
Rights
openAccess
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Description
Summary:The present scientific article deals with the representations of the ancient Hellenic world that a saga of videogames (of the genre of turn-based strategy) of enormous popularity and historical trajectory as Civilization has created since its appearance in the year 1991. This cultural product and entertainment always has highlighted the most iconic and popular identity elements of the Greek polis, Ptolemaic kingdom, Macedonia and the Byzantine Empire; emphasizing historical figures of such relief as Alexander the Great, Cleopatra VII or Empress Theodora