[ WP ] Narrate a game of Civilization as though it were excerpted from a history textbook .

( excerpt from Sid Meier's `` Civilization'', Volume 5 - 1850 to 2100 ) 
 
 It was the period that the pitiful civilization of the French referred to as `` fin de siècle''. Tensions remained high following the Zulu defeat of Pharaoh Ramesses, as India meanwhile swept up the last of the Babylonian resistance, but change was coming. 
 
 In 1915, Abraham Lincoln unexpectedly converted to Democracy. This sudden and drastic conversion shocked the world. Throughout the American Empire, from its seat of power in Washington DC, east to London on the British Isles, south to Detroit on the southernmost tip of South America, and west to the plains of Siberia, citizens were tired of endless war. 
 
 Perhaps no one benefited more from this change in government than the Romans. In the stronghold of Caesarea, where a single militia unit had desperately held off the American siege for almost a decade, there was celebration in the streets. 
 
 By 1945, the so-called Pax Americana had spread around the world. In this year, the Chinese navy retired the last of its ancient triremes, while settlers completed civic improvements to railroad and irrigation around the cities of Paoting, Yangchow, and New City 1. Meanwhile, Shanghai began construction of the United Nations. 
 
 In 1965, the Russians completed the Apollo Program, and within a decade had launched five structural components for an interstellar spacecraft. This triggered a space race, as the Russians, Americans, and Zulus scrambled to become the first civilization to reach Alpha Centauri. 
 
 By the latter half of the 20th century, peace was the rule around the globe. Treaties existed between all major powers. Democracy was on the rise. Lincoln, Stalin, and Shaka were engaged in a friendly ( but heated ) rivalry to launch humans to another solar system, with the enthusiastic support of UN Commissioner Pravin Lal. It appeared that these civilizations had, at long last, built a peace that would stand the test of time. 
 
 Everything changed, however, when Gandhi got the Bomb.
