>>12395506>and coastal cities are typically the most advanced of any civilization.Rome wasn't coastal. The capitals of China weren't coastal. The capitals of Egypt and their most important temple cities weren't coastal. The capital of the Aztecs wasn't coastal, the biggest cities of the Maya and their predecessor cultures weren't coastal. The grand cities of Mesopotamia weren't coastal. The greatest cities of the Inca weren't coastal. Paris isn't coastal, London isn't coastal, Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Cracow, Kyiv aren't coastal. Madrid, Toledo, Granada aren't coastal. Jerusalem isn't coastal. The capitals of Persia weren't coastal. Kyoto isn't coastal.
What you got, Venice and Constantinople and a bunch of viking huts?