Just watched the Inland sea and really loved it. Im also a huge fan of Sans Soleil and was seeing if anyone had any similar movies they would recommend.
Unsurprisingly it would cause a milder, wetter climate on the windward side of the inland coast, but would it be more of a mediterranean climate or floridian humid climate? Mediterranean sounds more likely, but the inland sea in question is mostly located on the equator and has the size of roughly the indian ocean, if not bigger, so maybe its more humid?
Also, what kind of changes would we expect to see in the marine fauna and flora when coping with the increasing salinity and retreating shoreline? Also, what timescale should I be working with? The Tethys took forever to dry out (technically it's still not done, but nothing of note lives in the Dead Sea anymore, so I am willing to call it quits) but modern projections put the lifespan of the mediterranean after the street of Gibraltar closes at not much more than a millenium. Plus, are there any factors to consider that are unique to inland seas while they are still thriving (meaning before they are cut off from the ocean)?
I was playing civ6 yesterday and I managed to own the entire coastline of an inland sea as well as the sea tiles. So in real life, if a country happens to own an entire coastline, can it claim the inland sea area too? Or is it just defined as the international waters?
I know the inland lakes were probably fresh water and this would be salt, but isn't that still a helpful alternative to the global coastlines rising?
I fought Khmer as Japan with a fleet of 38 galleys and 2 heavy ships, they had 12 heavy ships, 7 light ships and 18 galleys (40 vs 37) and even tho I outnumbered them, and had more galleys in an inland sea, their morale basically didn't go down while they sank half of my ships. The game says galleys do twice as much damage vs non-galleys in inland seas so what am I missing.
It seems kinda silly the Carribean and Guolf of Mexico aren't considered inland seas when the entire east coast of east and southeast asia are considered, even the parts that are not near islands.
Looking at the major (historical) ports around the North Sea, almost all of them seem to be some distance inland, at least to my knowledge. London, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam (which used to require a detour through the Zuiderzee even), and of course Bremen and Hamburg.
I would expect that dealing with the the fluctuations of a river and the depth limits compared to sea would be challenging for a port, especially when compared to to being able to access the sea directly. Yet, most ports directly on the coast that I know of are either primarily fishing harbours or developed in more recent times (like Scheveningen/The Hague, Esbjerg, Folkestone).
So what gives? Was it easier trade with areas further inland, calmer waters, simply more space to dock, all of those at once, or something else?
It's been a while since I've last played, and I've heard that now galleys are better in inland seas. Is this true? If I'm playing in the Mediterranean, should I only build galleys? What's the new naval meta?
I'm really looking for mouse ears, Sabal mexicana, and anything "weird". Also, im no stickler for rules, it dont gotta be seeds you swap in return.
