So You Want to Sack a City?
Created | Updated Aug 27, 2007
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So you want to sack a city?
<P>Understandable. Sacking a city is a quick way to become rich with loot, including the latest cars and electronics, if you sack the right city. You also gain some political clout, since controlling a city gives you control over its inhabitants. Sacking a city also gives you the right to all the pretty women inhabiting it<FOOTNOTE>They might disagree, but remember, you're in charge.</FOOTNOTE>. If you retain control after the sacking you can impose your idea of culture on the inhabitants. If not, you can just get revenge on anyone in the city you don't like, like your 5th grade math teacher.</P>
<P>Well you're in good company.
[brief synopsis of famous city-sackers]
Section 1: choosing a city
[include famous sacked cities and why they were prime for sacking]
Section 2: sacking techniques
[details and traditions and how to tips]
Section 3: Disclaimer
sacking cities is against international law, blah blah, leading a sacking may result in loss of freedom and being put on trial before the International Court of Law, etc etc. Modern conquest customs is not to sack cities, but rather to rehabilitate them and attempt to convert them to your political philosophy. h2g2 and the BBC is not responsible for the failure of your sacking or any negative fallout that occurs due to following the preceding methods.
So you want to sack a city?
<P>Understandable. Sacking a city is a quick way to become rich with loot, including the latest cars and electronics, if you sack the right city. You also gain some political clout, since controlling a city gives you control over its inhabitants. Sacking a city also gives you the right to all the pretty women inhabiting it<FOOTNOTE>They might disagree, but remember, you're in charge.</FOOTNOTE>. If you retain control after the sacking you can impose your idea of culture on the inhabitants. If not, you can just get revenge on anyone in the city you don't like, like your 5th grade math teacher.</P>
<P>Well you're in good company.
[brief synopsis of famous city-sackers]
Section 1: choosing a city
[include famous sacked cities and why they were prime for sacking]
Section 2: sacking techniques
[details and traditions and how to tips]
Section 3: Disclaimer
sacking cities is against international law, blah blah, leading a sacking may result in loss of freedom and being put on trial before the International Court of Law, etc etc. Modern conquest customs is not to sack cities, but rather to rehabilitate them and attempt to convert them to your political philosophy. h2g2 and the BBC is not responsible for the failure of your sacking or any negative fallout that occurs due to following the preceding methods.
