I lurk in the AARs all the time but have never gotten around to writing one. So, this is it. I’m not sure where it will take me but I think we’re about to find out …
I’m playing in my mod – Deconstructed Europe R1C – starting in 1453 AD (857 AH). I couldn’t decide between Western Europe and the Middle East since they're both alot of fun, so I decided to do both. I selected Normandy and Judea as my nations of choice. When putting together a set of images to open my tale, I wandered around Google images for a bit; I started with some religious paintings and ended up with Mont St. Michel and the al-Asqa Mosque:
Not exactly sure what that means, but I think this may well develop into a religious campaign.
The game is set on normal settings with 50-year province discovery times. I’ll play 10-years as each country with the only starting goals of forming the Great Nations of France and the Caliphate. Beyond that, we’ll see where the game takes us …
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In my Judean texts, I started using alot of Arabic and other terms for flavor. Here is a quick dictionary of the tems in use:
Archangel Jibril - in English this is the Angel Gabriel
Malik al-Judea - King of Judea
Emir or Amir - Literally 'Commander' but also a common honorific for national leaders.
Amir Yavarianfar - Supreme Commander
Amir ul-Umara - Commander of Commanders
Amir-i-Tuman - Commander of 10,000
Amir Panj - Commander of 1,000
Amir-i-Nuyan - Commander of 100
Bey - (Turkish) a chieftain
Sheik - an elder or a tribal leader
Infante - A cadet line of the royal family but I made it mean the heir.
Sharia Law - The body of islamic religious law.
ben - (Hebrew) son of
bat - (Hebrew) daughter of
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For the different peoples in Arabia and elsewhere, I use an 'i' or an 'ani' added to their nation or city name. Often I just make up something I like the sound of. I think I started it off and on and then it started to creep in more and more as I write the different sections. Here are some of the common names I use:
Judani - people of Judea
Hedjazi - the Judani ally of Hedjaz
Aegyptani - Egyptians. (I liked it better than Mameluki)
Europani - Europeans (I'm really quite pleased with that one)
Then there are Yemeni, Qatari, Ethiops, Nubani, Omani ... the list gets quite long.
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The calendar I'm using is the Hirji calendar which is a lunar calendar and about 12 days shorter than our calendar. It begins on the year of Mohammed's birth in 570 and there are 12 lunar months:
Muharram
Safar
Rabi' al-awwal
Rabi' al-thani
Jumada al-awwal
Jumada al-thani
Rajab
Sha'aban
Ramadan
Shawwal
Dhu al-Qi'dah
Dhu al-Hijjah
Let me apologize, but I didn't start converting the dates back to the gregorian calendar until about the 3rd or so Judean post so the first couple a little wierd to read.
I’m playing in my mod – Deconstructed Europe R1C – starting in 1453 AD (857 AH). I couldn’t decide between Western Europe and the Middle East since they're both alot of fun, so I decided to do both. I selected Normandy and Judea as my nations of choice. When putting together a set of images to open my tale, I wandered around Google images for a bit; I started with some religious paintings and ended up with Mont St. Michel and the al-Asqa Mosque:
Not exactly sure what that means, but I think this may well develop into a religious campaign.
The game is set on normal settings with 50-year province discovery times. I’ll play 10-years as each country with the only starting goals of forming the Great Nations of France and the Caliphate. Beyond that, we’ll see where the game takes us …
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In my Judean texts, I started using alot of Arabic and other terms for flavor. Here is a quick dictionary of the tems in use:
Archangel Jibril - in English this is the Angel Gabriel
Malik al-Judea - King of Judea
Emir or Amir - Literally 'Commander' but also a common honorific for national leaders.
Amir Yavarianfar - Supreme Commander
Amir ul-Umara - Commander of Commanders
Amir-i-Tuman - Commander of 10,000
Amir Panj - Commander of 1,000
Amir-i-Nuyan - Commander of 100
Bey - (Turkish) a chieftain
Sheik - an elder or a tribal leader
Infante - A cadet line of the royal family but I made it mean the heir.
Sharia Law - The body of islamic religious law.
ben - (Hebrew) son of
bat - (Hebrew) daughter of
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For the different peoples in Arabia and elsewhere, I use an 'i' or an 'ani' added to their nation or city name. Often I just make up something I like the sound of. I think I started it off and on and then it started to creep in more and more as I write the different sections. Here are some of the common names I use:
Judani - people of Judea
Hedjazi - the Judani ally of Hedjaz
Aegyptani - Egyptians. (I liked it better than Mameluki)
Europani - Europeans (I'm really quite pleased with that one)
Then there are Yemeni, Qatari, Ethiops, Nubani, Omani ... the list gets quite long.
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The calendar I'm using is the Hirji calendar which is a lunar calendar and about 12 days shorter than our calendar. It begins on the year of Mohammed's birth in 570 and there are 12 lunar months:
Muharram
Safar
Rabi' al-awwal
Rabi' al-thani
Jumada al-awwal
Jumada al-thani
Rajab
Sha'aban
Ramadan
Shawwal
Dhu al-Qi'dah
Dhu al-Hijjah
Let me apologize, but I didn't start converting the dates back to the gregorian calendar until about the 3rd or so Judean post so the first couple a little wierd to read.
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