Cradle of Civilization - Content Pack

[Carlberg]

As-salāmu ʿalaykum, peace be upon you! The time has come for us to have a look at the new Content Pack for Cradle of Civilization. This time it's eastern Anatolia, Persia and the Arabian peninsula that have had the focus.

Peninsula Unit Pack

The Bedouins of the Arabian peninsula weather the harsh climate of the deserts. There's the Najd of the central desert, the Omani of the eastern edge, the Yemeni in the south towards Africa and the Hedjazi that hold the holy sites of Mecca along the Red Sea. Will their path be to create an Arabian empire like never seen before? Or will they bend the knee to the Ottomans and Mamluks?


Persian Unit Pack

Persia, the lands of an an ancient culture, have seen many conquerors come and go. Now it is about to be torn apart in a violent succession struggle between the many princes of the Timurid Dynasty. Perhaps Persia will be united once again, whether by these princes or someone new putting an end to their squabbles. Smaller states like Hisn Kayfa and other Kurdish states are also looking towards a greater past, to restore their place in the region.


The Rivers Unit Pack

As the Timurid princes fight on over the Persian lands the ancient lands of Mesopotamia lie forgotten. The Black and White sheep, two feuding tribal federations, have come to rise in there wake of Timur's death, eager to fill the vacuum left behind by the great Amir. To the south, across the Great Syrian Desert and along the gulf coast, the Jabrid Emirs of Haasa and the Rashids of Jabal Shamar are extending their control over the Arabian trade networks.


That's it for this time, if you have any questions or thought's you're welcome to share them in this thread.

 

[Groogy]

Can Iraq be formed? If so do they have unique skin sets?

Iraq been a nation in the game quite a long while. Don't think they have unique art though I'm afraid.

sorry, dumb edit because I forgot Dev tag.

 

[Trin Tragula]

Here's some requested info on clones:

Peninsula Unit Pack:
Oman units are also used by Yas and Hormuz.
Yemen units are also used by Mahra, Hadramut, Rassids, Najran and Aden.
Hedjaz units are also used by Medina and Mikhlaf.
Najd units are also used by Dawasir.

Persia Unit Pack:
Afghanistan units are also used by Baluchistan and Sistan.
Kurdish units are used by: Hisn Kayfa, Ardalan, Luristan, Soran and Bitlis.
Tabarestan units are used by: Gilan, Biapas, Shirvan and Mazandaran.
Persian units are also used by Ajam, Ardabil, Fars, Isfahan, Kerman (Revolter) and Yazd (Revolter).

Rivers Unit Pack:
Aq Qoyunlu units are only used by them
Qara Quyunlu units are also used by Tabriz (Revolter) and Maregheh (Revolter).
Haasa are also used by Mushasha, Iraq (Revolter) and Basra (Revolter).
Shammar Units are also used by Anizah and Fadl.

Some old unit packs have also been mapped to more tags to fill up the region and its many new countries a bit more:

Horsemen of the Crescent Unit Pack:
Persian Cavalry units are now used by Ajam, Ardabil, Fars, Isfahan and Yazd.
Great Hordes Unit Pack:
Timurid Units are now also used by Khorasan and Transoxiana.
Black Sea Unit Pack:
Circassian units are now also used by Avaria and Gazikhumuk.

 

[Trin Tragula]

Looks good. Will certainly breathe some new life visually in the Muslim States. I think my favorites are the Hejaz units.
Will some of this sprites be cloned? And for whom?

so what clone units will the other nations use?

Too bad there's no skins for Iraq, but the rest is pretty great.

I hope these questions have been answered in my above post

Can Iraq be formed? If so do they have unique skin sets?

Iraq does not really make sense as a formable but as you can see they will use one of the new sets of unit models if they revolt.

They look really great! I am a tiny bit disappointed that none of the Caucasian states (Georgia, Armenia, Gazikumukh, Avaria, Shirvan) are getting art though. Circassia got art in The Cossacks but otherwise the Caucasus seems to have fallen through the cracks because it's neither the steppe nor the Fertile Crescent.

I hope we can fit in more of the Caucasian states in a future unit pack. The region was not entirely intended to be overhauled in this DLC, as the patch and DLC focuses mostly on the Islamic world, but I went there anyway during the map overhaul as it was warranted and made sense to include.
As you can see we will at least be extending the Circassian units a bit in the northern Caucasus for now as they are a better fit than the generic sprites used previously.

 

[Trin Tragula]

Is avaria new tag?

Yes