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(Age of Englightenment Scenario with obvious changes; Judea=Reformed, Jerusalem=Reformed; Country is Reformed; Tra=7, Inf=7, Nav=27, Land=31, Sta=0; TP in Judea (moved from Egypt) )


In the year 1701 according to the Christian calendars, I, Aron Mordekhai, was selected to be the Head of the Knesset; the Parliament of our state of Israel.

After a several year fight, our nation was established under the protection of England in the province of Judea in the near east and the Holy Lands. However, the muslim infidels of the Ottoman Empire did not allow us peace for very long, having been quite enraged when a Jewish state was supplanted in their holy land.

During our quest for a state, England, Scotland, and Hannover, acquired the province of Judea from the Turks during a long Turkish war with Venice and the Persians. However, these European powers were unable to capture the city of Jerusalem from its stalwart defenders. This was the begining of our quest.

Shortly after taking office, I was informed that the Turks had declared war on our empire (-200 relations, CB shield). We had an army under Ibn Netanyahu. This provisional defence force had been paid for by England, but it certainly could not stand up to the hordes and hordes of Turks. Our army numbered 36,000 men, the Turks having over 80,000 in the general area.

However, the Turkish leaders in Constantinople did not believe that we would be able to put up much of a fight. However, they were greatly mistaken.

Within one month of the Knesset's declaration of war on Turkey, Netanyahu's army was besieging Jerusalem, which quickly fell with its garrison of just 5000. It was shortly after this news in February of 1702 that I ordered the forming of a second army in Judea under the command of Jacob Liebermann. He was a veteran of the Prussian Army. This army was 13,000 strong. Netanyahu moved his army to besiege Syria, which, once again, fell with just a little fight. But, a Turkish army of close to 35,000 marched into Judea, only 5000 men in the garrison and Liebermann's army standing in the way. The Army of Judea put up a valiant fight, but the Turks slaughtered them to a man, even those that were surrounded and attempted to surrender. This backfired on the Turks, for it made the Israel people that much angrier and their morale and backing for the war continued to grow higher. By this time, however, Netanyahu, 31k strong with 20 cannon captured Lebanon. The 26,000 man Turkish army outside of our capital's gates was not attacking, even though they would have carried the ramparts with ease. Netanyahu knew that he must save the capital, less the entire cause be lost, so he turned south and gave the Turks fight in April of 1703. The Turkish army put up a grand fight, but Netanyahu's men were furious at the massacre of Liebermann's army and they soundly defeated the Turks with the loss of but 9,000 men.

When the Venetians declared war on Turkey late in August of 1703 with the intention of recapturing Illyria, we offered Turkey a peace; Jerusalem and Lebanon were our demands. This they gladly accepted. And now, our small nation was formed and firmly in the ground.


Next Chapter: The Grand Peace, Conflict of Merchants
 

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How did you maked Israel?
 

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edited the 1700.inc file
I used the KAL tag, since I knew that it was unused.
It only took about 45 minutes or so to do.
 

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I was just thinking how come nobody done it yet and here you come:) And usual outcry for screenshots. Are you going to post up a scenario itself? Maybe there should be Palestine too? :D
 

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I'll get the screenshots up when (if) I finish the graphics. It looks awfully silly with the Kalmar Union's yellow flag. :D

As to Palestine, you'll see...:p
 

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IBN Netanyahu? surely you mean ben ...;)
 

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Ibn is actually an old spelling of Ben. :D I went to Yahoo, searched Jewish names, and found a site with a bunch and the other possible spellings. Ben sounded too modern.
 

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Ah I see, is ben yiddish form of ibn? or is it actually hebrew?
I was surprised because of course ibn (and bin) are very common in arab names (meaning I think 'son of)'
 

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Aben, Ibn, Aven, Avin, Ben - all meaning "son of"

:D

Mosquito-Thanks, I'm looking forward to write it.
 

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For the next 15 years, the land was peaceful. Jewish merchants expanded our trade and placed Israeli influence in centers of trade as exotic as Guang Dong in China to the chilly reaches of Moscow, and as far west as Anglia. We also monopolized our trade in our own trade center in Judea. We had even established a small foothold on the island of Taiwan as a staging area, for we must be able to attack nations that might attack us.

In the late spring of 1716, the French imbeciles declared war on the country still protecting us, England. We were, of course, expected to support England in her endeavours, and of course we did. The French, in typical fashion, dragged their allies, Genoa & a people in the new world, the Iroqouis into the fight.

At the time we were experiencing economic troubles as the treasury was low, and inflation was high. To solve this problem, we reorganized the governments of each province and reexamined our financial strategies. It seemed a perfect time to strike against the relatively weak Genoan island of Corsica. And so, I ordered my Minister of Defence, Iscaac Rabhin to plan an expedition.

Rabhin had the perfect officer for the plan, a young and promising major on the staff of Netanyahu, Major Isaac Scheffer. We promoted this young officer to the rank of Colonel and placed him in charge of an expeditionary force of 9000 men & 10 cannon. Over the past few years, we had expanded the navy to 10 warships plus 1 transport, so we could easily hold Scheffer's force in the holds. On August 4 1716, Scheffer's expedition set sail for Corsica.

{From Scheffer's logs}
It is 24 August, my force has debarked onto the eastern shore of Corsica, and we believe it to be a march of 2 days to the capital.

26 August-Earlier today, a small Genoan force, about 500 infantry opposed vanguard, but we easily scattered them after light casulaties on both sides. I estimate my force at 8250 infantry, while all 10 cannon remain intact.

27 August-We are coming up the fortress, but are waiting to consolidate our forces for the siege. I have consulted with my generals, and we believe a short siege followed by an all out attack is the best strategy at this point. We believe the defenders number approximately 5000 men.

28 August-Late in the evening today, I received reports from all commands that we have the fortress surrouned.

6 September-We have laid siege for a bit over a week. We intend to attack early in the morning, the dew still wet on the ground and the Genoans eating like the Italians do. The attack will commence with a bombardment followed by an advance by the light infantry to clear any obstacles. Then, we will send in the grenadiers on the left, the regulars on the right. But the most important thing, the morale, is stable and very high. All of the men believe we will carry the bastion tomorrow, but a general can not be so optimistic.

8 September-I am saddened to report that our first attack failed. It was proceeding much better than planned, we breached the outer walls after just 30 minutes. The Light Infantry went charging through the doors and slaughtered most of the unorganized defenders, not a one of whom offered their surrender, despite their cause being hopeless. However, a few hundred of their elite guards were fortified on the inner part of the fortress, and we were unable to breach that area. We'll try again in a few days after we reorganize.

16 September-We bombarded the central positions until our ammunition ran out. Our Grenadiers went forward, charging through the hole in the outer wall. They stopped, fired a few rounds, while our sappers breached the inner wall. The light infantry charged through this breach and fought hand to hand with the outnumbered Genoans who fought to the last. I can not say enough to honour the Genoans, they refused to surrender. Their commanding officer was wounded during the action and died in my prescence. We buried him with full honours.
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Soon afterwards, Genoa agreed to pay us 250,000 lira in indemnities, and Scheffer and his men returned home as heros. The commander of our army in Lebanon was reassigned to our small colony in Taiwan, with Scheffer taking command of the 19,000 troops in Lebanon. However, we remained at war with France.

Until July of 1717, the area had been quiet. It was at this time that the French invaded Israel. The French landed 8000 men in Lebanon and thoroughly suprised Scheffer's men. However, Scheffer showed why we put him in that position, and he turned a crumbling army into an attack dog that threw the French back into the Gulf of Cyprus.

We immediately ordered our Charge d' Affaires in Amsterdam to ride to Paris and present the King with terms of peace, a return to the Status Quo. However, the French still felt that we could be punished, and King Louis dismissed our envoy enraged, probably drunk.

And so, we realized that we had to take the opportunity of the situation, France and England were battling it out in every area of the world, England winning the majority.

Once again we planned an expedition for Scheffer, but we had a problem. In Lebanon, a province not really Jewish, having a larger population of Catholics and Muslims, a revolt, 36k strong broke out, led mostly by Lebanese muslims and Palestinians. Scheffner lost nearly 6k of his 21k men during this bloody revolt, so our plans were put on hold so that we could strengthen our armies against a possible Turkish attack.

However, we realized that Scheffer could not be spared to go off on some wild, adventurous expedition to the new world. So, an officer, Lieutenant Colonel Gyllenheim was hand selected by Scheffer and Netanyahu. He was placed in charge of 3 warships and 3,000 men...

Chapter III: The Wars Continue
 

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Interesting, or rather attention-grabbing, but alas historically outrageous. To think that England, or any other nation, would protect a Jewish state at the time of the scenario is preposterous. The anti-Semite attitude in Europe was (regrettably) firmly established at the time.

One thing that would be very interesting to implement into the game is the following:
If any non-Muslim nation would conquer the area where Jerusalem is situated, all diplomatic relations towards that country would drop to –200 for all Muslim countries, reflecting the fact that they would probably call for Djihad (or is it Jihad in English) in order to reclaim the city. Possibly they would also get a Casus Beli towards that nation.
 

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The Hedjaz and the Turks have CB shields on Jerusalem.

You know, I got to thinking about the England thing. Venice might have been better, for they are just looking for a way to injure the Turks. Anyway, I knew an Israel scenario at this point in time would be highly ahistorical, but it is rather fun. :D
 

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And I started with -200 relations with all Muslim countries.
 

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It was Yitzhak Rabhin, wasn't it?

I'm going to post some screens when I get a chance and write the next chapters.