1520. The year that revolution came to Kanem Bornu.
Various revolutionary images
Oh. Wait a minute. I should really read the entire thing before jumping to conclusions. An agricultural revolution? This is much less exciting. Can we at least club a few root vegetables?
The cause of Kanem Bornu's revolution. Muhammad (the farmer, no relation to the prophet, Padishah or myriad other people sharing that name in the Muslim world) indicates that the brown bit of the plant should go in the ground first. This piece of information transforms agriculture in the empire overnight.
In other thrilling economic news Gobir has now attracted other merchants. It now centre of trade after finally acquiring actual trade.
Progress has been great since the early days of Gobir's time as a centre of trade.
Gobir may not yet be Wall Street but it isn't far off.
As a result of a brief stint in which the colony of Kenya was seized by Zulu in a recent war and held for about a month the new city is frequently subject to nationalist uprising of supporters of the 'old' regime. This doesn't quite make sense, it's as if the inhabitants of this world are operating based on a series of hardcoded rules that aren't flexible enough to cover all situations.
Worrying news from the east. Foreign devils are traipsing through our lands as if they own them and not even bothering to pay taxes for the privilege. When queried it seemed these strange white men and women are on their way to establish a colony on Madagascar. Best to keep an eye on this for developments or they might try taking our lands too.
The first sign of European colonisation of Africa south of the Sahara.
Muhammad is dead, long live Muhammad the, errrr, which one are we up to now? Number five.
I know these are sequels but you'd think at least someone would vet the script before putting it into production.
Various revolutionary images
Oh. Wait a minute. I should really read the entire thing before jumping to conclusions. An agricultural revolution? This is much less exciting. Can we at least club a few root vegetables?
The cause of Kanem Bornu's revolution. Muhammad (the farmer, no relation to the prophet, Padishah or myriad other people sharing that name in the Muslim world) indicates that the brown bit of the plant should go in the ground first. This piece of information transforms agriculture in the empire overnight.
In other thrilling economic news Gobir has now attracted other merchants. It now centre of trade after finally acquiring actual trade.
Progress has been great since the early days of Gobir's time as a centre of trade.
Gobir may not yet be Wall Street but it isn't far off.
As a result of a brief stint in which the colony of Kenya was seized by Zulu in a recent war and held for about a month the new city is frequently subject to nationalist uprising of supporters of the 'old' regime. This doesn't quite make sense, it's as if the inhabitants of this world are operating based on a series of hardcoded rules that aren't flexible enough to cover all situations.
Worrying news from the east. Foreign devils are traipsing through our lands as if they own them and not even bothering to pay taxes for the privilege. When queried it seemed these strange white men and women are on their way to establish a colony on Madagascar. Best to keep an eye on this for developments or they might try taking our lands too.
The first sign of European colonisation of Africa south of the Sahara.
Muhammad is dead, long live Muhammad the, errrr, which one are we up to now? Number five.
I know these are sequels but you'd think at least someone would vet the script before putting it into production.
