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Strager

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Looking at the map currently being used in Alpha, I realized that the kingdom of Aksum was missing! Not only did the Romans know about Aksum (in Ethiopia) durring the timeframe of the game, they actively traded there out of their Egyptian holdings. Aksum was an important source of wealth to the Empire, as the Ivory harvested here was sold throughout the empire.

Granted they are less important during the early years of the game, but they were all ready well known and thriving by the end of our time frame.
 

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I thought that the map was mising a large chunk of what it should have, and this is part. Make the map bigger, Paradox! Please!
 

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likk9922 said:
I thought that the map was mising a large chunk of what it should have, and this is part. Make the map bigger, Paradox! Please!

the map is very bad... it should have at least the whole Central Asia (Bactriana/Sogdiana/Transoxiana anyone?), Indus valley, Nubia and Yemen (Arabia Felix).
 

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Will chime in as good to add.
 

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I would tend to agree with most others. Axum is a relatively minor geographic addition, and a kingdom that was involved in the mediterannean world (as opposed to China, India, etc)
 

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It would be nice if it's included but it has a rather awkward location on the map in relation to the relevant parts of the map.