As you can see from name of the post I think changing Persia name with Safavid is better. Because in that time there was no Iranian(Persian) country in that region. Safavid is based on Shia Azerbaijaini Empire. Thats why I think changing name is right thing to do.
There are so much interesting things about Safavid Persia and you decided to suggest changing name?
Where is event about "third force" that consisted from armenians, georgians and circassians? Their rivalry with qizilbash, their impact on society, army and other stuff.
Why there is no event about moving armenians to persian hearthlands from Persia-owned Armenia to create a buffer zone between Persia and Ottomans? This was one of the best examples of scorched earth tactics!
Isfahan is mountain province, while city stands on river and has fields with irrigation channels? There were special district for resettled armenians. Population of the city, its development and its wealth was nearly like Paris (~600.000 people lived in Isfahan in the middle of 17th century, Paris had nearly 500.000).
Oh, and what about tolerance towards christians? Yeah, they were tolerated and participated, as i mentioned earlier, in life of the state. Why? Huge christian elemnt in structure of the state!
Heck, some historians claim that Persia during Safavid period was meritocratic state. Yes, it was hierarchical, but you were able to get position of power even if you were from low class!
Oh, and talking about science and culture...Isfahan school, heard about it? Oh, well, it was beautiful. Yes, in some aspects it wasn't as good as european (depiction of humans for example), but there were practically nude womens and lovers and suchlike! Muslim state, yes. I won't talk about calligraphy, because it was sooooo freacking beautiful.
Hell, Safavids themselves loved art and, often, created it (poems, paintings and other compositions).
Mulla Sadra? Heard about him? Oh, he is one of the most important philosophers for Islam. and, maybe, second only to Avicenna. Heck, there is even school of philosofy - School of Isfahan. Some historians even claim, that Persian were true heirs of great islamic thinkers of the Golden Age of Islam.
And, by 16th century, Islamic Science meant Persian Science. Yeah, they had some problems and weren't developed in some areas, but even Europeans from time to time used their works.
No information about
Zurkhanehs.
No changes to internal structure in game - with three forces: persians who dominated the bureaucracy and clerical positions, turks-qizilbashes(?) who dominated military, and, later, caucasians who removed huge influence of quazilbach in military and watered down persians on bureacrutic and scientific positions.
And here you are, Akreal, proposing to change name...Do you think, that your suggestion is plain boring and brings nothing to the game? This game can teach people about other countries, while they will have fun playing it. It can help people to read and to start learning about other cultures and countries. And here we are. In thread about changing name of one of the most interesting countries during EU4 time period.
PS: i'm really sorry that i'm toxic, so you have all rights to disagree with me, cause it isn't the appropriate behavior on forum. It's injustice towards the country with such a huge and glorious history that triggered me.
