I'm liking it. looks like your previous nation is starting to crumble and Rome is having a mini revival
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aparently your fears were right! it looks like the Vascones' Empire is already collapsing!
Indeed, hopefully the next ten years will bode well for Zalman and the Hebrews.
Thank you.
You're both right. Apparently whoever's ruling Vascones at this point thought it would be hilarious to release Egypt, Nubia and Aksum as vassals. In addition, they lost their only hold in England, but gained some states in Scotland. However, I'm really fearing a combined Roman/Goth/Saxon assault on the Vascon mainland. If they start losing ground next to Rome, then Rome will most assuredly be back on the rise and we will be doomed.
EDIT: Also, on a funny note, Korea is a OPM in Copenhagen.
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Mauritania, Vascones, the Gauls, Byzantium, Cappadocia and Pontus are still following the Greco-Roman religion. Rome is Catholic, while Bulgaria is Orthodox. The Odrysians are Orphic, as well as the Samaritans and a few smaller states. The rest of Europe is mostly following the paganism or druidism that they've started with. Except Armenia, Armenia believes in Amun-Ra and his buddies and Hungary, which follows Tengrism. The exceptions to this are the Asian colonies in Scandenavia, which follow either Hinduism, Confucianism or Buddhism.
In the middle east, most of the countries around Judea are Orphic or Zoroastrian, with the exception of the Hindu colonies in Arabia, and Japan/the Yamato Colonies, which are Shinto. In the East, It's either Hindu, Confucian or Buddhism, with Yamato, Eimishi and the Ichijo clan being Shinto.
In the middle east, most of the countries around Judea are Orphic or Zoroastrian, with the exception of the Hindu colonies in Arabia, and Japan/the Yamato Colonies, which are Shinto. In the East, It's either Hindu, Confucian or Buddhism, with Yamato, Eimishi and the Ichijo clan being Shinto.
geez... without the spread of Christianity under the empire, it never gained power!
Indeed, it's really sad to see the "Rome has called a crusade against nation X!" and realize the only ones who would answer the call would be Rome itself.
Islam never happened. Medina and Mecca are a couple of uncolonized lands in the Arabian Peninsula.
really its hard to imagine a world without major(as in they are very widespread today) relgions as they currently are. what relgion are the native Americans?
North Americans are mostly following American Indian Pagansim, with the exception of the Iroquois and the Caddo, who follow Midewiwin, which is a secretive religious society that has a lot to do with medicine men.
Central Americans are all following Teotl, while South Americans are following Inti, save for Tairona which also follows American Indian Paganism.
Central Americans are all following Teotl, while South Americans are following Inti, save for Tairona which also follows American Indian Paganism.
sorry for all the questions, I was just curious.... oh and what exactly will be your goals as Judea?
No problem, I like questions. At this moment, survival is the main goal. Also taking those two blue provinces to my east, because I really want clean borders.
August 4th, 1471, Jerusalem
Prince Zalman V awoke early in the cool dew of the morning, as he had been doing for the past year. He was a tired king, tired already of his times upon the throne. Oh how he wanted to hunt again, how he did in his youth, to go out into the desert and ponder Yahwh’s great mysteries. Every night the ghost of his son haunted him, a diseased figure always in a mist. As he walked around the palace, still under construction since the time of his father, he mused upon a great and many things. He wondered if he would ever bare another child with his wife, and hoped that whoever ruled next would be better for this land.
In December of 1472, General Abraham died of pneumonia while on a training exercise. Zalman was deeply saddened at his passing, as he was truly the savior of the land.
In the late months of ’72, and the early months of ’73, Zalman had the temples of the Hindus and Zoroastrians in the former Nabtean lands to be removed, and the blessings of Zion given to those who lived there.
In July of 1473, General Goldman was also laid to rest. His cause of death was plague, as it rushed through the lands once more.
Then, in September, Persia, along with their allies from beyond the Indus, declared war upon Judea. Quickly, Zalman recruited new generals to rise to the occasion. The first was Eli Begin, a man from Jerusalem and a good friend of Zalman’s, a warrior beyond renowned. The second was Yossi Ben-Yousef, a promising officer from Acre.
General Eli’s first act was to quickly overcome the Persians who had begun assaulting Kirkuk. However, a stronger army of 31,000 persian troops crushed and routed them. Eli and the survivors escaped to the desert, and began recruiting a 32,000 man army to crush their feeble attempts to conquer the lands of Yahwh. In the south, things were going much smoother. Yossi’s forces quickly began conquering the colonies of the Hindus, and would soon come north to rout the Persian dogs from his lands.
Another miracle happened on the first of December of 1474: A new son. They named him Yigal, a Hebrew name for He Will Redeem.
And redeem he did, with a newfound confidence that Yahwh was on their side, Yossi’s forces captured the whole of the Kalingan holdings in Araby, and forced them to sign a peace treaty in which they received what they wanted: Their old lands back, and then some.
With that taken care of, Yossi and the forces that Eli mustered (Around some 21,000 able men, horses and cannons) met at Palmyra. With the two forces together, the Armies of Yahwh, of Abraham, Issac and Israel, and now of Zalman and his infant son Yigal, marched to Samarra, where the bulk of the Persian army was situated. The Hebrews rushed over the forces of the Zoroasters like a tide, crushing them to nothingness. It was all Persia needed to see to ask for a white peace.
The triumphant masses cheered as Zalman the Protector, who conquered the Hindus and beat back the Persians.
After the war, a wave of peace and reconstruction swept across the land, and religion of the Hebrews was quickly accepted by most of the lands now under Judea’s control.
With a new dawn in hand, Zalman was happy beyond belief. Yahwh smiled upon him and the nation of his children. And for once, Zalman was relieved.
Prince Zalman V awoke early in the cool dew of the morning, as he had been doing for the past year. He was a tired king, tired already of his times upon the throne. Oh how he wanted to hunt again, how he did in his youth, to go out into the desert and ponder Yahwh’s great mysteries. Every night the ghost of his son haunted him, a diseased figure always in a mist. As he walked around the palace, still under construction since the time of his father, he mused upon a great and many things. He wondered if he would ever bare another child with his wife, and hoped that whoever ruled next would be better for this land.
In December of 1472, General Abraham died of pneumonia while on a training exercise. Zalman was deeply saddened at his passing, as he was truly the savior of the land.
In the late months of ’72, and the early months of ’73, Zalman had the temples of the Hindus and Zoroastrians in the former Nabtean lands to be removed, and the blessings of Zion given to those who lived there.
In July of 1473, General Goldman was also laid to rest. His cause of death was plague, as it rushed through the lands once more.
Then, in September, Persia, along with their allies from beyond the Indus, declared war upon Judea. Quickly, Zalman recruited new generals to rise to the occasion. The first was Eli Begin, a man from Jerusalem and a good friend of Zalman’s, a warrior beyond renowned. The second was Yossi Ben-Yousef, a promising officer from Acre.
General Eli’s first act was to quickly overcome the Persians who had begun assaulting Kirkuk. However, a stronger army of 31,000 persian troops crushed and routed them. Eli and the survivors escaped to the desert, and began recruiting a 32,000 man army to crush their feeble attempts to conquer the lands of Yahwh. In the south, things were going much smoother. Yossi’s forces quickly began conquering the colonies of the Hindus, and would soon come north to rout the Persian dogs from his lands.
Another miracle happened on the first of December of 1474: A new son. They named him Yigal, a Hebrew name for He Will Redeem.
And redeem he did, with a newfound confidence that Yahwh was on their side, Yossi’s forces captured the whole of the Kalingan holdings in Araby, and forced them to sign a peace treaty in which they received what they wanted: Their old lands back, and then some.
With that taken care of, Yossi and the forces that Eli mustered (Around some 21,000 able men, horses and cannons) met at Palmyra. With the two forces together, the Armies of Yahwh, of Abraham, Issac and Israel, and now of Zalman and his infant son Yigal, marched to Samarra, where the bulk of the Persian army was situated. The Hebrews rushed over the forces of the Zoroasters like a tide, crushing them to nothingness. It was all Persia needed to see to ask for a white peace.
The triumphant masses cheered as Zalman the Protector, who conquered the Hindus and beat back the Persians.
After the war, a wave of peace and reconstruction swept across the land, and religion of the Hebrews was quickly accepted by most of the lands now under Judea’s control.
With a new dawn in hand, Zalman was happy beyond belief. Yahwh smiled upon him and the nation of his children. And for once, Zalman was relieved.
No wonder he is feeling relieved, a considerable victory over the Persian led coalition and a new son as well. Things seem to be going well for Judea, long may this remain so.
Something i've noticed with this mod is the religious liberation casus belli being thrown around a lot even if you dont have any land with the invading country's religion