Near Eastern faction research thread

[Dontfearme22]

i never managed that cuz all the other hellenic factions hated me. somehow. suckers.
but this sound quite cool. we should definitely use that feature for all groups with similar culture.
like the aegaeans, maybe various nubian/kush factions...

Very clever, it would be necessary for barbarian players because without pooling resources and manpower they would realistically have no real military power.

[PunitorMaximus]

aye, btw i edited my post and expanded it a bit.
i had some kind of brainwave while i took a crap

[Dontfearme22]

aye, btw i edited my post and expanded it a bit.
i had some kind of brainwave while i took a crap

toilets do mysterious things to people

[|Sith|Galvanized Iron]

With the Same-Blood feature you can set multiple factions to be the same race or tribe for example Athens and Macedon can unite into a Hellenic League.

So in the diplomacy screen there is an option to "Join Coalition" if you're in diplomacy with a faction that has Same-Blood relations with you and it gives you their land and armies and makes you one faction.

Sorry I wrote my question completely wrong... I meant how will you fit them all into Canaan when it is essentially only a single city region?

[Brivime]

Sorry I wrote my question completely wrong... I meant how will you fit them all into Canaan when it is essentially only a single city region?

Jerusalem, Tyros, and Antioch will both be separate Canaanite factions.

[Brivime]

While Egyptian this style of armour was used by Mitanni and most likely the Canaanites and Anatolian people.

[PunitorMaximus]

please post the link i can't watch the video

[Brivime]

Sure, here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFxkYmqIX1w

[PunitorMaximus]

thanks

[Brivime]

Storing this

First, the indefinite forms: * Syria - Nabataean Aramaic: Malak * Hejaz - Nabataean Old Arabic: Malkū (Nom.) /Malkī (Obl.) * Nejd - Qedarite : Malak * Asir - Himyarite : an-Malak * Yemen - Sabaean: Malkum (Nom.) / Malkin(Obl.)Second, the forms with the definite article:

• Syria - Nabataean Aramaic: Malkā
• Hejaz - Nabataean Old Arabic: al-Malkū (Nom.) / al-Malkī (Obl.)
• Nejd - Qedarite : han-Malak
• Asir - Himyarite : am-Malak
• Yemen - Sabaean: Malkun (Nom.) / Malkin (Obl.)

Third, the plural forms:

• Syria - Nabataean Aramaic: Malkayyā
• Hejaz - Nabataean Old Arabic: al-Malkūn (Nom.) / al-Malkīn (Obl.)
• Nejd - Qedarite : han-Malkūn (Nom.) / han-Malkīn (Obl.)
• Asir - Himyarite : am-Malkūn (Nom.) / am-Malkīn (Obl.)
• Yemen - Sabaean: Malkūnān (Nom.) / Malkīnān (Obl.)

If you want to have a construct phrase, in the format "X belonging to Y", here is how you do it:
1) Aramaic is different from the rest. X will have definite form and Y will be indefinite or definite, connected by the word dī:

• Syria - Nabataean Aramaic: Malkā dī Mamlaktā

2) For the rest, X will have a Nominative indefinite form and Y will have an Oblique form, indefinite or definite.

• Hejaz - Nabataean Old Arabic: Malkū al-Mamlakah
• Nejd - Qedarite : Malak han-Mamlakat
• Asir - Himyarite : Malak am-Mamlakat
• Yemen - Sabaean: Malkum Mamlakatin

Also for Qedarite the definite form would be han-Sayyāfūn and for Nabataean Aramaic it would be Sayyāfayyā.
Also, in Qedarite the indefinite form would be Sayyafūn but for Nabataean Aramaic it would be Sayyafīn.

[BalrogOfMorgoth]

Reconstitution of a Trojan wall, I don't know if you guys can use it

[Dontfearme22]

Reconstitution of a Trojan wall, I don't know if you guys can use it

Troy seems to be a bit small, they have found a much larger retaining wall that make Troy extend far beyond the old citadel wall now, so I am almost curious when that book was published. It might have been before the new findings came out.

[PikeStance]

This is a BBC Documentary about Troy

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

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Part 2 of 5
I can't seem to find it!

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Part 5 of 5

[BalrogOfMorgoth]

Troy seems to be a bit small, they have found a much larger retaining wall that make Troy extend far beyond the old citadel wall now, so I am almost curious when that book was published. It might have been before the new findings came out.

The book is from 1999, so yeah, it's a little bit old. But the book said the picture shows one of the level of Troy, so maybe it explain why it's so tiny

[Killetz]

Hi I am Killetz, and my Area of Expertise is Canaanite History in the Amarna Period, so if any one wants any help on any Canaanite faction?
My chief suggestion is to definitely include Shechem as a Playable Faction rather than Jerusalem, as Jerusalem was less significant. Also the king of Shechem, Labayu was one of the most Aggressive Canaanite Kings of the time. Just read the El Amarna letters and see that most leaders in the region were complaining about him and his sons.
Personally I'd love to see many Canaanite City-states in this game, and the Most significant are: Qadesh, Megiddo, Gezer, Dimashq, Sidon, Gebal, Ugarit and Shechem.