High Era - 1300-1492 (Historic Background Research Thread)

[+Marius+]

Well, I am not an official member of the modding team, I am just helping around when I have the time

But your comment will surely be taken into consideration.

The general Nuno Álvares Pereira was born to late for the scenario startdate, but his name could be optional for Portugese generals.


This is the updated map, England has Ireland and Aragon has Sicily;

[+Marius+]

Another map update;

Gave the Kindom of Naples the County of Provence and the Principality of Achaea;




After a bit of research, I concluded that Charles II did in fact, rule those areas(not just by title alone).


I thought about giving them the County of Anjou as well, but that would mess up France.

[+Marius+]

I have finished the independent rulers list for every single rebel province according to the latest map update;





2) Nino Gallura, age 27;
3) Matteo I Visconti, age 50; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matteo_I_Visconti
4) Werner Stauffacher, age 39; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Stauffacher
5) Cangrande I della Scala, age 16; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cangrande_I_della_Scala
6) Uguccione della Faggiuola, age 47; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uguccione_della_Faggiuola
7) Francesco della Faggiuola, age 38; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Montecatini
8) Giovanni Malatesta, age 44; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Malatesta
9) Azzo VIII d'Este, age 51; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_of_Ancona
11) Othmane Ibn Yaghmoracen, age 17; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zayyanid_dynasty
14) John II, Duke of Brittany, age 59; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_II,_Duke_of_Brittany
15) Robert III, Count of Flanders, age 51; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert...nt_of_Flanders
16) John II, Duke of Brabant, age 35; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_II,_Duke_of_Brabant
17) John II, Count of Holland, age 53; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_II,_Count_of_Holland
18) Baron Havtore Jonsson, age 26; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Haakonsdatter
19) Haakon V of Norway, age 30; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haakon_V_of_Norway
20) Bolesław II of Masovia, age 42; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boles%..._II_of_Masovia
21) Ivan Kőszegi, age 43; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_K%C5%91szegi
22) Matthew III Csák, age 36; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_III_Cs%C3%A1k
23) Thomas I Komnenos Doukas, age 17; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_I_Komnenos_Doukas
24) Richard Orsini, age 58; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Orsini
26) Guy II de la Roche, age 22; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_II_de_la_Roche
27) Abu Hafs Umar, age 35;
28) Beni Ammar, age 44;
29) Ahmad ibn Ibrahim, age 43;
30) Musa bin Jabir Nabhani, age 52;
31) Mubariz al-Din Muhammad, age 27; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mubariz_al-Din_Muhammad
32) Fakhr-uddin ibn Rukn-uddin, age 31; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_dynasty
33) Tuda-Mengu, age 24;
34) Mesut of Menteşe, age 44; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesut_of_Mente%C5%9Fe
35) Mahmut of Karaman, age 22; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmut_of_Karaman
36) Kayqubad III Sultan of Rum; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayqubad_III
37) King Hethum II, King of Armenia; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hethum...ing_of_Armenia
38) Eretna b Jafar, Ala al-Din, age 23; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eretnids
39) Alexios II Megas Komnenos, age 18; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexios_II_of_Trebizond
40) Shishman of Vidin, age 31; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shishman_of_Vidin
41) Radu Negru, age 33; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radu_Negru
42) Dragos Voda, age 19; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drago%...de_of_Moldavia
43) Leo I of Galicia, age 67; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_I_of_Galicia
44) Andrew of Galicia, age 54; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_of_Galicia
45) Yuri I of Galicia, age 43; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_I_of_Galicia
46) Stanislav Terence, age 32; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Kiev
47) Oleg Romanovich, age 42; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_..._of_Chernigov)
48) Aleksandr I Glebovich, age 41; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Smolensk
49) Daniel of Moscow, age 39; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_of_Moscow




Also, another map update, since the provinces of Gascony were ruled titularly by the king of France and yet had English vassals as feudal lords, there was no option to choose an independent general in the province.
Thus I gave Gascony and Guyenne to England and Poitou to France;

[paleologos]

Good Job Marius!

[+Marius+]

Thank you Textureman.

I will do the events next.

[Melooo182]

wow!
You're the man!

If you can also post a brief resume about alliances, vassals, enemies, on going wars at start date would be awesome.
I'll take care of the faction standings

[+Marius+]

wow!
You're the man!

If you can also post a brief resume about alliances, vassals, enemies, on going wars at start date would be awesome.
I'll take care of the faction standings

Will do.

[+Marius+]

Historical Events list 1300 - 1492

-1301, "Things are getting colder" - the transition from the "Medieval Warm Period" to the "Little Ice Age" slowly starts, temperatures only slightly lower, could be a good thing?
-1302, Ottoman Turks establish their rule over inland Bithynia, passing news or a new threat on the horizon?
-1302, Unam sanctam; Pope Boniface VIII issued the Papal bull Unam sanctam which some historians consider one of the most extreme statements of Papal spiritual supremacy ever made; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unam_sanctam
-1303, Massive earthquake on Crete, destroys the Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt, one of the seven wonders of the world; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1303_Crete_earthquake
-1303, Founding of the famed Catalan mercenary Company; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_Company
-1304, Ypres Cloth Hall is built; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ypres_Cloth_Hall
-1305, Florentine Florin; Florentine money, in the form of the gold florin, has started to spread and overtake other currencies as the main coinage in Europe; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florin_(Italian_coin)
-1305, The yam and trade routes between Mongol Khanates were reopened.
-1307, Friday the 13th, at dawn,all Knights Templar in France are simultaneously arrested by agents of King Philip IV, to be later tortured into "confessing" heresy.
-1310, France in turmoil, 54 members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake for heresy
-1311, Council of Vienne, after international outrage, Philip IV of France tries to withdraw papal support for the Knights Templar; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Vienne
-1312, Lincoln Cathedral is built, it becomes the world's tallest structure (surpassing the Great Pyramid of Giza, breaking the record of 4,000 years); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Cathedral
-1312, Pope Clement V abandons and forcibly disbands the Knights Templar under pressure from King Philip "the fair".
-1313, Canary Islands are rediscovered by Lancelotto Malocello, a Genoese navigator.
-1314, Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake in Paris.
-1317, The Black Death epidemic forms somewhere in southern China, spreading rapidly.
-1318, Qala'un Mosque in Cairo is built; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Nasir_Muhammad_Mosque
-1320, Declaration of Arbroath, letter in Latin submitted to Pope John XXII intended to confirm Scotland's status as an independent, sovereign state.
-1321, Arsenale Nuovo, a giant dockyard build in Venice; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian_Arsenal
-1321, Shepherds' Crusade destabilizes France; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherds%27_Crusade
-1322, Leper scare conspiracy; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1321_leper_scare
-1323, Letters of Gediminas, first surviving written records of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_of_Gediminas
-1324, Marsilius of Padua publishes Defensor pacis, defending the secular state; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defensor_pacis
-1325, Emperor Mansa Musa of Mali passes through Egypt on his pilgrimage to Mecca accompanied by an entourage numbering in the thousands and with hundreds of pounds of gold.
-1326, First mention of a cannon in Italy, firearms are coming to the battlefields.
-1332, Lucerne joins the Confederation with Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden, the Swiss Confederation grows stronger.
-1333, The river Arno floods, causing massive damage in Florence.
-1334, The first recorded outbreak of the Black Death occurs in the Chinese province of Hubei.
-1336, The famous Ascent of Mount Ventoux by the Italian poet Petrarch: he claims to be the first man since classical antiquity to climb a mountain just for the view. (the spirit of the renaissance is born)
-1337, Great famine in China, millions die and diseases spread(Black Death prelude).
-1338, All streets in the city of Florence are paved, the first European city in post-Roman times where every single street is properly paved.
-1339, The Moscow Kremlin is rebuilt and first mentioned by that name.
-1340, Europe's population reaches 80-100 million.
-1341, Crimea Earthquake
-1342, Petrarch is crowned poet laureate in Rome, the first man since antiquity to be given this honor.
-1343, A tsunami, caused by an earthquake, devastates Salerno and surrounding areas.
-1344, First recorded European military engagements where gunpowder weapons were used.
-1345, St. George's Night Uprising, rebellions across Estonia against the Teutonic and Livonian Order; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Ge...Night_Uprising
-1345, Guy de Chauliac observes the planets Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars conjoined in the sky under the sign of Aquarius and a solar eclipse on the same day. This sign is interpreted and blamed for the Black Plague.
-1346, A severe Black Death outbreak begins in the Crimea and wipes out several Mongol cities.
-1347, Genoese ships fleeing the Black Death plague in Kaffa stop in Constantinople, contaminating the city.

-1347, The Black Death;

September 1; reaches the French city of Marseilles
October 2; Ships arrive in southern Italy with the Black Plague
November 7; Black Death spreads to Aix-en-Provence in France
December 14; Plague hits the island of Majorca

-1348, June; Two ships enter the Bristol Channel bringing the bubonic plague to England.
-1348, A Papal bull is issued by Pope Clement VI, protecting Jews against popular aggression during the Black Death epidemic.
-1348, Edward III of England creates the first English order of chivalry, the Most Noble Order of the Garter; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Garter
-1349, Black Death in Egypt, Mecca, Middle East.
-1349, Black Death repelled from Ireland
-1350, Black Death in Germany and Poland
-1351, Black Death in Scotland, Norway and Eastern Europe
-1351, Statute of Laborers declared to deal with labor shortage because of Black Death; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_Labourers_1351
-1353, Giovanni Boccaccio wrote "The Decameron" ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decameron

Black Death has run its course, Europe and the Middle East returning to normal.

-1354, Pyramid of Giza's limestone casing stones are removed by Bahri Sultan to build fortresses and mosques Cairo, leaving the first of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in the rough, step-stone condition in which it remains today.
-1355, Earthquake destroys the city of Basel, Switzerland; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1356_Basel_earthquake
-1356, The Golden Bull, a form of constitution for the Holy Roman empire; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Bull_of_1356
-1357, Hanseatic League is founded; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanseatic_League
-1357, The Great Ordinance of 1357 was an edict through which Étienne Marcel attempted to impose limits on the French monarchy, in particular in fiscal and monetary matters; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Ordinance_of_1357
-1358, Castelvecchio Bridge in Verona is built, with its main span of 48.7 m is the world's longest arch at this time; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castelvecchio_Bridge
-1360, Eruption of the Öræfajökull volcano in Iceland,
-1362, Massive storm tide strikes the Netherlands, England, Germany and Denmark, destroying cities, the East Frisian island of Buise is broken into two by North Sea floods; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_...7_flood_(1362)
-1363, The Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan is completed in Cairo, Egypt; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque..._Sultan_Hassan
-1364, A stone Kremlin Wall is built around Moscow.
-1366, The royal library in France is built.
-1367, Petrarch concludes writing the sequence of Italian sonnets and other poems known as Il Canzoniere.
-1368, The Ming Dynasty is formed in China, work begins on the current Great Wall.
-1369, Timur ascends the throne of Samarkand and names the city of Samarkand as the capital of his empire.
-1370, Timur completes his conquest of Central Asia and parts of Persia, establishing the Timurid Empire.
-1371, The first widely accepted historical reference is made to playing cards (in Spain).
-1374, Dancing and partying mania starts showing up around Europe; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_mania
-1376, A sermon by a German monk states "the game of cards has come to us this year" - playing cards in Germany
-1377, The Trezzo sull'Adda Bridge is completed, and becomes the longest arch bridge in the world to be built for four centuries; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trezzo_sull%27Adda_Bridge
-1378, The Great Schism of the West begins in 1378; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Schism

Timurid invasion starts;
-1380, Timur conquers east Persia, ending the rule of the Sarbadar dynasty.

-1381, Peasants Revolt in England; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasants%27_Revolt
-1382, The iconic painting the Black Madonna of Częstochowa is brought from Jerusalem to the Jasna Góra Monastery in Poland; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_...%C4%99stochowa
-1383, Löwenbräu beer is first brewed; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%B6wenbr%C3%A4u
-1387, The revision of Wycliffe's Bible is completed by John Purvey, and Wyclif's followers, known as the Lollards, begin to be persecuted in England; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wycliffe%27s_Bible
-1396, Transit of Planet Venus; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_of_Venus
-1400, Europe's population recovers and reaches 60 million.
-1402, A Great Comet is sighted.
-1403, The world's first quarantine station is built in Venice to protect against diseases.
-1404, St. Elizabeth's flood devastates parts of Flanders, Zeeland and Holland; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._El...s_flood_(1404)
-1405, First written record of whiskey being consumed recorded in Ireland, where it is distilled by Catholic monks.
-1408, The Order of the Dragon is founded under King Sigismund of Hungary; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Dragon
-1410, The Prague Astronomical Clock is built by Mikuláš of Kadaň and Jan Šindel in Prague; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_astronomical_clock
-1415, The Council of Constance condemns the writings of John Wycliffe and asks Jan Hus to recant in public his heresy; after his denial, he is tried for heresy, excommunicated, then is burned at the stake in Konstanz.
-1418, Council of Constance; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Constance
-1420, Hussite wars; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussite_Wars
-1421, St. Elizabeth flood: The coastal area in the Netherlands is flooded due to the extremely high tide of the North Sea; 72 villages are drowned, killing about 10,000 people; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elizabeth_flood
-1428, Optical methods are first used in the creation of art.
-1429, Joan of Arc, The Maid of Orléans, rises to lead the French against the English; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc
-1430, Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy founds the Order of the Golden Fleece; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_..._Golden_Fleece
-1432, An Albanian revolt, led by Gjergj Arianit Komneni begins; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gjergj_Arianiti
-1434, Suero de Quiñones and his companions stage the Passo Honroso; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suero_de_Qui%C3%B1ones
-1435, Francis of Paola founds the Order of the Minims in Italy; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minim_(religious_order)
-1436, Florence Cathedral dome is built; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Cathedral
-1437, Johannes Gutenberg starts work on the printing press.
-1438, Miracle of the Moose; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_of_the_Moose
-1439, Johannes Gutenberg finishes development of the printing press with movable type at Mainz; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_press
-1440, The Prussian Confederation is formed withing the Teutonic Order; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussian_Confederation
-1441, Two Ethiopians attend an ecclesiastical council at Florence, as part of a possible union of Coptic Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christianity. This is the earliest recorded contact of the Ethiopian Church with Europe.
-1442, Nuno Tristão reaches the Cabo Branco in the western coast of Africa. This is probably the first voyage where a caravel is used for maritime exploration.
-1443, Portuguese explorer Nuno Tristão penetrates the Arguin Gulf off the west coast of Africa.
-1444, Cosimo de' Medici founds the Laurentian Library in Florence; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurentian_Library
-1445, Portuguese fleet of caravels reach the mouth of the rivers Senegal and Gambia, The first European slave market for the sale of African slaves, the Mercado de Escravos, opens in Lagos, Portugal.
-1447, The Inquisition is revived in Spain.
-1448, The Vatican Library is founded by Pope Nicholas V; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_Library
-1449, The last Antipope, Felix V, abdicates.
-1450, Jack Cade rebellion breaks out in England; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cade
-1450, Pack of wolves enter Paris and murder citizens; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolves_of_Paris
-1451, Nicholas of Cusa invents concave lens spectacles to treat myopia; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_of_Cusa
-1452, A major eruption of the South Pacific volcano Kuwae in Vanuatu has a subsequent global cooling effect (the eruption released more sulfate than any other event in the past 700 years).
-1453, Lunar Eclipse; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1453_lunar_eclipse
-1455, The Gutenberg Bible is the first book printed with movable type; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutenberg_Bible
-1456, Halley's Comet makes an appearance, as noted by the humanist scholar Platina; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet
-1457, Alvise Cadamosto discovers some of the Cape Verde Islands.
-1460, A monk, Leonardo da Pistoia, arrives in Florence from Macedonia with the Corpus Hermeticum; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetica
-1465, Silk weaving is introduced to Lyon.
-1466, The Mentelin Bible, the first printed German language Bible, is produced
-1470, Johann Heynlin introduces the printing press into France and prints his first book that same year.
-1471, João de Santarém and Pedro Escobar crossed the Equator. The southern hemisphere was discovered and the sailors began to be guided by a new constellation, the Southern Cross.
-1472, Leonardo da Vinci is listed as a master in Florence's "Company of Artists".
-1475, Landshut Wedding takes place, one of the largest historical pageants in Europe; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landshut_Wedding
-1476, Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye, is the first book to be printed in English, by William Caxton in Bruges; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recuye...oryes_of_Troye
-1477, Volcano Bardarbunga on Iceland erupts.
-1478, Start of the Spanish inquisition
-1483, Creation of the General Council of Inquisition in Spain.
-1484, The first cuirassier units (kyrissers) are formed in Austria, allegedly recruited from Croatia.
-1485, Solar Eclipse
-1486, Leonardo da Vinci produces a number of designs for flying machines, including the aerial screw or helicopter and the Vitruvian Man; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvian_Man
-1487, The witch-hunters' manual, Malleus Maleficarum, is published, the Catholic Church condemned it as heresy.
-1488, Rathborne Candles, the oldest candle manufacturer in the world is founded; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathbornes_Candles
-1489, Typhus first appears in Europe during the siege of Granada.
-1490, Catholic missionaries arrive in the African Kingdom of Kongo.
-1491, Nicolaus Copernicus enters the University of Kraków.
-1492, Christopher Columbus sails with three ships from Palos de la Frontera in the service of the Crown of Castile on his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, intending to reach Asia.

[+Marius+]

Faction Coat of Arms list 1300 - 1492



Ottoman Empire


Grand Duchy of Lithuania





Kingdom of Scotland




Kingdom of Poland




Kingdom of Denmark



Teutonic Order



Republic of Genoa




Novgorod Republic





Kingdom of Sweden




Kingdom of Naples



Kingdom of France




Crusader states




Holy Roman Empire




Kingdom of Hungary




Empire of Bulgaria



Byzantine Empire





Papal States




Kingdom of Serbia




Kingdom of Georgia




Mamluk Sultanate





Republic of Venice



Kingdom of Aragon




Kingdom of England





Kingdom of Portugal



Hafsid Sultanate



The Golden Horde



Ilkhanate



Marinid Sultanate

[paleologos]

Thanks man!

[Melooo182]

Dude you rock!

if you want you can start with the 1492 stuff anytime, feel free to open a different thread or continue in this one, as you prefer.

[+Marius+]

wow!
You're the man!

If you can also post a brief resume about alliances, vassals, enemies, on going wars at start date would be awesome.
I'll take care of the faction standings

While I'm already browsing here;

England - war - Scotland
England - war - France
Lithuania - war - Teutonic Order
Poland - war - Hungary
Naples - war - Aragon
Crusaders - war - Mamluks
Ilkhanate - war - Mamluks
Venice - war - Byzantine Empire


France - alliance - Scotland
Hungary - alliance - Naples
Crusaders - alliance - The Ilkhanate
Serbia - alliance - Byzantine Empire
Portugal - alliance - Aragon
Portugal - alliance - Castile




Rebellious situations within faction provinces;

Scotland;
Large rebel army with a settlement in the Scottish highlands, commander is John Comyn, Earl of Buchan


Foreign army locations;

Crusader states;
A fortification with troops in this location; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arwad to simulate the last Crusader fortress in the Levant; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Ruad

A medium army on this location; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byblos to simulate the landings of Guy d'Ibelin and Jean II de Giblet, who had moved in with their troops from Cyprus in response to Ghazan's earlier call.


Specific and notable faction relations;

Ilkhanate and the Golden horde hate each other.
Genoa and Venice hate each other.

[SerbianWOLF]

Great job ! And good luck with further developing !

[+Marius+]

I know this scenario is far from being even remotely finished, but I could not help it.

One of the main themes for the late era music overhaul;

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1bTvTZuv2gg

[Melooo182]

me approves!

[VI.Mithridates]

Some Anatolian Turkic Begs in 13, 14, 15th era; -maybe you can add this generals spawnpool faction in forts and settlements-

-Umur Beg the Lion, Ruler of Aydın Beylik(A small Turkish Principality) 1334-1348.
-Temur Yaman Candar, Founder of Candar Beylik in 1292 at Paphlagonia region.
-Isfendiyar Beg, Reestablisher of Candar Beylik. Very smart and strong men, and Tamerlane's ally in Anatolia.
-Kadı Burhaneddin, He is a poet, statesman, commander, judge. Tamerlane's first rival in Anatolia. He is a very smart men. Beg of Sivas 17 years.
-Karamanoglu Mehmet Beg, famous leader of Karaman Beylik. Karaman State, only and great rival of Ottomans for controlling the Anatolian Turkic peoples and states. In the reign of Mehmed's rule arabic and persian language banned. He wants a old turkish only language in state and social life.
-Ottoman -or Osman or Ataman(Turkic Dialect)- Beg, Finally, founder of Ottoman dynasty, Beg of Osman Beylik and chieftain of Turcoman Kayı tribe. Smart and strong strategist, commander and statesman. Most powerful beg in this era.


Map of Anatolia in early 14th century (if you wish, you can add a rebel fort this regions);



Some strongholds, towns, and cities owned this kings and begs;

-Beylik of Karaman: early Karaman, late Iconium -or Konya- capital
-Beylik of Candar: Kastamonu and Sinope
-Beylik of Ottoman: Söğüt, Domaniç -or only Bilecik-
-Beylik of Aydin: Smyrna, Ayaslug -Turkic Dialect Selçuk-
-Beylik of Kadı Burhaneddin: Sivas and Kayseri

Other Turkish Principalities in Anatolia;

-Beylik of Germiyan most rich state in Anatolia in this era.
-Beylik of Canik, systematic raiders for Trebizond Byzantine Dominion. Looks like tribal confederation in shores of black sea.
-Beylik of Teke, sailor beylik in Attaliea from Mediterranean sea.
-Beylik of Menteşe, sailor beylik in Muğla, Halikarnassos.

Christian States in Anatolia at this period;

-Genoese colonies in black sea shores; Amisos -modern day Samsun-, Kefe -Theodosia-, Amastris -Modern day Amasra in Paphlagonia-
-Cilician Armenian Kingdom; Adana, Kozan, Tarsus, Seleukia -Modern day Silifke-
-Empire of Trebizond; Byzantine Dominion on the Black Sea shore. Ruled by old and powerful dynasty Comnenians.
-Eastern Roman Empire; Reestablished by Alexios Strategopoulos and Mikhail Palailogos at 1261. Constantinople, Nikaia, Bursa, Hellespont, Adrianople and some cities and forts in Greece.

Religions in Anatolian Turkic Beyliks;

Strange and unique model in this era. Like mix of shamanism, tengriism and islam. It looks like bogomilism, French catharism... It is called bektashism or alevism. Orthodox Islamic opinion looks bad and infidelism for this religion system.


Good luck and godspeed for modding.

[+Marius+]

Currently, the only Anatolian independent leaders will be;

Mesut of Menteşe, age 44; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesut_of_Mente%C5%9Fe
Mahmut of Karaman, age 22; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmut_of_Karaman
Kayqubad III Sultan of Rum; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayqubad_III
Eretna b Jafar, Ala al-Din, age 23; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eretnids
King Hethum II, King of Armenia; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hethum...ing_of_Armenia
Alexios II Megas Komnenos, age 18; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexios_II_of_Trebizond

...and of course, Osman I.

Some of the men you listed above were not adults/born yet by the year 1300, which is when the mod start date is, Mehmet of Kamaran even died in 1277, 23 years before the start date.

However this man who you listed perhaps will have an army;

Yaman Candar


I will use the strongholds you mentioned for the minor settlements overhaul, can't say anything about the religions though.

Your map is also not from the start date year as the following states at the western shore weren't founded yet;

Saruhanoğulları Beyliği, funded in 1302.
Aydınoğulları Beyliği, founded in 1308.


The Byzantines will still have a foothold in Anatolia which the Ottoman faction will have to take hold of.
The map stated above is reminiscent of this map;

http://i.imgur.com/XfySaIh.jpg?1

[VI.Mithridates]

@Marius Marich; Thanks for reply mate...

Yes, Aydin and Saruhan not founded at 1300. I think if you can add spawn generals in forts, this information be useful for Anatolia.

Anyway... I'm marked some minor settlements in anatolia campaign map. Of course most important...

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Red mark- Genoese Colonies in Asia Minor

1-Amastris
2-Amisos
8-Adramytium
9-Lesbos

Blue mark - Anatolian Turkic Beyliks

3-Kastamonu
4-Giresun(Kerasos greek name. Sometime this castle at the hands of Trebizond Empire)
5-Malatya
6-Karaman or Larende
7-Erzurum
11-Kütahya
12-Alâiye

Purple Mark - Roman Empire

10-Proussa(Turkicized Bursa)

[Ser Gareth]

To simplify things, it might be beneficial to have the Knights of St. John (Order of the Knights Hospitaller) as a faction instead of just generalizing them as crusaders. I say this because the Templars were dissolved in 1312, only 12 years after the start date (so I think it'd be unreasonable to waste unit slots on their units). Furthermore, the knights of Cyprus were really just a branch of the Hospitallers, the same being the case with the knights of Rhodes which survived them a bit longer (in fact the knights of Rhodes originated as a military expedition from Cyprus). Acre fell in 1291, so the crusaders no longer held any territory in the Levant aside from Tortosa I believe, which fell around 1300. Anyways, I think that building their roster around just the Hospitaller troops would shrink the roster a lot and allow for more units in the edu. I also recommend giving them access to byzantine levy level troops to fill out their roster, this is also historically accurate as they often levied greek militias in their campaigns. They also utilized some italian troops, mostly naval, so that would fill them out further without the need to waste edu slots.

[Ser Gareth]

A possible solution to the entire Muscovy problem, seeing as how it was not quite a minor state at the time period would be to combine Novgorod and Muscovy into one faction and just call it the Russian (or Rus) Principalities. This way Novgorod is not vastly over-represented in power and the Golden Horde has a major competitor in the region. Combining them is also in a way historically accurate as the Russian Principalities were pretty much united in their submissiveness to the Golden Horde; they were for the most part tributary states. There is also the fact that Moscow at least as far as I am aware managed to unite the Rus principalities peacefully against the Mongols, not by conquering them, which would be hard to represent in the game. Anyway, just my two cents on the matter.