*NEW* Broken Crescent Regions & Factions Map

[Miraj]

FACTION POSITIONS AND REGIONS

Here are the starting positions for all factions.

WARNING: This image is pretty big.

FACTION POSITIONS MAP

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This is the regions map with all main settlement names.

WARNING: This image is pretty big.

REGIONS MAP


REGIONS MAP OVERLAYED WITH RIVERS AND HEIGHTS

[Rickard R]

seems nice

[CtrlAltDe1337]

Looks nice so far

[Rex Armeniae]

goodie

[Qarama]

mirage41 could you please tell us the names of the regions/citys please? or atleast for anatolia.


btw. great map!

[Miraj]

Okay, I updated the first post with this.



Its all the names and regions on the map.


Here's the direct link to the image:
http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/3271/regionswl5.jpg

[Qarama]

thank you but shouldn't be Ladodicea = Laodikeia? (south west anatoila) or area of Denizli? :hmmm:
if you want i can post some information about the city from 1070 on.

[Miraj]

Here's another regions map, this time overlayed with rivers and heights:



Direct link: http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/3169/overlaysny2.jpg

@Qarama: Are those two spelling really that different? Are they pronounced differently? Laodicea is what most sources spell it as.

[IrAr]

Great stuff. Adana's port should be located where Ayas stands, but I'm not sure if it's already there. I just remembered I was meaning to say that somewhere.

Are the desert regions unconquerable?

[Miraj]

And please, any critiques and/or suggestions are welcome.

[Ermeni]

thank you but shouldn't be Ladodicea = Laodikeia? (south west anatoila) or area of Denizli? :hmmm:
if you want i can post some information about the city from 1070 on.

agreed....it should be Laodikeia or Laodiceia

[Miraj]

LOL. I didn't realize that there was a major spelling error.

On the game map its actually "Laodicea". Sorry about confusion. Thanks Qarama and Ermeni!

[Qarama]

i'll do it anyway
the MOD starts from 1175 right? so i will start from 1070 onwards.

1070
turks were seen the first time in Denizli (Laodikeia)

1077
turks conquer the City

1097
byzantines conquer the City back

1102
Kilich Arslan I. the Seljug Sultan conquers Denizli

1119
back to Byzantines

1148
crusaders went through Denizli

1190
Frederik Barbarossa and his crusader army march through Denizli

1207
turks conquer the city again

1288
the city is now under the Germiyanogul beylik (principality)

1300-1368
reign of the İnançogulları

1368
again to Germiyanogulları

1391
Denizli in Ottoman hand

1403
Amir Temur (after he was victorious against Bayezit) gives the City back to the Germiyanogul beylik

1429+
Ottoman again


[i have translated this information from turkish into english just for you ]

[Ermeni]

@Qarama: Are those two spelling really that different? Are they pronounced differently? Laodicea is what most sources spell it as.

my post is not necessary......moderator is free to remove

[Qarama]

in 1190 the second crussades started and the crussader army from Frederik Barbarossa was attacked many times by the turkish tribes who have settled in that region and left their yurts (tents) and went to the mountains.


in 1257a garrison of Byzantines came to the City but they couln't stay long there because their were many turks. And in that Time period the turks wanted help (commander/ General) from the Ilkhanates Ruler Hulagu Khan and he has sendet a General called Kulsak.

@Qarama: Are those two spelling really that different? Are they pronounced differently? Laodicea is what most sources spell it as.

afaik the real (antique) name is Laodicea but you can also just rename it to Denizli or in old turkish Tengizli

the word Denizli means with sea it's meaning comes from the water which is alot in that area (but denizli is not at the sea)

Afettin Zemdi who has written Amir Temurs victorys for example talked about the City as Tenguzlug but Tengiz or Tenguz is an old turkish word which means sea.

[Miraj]

I'd rather not call it by its Turkish name - the Byzantines control it as you can see. But thanks for all the info!

[Qarama]

I'd rather not call it by its Turkish name - the Byzantines control it as you can see. But thanks for all the info!

you are welcome
I thought that it is ok to call that area Denizli or Tengizli because the turks conquered the city in 1077 and the mods starts 100 years later.
But ok you are the chief.

[Sinan]

Good work !

Hmm all those rivers... restrict movement of cavalry. Considering the size of the provinces this should not be a problem. This is a phenomenal work.

[Miraj]

I've used rivers as both a "decoration" (makes map look more natural) and also utilized them as choke points.

[Sinan]

Outrageous ! For the first time I will play in a videogame, on locations at which my ancestors settled. No words can do justice to the work you've done here.