The Beginning Of An End : 622 AD [ WIP ]
Our team is working on a grand project for remaking the unending hostility between the Byzantine and Sassanid empires
alongside the rise of an Islamic state in Arabian peninsula around 622 CE.
We are doing our best to mimick the clothes, the face of kings and generals as well as the historical eventsof the time as closely as possible.
So if you are interested in joining our efforts we would be glad to have you since we need all the help we can get.
Such an undertaking demands lots of effort but our team is hard at work depicting many armour models
as well as the historical characters of the time so far.
We are recruiting more modders and We are open to new members and we need you!
Two archaeologists friends specializing in middle eastern nations are helping us along the way.
The Beginning Of An End
The mod " Beginning of an end " tales you back to 622 AD, pitting two historical adversaries against each other. During this era we witness the clashes between the Byzantine and Sassanid empires, led by Khosro Parviz and Heraklius respectively, when the Roman emperor could successfully put an end to the Persian offensive and in effect save the Byzantine Empire. To the south of the Persian empire Islam is gaining a foothold and the Arabian peninsula is uniting under the banner of prophet Muhammad (to respect the Muslim belief we did not include the persons of the Prophet and Imam Ali in the game).
To the North Eastern fronts of the Persian empire GokTurks have become bolder and keep invading .
Furious at the murder of his father in law Maurice by Flavius Phocas Agustus, Khosro Parviz invaded the Byzantine Empire.
To lead the offense he dispatched his generals Shahrbaraz and Shahin.
In 608 AD, Heraclius used the mayhem and revolted against Phocas and killed him in the end this becoming the new emperor himself in 610 AD,
an extremely stormy period in the history of Byzantine empire.
After a long campaign, Shahin had finally captured Anatolia in 611 AD and Shahrbaraz opened the gates of Egypt in 616 AD.
Sensing the strength of the Sassanid Empire's great force, Heraclius set up a meeting
with its head Shahin and proposed peace and got it in return for an annual tribute to Persia.
Gaining the support of public and the church, Heraklius raised an army and invaded Iran by the aid of the Khazars in 622 AD.
Khosro Parviz met him by an army of 40000 men in Shiz (Takht-e-Soleyman) but couldn't stop him.
Heraklius would then set foot in Genzek and raze the temple of Azargashasp in 623 AD.
Following his alliance with Avars in 626 AD, Khosro Parviz laid siege to Constantine, capital of the Byzantine Empire, but the Roman army could reclaim Caledonia. The main cause of the Persian defeat here was the Roman naval presence; Heraklius used his naval power to the utmost advantage during all these battles.
In what came to be known as the Battle of Nineveh, Heraklius, in 627 AD,
attacked Dastgerd, located 120 km away from Ctesiphon.
The Roman soldiers then looted the Khosro's palace and Heraklius held a luxurious religious festival in the now empty palace.
The Persian emperor had abandoned his men and retreated towards the capital but the Persians, reinforced by 200 war elephants could successfully stop the Roman army and then by destroying the bridges and Nahravan canal halt Heraklius's advance towards the Sassanid capital. In 628 AD, Khosro Parviz was imprisoned and then murdered by his son Qubad the second (also known as Shiruye).
Having to deal with an outbreak of plague at the time, Qubad proposed a peace pact with Heraklius and pledged his support for his son Ardashir the third.
The peace terms were as follows:
-The two sides had to move out of the captured territory and return the prisoners of war.
-The Persians had to give the cross taken from Jerusalem back to the Romans. This led to many wife ranging celebrations in the Christian world.
The never ending battles between these two empires , made both of them so weak and it was actually the Beginning of an end for their rule in the east
To Rise From The Ashes
The Byzantine Empire
Now is time to rise again. Heraclius, by the help of people and the Church has gathered a large army
And aims to take back The captured lands and the holly cross back from the Sassanid empire and take it to where it belongs.
It is high time That Heraclius, hand in hand with Khazars and Gokturks
march to the heart of eran_shahr and exact his revenge on Khosro Parviz.
While At Southeast Of The Empire , a new enemy is rising ...
SOME OF THE MODELS ARE USED FROM THE BOTTOM MOD
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The Beginning Of An End
The Sassanid EmpireThe unorganized military campaigns of Khosro Parviz are ill fated.
Soldiers, now exhausted after long lasting battles, are eager to return home.
The moral is heavily shaken after the failed siege of Constantinople and their defeat in Cappadocia.
The Persian Empire must now face, on the one hand, the continuous atrocities of Heraclius and prepare for a probable Turk and Khazar attack .
But The Real Enemy Is Coming ...
Rise The New Faith
The Caliphate
Almost 12 years ago, Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, started calling the people to monotheism
And had now, after moving out of Mecca, has appointed Yathrib his capital of power.
After changing its name to Medina he will now face and crush the Quraysh Tribe
And then reclaim the city of Mekka from the hands of the infidels and unite Arabia
Under the banner of Islam.
WE WONT MAKE THE PROPHET , IMAM ALI AND HIS FAMILY DUE TO RELIGIOUS REASONS
SO THE CALIPHATE'S LEADER HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH SA'AD IBN AL_ABI VAQAS
Map And Factions ( WIP )
The Sassanid Empire
The Byzantine Empire
The Caliphate ( the name "Rashidun" is not going to be included )
Playable factions ( WIP )
The Byzantine empire
The Sassanid empire
The Caliphate
Frankish kingdom
Gok_turks
Khazar khanate
Avars
Alans
Visigothic kingdom
Juteland
Saxoni
Picts
Kingdom of mercia
Lombards
All Factions ( WIP )
1 ) The Byzantine Empire
2 & 14 ) The Sassanid Empire
3 ) The Caliphate
4 ) The Frankish Kingdom
5 ) Avars
6 ) GokTurks
7 ) Khazars
8 ) Alans
9 ) Lazica ( Byzantine Pupet States )
10 ) Daylaman ( Sassanid Satrapies )
11 ) Albania ( Sassanid Satrapies )
12 ) Abd Al_qays ( Sassanid Satrapies )
13 ) Mazun ( Sassanid Satrapies )
15 ) Quraysh
16 ) Beduin Arabic Tribes
17 ) Al_Mahrah
18 ) Al_Tamim
19 ) Al_Thaghlib
20 ) Judham
21 ) Makkuria
22 ) Aksum
23 ) Tuaregs
24 ) Garamantes Tribe
25 ) Altava
26 ) Visgothic Kingdom
27 ) Lombards
28 ) Spolecto
29 ) Croatia
30 ) Bohemia
31 ) Slavs
32 ) Polotses
33 ) Magyars
34 ) Viatichi
35 ) Severians
36 ) Bashkirs
37 ) Sabirs
38 ) Bulghars
39 ) Mordvin
40 ) Murom
41 ) Baltics
42 ) Tchud
43 ) Veleti
44 ) Saxons
45 ) Frisia
46 ) Jutes
47 ) Swedes
48 ) Danes
49 ) Bavaria
50 ) Aquitaine
51 ) Vasconia
52 ) Anglo Sax9ns
53 ) Gaels
54 ) Picts
55 ) Wessex
56 ) Veleti
57 ) Volhnyians
58 ) Sukov
59 ) Krivich
60 ) Polans
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Originally Posted by Frunk
ing title for a mod, gives it an interesting theme. Reading about the Fall of Sassanians one just cannot help but think it was a damn tragedy.
