bene_legionary
Searching for the daguerrotype of God
Yunnan became more and more sinicised in after the 15th century. Before it was independently settled by non-Chinese people. Before the messes of the 19th and 20th century there was a large Muslim population too, but I remember reading about them being rounded up during all of the civil wars and rebellions going on, unfortunately. If there had to be a civ from this region, Dali is a good pick. They defeated Imperial armies from the Song (I think?) and expanded down to Vietnam and Guangxi a couple of times. But they would make a better city state. I think the Yuan, Ming and then the Qing eventually gobbled them up.
Personally I wouldn't mind more Indian civs. But I'm against any civilisation that could only have one notable leader, because that would mean the civilisation was only briefly an important state. The Timurids might be interesting, but even if they brought a renaissance to Persia they did not last much longer than Timur himself. However Ahmadnagar seems to be only notable because it happened to have someone from Ethiopia leading it. Personally I'm not sure that's a good representation of India. That's not to say Bactrians in central Asia from Greece is bad, though.
Sorry, Dali came after Nanzhong, who were the ones defeating Imperial Tang armies. Dali was more peaceful, it seems.
Personally I wouldn't mind more Indian civs. But I'm against any civilisation that could only have one notable leader, because that would mean the civilisation was only briefly an important state. The Timurids might be interesting, but even if they brought a renaissance to Persia they did not last much longer than Timur himself. However Ahmadnagar seems to be only notable because it happened to have someone from Ethiopia leading it. Personally I'm not sure that's a good representation of India. That's not to say Bactrians in central Asia from Greece is bad, though.
Sorry, Dali came after Nanzhong, who were the ones defeating Imperial Tang armies. Dali was more peaceful, it seems.
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