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[Laurana Kanan]

Aksum Civilization | Civilization VII

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Aksum - Antiquity Age Civilization

The African coast of the Red Sea was the domain of Aksum, named by the prophet Mani as one of the four key powers of the ancient world. For most of the first millennium AD, Aksumite merchants bore ivory, gold, spices and other goods from the African interior to India, Persia, and the Mediterranean. Yet these trade routes planted the seeds of Aksum’s fall – when the Arab caliphates took over the Silk Road, Aksum was isolated and fell into decline.

Unique Ability

• Kingdom of Natural Wealth: Increased Gold on resources.

Attributes:

• Cultural
• Economic

Civic Trees

Periplus of the Erythraean Sea

• Tier 1: Unlock the Hawilt Unique Infrastructure. Increased Resource Capacity in Settlements on Coast or Navigable Rivers. Unlocks Great Stele Wonder.
• Tier 2: Increased Gold on Quarters adjacent to Coast tiles. Unlocks 'Port of Nations' Tradition.
• Tradition - Port of Nations: Increased Culture and Gold for every active Trade Route.

Monumentum Adulitanum

• Tier 1: Altar and Monument Buildings gain a Culture adjacency bonus with Hawilt Improvements. Unlocks 'Throne of my Fathers' Tradition.
• Tradition - Throne of my Fathers: Increased Gold in Cities adjacent to Coast tiles.

Book of the Himyarites

• Tier 1: Dhow Unique Naval Units get the Swift keyword, letting them ignore enemy Units' zone of control. Unlocks 'May This Please the People' Tradition.
• Tradition - May This Please the People: Increased Culture on Resources on or adjacent to Coast tiles.

Unique Infrastructure

• Hawilt: Unique Improvement. Gold base. Increased Culture for each adjacent Wonder or Hawilt. Must be built on a Flat tile.

Unique Civilian Unit

• Tankwa: Unique Trade Ship. Cannot be pillaged. Increased Trade Route range.

Unique Military Unit

• Dhow: Unique Naval Unit. Increased Combat Strength on Coast tiles. Has a charge to create a naval Trade Route.

Associated Wonder

• Great Stele: Gain Gold per Age when you complete a Wonder in this City, including the Great Stele. Must be built on a Flat tile.

Starting Biases​

• Hill
• Grassland

 

[Laurana Kanan]

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[Zaarin]

Book of the Himyarites

Interesting that Aksum seems intended to also cover the Old South Arabian kingdoms on the other side of the Red Sea.

 

[Guandao]

I don't usually associate Dhow with Aksum.

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

I don't usually associate Dhow with Aksum.

Maybe Aksum "historically progresses" to a Yemeni or Omani civ ?

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

Weren't they showcasing a female leader alongside Axum? Was that Gudit?

 

[Thenewwwguy]

Weren't they showcasing a female leader alongside Axum? Was that Gudit?

that was Amina, a Hausa queen. Aksum and Songhai don’t have any known leaders at the moment.

 

[Lonecat Nekophrodite]

And what is that Asian dude standing in front of this city? Axumite wears this?

 

[Lord Lakely]

that was Amina, a Hausa queen. Aksum and Songhai don’t have any known leaders at the moment.

Amina is the associated leader for Songhai.

She led the Zazzau kingdom which was a direct successor state of the Songhai Empire.

 

[Lord Lakely]

And what is that Asian dude standing in front of this city? Axumite wears this?

That's Confucius, who is affiliated with China (likely split into multiple dynasties like India was), so the Chinese leader for Antiquity if you will.

Aksum was a precursor of Ethiopia, so their associated leader, if any, will be black.

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

Amina is the associated leader for Songhai.

How do you know? None of the civs in the game guide have a leader

 

[BuchiTaton]

I don't usually associate Dhow with Aksum.

Well Firaxis decided to associate Egypt and Aksum to Songhai so any Yemeni o Somali element is aceptable in comparison

 

[Lord Lakely]

How do you know? None of the civs in the game guide have a leader

Playing Amina is one of the conditions to unlock Songhai (the other two are playing Age 1 as Egypt or Aksum)

Hence her affiliation with the playable Age 2 Songhai Civ.

 

[Thenewwwguy]

Amina is the associated leader for Songhai.

She led the Zazzau kingdom which was a direct successor state of the Songhai Empire.

The Zazzau Kingdom was contemporaneous to the Songhai Empire (at least for most of their histories—by Amina’s rule, the Songhai were on their way out, but the two still have no relationship). It also had nothing to do with the Songhai empire (it was south of the empire’s southernmost boundary, and doesn’t share any cultural features)

My hope is that she’s the associated leader with the Hausa, and the Songhai don’t have a leader at the moment, which is why she’s also getting easy access to the Songhai

 

[notNamed]

How do you know? None of the civs in the game guide have a leader

The trailer showed how the UI mentions if you pick the "historical choice".
Hathsepsut for Egypt, Ashoka for Maurya,...
This girl, Amina Sarauniya, was the one for Aksum:

 

[Thenewwwguy]

The trailer showed how the UI mentions if you pick the "historical choice".
Hathsepsut for Egypt, Ashoka for Maurya,...
This (unnamed?) girl was the one for Aksum:
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that’s Amina of Zazzou. She’s not Aksum’s associated leader, it looks like Aksum doesn’t have an associated leader, at least at the moment.

She should be the associated leader for the Hausa, if they’re in the game. If she’s the associated leader for the Songhai, it would be a historical inaccuracy.

 

[notNamed]

that’s Amina of Zazzou. She’s not Aksum’s associated leader, it looks like Aksum doesn’t have an associated leader, at least at the moment.

Well, I mean that's what the current state of the game shows. A specific "Historical Choice!" that appears when you select the "correct Civ".
In this case the interpretation probably is that by picking Aksum, you will be allowed to select "her" people down the line. Whereas if she supported Maya, she'd have no reasonable path to Songhai or Hausa.

 

[Thenewwwguy]

Well, I mean that's what the current state of the game shows. A specific "Historical Choice!" that appears when you select the "correct Civ".
In this case the interpretation probably is that by picking Aksum, you will be allowed to select "her" people down the line. Whereas if she supported Maya, she'd have no reasonable path to Songhai or Hausa.

sure, but it seems like there’s multiple options for many civs/leaders—hence why songhai naturally leads from egypt, amina or aksum

 

[notNamed]

sure, but it seems like there’s multiple options for many civs/leaders—hence why songhai naturally leads from egypt, amina or aksum

Oh right, you reminded me of the Amina -> Songhai is always available thing.
Which does put Aksum as her "Historical Choice!" kind of a satire since the only connection is she's black (and let's not even touch how people from West Africa and East Africa look less alike than if you put a Native American and Asian side-by-side).

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

Playing Amina is one of the conditions to unlock Songhai (the other two are playing Age 1 as Egypt or Aksum)

Hence her affiliation with the playable Age 2 Songhai Civ.

That's terrible, she's not even Songhai. They should've gone for a Hausa civ if they wanted her so badly