Actually, the Timurids are a good example of a 'One Shot' disruptive Horde model than the Mongols are. The Timurid Empire lasted, essentially, for one man's lifetime. Delete Timur-i-Lenk and you delete everything. And, as a 'Mongol Successor', it didn't really add a lot to cultural. religious. architectural development that wasn't already there
I'm sorry but everything you just said was completely wrong, to the point I am wondering od you have read anything about Timurid Empire at all
1) That line "delete Timur you delete everything" gave me a stroke. Do you even know that his successor, Shah Rukh, ruled for FORTY TWO YEARS as VERY GOOD ruler? Of a powerful and stable urban empire (and goddamn it contained some of the finest cities of its time) which collapsed only after his death, hugely due to the succession chaos following such long reign?
2) Timurid period was VERY important for huge part od Asia regarding culture and arts, and probably the swan song of scientific Islamic civilizations of premodern era lol.
3) Timurid period is considered by many as among best eras Herat, Bukhara and especially Samarkand, naming top metropolies only, in terms of cultural and urban development.
I started posted different publications about impact of Timurid Renaissance on artistic and intellectual life of Central Asia, and their legacy in Persia and India (through Mughals), about their innovations in art and architecture and patronage of scholars, but there is such wealth of sources on this subject and entire books written about it that I just assume you simply don't know the subject yet. If you do and this is your legitimate position then I don't even know what to say
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Hell, I'd say
Timurids without Tamerlane but with Shah Rukh as a ruler would still be very good candidate for new civ in Civ series (certainly the most influential one from Khwarezm next to Sogdia).
Having Phoenicia and Carthage, in a game like Humankind though, makes more sense to have both in a game that is about culture progression.
I wouldn't be surprised to see a Cothon and an African War Elephant as their emblematic quarter and unit and maybe be militaristic instead of merchant for differentiation.
Isn't Cothon already Phoenician improvement under a different name?
And Carthage really IMO still should be merchant civ, not militarist one. They barely had military expansion for centuries and they had almost no professional citizen army at all, relying on mercenaries. I vaguely recall some specific traditions (or even laws?) discouraging for their citizens to pursue military career instead of trade. They have failed to conquer Sicily and beat Syracuse (and they tried and failed so many times), their first war with Romans was so long due to logistics and attrition warfare as they failed most open field battles.
Their success in second Punic war was because of
1) Singular genius of Hannibal
2) His army of mercenaries (Numidians, Iberians, Gauls, Italics), hugely built by his personal charisma, mostly not even reinforced from homeland.
Second Punic war was seriously carried by Hannibal, that was part of why despite his crushing victories Romans managed to continue - he couldnt be everywhere and they were slowly grinding down his allies in Iberia and Italy.
Entire separate subject is, well, just how similar Carthage was culturally to Phoenician homeland - after all their existence has hugely overlapped (IIRC it even sent traditonal tribute to its mother Tyre for a long time). Also the very name "Punic wars" means basically "Phoenician wars" as Romans saw them
(of course that's by far the weakest argument).
So for me Carthage should still be merchant and its flavour is mostly covered by Phoenicia. Btw Phoenicia is WAY closer to Rome, Greece and Persia than Egypt so I don't know why it is in the earliest era to begin with, lol. If anything, earliest era Levantine civ should be Canaan or some form of Syria (Aram, Yamhad, Ebla, whatever).
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Also, Phoenicians without cities covered by Carthaginian empire would have only around 7 city names so that's another reason why games shouldn't contain them both
(Tyre, Sidon, Byblos, Tripoli, Acre, Arwad, Sarepta - all from Levant, as Carthage controlled almost all major P colonies)