As an off-topic sidenote, do you guys think a Sabean/Himyarite civ could work? It seems to me that it could be quite cool and exotic, and the Arabian incense somehow seems slightly wasted without it (since it was most relevant by far during classical antiquity).
There are a lot of civilizations that I think could work with the expanded map (but that wouldn't work before it is implemented). The Sabaeans are definitely one of them, but not the only one. I have a whole long list, personally; just in the Middle East I hope we can see some/all of the following (listed roughly by spawn order):
Sumer (~3500 BC, would require more time at the beginning too, so maybe not realistic)
Assyria (~2500 BC)
Hatti (~1750 BC)
Nubia/Kush/Makuria (~1650 BC)
Canaan/Israel (~1000 BC)
Saba/Himyar/Yemen (~800 BC)
Armenia (190 BC)
Oman (751 AD)
medieval Egypt (969 AD)
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