(Contender Class)
Second Age of the Japanese Empire:
The closing of the first age of the Japanese Empire found the Empire with 6 cities, a weaker neighbor in the Aztecs to the East and a stronger neighbor in the Egyptians to the South. The Egyptians had spread their religion to the Arabs, Incans, Aztecs and the Empire. The Aztecs had re-settled the city destroyed in the war with the Empire and had settled another city between three of the Empires cities. The military was still researching towards Samurai and was preparing to once again invade the Aztecs.
Phase Two Expansion:
In 570AD the Japanese Empire once again invaded the lands of the Aztecs. Axemen and Swordsmen made short work of two Aztec cities. Both were razed as they were too close to Japanese cities to be useful. The city of Atzcapotzalco was captured and razed 30 years later. In 620AD Civil Service was discovered thus allowing the Empire to field new elite units of Samurai warriors. In 760AD the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan was captured. In 830AD the city of Tlaxcala was captured and razed. 900AD found the Empire capturing the cities of Tzintzuntzen and Teotihuacan. Tzintzuntzen found to not be worthy of being part of the Empire and was razed. In 920AD Xochicalco was captured and razed. Being the last city within striking distance of Imperial troops(the Aztecs had founded a city on the eastern side of the world between the Incan and Indian Empires), a peace treaty was signed with the Aztecs.
570AD:You have declared war on Montezuma!
You have captured Calixtlahuaca!!!You have captured Tlacopan!!!
600AD:You have captured Atzcapotzalco!!!
760AD:You have captured Tenochtitlan!!!
830AD:You have captured Tlaxcala!!!
900AD:You have captured Tzintzuntzen!!!You have captured Teotihuacan!!!
920AD:You have captured Xochicalco!!!
Research during this expansion:
620AD:You have discovered Civil Service!
770AD:You have discovered Machinery!
940AD:You have discovered Engineering!
1000AD:You have discovered Theology!
1020AD:You have discovered Drama!
Other notable events:
580AD:Hatshepsut has completed The Great Library!
670AD:Saladin has completed The Dai Miao!
860AD:
Chichen Itza has been built in a far away land!
The Kong Miao has been built in a far away land!
Hatshepsut has completed Notre Dame!
930AD:Islam has been founded in Sarmatian!
970AD:Satsuma has been founded.
980AD:Hatshepsut has completed The Sistine Chapel!
1035AD:Kagoshima has been founded.
This expansion brought the Japanese Empires border up against the border of the Incan Empire in the East. The Empire had to settle back and absorb the newly acquired territory, but they also started looking to their next target. At first the Incans seemed to be destined to feel the might of the Empire, but it was noted that the Holy City of the Empires religion was just to the South in Egyptian hands. Although the Egyptians had been good friends until now, it was only right that the Empires Holy City should be controlled by the Empire. So the battle hardened troops from the Eastern Empire began the journey to the Southern border.
The First war with Egypt:
The Empire invaded in 1045AD, immediately heading for the nearest city of Giza. In this time a new Barbarian City was settled to the far North of the capital. This city was captured from the Barbarians in 1070AD. The first Egyptian city fell to the Samurai in 1075AD, with the city of El-Amarna following in 1085AD. 1130 found the city of Alexandria coming under the control of the Empire with the coastal city of Pi-Ramsesses falling in 1150AD. Pi-Ramesses was recaptured by the Egyptians in 1170 only to be retaken by the Empire in 1175, the same year the Holy City and capital of Egypt, Thebes, fell to the Japanese Empire. This showed that the people of the Empire were obviously the chosen people. In 1190AD, a peace treaty was signed between the Empire and the Egyptians to once again allow the Empire to absorb the newly acquired cities.
1045AD:You have declared war on Hatshepsut!
1070AD:You have captured Scythian!!!
1075AD:You have captured Giza!!!
1085AD:You have captured El-Amarna!!!
1130AD:You have captured Alexandria!!!
1150AD:You have captured Pi-Ramesses!!!
1170AD

i-Ramesses has been captured by the Egyptian Empire!!!
1175AD:You have captured Pi-Ramesses!!!You have captured Thebes!!!
Research during this time:
1050AD:You have discovered Paper!
1110AD:You have discovered Guilds!
1210AD:You have discovered Divine Right!
1230AD:You have discovered Gunpowder!
Other Notable Events:
1100AD:Victoria has completed The Hagia Sophia!
1115AD:Hatshepsut has completed Angkor Wat!
The Second Egyptian War:
After adding five cities, including the Holy City of Thebes, from the Egyptian Empire into the Japanese Empire, the Empire once again debated where to turn the Samurai loose next. After much discussion, it was decided that it would be too time consuming to move the armies back to the North to invade the Incans, so in 1245AD they were once again unleashed on the Egyptians. Four of the five remaining Egyptian cities fell in fairly quick succession to the Imperial Army, and in 1320AD a second peace treaty was signed. The last remaining Egyptian city, like the Aztecs, had been founded on the Eastern side of the world, with the whole of the Arabian Empire in between.
During this time, to keep the Incans friendly and occupied, the Empire bribed them to attack the Indian Empire which was getting too far ahead technologically. This would happen on a few different occasions throughout history.
1245AD:You have declared war on Hatshepsut!
1265AD:You have captured Elephantine!!!
1275AD:You have captured Memphis!!!
1305AD:You have captured Heliopolis!!!
1315AD:You have captured Byblos!!!
Other Notable Events:
1270AD:Victoria has completed The Kashi Vishwanath!
1350AD:Tokugawa has completed Versailles!
Research:
Research was purely for Military technology at this point.
1300AD:You have discovered Nationalism!
1370AD:You have discovered Military Tradition!
The Arabian War:
After overrunning the Egyptian Empire, the new border of the Empire in the south was shared with the Arabian Empire. After acquiring the technologies for the building of Cavalry, war was a certainty. In 1385AD, the Japanese Imperial Army marched into Arabia. Najran was the first city to fall to the Empire in 1395AD. Soon after this, the Incan city of Andahuaylas decided they would rather be ruled by the glorious Japanese Empire and revolted against the Incans. In 1425AD, the Arabians attacked the Japanese city of Byblos and captured it. It was quickly retaken by the Empire in 1430AD, as was the Capital city of Damascus. The city of Khursan fell next in 1465AD, but during the siege of Khursan the Arabians sent an army to Damascus and managed to retake it in 1470AD. The Imperial Army continued to march eastwards taking Arabian city after Arabian city until the city of Basra fell in 1585AD, signaling the end of the Arabian Empire.
1385AD:You have declared war on Saladin!
1395AD:You have captured Najran!!!
1420AD:Andahuaylas has revolted and joined the Japanese Empire!
1425AD:Byblos has been captured by the Arabian Empire!!!
1430AD:You have captured Byblos!!!You have captured Damascus!!!
1465AD:You have captured Khurasan!!!
1470AD

amascus has been captured by the Arabian Empire!!!
1475AD:You have captured Damascus!!!
1480AD:You have captured Medina!!!
1505AD:You have captured Anjar!!!
1535AD:You have captured Mecca!!!You have captured Baghdad!!!
1565AD:You have captured Kufah!!!
1570AD:You have captured Hun!!!
1585AD:You have captured Basra!!!
The Arabian Civilization has been destroyed!!!
Technological Research:
1390AD:You have discovered Printing Press!
1435AD:You have discovered Replaceable Parts!
1490AD:You have discovered Rifling!
1535AD:You have discovered Steel!
1560AD:You have discovered Constitution!
Other Notable Events:
1440AD:Karachi has been captured by the Incan Empire!!!
1450AD:Victoria has completed The Temple of Solomon!
1495AD:Victoria has completed The Spiral Minaret!
1500AD: Tokugawa has completed The Taj Mahal!
The Third Egyptian War:
During the war with the Arabians, the Empire had acquired the technology for Rifles, Canons, and Grenadiers. With the acquisition of the Arabian lands, the Empire now found itself bordering the English and once again the Egyptians. This was the last Egyptian city, and its existence was causing some unrest in the conquered Egyptian cities. So, in 1595AD, the Empire attack Egypt for the third and final time. The battle was short and the Egyptians were conquered in 1605AD.
1595AD:You have declared war on Hatshepsut!
1605AD:You have captured Sarmatian!!!
The Egyptian Civilization has been destroyed!!!
1605AD:You have discovered Corporation!
The English Wars and Domination:
The Japanese Empire was now a war machine. The Imperial Army was poised on the English border, and the English culture was choking some of the newly acquired cities, including isolating the city of Sarmatian. Thus, in order to save the city from the heathen English in 1625AD the Imperial Army crossed into English territory. Newcastle and Warwick fell quickly to the large Japanese Imperial Army. Feeling confident, the Japanese General split his forces sending one army along the coast to capture Hastings and Coventry and then move on York in the Northeast of the English Empire, while a second army moved on then Libyan in the South. It was at Libyan that the Imperial Army fist tasted defeat. The English Redcoats had put up a brave fight in every city, but in Libyan they could not be defeated. The Second Army did not have the strength to take the city. At the same time, the First Army had run into trouble at the City of York. There the Redcoats also were putting up a brave fight. The Emperor therefore decided to allow the General in Charge of the Imperial Army to take his own life, and a Cease fire was signed with the English in 1678AD. The Army was allowed to heal, reinforcements were brought up and production began on the newly discovered Infantry units. In 1692, the newly consolidated Imperial Army once again marched on Libyan. This time the massed Canons and Cavalry easily overran the Redcoats defending the city. It fell in 1698AD. The army turned North taking Canterbury in 1708AD, then East to London which fell in 1718AD. At this point the writing was on the wall. The English would fight to the end, but York and then Nottingham both fell to the superior numbers and experience of the Imperial Army. In 1736AD the English were destroyed.
1625AD:You have declared war on Victoria!
1645AD:You have captured Newcastle!!!
1650AD:You have captured Warwick!!!
1662AD:You have captured Hastings!!!
1670AD:You have captured Coventry!!!
1676AD:Coventry has been captured by the English Empire!!!
1678AD:You have captured Coventry!!!
1692AD:You have declared war on Victoria!
1698AD:You have captured Libyan!!!
1708AD:You have captured Canterbury!!!
1718AD:You have captured London!!!
1726AD:You have captured York!!!
1736AD:You have captured Nottingham!!!
The English Civilization has been destroyed!!!
Technological Research:
1645AD:You have discovered Steam Power!
1678AD:You have discovered Assembly Line!
1683AD:You have discovered Democracy!
Other Notable Events:
1664AD:Nara has been founded.
1716AD:Huayna Capac has completed The Statue of Liberty!
In 1744, when London came out of unrest, the Japanese Empire encompassed 64.23% of the worlds land and encompassed 65.19% of the worlds population.
Domination Victory