Welcome back!
When we last left off, the Ottoman Turks exploded onto the world scene, crippling Babylonia in a very short amount of time and quickly turning into a dominant force in the Middle East. Also, the Chinese-Mongolian war ended, and the Spanish began wars with both the Carthaginians and Portuguese. And now on to today's action!
We'll start off with a bang, as the Turks have not only captured Ninua, but they have razed it to the ground!
This pretty much makes it official: Babylon is doomed. With their stability now at collapsing, the Turks have just delivered the death blow to the Middle East's oldest civilization.
Also, the Vikings have been busy up in Scandinavia, founding two new cities - Narvik in the north and Stavanger in the south:
Turn 228: Despite it all, the Babs continue to fight on. They definitely have done far better than normal, but it's clear that their time is up.
Oh, no!
I thought we were almost through with the barbs! They took advantage of the plague wiping out all of Sabratha's defenses to retake Sabratha! With the plague spreading all throughout Carthage and Spain, this is getting really bad. On the bright side for Carthage, at least Spain's colony of Ceuta is now undefended and easy pickings for Carthage. Something that I spotted that was humerous was that Spanish Cadiz was captured by Portugal... then immediately was left undefended due to the plague.
Turn 229: I finally meet Hammurabi... just in time to watch Babylon die.
The Germans continue to expand, having setting Helsingfors (Helsinki) in Finland:
You know what I find interesting about Germany here? At the moment, Germany looks a lot like the territory of the Teutonic Order - except that they have control of Finland, too.
Russia's been doing some expanding, too, by founding the city of Astrakhan:
Plus, Rome has been doing some expanding, too. Only this time, they expand by burning down instead of building up, by taking control of Athens:
We also head into east Asia, where the Mongols have also been doing some expanding, by settling Chamsagbulag in the shadow of the Great Wall:
Whew! Quite a busy turn, wasn't it?
Turn 230: And Babylon's suffering finally ends...
The pressure from the Plague and the Turks has finally caused the Babs to collapse. The Arabs apparently inherited Dur Untash, leaving a plague racked, lightly defended, independent Babylon on its own to fight off the Ottoman military. Here's to hoping that when it falls, the Turks show mercy. But mercy or not, one thing is certain: the Babylonians are no more.
Moving on, the Carthaginians have managed to retake Sabratha, re-establishing the status quo in Africa. Meanwhile, as the final act of this update, the Germans expand again, forming their sixth city in Wien (more commonly known as Vienna):
And with that, this update comes to a close. Next time, we'll see if anything comes of Spain's war with Carthage, and if Spain can recover Cadiz from the Portuguese. I'm also watching central and eastern Europe, because space is quickly running out in that area. Stay tuned!
when it comes to this game (which is a shame, considering it's my favorite PC game 
), and already has enough troubles with the in-box version of Vanilla RFC. I'm afraid that if I install the DoC modmod and try to use it, it might blow my computer up.
