Yes the American peoples are expanding still...
Some over zealous troops went on a spirit quest to establish contact with some of the heathen tribes to the North and when those tribes heard of the wonders of American all but fell over themselves to become part of Glorious America.
In fact as this small hand crafted map shows the third city we visited had not a single opposing force!
On another front, more of our erm ... explorers ... found a strange race who even wore clothes on their heads! After visiting two of their cities we found the people desperately unhappy and in need of some 'real' culture...
So our 'explorers' liberated the poor Arab peoples, unfortunately in the first city the celebrations after liberation grew out of hand and a massive firestorm destroyed the whole city. However the refugees were taken in at the Arabs former capital city and rehoused by the American missionaries working there.
Our modest capital is now as big as can be supported on the banks of the river and from a nearby mountain the following artists impression was composed.
This great work of art has been hastily copied and adorns many a wall in the Great American Empire.
On the Literary front a piece of work by a young Arab called Plato has been circulating amongst the intellectual elite and several of the practices detailed therein are in the process of being employed. The Empire is in a state of frenzy as new socio-political reform sweeps the land. Elsewhere the construction of several large repositories of knowledge has recently been completed.
Wines from the south add to the local produce to make fine wines, dyes from the north make our clothing ever more splendid and intricate ornaments made from the ivory from the east make the lives of all who live in America ever more pleasant. Also it is rumoured that precious gems have recently been spotted by the prospectors to the north.
It is the year 650BC and all is well in the land of the great American peoples...
Long live America
Good work Lankies
