Shaka of the Africans

[GigaNerd]

Hmm..... Shaka of the Africans.....

Well, I'm perfectly fine with it (I didn't really expect them to put in the Malinese anyways), but the Egyptians and the Arabians sort of get me confused. They're both part of the African continent too, you know!

 

[Huayna Capac357]

Arabia is is Asia, not Africa.

 

[GigaNerd]

Arabia is is Asia, not Africa.

Well, they took over Egypt, which is in Africa, and the Ottomans did too! You could consider them Africans!

 

[Civfan333]

No, actually you couldn't. They originated from the Arabian peninsula and that's where you consider them from.

The Germans took over the French in WW2 but you wouldn't consider them French, would you?

 

[Huayna Capac357]

The Spanish conquered South America, but that doesn't mean that Spain is in South America

 

[Yorkshire_14]

Pizza pie!... sorry I can't think of anything to say

 

[Huayna Capac357]

Mmmmm.... Pizza......

 

[DanQ]

Hmm..... Shaka of the Africans.....

Well, I'm perfectly fine with it (I didn't really expect them to put in the Malinese anyways), but the Egyptians and the Arabians sort of get me confused. They're both part of the African continent too, you know!

You must have missed Padma's answer found earlier in this thread, so here's mine.

 

[dh_epic]

There IS a close interaction with Arabia and Africa, though. Boundaries between continents are pretty artificial. Before Islam and Arabian people and ideas spread throughout Africa (aside from the southern horn), Muhammed likely learned about Christian ideas from the Aksumites. That is, the Ethiopian Christian Church -- one of the oldest Christian Churches in the world. Aksum had expanded their empire across the Red Sea.

The Red Sea. It's a pretty thin line. But then again, so is the Mediterranean -- just ask Carthage.

Anyway, of course Arabia is not Africa. But there's a decent relationship. Egypt is probably the fuzziest example.

 

[NubianMercenary]

Offtopic FTL..

 

[Tee Kay]

Empire Earth III will only have three main civilisations - Eastern, Western, Mid East. Firaxis is just keeping in with the trend.

I figured this is the time I should burst into some sort of outrage but frankly I'm not surprised about this.

 

[NubianMercenary]

Firaxis = Sigh*

 

[Saim]

According to IGN, it's Shaka of the Zulu, with an Impi UU:
http://au.xbox360.ign.com/articles/877/877668p4.html

 

[Ginger_Ale]

Since this thread is over half a year old and because we now know much more about the game, I'll close this thread. If you want to discuss Shaka now as it relates to gameplay, feel free to open a new thread.