stJNES5.1: From the Beginning

As for picking my nation, i just want to be left alone for a while so somewhere independent of most other PC's will be fine, a short list of those i can work with and hopefully get in before next update.
 
Puma, well, there is south east asia, where u can create a nation, Japan, northern europe (german-area) to some extent, uhh, central Sahara (I'm creating this turn Songhai and Mali), and almost all of the rest of Africa.

As for the rest of you, update is today.
 
Update?

Questenen - was my story noticed?
 
Thanks, I hope to get even better when I get some more things going.
 
sorry guys, its too late. you should know by now that when i say "after work" it almost never comes true. i do have abouut half done tho, so i will post tomorrow along with north kings.
 
If Nord Konug does not post his,
a bunch of polar bears will like to have a talk with him.
 
stJNES5.2: From the Beginning
Update 5, 2000 B.C.E.

Isle soldiers, namely highlanders, march eastward towards the Angle homeland, pillaging anything in their way for supplies and food. The invasion was met with little resistance at first; the borders were crossed almost unopposed. However, the further inland the army marched, the more sneak attacks and small skirmishes there were. But, at the source of the River Thames, a huge battle of epic proportions broke out. The Angles, numbering nearly two thousand men, held off for days the Isle force of nearly five thousand. The battle took place outside the small town of Oxford, where the Angles decided to make a stand to save their glorious city of London. The wall of spearmen the Angles had built eventually collapsed, though not without dangerous casualties on both sides. London soon fell thereafter, and the Angle nation ceases to exist. The occupation of London and the countryside has also boosted the Isle economy. (Isles: -3,000 Highlanders, -200 Spearmen, -200 Archers, -300 Horsemen; Angles: -2,000 Spearmen, -700 Archers, -700 Horsemen)

Across the small straight, Ireland is being gobbled up by the adventurous Picts, who have established a control over most of the island before the Isles people could populate it. All that is left is the barren southern reaches, no-mans land as called by the Picts.

In the land between the two rivers, the Assyrians gear up for war once more. The new king, Sargon the Great, has decided that he wants to unite all of Mesopotamia under one flag. And so, after recruiting nearly three thousand new swordsmen, he marches his army straight into Assyria’s closest trade partner, and a good friend for centuries, Sumer. However, the Sumerians are not a petty tribe like the other two nations that fell to Assyria. No, they are strong and established, with an army almost to match that of Sargon’s. The initial battle outside Babylon was a complete victory for Sargon, but the victory was bitter sweet. A week later, the Sumerian king, King Gilgamesh, counter-attacked with a fresh army that drove Sargon back across his borders. Later, the Assyrian king would try a much less blunt attack, and through the badlands of the northeast Sumer, where he remains now. (Assyria: -1,000 Swordsmen, -500 Spearmen, -300 Archers, -200 Horsemen, -100 Chariots; Sumer: -1,300 Swordsmen, -400 Spearmen, -400 Archers, -300 Horsemen, -200 Chariots)

Persian trade is affected by the invasion of Sumer (-eco point). Meanwhile, the Persians continue preaching Zoroastrianism to themselves, and the religion has continued to grow in neighbor countries such as Gujarat and Sumer. In fact, Zoroastrianism has replaced Sumerian Polytheism as the dominant religion within Sumer today.

Antigot makes peace with Fez, taking the coastal lands and signing a prestigious trade agreement as well as a non-aggression pact. The Fez immediately begin to recoup from their losses.

Sicilian forces rush from their holdings in Itallia south and across the border of the Minoan colony. Quick to react, the Minoan spearmen hold their ground, at least long enough for the Sicilians to realize that Etruscan forces in the north are surrounding them and their help from Antigot is not coming. The Sicilians are soon cornered in Italia, while their nearly defenseless island is invaded by backstabbing Antigotians. Syracuse soon falls to catapults and roaring swordsmen, but the large army remains in Italia, the Sicilians are far from gone yet. As the island is secure, Antigotians again board their ships and set sail for Minoa, where they encounter the Minoan navy returning soldiers back home. Unable to keep up because of its size, the Antigotians lag behind. When they do land, they land against fortified beaches and are encountered with completely fortified towns and cities. Even with its size and power, the Antigotians are unable to reach Knosses yet. (Minoa: -500 Swordsmen, -500 Spearmen, -300 Archers; Sicily: -700 Swordsmen, -600 Spearmen, -500 Archers, -500 Horsemen; Antigot: -700 Swordsmen, -500 Spearmen, -400 Archers, -300 Horsemen)

This is not over yet for the Minoans. At the same time, Spartans land outside Athens, and, with Minoan forces elsewhere, the city falls, and with it the rest of Greece without losses. The Spartans, now wanting to also land in Crete, load up on boats and head for their ally’s beach heads to reinforce their lines. However, upon reaching, at night the Spartans backstab Antigot, and slaughter many forces while they slept in camp. In disarray, the Antigotians flee for their galleys, but instead find burning carcasses of what looks like part of the fleet! The rest can be seen out in the horizon, sailing towards their base in Malta. The Antigotians thus turn around to face their enemy, and wait for them to come. (Antigot: -1,000 Swordsmen, -200 Archers, -15 galleys; Sparta: -700 Swordsmen, -100 Archers)

With the destruction of Rhodes and Phoenicia, the Eastern Mediterranean trade was left extremely fragile and weak. But now, with the siege of Knosses, trade in the Eastern Mediterranean world has finally collapsed, and with it, many of the economies that relied on it. Most hardly hit are the Levantine states of Judea and Mitanni, and Egypt (though Egypt has other trade that has kept it going). Seriously hurt are also Lydia and Assyria, though their economies were not fully integrated into the trade.

On the windswept plains of Muscovy, the Rurik Riders once again lead the army down south, deeper into the treacherous lands of the Scythian horse lords. Although this time, the infantry are well prepared for the horsemen, and spearmen, archers, and Rurik Riders are used in such a way so that it minimizes losses while destroying the opponent quickly. Many Scythian horsemen fall dead to this, as village after village falls to Muscovy. However, deeper south the Scythians begin to organize and ally with each other, forming the nation of Scythia, with the capital village in the Crimean peninsula. The Sarmatians also arise in the Caucus region, angry at the Muscovites for their border encroachment. Also, in the east, as the Muscovites continued expanding, they were met with emissaries from the nation of the Bulgars. The Bulgars are mostly nomadic herdsmen, with a few villages here and there. They currently exert control near the Volga over thousands of Muscovite settlers.

Iron technology sweeps through the Indian subcontinent.

Along the fertile Ganges River, militias are armed with the latest technology, iron weapons, and trained in the very basics of fighting. These men of the Magadhan army will form the backbone for the defense of Magadha, should it ever be invaded. They will only receive training this once in their life, and their weapons are rudimentary compared to the arms awarded to true soldiers. They will still live in their villages and carry out their normal lives, and only fight to defend. These are the militia of the Magadhans.

As the militia are trained, the recruited army heads out once again to the west, when suddenly the northern provinces are breached by an influx of Aryan forces, bent on the taking of the fertile valley that is Magadha. But Sarisara, in all his wisdom, saw this coming, and his troops were already heading back to the north to defeat these raiders. Near the Petna, the Aryans are finally stopped by a combined effort of the Magadhan army and the militia. Counter attack after counter attack pushes the Aryans north, and finally across the Ganges and back into the backwaters of civilization. (-1,000 Spearmen, -1,000 Archers, -5,000 Militia).

In the wake of the Aryan raid, slaves are used to build Magadha’s first raised road, which leads from Patna to the former Lothalian capital. This road has already become a vital vein of the empire, as more supplies and troops travel this road then any other road in the world. But where do the supplies and troops go? To the war in Harappa of course! Magadhan forces quickly move north along the Indus, bypassing Mohenju-Daro and instead taking the road to the north and subjugating the villages there. This pulls out the army from the capital, who think of striking the Magadhans from behind, when suddenly the Magadhans reverse course and meet the Harappans head on. A large battle takes place, the weary Magadhans against the patriotic Harappans, but in the end both sides retreat, the Harappans into their city. (Magadha: -2,000 Spearmen, -1,000 Archers, -400 Horsemen; Harappa: -2,500 Spearmen, -800 Archers, -600 Horsemen)

Back into the Arabian Peninsula, Saba continues to grow and prosper, especially with its holdings on the mainland of Africa. Expansion inward reveals the existence of a small, independent and peaceful nation of Kush, full of exotic cities and indigenous culture.

Carthaginians, once again under leadership, and reinforced with new recruits from all over the empire (a lot came from Sardinia), pushed the attack against the Numidians once more. What was left of the tattered army surrendered, and the whole of Numidia has fallen to Carthage.

OOC:

Lol, again, das, you have 2 extra points, not 1, so I put the last one in the militia again.

Erez, you have about 500 swordsmen and archers still in Minoa.

MjM, since you did the orders wrong, then I assume you did not want to start another war without being more powerful.
 
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Gutt update! But I'm sure I said something about the extra spend point in the orders...
 
ooc: I don't know German. And thanks to your backstab the eastern mediterian trade-economy have just collapsed... thanks for helping me ;)

to Sparta:
Your pathetic state is now at war with the Empire of Antigot!

to Sicily:
We are sorry about that but every threat must be taken out.

to Etrsuca:
Sorry... Were giving you Naples right now :)

to Minoa:
You have been crushed. Surrender to Antigot and we shall allow you to keep the island of Crete for your people as those are your homelands. Dissagree and this war between Sparta and Antigot on Crete will reduce your people into nothingnes.
 
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