stJNESX: From Bad to Good
Update 10: 1100bce
The Egyptian religion, New Rivival, is declared the national religion in Akkadia, where the people are already mostly followers of it. Meanwhile, expansion into Canaan is halted when the state religion was declared to be Baalism. Already nearly a quarter of all Canaanites are New Revivalists, and the number is growing quickly. A couple of clashes between the two faiths happen in Jericho, where the army was called in to keep the peace.
Meanwhile, in Canaan the mining city of Van springs up around the iron ore mine that is exclusively for the King. This town, high in the mountains, is almost as populated as Jericho itself, also serving as a nice midpoint between numerous trade routes. From this, the economy takes a hike (+1 economy). Large forts are also constructed on the border with the Nuion, creating an aura of fear for the surrounding villagers.
Two, heavily guarded and planned cities, spring up on the Gujarat side of the Indus Valley.
Three Takir explorers make their way across Europe and the Mediterranean, bringing much knowledge of the outside world back to the Takirans.
Out of the ruins of the Massilia nation is the Kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica, who still own a big portion of the Mediterranean trading industry.
The Akkadian Federation is soon dominated by one man, Sheep2, who, with his power, takes control of the federation, proclaiming himself the emperor of Akkadia.
China surrenders to Koguryo, handing over all the coastal land in the Empire to the Koguryans in exchange for trade. This infuriates the nobles of the land, but, because of the lack of money now available in China, they do not rebel. The economy plummets into depression as trade with the seas is cut off, and most of the best land China had was taken away. Talks of assassinating the emperor are rumored throughout the cities. Meanwhile, a trial is held for all the nobles who allegedly participated in the assassination of the last emperor. None were found guilty.
Another raid is conducted against Minoa from Cyprus, but this time the Minoans fight back. As soon as the Cypriots land, they must fight for every gold piece they steal. While still successful, the raid was not nearly as successful as the one before it. The Cypriots were unable to make it Knossos before their supplies ran out and they had to return.
Casualties:
Minoa 150 Archers
Cyprus 100 Clubmen
The first fully constructed inter-city road in Takir is completed, linking the two conquered provinces, Massilia and Rome. Between the two port cities, trade had already existed heavily, but now with a land route the small villages in between bustle with trade. One city, Milan, triples in population.
Gaul is invaded on four fronts. In the north, the Angles and the Takirans invade. However, something goes wrong in the Takiran communication, and the army stops to repair what is wrong. However, in the south and middle the Takiran armies fight well and push the Gaul border guards back. Casualties are light this first round of initial battles.
Casualties:
Gaul 200 Swordsmen
Takir 150 Legions
Angles 100 Legions
Macedon is fully engulfed by the Bulgar army.
The nation of Hunland is created out of the now-civilized tribes of the Hun.
Spotlight
Faith is like the Nile, nothing can ever stop it. High Egyptian Priest, Tatuk.
The Egyptian faith, which began as a mindless worship of materialistic gods such as Horus and Anubis, has grown and evolved over the past centuries into a religion focused around one God, Ra. This god, while once the god of the sun and lead god over all others, is actually the only recognized god, who takes the shape of the other gods to do their duties. He is most commonly depicted as Isis, a female god, at the top of the Nile. The main principals of New Revival are loyalty to Ra, and loyalty to ones family. Three prayers and daily attendance to the local temple is required, and a pilgrimage to the Nile is required once in a lifetime, to achieve entrance into heaven. Worship guidance is down by the local priest of the temple, who is one part of a complicated hierarchy that ultimately ends with the High Priest, who resides in the holy city of Karnak, Egypt. He is regarded as the only holy man alive, and him and his sons are regarded as living gods.
Faith is the driving force behind the religion. The enormous feeling one has when he has the New Revivalist faith seems almost
orgasmic. Faith is counted on to do everything in a New Revivalists life.
New Revival is practiced by ninety-eight percent of all Nile people, meaning Ku****es, Nubians, and Egyptians. Most, if not all, Carthaginians are New Revivalists, and just recently the religion has taken root in the Middle East, the most populated land in the world. Already Akkadia, which is the most populated nation in the world, has been fully engulfed/blessed by it. However, the other Middle East power, Canaan, has fully rejected it, despite the amount of practicers already in the country.
NPC Notices
Trade
Cyprus: Austria [1/3]
Canaan: Akkadia [0/3]
Akkadia: Canaan [0/3]
Next Update Scheduled:
Per Economy
Bronze Age: 100 clubmen, 100 spearmen, 25 chariots, 100 archers, 100 UU, 5 ships
Iron Age: 500 swordsmen, 300 spear/pikemen, 300 chariots, 300 archers, 300 UU, 300 horsemen, 25 catapults, 10 ships
OOC
Das, I could not locate Van.
I very much was not in the mood for this update. As you can see, it is crap. And I still need to update the timeline and crap from last turn. Boy am I falling behind.