I have seen the argument that Chagatai had the middle because that way he could rule over the rest of his brothers, but this seems naive and I'd like to think that a man who conquered so much of the world had a better understanding of geopolitics than that
(Hoping this isn't too specific for this subreddit)
It is understandable that Jochi wasn't the successor ('cause of doubts about his paternity) but what about Chagatai ? Why didn't he succeed him (Genghis) ?
With Ubisoft recently teasing at Valhalla Year 2 and the release of multiple new expansions with it, many people seemed to have missed Jason Schreierโs message on ResetEra where he implied the next big game will have an โinfiniteโ scope.
While the โinfinite scopeโ is surely just a bit cheeky, Ubisoft has been making their games bigger and bigger throughout every new iteration. Valhalla had more landmass at launch than Odyssey, and the DLC is continuing to add to that. This new second year also seems to fit with AC becoming a live-service multi-year event that will grow and expand exponentially, rather than focusing on a single city or region. The Mongolian Empire fits that perfectly.
About a year ago I wrote this post detailing why a future game will be set in Yuan Dynasty China. Iโve previously speculated on the very next game being set in Black Plague France during the 100 Years War, which makes sense due to references to the plague in the past few games and asset reuse, plus it making sense with a few lore connections such as connecting Saint George, Templars, and the Order of the Garter while adding an extra layer to the 100 Years War. Jason Schreier has said he thinks AC Infinite is a few years out, so this could still happen. More importantly, this setting ties in well to the setting of AC Infinite, as the prevailing theory (regardless of veracity) is that the Black Plague came to Europe from the Mongols. Beyond this, in Valhalla, the Brigandine armor was actually introduced to Europeans by Mongols, and the character Ljufvina was a real-life Mongolian Princess who married a Norse Jarl to help inspire trade between the two. Thatโs ignoring the elephant in the room of the concept art and multiple leaks and rumors re
... keep reading on reddit โกHi all! After the Romanians (https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comments/nwhfcy/my_civ_concept_series_18_the_romanians/), next civ will be the Afghans, the fifth Asian civ in my concepts. From what I learnt, this arid area has given a grand influence to many of the existing civs in AoE2. So, letโs get started!
Historically called Pashtun, Afghans were settled in a landlocked region (in the Antiquity Bactria) that would meet invasions from very different and varied Empires and dynasties. The strategic importance of this land has much to do with trade routes, since it was a mandatory stop of the Silk Road. It also communicated India and the Eurasian Steppe. In spite of its closeness to India, the Pashto language is derived from the family of Iranian languages.
In the beginning of the Middle Ages, the White Huns (Bukhara AoE2 HD) ruled Afghanistan, until in the 6th century, they were defeated by the Indian Kings Yasodharman and Narasimhagupta while trying to attack India. Until the 9th Century the Kabul Shahis took control of the Kabul Valley. At that time, the first mixing of the Pashtun people with Turkic people happened. When Shahis began their rule, they were Buddhists, but after 870, the land worshipped Hindu gods. All of this changed with the uprising of Muslim powers, which expanded throughout Asia. The Ghaznavids defeated the Hindu Shahi army of Kabul and Gandhara and established a new rule in Afghanistan (977).
Under the rule of the Ghaznavids, its capital (not Kabul, but Ghazni) became a cultural center. Mahmud of Ghazni also made forays into India, and the Empire ruled over most of Iran, Transoxiana and the northwest of India as far as the Indian Ocean. But in 1040, Ghaznavids lost most of Iran to the Seljuk (Chaghri and Tughrul), even though they were the first Muslim army to use War Elephants. The Ghaznavid dynasty ruled until 1151, when a Ghurid prince, Ala al-Din Husayn, burned the city of Ghazna and established the Ghurid dynasty. This rule didnโt last long, because first the Khwarezmid Persian Empire in 1215, and shortly after, in 1219, the Mongols, conquered all the lands owned by them.
After the Mongol invasion, both people and lands were divided. Many Pashtun mixed with the Pashtun ancestral Khalji dynasty. The Ilkhanate (former Persian land that became part of the Mongol Empire), took most of the west. The Qarlughids were the only Muslim state re
... keep reading on reddit โกThere's a quite noticeable lack of flavour for the great nation of Chagatai, as other threads have already pointed out. Chagatai was an important power in Central Asia, which had declined only after the Timurid conquest of Transoxiana. By 1444, although much weaker, they still were a significant power in the region, with a rich history that needs to be better represented. Some ideas:
Starting ruler: Esen Buqa II, 3/3/4 ruler, 29 years old, Well connected personality already enabled.
Starting heir: Dost Muhammad, 0/0/1,
Scripted advisors: - Available at game start in 1444: Doughlat Sayyid Ali, statesman, level 2, 50% cheaper. - An event popping after 1470: Ali Shir Navai, philosopher, level 2, 50% cheaper.
Events: - at Esen Buqa's death, the player is presented with a decision: accept Yunus Khan as the new ruler (1/1/0), or face a rebelion. As soon as the rebels have taken a province, all western neighbours (Uzbek, Transoxiana) are presented with an option to support Yunus (lose 2000 manpower, and instantly another pro-Yunus rebel army appears at any province controled by Chatagai), or support the current ruler and improve relations with Chagatai. - if Esen Buqa dies before Chagatai's vassal Yarkand is integrated, Chagatai should get an event called "Mirza Abu Bakr Doughlat rebels", which adds 50% liberty desire to Yarkand.
Missions:
- Line 1. Western Expansion:
* Prepare for war (100% of force limit recruited, has at least 60% manpower) Gives 20-year claims in the whole Transoxiana trade node / plus 5% army morale for 20 years
* Retake Transoxiana (at least 10 provinces in the Transoxiana trade node are controlled by Chagatai) Gives permanent claims claims in the eastern parts of the Timurid empire / plus 10% caravan power for the rest of the game
* End the Timurid rule (Timurids do not exist, or have less than 5 provinces) Gives permanent claims in the Persian region / plus 0.5 yearly legitimacy
* Into Persia (at least 15 provinces in the Persian region are controlled by Chagatai) Gives plus 1 tolerance of heretics
* Restore the Ilkhanate. Becomes the Ilkhanate, iqta government, kingdom rank, gains Persian/Azerbaijani as accepted cultures, adopt new ideas, 25 prestige, etc. The Ilkhanate should have its ideas improved, so it isn't a downgrade as it's usually right now for any nation forming it.
- Line 2. Culture
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Recently on Twitter, the art director of Valhalla said โAC: Persia is inevitable, do not worry.โ which of course set the community ablaze with questions of when we will see AC Persia, and where it could be set. Today, I seek to explore a few major points in the history of Persia and look at where AC could set it. I did already explore this region in a post but instead focused on ancient times, of Sargon of Akkad, Nebuchadnezzar, and Alexander the Great, so today will be settings solely after the end of the ancient era. Please be aware that the Abbasid Caliphate section has major spoilers for Valhalla.Iโd also like to take a moment to discuss the name Persia. It came from the Greek name Persis which was one province of the Achaemenid Empire. The name for the country has changed drastically over the rise and fall of different dynasties and empires that controlled modern-day Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Syria, Jordan, Turkey, and Saudia Arabia (among many more countries). Most foreign powers continued to call Iran and its holdings Persia until 1935 when Reza Shah Pahlavi formally asked for the country to be known internationally as Iran.
Fall of Sasanian Empire
Romeโs long-lasting enemy, the Parthian Empire collapsed into itself in the early 3rd century due to hundreds of years with Rome and internal strife, making way for the domination of a young house to rule, forming the Sasanian Empire, sometimes also known as the Neo-Persian Empire. It was the longest-lasting dynasty in Persian history, lasting nearly 400 years, and was the last empire before Islamisation.
The decline of the Sasanian began around 602 with rebellion and seizure of the city of Edessa, leading to war between the Byzantines and Sasanians. The war started well for Persians, as a revolt in Constantinople over ascendency of the throne began soon after, allowing for the Sasanians to take much of Armenia and Syria, capturing important cities like Antioch and Jerusalem. By 610 the Sasanians had moved into much of Anatolia taking key cities around the Black Sea and controlling the Bosphorus. Between 610 and 622 more cities and areas fell around Anatolia, including Egypt and Rhodes, with the Sasanians threatening a naval invasion of Constantin
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( Taken from my answer to a question at r/ AskHistorians)
We can start by placing things into context.
To do so, we need to understand the political situations in the Mongolian Empire and the Delhi Sultanate during the period between the death of Chinggis Khan and the last major Mongolian invasions into India. This period spans the tenure of two dynasties at Delhi, the Mamlukes and the Khaljis. But let's start with the Mongols first.
BACKGROUND
MONGOL EMPIRE :
When the Great Khan Chinggis or Genghis, died in 1227 CE, he left behind an Empire that spanned the modern day regions of Mongolia, to the Hindu Kush and orth eastern Persia. He was succeeded by his son Ogodei in 1229, after an assembly (quraltai) of the tribes. And it wouldn't be until 1241, that they first attempted an incursion into the territory of the Delhi Sultanate. During the reign of Ogodei we see 3 major events that not only built up pressure on the border between the Sultanate and the Mongol Empire but also resulted in the first confrontation between a Sultanate force and the Mongols:
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In 1235, after the first quraltai roughly 20,000 Mongol troops advanced on the Qarlughids, a small Turkic tribe which controlled Ghazni at the time. The Mongols advanced into Kabul, Ghazna and Zabulistan and the ruling Qarlughid, Hasan Qarlugh was forced to accept a Mongol resident at his court.
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In 1235, after the second quraltai in the same year, Mongols moved further troops into the region. They sacked Kashmir and attacked the Qarlughids a second time although they were their tributaries now. Further, they invested Uchch and conquered territory on the very fringes of the Sultanate. In 1241, attacked Lahore and took the city while Bahram Shah was the Sultan of Delhi, whose response was very disappointing for the army and the nobles.
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In 1245-6, the Mongols attacked a third time, taking Multan from Hassan Qarlugh who had taken the province during the lull in hostilities. The Mongols once again invested Uchch but this time a force of the Sultanate. This force was commanded in part by Ghiyasuddin Balban (more on him later)
What followed after the death of Ogodei in 1241, however was a period of turbulence, intrigue, uncertainty and fratricidal conflict within the Empire until finally in 1260, the Empire broke into civil war. The fragmentation of the Empire was only resolved in 1304, when the Western Khanates namely the Ilkhanate, the Golden Horde and the Chagatai Khanate, accepted the
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Hello. I recently purchased a "new" crab clan pre-con deck from the set Khan's Defiance. However, I am a bit baffled as the contents of the box include some lion, unicorn, and ratling personalities. I was wondering if anyone had a card list for what *should* be in this deck so that I can check. I'm not going to leave positive feedback for a seller, if they claimed the item was new, but actually wasn't.
Some of the cards that seem out of place to me Akodo Hachigoro, Hch-tik, Tamori Wotan, Nairu no Oni, and a Foil Moto Chagatai. There were a few others from the phoenix, mantis and lion clans. Why would these cards be in a Crab Clan pre-con deck?
Go post NSFW jokes somewhere else. If I can't tell my kids this joke, then it is not a DAD JOKE.
If you feel it's appropriate to share NSFW jokes with your kids, that's on you. But a real, true dad joke should work for anyone's kid.
Mods... If you exist... Please, stop this madness. Rule #6 should simply not allow NSFW or (wtf) NSFL tags. Also, remember that MINORS browse this subreddit too? Why put that in rule #6, then allow NSFW???
Please consider changing rule #6. I love this sub, but the recent influx of NSFW tagged posts that get all the upvotes, just seem wrong when there are good solid DAD jokes being overlooked because of them.
Thank you,
A Dad.
Martin Freeman, and Andy Serkis.
They also play roles in Lord of the Rings.
I guess that makes them the Tolkien white guys.
She said apple-lutely
Well, toucan play at that game.
'Eye-do'
This is my first post pls don't kill me lol.
The people in the comment section is why I love this subreddit!!
Cred once again my sis wants credit lol
I heard parents named their children lance a lot.
First post please don't kill me
Edit: i went to sleep and now my inbox is dead, thank you kind strangers for the awards!
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it's Hans free now..
A buck-an-ear!
I Thank ye kind Matey for the booty! I be truly overwhelmed! Thank you!
Holy cow! Thank you everyone for the upvotes and awards! I wasnโt expecting this!
He should have a good vowel movement. His next diaper change could spell disaster though.
Making it all the way home and realizing that they forgot one of the containers:
Riceless
That was the punchline
The rise and fall of the Mongol Empire is very interesting. With the longest lasting being the Chagatai Khanate. So I was wondering. Are there any surviving Mongol State Khanates, or any surviving descendants of a great khan who can trace their lineage?
10+10 is twenty and 11+11 is twenty too
