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Eparkhos Interesting background to the current Rum state which prospered under Kayqubad although he seems to have left some hostages to fortune by alienating several of his neighbours probably especially the Qutlughid which could now come back to haunt his grandson. It could mean that what...

Eparkhos Well that's a right mess and as you say eastern Kartvelia is going to be a mess for quite a while to come, even if Nogai Ahmed manages to totally destroy his army and dynasty by a major cock-up. Although it sounds like in Mamia he's found an ally he both can and need to work with...

That's all too often the case for many people who desire greatness. They have to manage to avoid being killed and then expand from that. ;)

Well that went well, NOT. Just about everything that could go wrong did! The last bit suggests there's going to be a prolonged partition of Kartvelia, with the western portion presumably increasingly under Trebazon influence. It does also suggest that David and his military are going to be...

1) must admit that was my thought as well. 2) Good point. Some other form of VD or wasting disease but I think syphillis is still thought of as originating in the Americas I believe. 4) Would say about a century earlier for when settled societies really start to get an edge over nomads...

Well that's set up a cliff hanger. ;) Vakhtang's forces have arrived, although whether they have any Trebazon forces with them are unclear, although I suspect not. I have a feeling that the Kartvelias will lose but probably inflict some heavy losses and win time for David and aid to arrive...

Eparkhos Interesting background to the trigger for the attack. Of course one thing that would bring about the dream he had would be if his forces were too heavily bogged down in the Caucasus Mts or worse still heavily defeated there.

OK thanks for clarifying. Too many nations in too many TLs for my rather elderly brain to keep track of everybody. :(

Eparkhos No idea on the reference. Are you referring to the number of 100,000 there? [Unless something like that was a number alleged IIRC for the size of the force that Darius sent to invade European Greece after the defeat of the Ionian rebellion, which Athens supported?] That would...

For someone. Possibly however not the subjects of the empire. Given that we also have: Its a rare ruler who gets the name Great without having stepped on - or more often trampled into the dust some opponent. Of course some of the people he destroys may be inside the empire, possibly...

Eparkhos Well the Ottoman empire has survived despite the odds, albeit with further territorial losses and by the sound of it another long war to come with the Albanians. However their again taken heavy losses, especially in the defeat at sea There was that note about Ebülhayr Paşa...

Well that sounds like the final death knell for the Ottoman empire. Already gravely weakened its to be attacked by just about all its neighbours. Of course one big issue if it does fall is who ends up with that insignificant settlement on the Bosporus? ;) Can't help thinking there are two...

Well that's pretty much gutted what was already left of the Ottoman empire. Presuming that Ebülhayr Paşa will become the new emperor but will he give it a different name? Its also given the Trebizond empire time to try and secure what it can in Anatolia and prepare itself for the potential...

Eparkhos Well that was messy but could have been worse and by the sound of it is going to get so. I wasn't expecting a reformation this soon with what seems to be a reforming Pope but with so much devastation and chaos something is developing and be interesting to see how closely Zwingli's...

The Berbers hated the Arabs because the latter looting and enslaved many of them. How long this lasted I don't know as there was a Berber speaking dynasty that surged into Iberia IIRC that helped hold back the Spanish reconquest somewhat so suspect you won't find many Christians there. If...

Eparkhos Well that was bloody and chaotic. Despite his rashness I was almost feeling sympathy for Louis by the end. Duerte has done well out of his backstabbing Aragon and could well be on the way to controlling large chunks of southern France, even if the latter are currently...

Eparkhos Well that was bloody. Louis got more luck than he deserved with his supporters in France were desperately fighting to defend the centre of his power. England got badly hammered with 1st a storm sinking most of the force then a 2nd force getting hammered by Foix and it sounds like a...

Well spotted that man. Obviously since Louis is fighting the pope he is a servant of the devil and using necromancy to raise forces.:p

Eparkhos Assume this is a typo but wondering what the great fortress city actually is? Venice or somewhere else? On the other hand Venice depends on its fleet and island position. Well a bloody war and the Po valley and Savoy regions sound like their going to take a while to recover...

Fully agree. :)