i have been discussing my point for nearly a month now so i would like to turn it into a thread.
transoxiana and volga-bulgaria are just not that essential to the mod. with both the timurids and mongols spawning why are they needed? what i believe is that burgundy and genoa should be added. This is why:
Burgundy:
created the first professional army
halted french expansion during and after the hundred years war(allied with england)
married into many european royal families thus securing influence
Duke Charles the Bold was arguably the greatest military leader at the very end of the middle ages. just because he lost many battles doesnt mean he wasnt good, think of Giap in vietnam, and George washington. even frederick the great lost nearly half his engagements.
Genoa:
only major threat to venician land and naval power up until the ottomans
created one of the most powerful navies of the time(many admirals of western warfare were genoese mercenaries)
held territory in crimea,north africa, balkans
was in hundred years war with venice to secure supremacy of the eastern medittereanean, had they one it would have been the genoese vs the ottomans.
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