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Altarion
12-21-2009, 13:43
On my campaign map there isn't any trace of Dumatha, the capital of Arabia, as seen on https://www.europabarbarorum.com/i/eb_map_080_plain.gif.
What is the problem? Something wrong with my installation?Besides Arabia is named Eremos, just as the Sahara, what does it mean?

Thanks everybody for info
Skullheadhq
12-21-2009, 14:20
Removed in this version. The new 'capital of this 'province' is on an unreachable spot in the lower right corner of the Sahara.
Arutima
12-21-2009, 14:26
dumatha have been removed since 1.1
Centurio Nixalsverdrus
12-22-2009, 00:38
Btw, did Dumatha really exist?
lenin96
12-22-2009, 01:09
Btw, did Dumatha really exist?

I've been wondering the same thing, a lot of mods in different time periods seem to use Dumatha in Arabia so I was thinking it might have been from a story or legend, I was also wondering how the team came up with Terhazza.

Edit: Terhazza exists, it's a city in Mali.
Also found this, on the Polish version of the same page it has Terhazza written next to Taghaza so I believe them to be the same thing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taghaza
Moros
12-22-2009, 02:45
There was an ancient qedarite city, probably even the capital. The Assyrian name was adumatta, these days it's known as al-jawf. I bet they meant this one.
Ibrahim
12-22-2009, 08:31
Btw, did Dumatha really exist?

yes it did. in fact, it still does.

in Arabic, the name (in classical arabic) is Dumah. (or Dumatu ul-jandal).
gamegeek2
12-23-2009, 05:47
What Moros and Ibrahim said.
Nyz
07-18-2010, 06:36
Will her enter the EB late period mod or ATB?
Moros
07-18-2010, 13:05
Will her enter the EB late period mod or ATB?
i'm not sure what you mean?

Adumatta and it's people were mainly important in the early history of Ancient north Arabia, mainly from the 9th to the 5th century BC. It would be the Nabataeans and Petra who would take over their role, which subsequently was succeeded by Palmyra. Hence a late mode should mainly focus on these two settlements, as Dumah wasn't of much importance then. The Nabataeans have been presented as a faction in ATB, I'm not really well informed on the late mod project. So I'll let one of their members answer that question instead. Hopefully this was what you asked?
Nyz
07-18-2010, 19:56
i'm not sure what you mean?

Adumatta and it's people were mainly important in the early history of Ancient north Arabia, mainly from the 9th to the 5th century BC. It would be the Nabataeans and Petra who would take over their role, which subsequently was succeeded by Palmyra. Hence a late mode should mainly focus on these two settlements, as Dumah wasn't of much importance then. The Nabataeans have been presented as a faction in ATB, I'm not really well informed on the late mod project. So I'll let one of their members answer that question instead. Hopefully this was what you asked?

Ok thanks Mr. Moros... I understand that...