If any of u remembr in an earlier thread of mine, in the assasins as target practise one, i said mongols were antimuslims. well its true that the later "civilized" mongols khanates converted to islam. but at the time of genghis and kublai khan, when the mongols r on their conquering rampage, i was right, they had animosity fr muslims. during the seventh crusade, many mongols were actually sympathetic to the crusader cause and therefore allied or at least pretty willingly submit to the mongols as vassals, most notably the principalitty of antioch, albeit one that ultimately failed to achieve its aims. though the alliance was poorly held and battles in syria against the mamluks were poorly coordinated between the allies, the number of attempts the mongols made to make a strong alliance showed how much the mongols were determined to destroy the muslim empire.
now to the questions about the alliances:
1. i saw in many games of venice and turks allying against their common foe, the byz. and i also know the spainish and the portugese sometimes allying with the moors. does this hurt one's standin w/ the pope?
2. In many games, including mine as france, the french and the english could easily ally. but they almost never ally in the middle ages except fr the tattered and fragile alliance in the crusades. maybe its my historical knowledge or something but how could these two rivals ally in the game? theyre shadow factions in the short camp .other rivals in the game cant ever do it that easily long or short
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