What suggested faction should be in EBII

[Ibrahim]

Finally some love for the Arabian peninsula. A place often forgotten when it comes to history especially in pre-islamic times. Even though it's one of the places with the oldest settlements and a place with very interesting people, art, technology... Sad that it's usually only mesopotamia, egypt, India, China and the classicworld that get all the attention. :(

And the nabatae wouldn't be such a bad choice imo, though I'm not sure if they'd have a decent army especially at the beginning of the game and if they would be able to fend of the superpowers that neighbour it, with a single province and such a probably very light army.

well, they chouldn't have too much trouble defending themselves...all they needed to historically was let an enemy march through their territoy, get sunburnt/dehydrated, let them catch al-ramad* from the desert, and then fall on them with hordes of archers, spearmen, and light cavalry...

their equipment I imagine was simple but effective, based on what was found furthur to the south.

besides, even if defensibility wasn't a consideration, I'll sill vote any arabian faction, for certain..ethnic reasons.


*its basically a disease that causes a really nasty version of pinkeye-can even blind people. still common in Morocco.