Quote Originally Posted by seienchin View Post
Well.... Tell us the importance of ancient arabia in the EB timeframe and why nobody ever bothered conquering all of it? I know the sassanids atacked the arabian peninsula a few times and defeated many arabian tribes, but still they didnt bother conquering it.
Or am I wrong?
Oh and the cultural influences as important as they may be are nothing, that are reflected in a total war game?
Alexander wanted too, he just died to early. The Parthians/sassanids did conquer the eastern parts, the Persians had done so before them. They even rivaled with the romans in Arabia to gain as much from trade as possible. The Romans tried to conquer Arabia felix but failed (they blaimed the weather and their Nabataean guide). So yes you are wrong.

A longer post would have followed, if I just had more time. Though if you search for it I'm quite sure you'll find a better awser as I have posted explainations for Saba''s inclusion before.