Wow, Complete domination by 1166. In a Turk game(Early, Hard) I was playing(HD crashed) I might have gotten that by 1205. If you can pull off a really good Turk rush, then you are set up for some amazing moves.
I ransomed Eggie kind twice, then managed to ransom Byz king once. Kept Egyptians in Egypt so no resurgance. Took Constantinople, Khazar regions with all of ANatolia by 1100. Built navy while sending troops and Jihads up through to Lithuania, having really weakened Poland/Hungary. The Spanish were winning aginast the Almohads, so I sent a decent contingent that got beaten back. But then 10 Jihads allowed me to conquere Iberia as well. Then I used my boats to conquer England. My next move was going to be taking out the Italian peninsula, but then my HD crashed. This was in the 1140s. MOney was starting to get tight, even with full merchant upgrades on Mediterranean property. Hopefully the English provinces would add something.
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