Here I post you an Asturias tech tree.
First of all, I put you the names in English and latin. My English is bad, but my latin is worse, so please correct the names in right manner.
Feel free to choose those names and buildings you find suitable.
1) Governor´s building. I don´t know if have decided having a unique tree of governor´s building for all Christian European kingdoms. If you have not decided yet, here I post a trial asturian governor house tree: maiorii domus (headhouse), civitas curia (council seat), comites domus (county house), duces palatii (duke palace), rex palatii (royal palace), Aula Regia (capital royal court).
2) Military buildings: I have not found anything about military buildings in that times. There were not “quarters” concept in dark ages. You can use the Frankish kingdoms tech trees for infantry, cavalry or bowmen
3) Farmer development: Asturian economy relied on farmer. You can use a tech tree very similar to RTW-BI, but remember the asturians did not used the irrigation, so they should be 1 step under the andalusian farmer development.
4) Roads: I think the word “paved road” for asturican ways is very, very kindly. In fact asturians ways were less more than animal paths. In part due to there were not important roman highways in asturian historical territory, but also because of the lack of interest of asturians on communications. Itis (path)- via (land road)- strata (paved road- this one only in highly developed provinces). Forget about highways.
5) Public health structures. This is a remote concept for north Spanish Christians at 843 AD. Probably you can put latrina (privy)- cloaca (open sewer). For very developed towns you can put publicus fontus (public fountain) related with you have a rare example here (Oviedo):
http://www.ctv.es/USERS/acabiedes/3.htm
Nothing about aqueducts, that were present at andalusian developed provinces. I think is more realistic if you decrease the importance of squalor in public order or happiness. Focus on religious buildings, that really had importance those days in order to improve the happiness of people!
6) Market. Asturian trade were mainly inferior to andalusian, and near of Frankish kingdoms. Most of the trade was made by barter. Were used old gothic, andalusian an frank coins in little importance (actually only for taxes). Around X century was adopted Frankish silver system, but it still lasted many years to spread use of coins. Mercatus (market)- forum (great market)- merkatus de rege (royal town market. This one is the only historically I´ve founded).
7) Religious buildings: Good resume at RTW-BI, you can use in the same way (improve Christian conversion, improves happiness and public order). Sacellum (shrine)- Hermitage (I don´t know its latin name)- ecclesia (church)- cathedra (cathedral). Remember the cathedrals used to be also scriptorium (libraries), so they can serve (in little) as the roman scriptorium of RTW: dishmish corruption and improves administration.
The other religious tree could be convent- monastery- abbey (I did not found its latin names). Monastic buildings did play a important role on asturian life. They were centres of Christian irradiation, study and wealth. They were important land owners, so you can add to its Christian role, an improve to farmer production i.e. Please, don´t recruit any monk or priest military unit as in BI! Priest or monks were not fighters in dark ages.
Some examples of asturican buildings (mainly churches and abbeys):
http://www.ctv.es/USERS/acabiedes/1.htm
http://www.ctv.es/USERS/acabiedes/2.htm
http://www.ctv.es/USERS/acabiedes/4.htm
http://www.ctv.es/USERS/acabiedes/5.htm
http://www.ctv.es/USERS/acabiedes/6.htm
http://www.ctv.es/USERS/acabiedes/7.htm
http://www.ctv.es/USERS/acabiedes/8.htm
http://www.ctv.es/USERS/acabiedes/9.htm
http://www.ctv.es/USERS/acabiedes/10.htm
http://www.ctv.es/USERS/acabiedes/11.htm
http://www.ctv.es/USERS/acabiedes/12.htm
http://www.ctv.es/USERS/acabiedes/13.htm
http://www.ctv.es/USERS/acabiedes/14.htm
Great link of architect art at Asturias. If you explore on sub-links you will find all kind of Spanish romanic buildings:
http://www.arteguias.com/prerromanico_asturias.htm
It does not conserve any civil building of IX-XI centuries, but you can assume its appearance were not very different to asturian religious buildings or to Frankish civil buildings.
And finally, in Spanish “reconquista” castles were very, very important, due to the irregular Spanish geography. Castles were places at strategic points in mountains or river crosses, and provided factions (asturians and andalusians) of safely borders. That role is played in RTW by the forts. I think you can translate this concept to castles. The only difference should be its bigger cost, and that they don´t disappear if there´s not any unit inside. I don´t know if this is technically possible, but it should be a terrific approach to historic reality.
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