I am now playing an Italian Campaign because I have never used a Gothic Knight in battle before and wanted to see how the act. So, I decided to build up on trade first and after that I Crusaded to the Holyland for the extra GA points, I get attacked by one faction and forced to eliminate them.

Now I own a third of the map, took over the horde and Byzantines and left without the very point why I started the Campaign in the first place, to use the GKs. Also, there is not a single Muslem on the map anymore and the world is Christian.

Also, what year does the Late Period start. I never played that far.