Quote Originally Posted by scourgeofrome
I would go with the Bagdad calipahte. I like playing as Islamic factions (mostly to avoid the pope). Also, as them I could rub it in the Catholics face that I own Jeruselum and they don't.
Hear hear! Those were both big reasons why I enjoyed playing the Egpytians so much in MTW.

Quote Originally Posted by scourgeofrome
Plus I found that region slightly boring in MTW (It always ended up with Byzantine weakend an Egypt and Turks happily living in peace).
Woah; since when?? In every single game I've ever played, the Egyptians--whether they were played by me or the AI--were always at war with the Turks. One of those two factions usually destroyed the other within 50-75 years (if not sooner). I honestly can't imagine those two factions being best buds for any length of time....