Quote Originally Posted by greaterkhaan
My problem w/ greece total war would be the lack of variety and VERY small map. The militaries would all be mostly similar, w/ sparta and athens having obvious advantages over the others. Also, what would be the timeline for Greece? Just somewhat curious.

Islam total war could be interesting, but there is a problem w/ your current map. Who would be all of the different factions? It doesn't include the Mali, a huge islamic power in Africa towards the latter end of that timeline. Mansa Musa, a fairly well known Mali ruler, went on his trek to Mecca with so much gold that he caused massive inflation for years in Egypt just by going through Egypt on the pilgrimage. Allegedly, each of his one hundred slaves each had a golden staff for the pilgrimage. Now imagine what that wealth could be used for militarily...?
If there were to be a "rise of islam" total war, I'd rather put it under a non religious name (same as rome: something like Mecca total war?)

It would be very interesting to have a map which would include at least all the northern part of Africa, haven't seen any yet!