Quote Originally Posted by hooahguy14
i didnt really read through this thread, but i think there should be an arab faction, if not a confederation....
The Ottoman Empire is in, as one of the main player factions I think. It will be interesting to see what their ships look like at the end of the tech tree, although (IIRC) their navy was similar to European naval tech and didn't look much different, at least for the late ships of the line. I think at one point they had the largest ship in the world, or maybe it had the most cannon, I can't remember.

(searching)... oh, here it is, the "Mahmudiye", 128 cannons. That's gotta hurt in a broadside:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:M...%281829%29.jpg