Quote Originally Posted by B-Wing View Post
Assuming each item on the map is a city (except for the white things with vertical bars next to them), I'm impressed at how many cities there are, especially in Persia. I'm guessing we can safely assume there will also be an Ethiopian province south of Aegyptos, too.
I think those white things with vertical bars are the cities, or at least the settlements. No idea which one of them is the provincial capital, though. The other icons look like the special resources that can be traded.