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A Western Himalaya r Eastern Himalaya Sogdiana ax es Samarkand Brahmaputra CIVILIZATION Northern Wastes Gauda Gan THE EXPANSION PROJECT Ustiurt ges River Oxus Pataliputra Bukhara Toprok-Kala Malla Abhisara Rupar Chorasmia Bactra Magadha Taxila Kuru Panchala Upper Oxus Kuhwat Tamluk Northern Ultima Thule Alani Kausambi Atlantic Ocean Harappa Caledonia North Lugia Sarmatia T Sea Vatsa Bihar Orissa Gorgan H Surasena Chedi T Karakum Bactria E Kalibangan H CA Gandhara Sulaiman E SP I Merv A A Britannia N Hibernia T Maeotia S Avanti Upper Matsya Vidisa Sudeten E Aria Assaka L Scythia A Indus Thar Caucasus Arachosia Desert A Germania rn Nalchik Nisa Kalinga e v e R Magna S h Northern Londinium i Germania n Ujjain N Dyfed e Kuban Inferior Parthia Mohenjo- Daro Chanhu- T Mikop Daro Bay of I Upper Bengal C Belgica Danube Indus River Maru Southern Nis Vidarbha Lothal Krishna Parthia Nalas River O Media Tosali Sein e Crimea Harirud C Cappadocia Siestian Lugdunensis Armenia Hecatompylos River Germania Upper Dacia E r Dholavira Superior Rhine e Sind v Lesser Gallia Noricum Getae i Black Shakas A R Kavir Balakot Armenia e Sea Surashtra Prathistana Asmaka b Tomi Sinope Pannonia u N n a Drangiana oire Cisalpina D L Alesia ak Paraetacene Eastern Ghats Rhaetia rm Poura I l i Van z Odessus i Zagros Phrygia K Elam Persua Deccan Bay of Aquitania Nineveh (expand) Biscay Moesia Po Gedrosia Sattagydia Lugdunum River Dalmatia Illyricum Eastern Etruria Ankara Gulf of Western Ghats Atlantic Ocean Paeonia Bithynia Kanchi Rhône Byzantium Oman Ga River Sagartia Brahmagiri ron ne Thrace Assyria Babylonia Makran Rubicon Kanesh Susiana S aka a Gordium r y Cilicia Carrhae Tigri Macedonia s Persepolis Harmozia Aquae Sinhalese Massilia Corsica Rome Samnium Adriatic Appolionia Mesopotamia Susa Lusitania Sextiae Lemnos Troy Sea h Ur Liyan Gallaecia Narbo Eup rates Carmania Aleppo Babylon Anuradhapura Tarraconensis Mount V Sardes Ionia Euphrates & Thessalonica Tigris Rivers Persis Madurai esuvius Thessaly Galatia Antioch Epirus Lesbos Mari Iberus Neapolis Charax Eastern Vanchi Ruhuuna Tarentum Sumeria Maka Campania Aetolia Chalcis Bat Arabian Sea Miletus Persian Hispania Ithaca Phoenicia Oman Sardinia Boeotia Aegean Salamis Gulf Pandyas Lycia Baleares Phocis Eretria Sea Cyprus Baetica Damascus Caralis Chaldaea Ebusus Western Sidon New Corinth Athens Syria Milazzo Rhodes Gerrah Carthage Mediterranean Thera Celtici Palermo Peloponnesos Mount Madrakah Tyre Magan Argos Thera Knossos Mount Phaestos Etna Sparta Corduba Eastern Jericho Hellas Mediterranean Syracuse (all areas are ) Carthage Jerusalem ARCHAEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION TABLE Numidia Gaza Petra Central Nafud Western Tanis Arabia Felix Mediterranean Arabian Sea B. C. 8000 5000 3000 2000 1200 800 500 350 250 Alexandria BRONZE AGE IRON AGE Cirta Thapsus START STONE AGE early late early late FINISH Sinai Cyrene Cyrenaica Ubar MINOA Memphis New Africa Nabataea Tunisia N Eastern SABA i East Mauretania l Tripoli e Western Sabrata R Desert Arabia Deserta i v Desert e CELTS West Mauretania r Zufar Libya ASSYRIA Fayum Yathrib N Ptolemais A ROME E Red BABYLON C East Getules Sea Jalo Thebes O CARTHAGE Sahara West Getules Siwa Upper Egypt Buhen N HELLAS Tripolitania Ma'in Socotra A NUBIA I Hadhramawt D DRAVIDIA Nubian Desert Gulf of N Marib Qutaban I PARTHIA Aden Nukheila E MAURYA TRADE CARD STACKS & CENSUS THE Bahrmeder Zafar Opone G H R Saba EA PERSIA T T ER Kerma The West 1 2 3 4 The East 1 2 3 4 S Aden A Nubia HATTI CRETE OCHRE, IRON, FISH, WOOL, Census ARABIA HIDES, STONE, SALT, COTTON, ILLYRIA CHORASMIA H Himyar Western CLAY PAPYRUS FRUIT OIL FLAX FURS TIMBER SUGAR Napata Adulis Calmadow ASSYRIA DRAVIDIA A Indian Ocean IBERIA THRACE & & & & BABYLON & & & & R CARTHAGE 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 MAURYA ROME BONE WAX CERAMICS GRAIN KUSHAN BONE WAX CERAMICS GRAIN A V. ERUPTION/ V. ERUPTION/ Merve IBERIA FAMINE CIVIL WAR NUBIA FAMINE CIVIL WAR Aksum INDUS EARTHQUAKE SUPERSTITION 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 EARTHQUAKE SUPERSTITION HATTI TREACHERY SLAVE REVOLT INDUS TREACHERY SLAVE REVOLT D TEMPEST CITY IN FLAMES TEMPEST CITY IN FLAMES EGYPT S. WEALTH PERSIA S. WEALTH Danokil 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 E Mosylon KUSHAN S 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 5 6 8 9 5 6 8 9 E Barbaria 7 7 Teiga EGYPT WINE, TIN, RESIN, MARBLE, GOLD, 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 LIVESTOCK, BRONZE, SPICES, DYE, SILK, R T'ana Azania TEXTILES COPPER INCENSE GEMS IVORY LACQUER SILVER JADE TEA PEARL EPOCH ENTRY T Nuba & & & & & 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 & & & & & REQUIREMENTS: cities 2 cities 3 cities 4 cities 5 cities OBSIDIAN GLASS OBSIDIAN Ogodan GLASS LEAD HERBS TYRANNY AMBER 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 FLOOD LEAD HERBS TYRANNY AMBER civilization cards 3 cards 3 cards >_ 100 3 cards >_ 200 FLOOD CYCLONE REGRESSION CYCLONE REGRESSION BARBARIAN EPIDEMIC CORRUPTION ICONOCLASM BARBARIAN EPIDEMIC CORRUPTION ICONOCLASM CIVIL DISORDER AND HERESY PIRACY HORDES CIVIL DISORDER AND HERESY PIRACY Ahmar HORDES COASTAL BANDITRY COASTAL BANDITRY 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 CITY RIOTS MIGRATION TRIBAL WAR MINOR UPRISING 1 2 3 4 5 6 CITY RIOTS MIGRATION TRIBAL WAR MINOR UPRISING VICTORY POINTS: 1600.
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