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Very nice.

Some intial comments on Sweden. I´d make Sweden extend along further north along the coast (about as far as the Finns on the map) but keep the coastal settlement narrow. Gotland should be at most nominally vassalized to Sweden, but more accurately a "free republic" in 1066. Incidentally, IIRC in 1066 Sweden was split between two rival kings so the country should begin with two competing dynsaties.

Cheers,
Vandelay
 
Problems:

Spain - The Umayyads (which is misspelled on the map) had been extinct since 1035. No reason to even have the name there at all. Islamic Spains was divided into at least several more petty kingdoms that I can think of right off the top of my head (including Valencia, Almeria, Ceuta and Denia). Mallorca wasn't independent, but part of Denia.

North Africa - the Almoravids had not yet conquered Fez by the end of 1066; it was an independent state until 1069. The areas ruled by the Zirids and Hammaids is vastly understated - they had indeed been driven virtually to the coast by Arab tribes launched from Egypt, but, although their situation was by no means rosy, it wasn't as bad as this map indicates.

Italy - Salerno is shown as far too large; the Norman holdings in Apulia and Calabria formed a continuous whole and weren't split by Salernian territory. Byzantine influence in the heel is a bit overstated; they had been down to Bari only as late as 1064, but had reconquered the ports of Brindisi and Taranto by the end of 1066, though the Normans for the most part ruled the hinterland, confining the Byzantines pretty much to those ports.

Balkans - Venice didn't own Split, the Byzantines did. Rashka was an independent state and should be shown separate, even though it was a Byzantine vassal

Russia - Novgorod, Chernigov, and Pereyaslavl were as separate from the central government in Kiev as Polotsk was. The Kievan realm no longer touched the Black Sea, being cut off from it by the Pechenegs and Cumans.

Middle East - The eastern Byzantine border is bizarre. It should be to the east of Edessa in the south; this city and all the land to its west that is shown as Seljuk were held by the Byzantines until after Manzikert in 1071. Byzantine rule is overstated in northern section of Armenia (The Kars/Erevan area); the west part of this sector should belong to Georgia, the east to local Muslim rulers. Seljuk influence is too far to the west; Aleppo and Diyarbakr had yet to submit to the Seljuks in 1066 and should thus be shown as independent. Interestingly the map shows Mazandaran as a Seljuk vassal, while not showing the realms of more important vassal states such as Mosul, Azerbaijan, Shirvan, and, most important of all, the Abbasid Caliphate. At least it separates Kerman from the main Seljuk state...
 
Also, should Dubrovnik start as a independent republic in 1066?

From its establishment the town was under the protection of the Byzantine Empire that helped Dubrovnik in the wars against Saracens (886.- 887.), Bulgaro-Macedonians (988.), and Serbs (1184.). After the Crusades Dubrovnik came under the sovereignty of Venice (1205.-1358.), and by the Peace Treaty of Zadar in 1358. it became part of the Hungarian-Croatian Kingdom.
 
Originally posted by Fate
Also, should Dubrovnik start as a independent republic in 1066?

From what I've seen they were under Byzantine suverainty until after the fourth crusade, then Venetian until the Treaty of Zadar in 1358.
 
Now it works... weird! Maybe my computer is as slow as me in the morning :p

Nice map Fate!

As Vandelay said about Sweden, Norway too should extend further up the coast, up to the Lofotens isles.

As for the Finns in Finland/Livonia , were they a state as such or just tribal "barbarians"?

rgds,

Jarlen
 
Before the Swedish 'crusades' to that area I think there wasn't anything more then 'tribes', or maybe even that.

One of these tribes were the "Tavasts" who were conquered by Birger Jarl in the 1200´s. The Tavast were fairly advanced with a small trading town close to where Birger Jarl built the castle of "Tavastehus" (no coincidence). According to medieval Swedish sources this was a crusade agianst the pagan Tavasts, but nowadays most scholars believe that the Tavasts (and Karelians further east) were Orthodox. I wonder if Catholics can will be able to crusade against orthodox in CK?

BTW I wonder how the "tribal" areas will be simulated in CK?? Similar to non-colonized areas in EUII or will dynasties and boundaries be invented for them?

Cheers,
Vandelay
 
Did sweden realy exist in 1066 as a nation i mean.

Barely - there was a power struggle between pagan Uppland and Christian Götalandskapen (south of Lake Mälaren), lots of rival kings, even more unclear boundaries than what was common in Europe of 1066 etc. Note also that in 1066 there was no minting of coins, the only town was Sigtuna (with a population of less than 1000), the number of buildings built of stone could be counted on one hand etc. Sweden was just emerging as a Christian nation.

/Vandelay
 
A really nice looking map Fate! I'm not sure why though, but my computer is really slow at re-drawing the map (if I want to zoom in or out, for example).

I can hardly wait for this game...
 
Neat. I presume those are the taifas, in iberia?
 
Originally posted by Faeelin
Neat. I presume those are the taifas, in iberia?

Yep, but there were a half dozen or more of them in 1066 - the map doesn't show them all.
 
In regards to Valencia:

VALENCIA An important city and port on the east coast, opposite the Balearic Isles.
To the Caliphate....................................712-755
To Cordoba........................................755-1010
SERVILE RULERS
Mubarrak.......................................1010/1-1017 with...
Muzaffar.......................................1010/1-1017
Lab'ib (Tortosa c. 1009-bfr. 1039/40)............1017-1019 d. bfr. 1039; with...
Muyahid (in Denia 1010/2-1045)...................1017-1021 d. 1045
AMIRID
'Abd al-'Aziz....................................1021-1061
'Abd al-Malik al-Muzzaffar.......................1061-1065
To Toledo........................................1065-1075
Abu Bakr.........................................1075-1085
'Uthman..........................................1085-1086
DHUNNUNID
Yahya al-Qadir (in Toledo 1075-1085).............1086-1092
YAHHAFID
Abu Ahmad Dja'far................................1092-1094
DIAZ
Rodrigo El Cid...................................1094-1099
To Castile.......................................1099-1102
To Morocco.......................................1102-1145
'ABD al-'AZIZ
Abu 'Abd al-Malik Marwan..............................1145
'JYADDID
Abu Mohammed.....................................1145-1146
HUDDID
Abu Dja'far Ahmad "Zafadola"..........................1146
'JYADDID
Abu Mohammed.....................................1146-1147
To Murcia........................................1147-1172
To Morocco.......................................1172-1229
MARDANIS
Zayyan (in Onda 1228-1229, Murcia 1239-1241).....1229-1238 d. 1241
To Aragon thereafter...


In regards to Denia:

To the Caliphate....................................712-755
To Cordoba........................................755-1010
AMIRID
Muyahid.......................................1010/12-1045
'Ali.............................................1045-1076
To Zaragoza......................................1060-1081 or 2/3
To Tortosa................................1081 or 2/3-1092
To Morocco.......................................1092-1224
Abu Zayd 'Abd al-Rahman (in Alcira, Jativa also).1224-1227
To Aragon thereafter...

In regards to Mallorca

To Cordoba........................................903-1010
To Denia.......................................1010/2-1018
MUJAHID
Mujahid..........................................1018-1041
'Ali Iqbal-Ud-Dawlah.............................1041-1075
AGLABID
Ibn Aglab al-Murtada.............................1076-1093
Mubassir.........................................1093-1114
Abu-l-Rabi Sulayman "El Burabe"..................1114-1126
GHANIYID
Mohammed I.......................................1126-1156
Ishaq............................................1156-1183
Mohammed II......................................1183-1184 d. 1187
'Ali.............................................1184-1185
Mohammed II (restored)...........................1185-1187
Tasfin................................................1187
Yahya............................................1187-1203
To Morocco.......................................1203-1229
To Aragon........................................1229-1278
BARCELONA
James I..........................................1278-1311
Sancho...........................................1311-1324
James II.........................................1324-1343 d. 1349
To Aragon thereafter...