
Created on CK2 Version: 3.2
The mod has been up on ModDB and Steam for a while now, hence the version 3.0. I'd neglected to put on the forum until now, but I thought better late than never.
The main goal of A.D. 633: Rise of Islam is to extend the timeline. Thus, the bulk of my effort went into ensuring historicity as much as possible, and I think I did a bang up job of that (with the material available; unfortunately there's a dearth of sources out there for the 7th century). So although there are several neat little features added in, it's a lot closer to the base game in most ways; I didn't do a whole lot of new event chains etc. If you're looking for a radical gameplay-altering mod, this is probably not it.
MOD SUMMARY:
The Rise of Islam mod expands the timeline of Crusader Kings II by 136 years, back to A.D. 633, just after the death of Muhammad. In the British Isles, many of the Anglo-Saxon invaders have yet to convert to Christianity, and Briton peoples still hold sway over a narrow swath of territory extending from Pictland to Wales. In Western Europe, the Visigothic and Frankish kingdoms vie for dominance, with the still heretic Arian Lombards to the south. Much of the Mediterranean, including Egypt, Africa, and Syria, remains under the control of the Byzantines, whose main rivals are the powerful Sassanids, who control all of Persia and Mesopotamia. The fall of the Guptas in India a century earlier left the subcontinent fractured, but the Chalukya and Pushyabuti kingdoms have begun to consolidate power once again. Arabia rumbles with the threat of thousands of Bedouins with a newly-united purpose.
Features:
- New Cultures, including Syriac, Numidian, Amazigh, and Ostrogothic
- New Religions: Cushitic, East African pagans in Ethiopia and Somalia; and Arian and Donatist, early Christian heresies
- New de jure system for some tribal areas: no unrealistic de jure kingdoms and empires. Instead, easier to create custom kingdoms in these areas
- New Succession Laws: Witenagemot, unique elective succession for Anglo-Saxon rulers; and Caliphal Elective, enabled only for Muslim heads of religion
- New Bloodlines: Arsacid, Gupta, Syagrius, and more
- Mayor of the Palace laws and features for Merovingian and Frankish characters
- Reassigned names and de jure areas for some titles, including Illyria, Dacia, Cantabria, Neustria, Austrasia, and more
- Scripted events for the development of early Islam
ModDB: A.D. 633: Rise of Islam
Steam Workshop: A.D. 633: Rise of Islam
Latest version download *.zip file attached.
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