Overview of Africa Data we've gotten

[Raftz]

I had a bunch of spare time suddenly, so I decided to compile information about every area in Africa. The attached PDF, or images, list every Area in Africa's location count, province count, and all relevant population Data we have. Hopefully this helps someone with their suggestions or research. If not, oh well it was fun to make.

 

[kingner]

good job

 

[YashaCarry]

Wow... 1,138 locations total... that is very impressive!

... If you don't consider how 425 exist in Iberia alone, and Africa as a whole is 52 times larger... while it only has about 3 times the amount of locations. It's a bit telling of a few things, if you ask me.

 

[--11e7]

Wow... 1,138 locations total... that is very impressive!

... If you don't consider how 425 exist in Iberia alone, and Africa as a whole is 52 times larger... while it only has about 3 times the amount of locations. It's a bit telling of a few things, if you ask me.

It's really not.
There wasn't much there at the time period.
Comparable to Sami or Western Siberia, or Finland (maybe). Iron, some small "cities", no writing.
Not every civilization was equally impressive.

 

[Bigsoulja9]

To compliment this, here is a combined map I compiled a while back, with all of Africa's country tags & SOP tags as of most recent dev posts for each region.

 

[Bigsoulja9]

It's really not.
There wasn't much there at the time period.
Comparable to Sami or Western Siberia, or Finland (maybe). Iron, some small "cities", no writing.
Not every civilization was equally impressive.

Forgive my ignorance - are you telling me that they've found dozens of cities in Siberia with over 100,000 residents? How exciting! Would you be so kind as to forward me the sources for this? I'd love to read more about these settlements! I assume that must be what you're referring to in equating Africa to Siberia, of course, because anyone with even an elementary grasp on Africanist literature would certainly know that Africa was not lacking large-scale socio-political organisation. And surely only someone with a strong grasp on the literature would dare make such sweeping comparisons. Surely.

Wow... 1,138 locations total... that is very impressive!

... If you don't consider how 425 exist in Iberia alone, and Africa as a whole is 52 times larger... while it only has about 3 times the amount of locations. It's a bit telling of a few things, if you ask me.

It is, and this isn't really disputable if you ask me. The devs themselves have acknowledged that location (and, for that matter, population) distribution is a reflection of gameplay priorities over a strict adherence to what might be "historically accurate" per se. Fortunately, they've also confirmed that location density does not do much to affect development potential.

 

[nyetflix2]

It's really not.
There wasn't much there at the time period.
Comparable to Sami or Western Siberia, or Finland (maybe). Iron, some small "cities", no writing.
Not every civilization was equally impressive.

Hope this is bait

 

[TheNewCaliph]

Hope this is bait

It likely isn't. Many players unfortunately share this mindset