My 101st EUIV run: Yemen.
Almost a year ago, when the King of Kings came out, I had a really fun run with the Rassids, so I decided the revisit this area and try Yemen proper and tried to reunite it, which was a very easy task, because I had cores on most of the former lands of Yemen.
The hardest part came later, when I had to deal with the Mamluks to take Hedjaz and Timurids. Yes, Timurids, they managed to defeat Ajam, integrate their vassals, annex Hormuz, Oman, Dawasir and even take some provinces from Mahra. Luckily, I had the Ottomans as an ally. While their expansion in the Middle East was contained, they grew pretty big in Europe, mainly because of weak Hungary. But with their help I managed to deal with them both and the Timurids later on were completely conquered by my trustable ally Ajam -> Persia that remained my ally till the end of the end of the run.
My vassals: Ethiopia, Hobyo, Madurai, Junagarh Oman, Najd.
My allies: Persia.
Spain conquered mainland Portugal, but in turn Brazil turned up and in revenge conquered (along with USA) most of Spanish colonies.
Pretty strong Moravia that's allied to the Commonwealth.
Only small remnants left of successful Trent (they controlled all of Tyrol and Venice) and Cilli (stretching all the way to Bosnia). Sadly, Italy, Moravia and the Commonwealth made them small again.
Almost a year ago, when the King of Kings came out, I had a really fun run with the Rassids, so I decided the revisit this area and try Yemen proper and tried to reunite it, which was a very easy task, because I had cores on most of the former lands of Yemen.
The hardest part came later, when I had to deal with the Mamluks to take Hedjaz and Timurids. Yes, Timurids, they managed to defeat Ajam, integrate their vassals, annex Hormuz, Oman, Dawasir and even take some provinces from Mahra. Luckily, I had the Ottomans as an ally. While their expansion in the Middle East was contained, they grew pretty big in Europe, mainly because of weak Hungary. But with their help I managed to deal with them both and the Timurids later on were completely conquered by my trustable ally Ajam -> Persia that remained my ally till the end of the end of the run.
My vassals: Ethiopia, Hobyo, Madurai, Junagarh Oman, Najd.
My allies: Persia.
Spain conquered mainland Portugal, but in turn Brazil turned up and in revenge conquered (along with USA) most of Spanish colonies.
Pretty strong Moravia that's allied to the Commonwealth.
Only small remnants left of successful Trent (they controlled all of Tyrol and Venice) and Cilli (stretching all the way to Bosnia). Sadly, Italy, Moravia and the Commonwealth made them small again.
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