1. The guard of of Empress Muttunbaal did not survive the period of the dissolution of the empire, it served subsequent empresses.
2. The poetry of this period will be mentioned along with cultural developments in part 3, such were the intentions of any mentions of cultural developments in part 2
3. Aratos II, and most emperors, won tournaments thanks to the game mechanics and their high stats.
4. Holy War for Moravia was a harbinger of religious conflicts, I myself expected the AI to declare a crusade against the lands of the empire but it never happened, which was strange for me.
5. All deities were relegated to a role similar to angels in Christianity, with Gaia playing the real role of patroness of motherhood.
6. No, Nordic paganism did not survive.
7. Yasenism priests have special ceremonies that determine these issues. And such individuals are shun by others.
8. Corsica and Sardinia broke free separately but were later united as a commercial republic.
9. Carthage tried but quickly fell apart.
10. Showing Sapmi as a single state was a measure to make mapmaking easier when transferring saves.
11. The funny thing is that the empire did not survive but the Afrasiabi family continued to exist long after the fall to Turkish Persia as minor rulers.
12. Magyars evolved into a new culture Bogyers is mentioned in part 3.
13. Syberi Empire is Siberia, yes it was a typo.
14. Tyrasian, Oldian, and Tanaisi houses existed as plot points.
15. The Varangians were a nuisance at that time.
16. Yes, Hyrcanos III, killed all of those who were before him in line for the throne.
17. Yes, just these two, that kingdoms that Taurica conquered later.
18. Satyros III, married a distant relative.
19. Melissa herself died shortly after, her fiancé.
20. Pantikapaion is still an important city of cultural and religious importance.
21. Yes, the governorships were not hereditary.
22. The expansion of the empire into Anatolia was slow at first, but only in the 12th century did it accelerate.
23. Prytanis III and others Tauric emperors, did not publicly show favoritism towards one particular chariot team, and tried to remain impartial as organizers. These were propaganda events.
24. Finland was founded by Scandinavian adventurers.
25. The Carpathian Empire did not survive and only one Carpathia remained.
26. Islam and the caliphs no longer exist by the early 14th century, Islam being relegated to the role of a second-rate religion practiced by very few people.
27. Songhai, fell apart due to struggles for the throne and inheritance.
28. Satyros the Adventurer can be seen as one of the most important historical figures who was not a ruler, his travels gave the empire a great deal of knowledge about the eastern world. His information would be used by others in the 16th century.
29. Hasti's work in the form of her book is rather a strange - peculiar, literary historical work. It is possible that I will use it in some way, but it will probably also be in the Victorian period.
30. Wu was ruled by a dynasty of Manchu origin.
31. Hailing and Tingi may return in the story but probably in part 4 or at the end of part 3.
32. Crown of Thorns gave the owner prestige, and even non-Christian rulers gave nice bonuses in the game. Onomarchism is a syncretic belief.
33. Dice of Fate were given to the quest giver.
34. Satyros was then in the domain of the Alamean king, so his vassals were seen as independent domains.
35. Yes, the marriage with Aspasia was matrilineal, the AI wanted no other.
36. Tariffs and tolls were used by the empire all the time, trade and being a middleman in the exchange of goods made it an extremely rich state. In the game, these mechanics do not exist, but we can imagine that the rulers of the empire used their position to accumulate known resources in this way.
37. Persia, or rather the Turkish ruling dynasty, attacked the empire, and I honestly cannot explain it in any logical way except as a sudden attack of madness suffered by Meta I at that time.
38. Aegyptia, as a name, was not common, but it appeared because it was available in the game files.
39. Theodoros IV was not, but I was, especially since about 40 percent of the events were omitted, minor wars and help for insignificant princes and counts etc.
40. Saxony was in a good place to unite Germania, but the Black Death and other plagues came and everything went wrong.
41. Lappland emerged from Giemajohka.
42. Cyprus inherited some principalities in the Levant from where it expanded its areas.
43. Spartacus VII had three wives, it was about the speed with which the emperor took subsequent wives without an appropriate period of mourning.
44. The Mongols, or rather Temujin, were very effective as they used the conquest of entire imperial territories. It took maybe less than 30 years.
45. Ulujin was more busy with other things at that time.
46. The plagues did not lead to complete disintegration but to significant political change.
47. It's hard to say the empire in 1500 AD was still an elective system.
