The sultan was still in his thirties which meant he could still live for twenty years if nothing happens, enough time to see the boy reach adulthood and perhapse making an 'incident' take out the Pasha's nephew.
Well not really ''Dinasty killer'' after all the boy is of the sultan's house.However that is true, unfortunately many time monarchs were forced to take into marriage strong vassal's daughter or sisters, both to acquire the support and allegiance.That however especially if the monarch already has children means that it will probably cause a civil war at the end of his life. This happened many times, and of course the king many times has no choice, if he want to consolidate his power by acquiring a storng noble to his side.
He Will have a territory
Yes but not against a cavalry charge , the most importante things Is to stop It After that Anthony could be used to kill them even a sword strike onto the horse Will basically make the man atop harmless
The archers stood no chance against this onslaught. Their arrows were useless against heavily armored foes on horseback. If only they had lances to match their opponents, perhaps they could have fought back. With one swift thrust, they could dismount their enemies or even slay their steeds. But alas, they had none and were paying the ultimate price for it.
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Could you explain what you mean?I don't understand your point?
He always wondered why an army made use of so many slaves, after all many of them were used as carriers but why not use mules or horses?True they needed more money to be maintained, yet they could pull much more weight.
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It was really common actually It Is called bride kidnapping
The riders froze, exchanging nervous glances. A few lowered their heads sheepishly before one of them, a wiry man with a weathered face, spoke up hesitantly, "We... we thought, maybe... to take them as wives, sir. Back in the city, we've got no one. Alone, sir."
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It Is real
Bigger Land equal more troops in war Is wrong m First of all there Is population , Romelia or Rolmia has many neighbour which means to spend more on garrison . Also this Is a simple short war what would be the sense in raisimg twenty thousansd troops? Bigger army eat golds like vacuums. Also there are a lot of nationnin the western side of the map , there at least twelve After the souher princedom were drawn
Map of the continent:
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Opposite Sicily was literally called the Golden Biasin (It Is the most fertile Land in Europe thanks to the volcanic ashes) the only real fertile Land In the North Is a small area where the Po river flows
But despite his persistent efforts, his searches yielded nothing.His only far-thought idea on where he could find them , was in the western continent of Azania; after all coffee beans were discovered in Ethiopia and the area that shared such a climate was that of the west.
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never read It , dont really ahve Deep knowledge of the period
Steel and Sorrow: Rise of the Mercenary king
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