Cross and Crescent v2.0
A scenario for Civilization II: Fantastic Worlds by Bernd Brosing.
Description
Europe, Anno Domini 955.
The powerful empire of Charlemagne has split long ago, and its successors are only weak, threatened structures. While the Franconian empire as well as England suffers heavily from Viking raids, Germany trembles from continuing Hungarian invasions.
In the east Byzantium, successor of Rome, is at the zenith of its power. But, bitter wars and long battles loom behind the horizon, especially with the Islamic Arabs, which, since the death of Mohammed in 632, have subdued almost the entire Middle East in an unbelievable trail of conquest including North-Africa and the Iberian Peninsula.
The European kings must now secure their own power and get ready for the struggle between Christianity and Islam...
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