I play Grand Strategy games, but why?
So, Europa Universalis 4 is one of my favourite games.
So I started to look at some interesting nations/countries to play and came Ajuran (EU4 uses the somali transliteration Ajuuraan)
It has some very nice ideas, basically strength you can use.
Naturally I read up on it, the history and how it came to be.
"In the 13th century AD, the Ajuran Empire was the only hydraulic empire in Africa. As an hydraulic empire, the Ajuran monopolized the water resources of the Shebelle and Jubba rivers."
In game terms it makes it easier to develop provinces.
I love alternative history, so what would have happened if Ajuuraan had colonized/settled large areas of land and expanded over the entire east coast of Africa?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTtAeVFcjpI&list=PLLcwIkEBlMASZ4QUNQiO4BthYvuZJmL-p
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Needless to say: I didn't know any of that before I played that nation.
What I also did not know was that the east coast of Africa was well settled thickly and full of big trading posts and cities.
"Africa was full of savages!" is a myth at best and a lie at worst.
