I hope kaner doesn't mind, but since I'm just copying and pasting from elsewhere on the forum, this is kaner's variant:
The Mongolian empire at this stage had broken up into several factions, all controlling their own territories, but none powerful enough to 'take over' other factions This was due to several reasons, firstly each dynasty had holdings in other dynasties, secondly trade was held in high regard - there needed to be a flow of goods (this silk road), thirdly if one group attempted to conquer another then that would leave them open to other factions.
The Mongolian dynasties are:
The Great Khans - controlling the homeland/spiritual homeland of the Mongolians
The Yuan Dynasty - Kublai Khan's rule in China
The Chagatai Dynasty - controlling much of central Asia
The Golden Horde - the Westernmost group around modern day Russia, north of the Caucasus
The Ilkhanate - The group of Mongolian rulers who conquered Persia
In addition to these groups other empires also existed - and are included these are:
The Crusader States - Western Europe
The Caliphate - An Islamic state controlling much of Arabia and initially held back Mongolian SthWestern advance into North Africa
The Delhi Sultanate - Never conquered by the Mongols due to the tropical climate causing havoc on Mongolian weaponry, and Horses (Northern India)
Tibetan Empire - At this stage Kublai Khan was starting to assimilate Tibet into his China, but still nominally independent (It was this period that Buddhism was 'imported' into China)
Khmer Empire - A nascent group of SthEastern Asians starting to unify areas north of the Malayan peninsula.
Sirijaya - Traders mostly, who in modern day Indonesia, traded spices north along the coast, and west to India.
you can have a peak at it here:
http://lab.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?
gameID=85Player start with more units than they can possibly support at the end of the first year. This is to simulate the devastating effect that the Bubonic plague had on the populations of the world during this period.
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