Research of the campaign map is coming along nicely image - In the Name of Jerusalem II mod for Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
This project is the continuation of our work in Warband crusade MOD "In the Name of Jerusalem". We will continue to extend and improve the old settings. The new campaign map will expand to the Upper Danube, the Nile Delta, the Dinaric Alps, and Transcaucasia. The Bulgarian Empire and Grand Principality of Serbia will be added. Kingdom of Georgia, the Saltukids and the Artuqids (probably Eldiguzids) may comes later. The timeline still starts from 1187, but we will try to add more interesting historical events until 1204 - including the Fourth Crusade.
So far we have 805 settlements, of which approximately 600 are probably going to make it into the game. Limits of the engine are still largely unexplored and will be a decisive factor in determining the final number of settlements and factions.
very niiiice
Claudiopolis is Bolu in Turkish, it was called Bolî (from Greek polis) back then.
You can find old place names in Anatolia and Eastern Thrace (Greek, Turkish, Armenian) on this page.
Nisanyanmap.com
Claudiopolis was most likely still in Byzantine hands in 1187, that's why it still has its Greek name. It proably fell to the Turks soon after, in the 1190s.
Amazing
is the blue one shah armens?
Arman Shahs, Saltuqids, Mengujekids and Artuqids. Just lumped them together for convenience sake.
Can't wait to play this masterpiece.
Perhaps at least one other settlement near Antalya/Attaleia? It seems quite lonely. Korkuteli could be a viable candidate, its old name was Istanoz, from Greek Stenos, it was a small mountain town of some recognition.
It seems like the Seljuk side of the Anatolia could get some extra settlements
The Seljuks in Anatolia will be aided by nomad tribes - various Turkmen (Oghuz) clans. You can regard them as mobile settlements.
Is there evidence of a Byzantine occupation of Istanoz? According to John Grainger ("The Cities of Pamphylia"), Attaleia was the only town in Pamphylia that was still inhabited in the late 12th century.
Honestly i don't know, all i know is its name is derived from Greek(therefore it pre-existed) and it had some limited prominence during the Turkish period.
He's right, i'm from Antalya and most of the noteworthy historical settlements were indeed in ruins long before the arrival of Turks. It was an important center of nomadic population after the arrival of Turks, perhaps one of the nomadic settlements Lucazinho mentioned can be somewhere around there.
Thanks to the Tabula Imperii Byzantini I have managed to find a couple of settlements: Syllaion, Selge, Trebenna, Kremna and Isindos. Now I gotta see which ones are going to make it into the game.
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