Alanic civilization in AoE2?

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Civilization Idea: Alans

[alan coat of arms] This is by no means a new concept. In fact, it’s already been up on the wiki for quite some time now. However, a lot of people here don’t use the wiki, or at least don’t look around in the user blog sections, so I’m posting it here. The Alans represent the medieval kingdom of Alania and the nomadic Alans of Late Antiquity. They also represent the Sarmatians and other descendants of the Scythians. They have the Caucasian architecture, which is new to a conceptual Caucasus e…

Usac’s Civ Crafting Brainstorms Part 7 - Alans

So my next choice? An interesting one for sure. The Indo-Iranian Alans are quite traveled. Many were forced into migration from Hun and Germanic invasion, so far forced that they winded up joining the Vandals all the way looped from Iberia into Carthage. The Alans who didn’t make that journey stayed in Alania by the Black Sea. They were even known about in China! Their location was an excellent trade point between much of the Steppes. They lost to the Mongols. So here the Alani are a cavalry b…