as a little extra for anyone who has ever wondered (pun intended) where to find the asian wonders
INDIA:
CHINA:
the white pagoda is modeled after a building in beijing, the description text however is about a pagoda in lanzhou
There are also many contenders for the confucian academy… the one i chose was imo the most fitting for its ingame apperance
JAPAN:
special thanks to the Age of Empires Series Wiki | Fandom since i mostly used their sites for further information. check out the trivia/history/comments, its really neat ^^