Egypt

Difficulty: very easy Winning chance: high

Faction: Barbarian
Land fields: 189
Starting population: 599,500
Provinces: 2
Cities: 2
Currency: Duro
Growth material: Stone
Starting treasury: 2,000,000
Starting ships: 5
Starting trains: 2

Historical background

After almost three millennia of pharaonic rule, Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BC; his general Ptolemy founded the Ptolemaic dynasty with its capital at Alexandria. After the death of Cleopatra VII the country became Roman in 30 BC, and Augustus had it governed as an imperial possession by a prefect of equestrian rank. From then on the grain of the Nile valley fed a large part of the city of Rome.

Strategic overview

Egypt is the granary of the map: no other realm has as many food deposits, and all of them lie on plains, where Latifundia profit from them. It is one of only two realms allowed to build every type of warship. Its weakness is building material: Egypt grows with stone but has hardly any mountains for quarries.

As a barbarian realm you raise Tribes, up to 5 a month, the last two of them at a surcharge. Your troops are cheaper and more numerous but of lower quality. You can only form a friendship with other barbarian realms.

What to watch

Put Latifundia on the food deposits early. Surplus food is a good trade good for neighbours without a granary.
Quarries only go on mountain fields, and you have just a handful. Plan to buy stone before you raise population density on a large scale.
Most of your land is steppe, which carries only a medium population density. The plains are your best fields for growth.
With full shipbuilding rights and a large starting fleet you can command the eastern sea lanes. Palestine and Carthage are your land neighbours; to the south-west lies unclaimed land.

Provinces

Province	Land fields	Share of province	Starting population
Oriens	129	88%	450,500
Cyreneica	60	69%	149,000

Terrain

Terrain	Land fields	Share
Steppe	101	53%
Plain	66	35%
Hill	8	4%
Swamp	5	3%
Mountain	4	2%
Desert	3	2%
Forest	2	1%

Resource deposits

Resource	Fields
Food	36
Salt	1
Ore	1
Myrrh	1

Cities

City	Starting building	Province	Position (x / y)
Alexandria	Trade centre	Oriens	52 / 53
Theben	Trade centre	Oriens	56 / 60

Army

This realm's legion types and unit types, with its own values. Compare all troops

Legion types

Legion type	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Infantriestamm	MSI	MII	MII	LEI	LEI	LEI	LEI	LEI	KRG	KRG
Kriegerstamm	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG	KRG

Unit types

No.	Name	Class	MK	HG	Rüpu	EW	SW	Pla	Hil	Stp	Sav	For	Des	Swa	Mtn	FK	RW	Wt.	MP
17	Ägyptische Königsgarde	MSI	IA	45	3	3	55	5	4	5	4	2	5	2	2	—	—	200	32
31	Ägyptische Speerträger	MII	IB	25	1	3	35	3	3	4	3	2	4	2	2	—	—	200	32
44	Speerwerfertruppen	MII	IB	30	2	3	40	4	3	3	4	2	2	3	3	3	9	200	32
50	Ägyptische Axtkrieger	MII	IB	30	2	3	40	4	4	4	4	2	5	2	3	—	—	200	32
53	Phalanxtruppen	MII	IC	50	4	3	60	4	4	4	4	2	3	2	2	—	—	200	32
56	Kriegselefanten mounted	MII	IC	120	4	3	55	8	6	7	8	3	4	2	2	2	9	600	24
57	Makedonische Gefährten	MII	IB	75	4	4	60	4	4	5	4	3	2	2	4	—	—	200	32
60	Nubische Infantrie	LEI	IC	20	1	3	30	3	3	3	3	2	4	2	3	—	—	200	32
68	Bogenschützen	LEI	IB	35	1	3	30	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	14	200	32
69	Schleuderer	LEI	IB	40	1	3	25	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	12	200	32
71	Lybische Infantrie	LEI	IC	20	1	3	30	3	3	3	3	2	4	2	3	—	—	200	32
76	Pfeilgeschützabteilung	LEI	IB	350	24	3	60	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	26	200	32
77	Steinschleuderabteilung	LEI	IB	400	36	3	60	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	5	20	200	32
78	Sudanesische Krieger	LEI	IC	18	1	2	25	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	9	200	32
79	Jüdische Zeloten	LEI	IA	30	1	2	20	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	—	—	200	32
92	Plänklertruppen	LEI	IC	20	1	3	30	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	9	200	32
103	Numidische Stammeskrieger	KRG	IC	10	1	2	25	3	3	3	3	2	4	2	3	2	9	180	32
109	Stammeskrieger	KRG	IC	20	0	2	20	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	9	180	32
128	Kamelkataphrakten mounted	SWK	RB	250	10	4	115	8	7	7	8	3	5	2	2	2	14	480	40
140	Schwerer Streitwagen mounted	SWR	IB	100	4	3	70	5	4	4	5	2	2	1	1	3	9	450	40
148	Speerwerfer beritten mounted	MIR	IB	35	3	3	50	4	3	3	4	2	3	2	2	3	9	420	40
164	Dromedarkavallerie mounted	LER	IC	20	1	3	30	3	3	4	3	2	5	2	3	—	—	400	40
176	Numidische Speerkrieger mounted	LER	IC	30	1	3	30	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	9	400	40
178	Leichter Streitwagen mounted	LER	IB	45	3	3	45	3	3	3	3	1	2	1	2	3	9	400	40
185	Tuareg Reiterei mounted	KRB	IC	15	1	3	25	3	3	3	3	2	4	2	3	—	—	380	40
186	Nomadenstammeskrieger mounted	KRB	IC	25	0	2	20	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	—	—	380	40

MK Moral class · HG Bounty per man · Rüpu Armour points per 25 men · EW Highest experience through training · SW Protection value · FK Ranged combat points · RW Range of ranged combat · Wt. Transport weight per man · MP Movement points · The eight columns in between are the melee points per terrain.