Lords of the Earth

Campaign Twenty

Turn 26
Anno Domini 1026 – 1030

Turn 27 Orders Due By:  April 19th, 1999

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60 Second Summary


The Orient
Mercenary Troops 10mc, 8mi, 11ms, 10mw
Mercenary QR’s c03, s02, i03, w04
Mercenary Leaders           Kotowari Haisen (M896)

United States of Asia (Nihon)

Jenguku Tohiro, First Minister of the Diet

Diplomacy Koguryo (a)

Ozawa discovered that Nigata was already friendly.  Owari tried to explore northeast of the Kurils, but a storm blew him hopelessly off course and he returned empty-handed.  Mantap, Sikhote, Suifenhe, and Anshan were released from the Union.  Toyama and Hokkaido were reduced to tributary.

In Toyama, ten thousand men labored to clear the land.  With fire, axe, and saw, they cleared most of the trees in five years of backbreaking work.  Now Toyama is cultivated.

The Kingdom of Mongolia

K000, Kucha Khan

Diplomacy None

All was well in northern Asia.  Jasmir died of old age, and his son K000 took over at the age of six, with the help of General Khul.

The Lu'an Chinese Kingdom

Mao Cheng, Supreme Monarch of Lu'an

Diplomacy None

Mao Cheng hatched a plan to recover the rebel-held regions.  He would get his Shensi and Ch'in allies to help him.  The Dalai Lama sent a chunk of change.  He assembled over twenty thousand infantry, and a few thousand siege engineers and light cavalry.  The army proceeded south to Yen while Shensi and Ch'in gathered their forces.  Mao Cheng was happy to find no defenses in Yen, but decent walls and a handful of sappers guarded the city of Yen-Ching.  Before attacking, Mao Cheng announced that amnesty would be granted to anyone who left the rebellion and rejoined the original ruling House of Honan.  No one took him up on his offer.  Quickly tiring of the waiting, Mao Cheng ordered the immediate capture of Yen-Ching.  The assault was short, and cost Mao Cheng only a few thousand troops because of his top-notch combat leadership.  By the end of June 1026, Yen-Ching was his.  Next, the army of Lu'an swept through Shangtung and its undefended city of Tsing'Dao.  They then marched back through Yen to rendezvous with the Shensi army.

In the summer of 1027, the armies of Lu'an and Shensi converged on Hopei, the last region held by the Yen rebel faction.  No troops guarded the region or the city, and Kaifeng's walls were not strong.  As before, Mao Cheng offered amnesty to the rebel soldiers.  Only a trickle of soldiers answered the call.  During the assault, Qin Tianyou (the Shensi heir) was captured, then rescued hours later when the assault was over.  Mao Cheng prepared to march on Honan, but there was some confusion about whether Qin Tianyou and the warrior princess Qin Boqing would bring the Shensi army along, or stay in Hopei.  Mao Cheng thought they should come with him, while Qin Tianyou and Qin Boqing thought they should stay and guard Hopei.  Mao Cheng didn't push the issue too hard, because he knew Che Teh was sending a big army.

And indeed the Ch'in army was a large one.  An army about twice the size of Mao Cheng's showed up in Honan to join with the Lu'an army.  Che Hua (the Ch'in heir) and the gifted General Dong Wan were happy to help Mao Cheng recover his former capital.  Again the rebels hid behind city walls.  Having learned of Mao's extraordinary battle savvy, Chaing Lu sent his assassins to take out Mao Cheng, but they couldn't get past the alert guards.  But the assassins sent to kill Chaing Lu found their mark.  After that, only the mediocre general L641 was left to lead the defense of Pienching.  But the worst (or best, from Mao Cheng's point of view) was yet to come.  The Lu'an Security Agency did a great job convincing the Honan soldiers to come over to the loyalist side.  Around one third of them came into Mao Cheng's service before the assault.  So the allies ended up taking only several thousand losses, even though they wiped out over twenty thousand rebel troops.

Mao Cheng was happy to recover most of the government, espionage, and the university from the rebellion.

The Yen Chinese Kingdom

Chou'En, Dead Monarch of Yen-Ching

Diplomacy None

Crushed by Lu'an and Shensi.  See Lu'an.

The Honan Chinese Kingdom

Chaing Lu, Dead Monarch of Pienching

Diplomacy None

Crushed by Lu'an and Ch'in.  See Lu'an.

The Shensi Chinese Kingdom

Qin Guan, King of China

Diplomacy Ordos (nt)

The Dalai Lama sent a chunk of change to help.  The heir Qin Tianyou went with princess Qin Boqing to assist the original ruling house of Honan.  See Lu'an.  The ally from Lanchou finally died, and his son reaffirmed the alliance with Shensi.

The Ch’in Kingdom

Che Teh, Divine Overlord of the Middle-Kingdom, Lord of the River

Diplomacy Ganzhou (f), Fukien (nt)

The Dalai Lama sent a big chunk of change to help.  The heir Che Hua and the able General Dong Wan helped Mao Cheng take out the Honan rebel faction.  See Lu'an.  Jong Mah talked Ganzhou into fully joining the Ch'in Kingdom.  Lou Tsu and the Lord of Kienchou went to Fukien and got a low-level agreement.

Bacphan Zhuangzu

King Tzou, Overlord of South China

Diplomacy Gouangxi (ea), Champa (ne)

General Wu had trouble in Champa.  The Hindu populance was.not interested in closer relations with a Buddhist nation.

Hong Kong and Saigon expanded.  The port city of Taipei was founded in Taiwan, overlooking the Bashi Channel.

The Celestial Kingdom of the Jade Buddha

Singh Hao "the Generous", 4th Incarnation of the Blessed Jade Buddha, Light on the Path to Nirvana, Illuminator of the Human Soul, Thinker of Deep Thoughts, Mayor Shangri-La

Diplomacy Ghangde (mn)

Singh Hao the Generous sent a fraction of his huge treasury to China to help the alliance restore the original House of Honan (Lu'an).


The Pacific Rim and Southeast Asia
Mercenary Troops 19mc, 20mi, 10ms, 25mw
Mercenary QR’s c03,s04,i03,w03
Mercenary Leaders           Korash Sharana (M846)

The Katoomba Riders

Yamma Lamma, Chief He’e Nalu-sen

Diplomacy None

Open for a player.

The Molucca Seahold

Te Rangi, Arikara of the Molucca Te Anu

Diplomacy None

Time flies when you're having fun.

The Javan Federation

Ronoboraja, President Sirivjavan

Diplomacy None

Ronoboraja built a new port city on Luzon.  It is called Manila and faces the Sulu Sea.  In Kediri, years of work paid off, and the region became Buddhist.  The populance of Perak is moving down the same path, under Ronoboraja's enthusiastic preaching.

The United Monarchy of the Avans

The Celestial, Virtuous, and Benignant King Anisakan II, Monarch of all Burmese People, Munificent Potentate of Pegu, Dispenser of all Avan Goodness and Benevolence

Diplomacy None

Open for a Player.


India
Mercenary Troops 15mc, 15mi, 20ms, 13mw
Mercenary QR’s c04, s04, i04, w02
Mercenary Leaders           Shalbeb (M767)

Palankala

Kanamori, Guardian of the Ganges, Divine Wrath of Kali

Diplomacy None

Open for a player.

Xanthi Empire of Xanadu

Palpatyn III, Grand Poobah of the Xanthi Zieterund, Rajah of the Rajputs

Diplomacy Avanti (a)

The silver-tongued Xorth joined Ramesevka in Avanti, and even though Xorth died an early death from a snake bite, they convinced the locals to ally themselves fully with Xanadu.  Palpatyn III reduced Ajmer from a feudal ally to a non-paying tributary.

Another leg was added to the Royal Road system.  It now connects from Kayal to Limu.  Palpatyn snorted with derision when he heard of the new Abbasid road.  "A feeble cartpath next to my highway," he quipped.  His eyes would have popped out of his head if he saw the Incan highway.  The aqueducts and sewers of Xanth were upgraded to make Xanth the cleanest city in the nation.

The Chola Mandalam

Hamari, Mandala Chola

Diplomacy Kakatiya (fa, rebelled), Chela (nt, rebelled), Vengi (fa)

Hamari conducted a census.  Then he went to Sri Lanka to help the Seylan Raj in his conversion efforts.  Fasyai was in Kakatiya, talking them into a feudal alliance, and Bayataska was in Chela, convincing them to join the kingdom.

Nefulasa (the Mandala Chola) was in Vengi, having just married the local Raj's daughter.  Then Nefulasa died of malaria.  Since there was no heir, all three lieutenants (Fasyai, Bayataska, and Hamari) rushed to Vengi to collect the army for themselves.  They all arrived at the same time, and the troops had to choose sides.  Although Hamari was the youngest of the three, he was also by far the most convincing and likable.  So they join him.  Hamari promptly had Fasyai and Bayataska executed for treason.  Then he took the army to Pandya.  Luckily, there were no leaders there, so the capital was open for him to move in and take over.

Kakatiya and Chela recoiled from the violence.  A few ditches and roads improved the countryside in Chola.

Sultanate of Sind

Mehmet, Mansurashah, Protector of the Indus, Barrier of Allah

Diplomacy None

A player has signed up.  See ISI list.

Map corrections: Surashtra, Kutch, Edrosia, Sind, Bauluch, Sukkur, Ghazni, Punjab, Und, Afghanistan, and Balkh are Shi'a Islam (the C with the little star).


The Middle East
Mercenary Troops 15mc, 12mi, 10ms, 20mw
Mercenary QR’s c02, s03, i04, w04
Mercenary Leaders           Pireheram (M965)

The Shahdom of Merv

Uthman al’Saidar, Shah of Bactria

Diplomacy Kara-Khitai (t), Bactria (nt)

Ali ben-Kharj made himself useful in Kara-Khitai and Bactria.  Open for a Player.

The Abbasid Caliphate

First, Kaliphat Rasul Allah

Diplomacy None

Mahtaub finally noticed the teeming masses of unemployed and the huge pile of gold in the treasury.  "I know," he said, "I'll build some stuff."  And so he did.  First, he ordered the construction of a highway to better control the western reaches of the empire.  Workers cleared and leveled the ground.  The layers were built up:  first sand; second, flat, squared stones set in mortar; third, a layer of gravel set in clay; fourth, a layer of sand concrete.  Finally, he sent off to Egypt for the finest limestone around, almost marble, to pave the entire road, all the way from Baghdad thru Kraznovia [obviously named by an U.S.-military type; it grates on me to type the word in an eleventh-century history] and Kirkuk to Antioch.  But Mahtaub did not live to see the completion of his dream.  His tired body finally quit a few years after construction began, and his son Ali had to oversee the completion.  Ali was more than happy to see his dad kick off, because he was beginning to feel old himself.  He was right.  Ali died in 1030, and was succeeded by his eleven-year-old son, First.  Kuwait rebelled.

But the new construction was not limited to the mighty highway.  Kamizak, Kirkuk, Kraznovia, Antioch, and Aljaz all got bigger.  And very many new canals now crisscross Hahmar.

Imam Al Muslim

Ali Mahdi, Siadat Kuran, "The Sustainer"

Diplomacy None

The Sustainer rested..

The Fatimid Empire of Egypt

Jafan Amal, Guardian of the Holy Places, Emperor of Egypt.

Diplomacy None

Jafan took some time off.


Eastern Europe
Mercenary Troops 7mc, 8mi, 10ms, 12mw
Mercenary QR’s i03, c03, s03, w03
Mercenary Leaders           none

The Eastern Roman Empire

Justin, Imperator Romanus Orientalis

Diplomacy None

Justin's relatives came over, and stayed for five years.  He never got around to liberating the European regions from rebel control.  Open for a Player.

The Byzantine Empire

Theodore, Imperator Romanus Orientalis

Diplomacy None

Theodore couldn't find his way out of bed.  Open for a Player.

The Varangian Empire of Kiev Rus

Piotyr Nechesik, The First Czar of Kiev Rus

Diplomacy Patzinak (fa)

Piotyr apologizes for the confusion: his capital did NOT move last turn; it is still in the city of Kiev.

Then he announced that the empire would henceforth be Roman Catholic.  He gave his steppe regions the option of not converting.  They were appreciative of his sensitivity.  None of them converted.  Of the non-steppe regions, only Daugava and Seversk rebelled.  The rest (Kiev, Polotsk, Chernigov, Muscovy, Murom, and Mordva) are now Roman Catholic.

Several Kievan leaders travelled to Patzinak to discuss matters of alliance with the local khan.  After years of negotiations, a feudal alliance was reached.  Them Patzinakers don't listen too well to barbarian monotheists.

Kingdom of Russia

High Lord Vostov Borislov, the Wanderer, King of Russia

Diplomacy None

Vostov slept through the short summers and before he knew it, it was five years later.

The Polish Kingdom

Marko Brodzinski, King of Poland

Diplomacy Pomern (fa), Franconia (a), Bavaria (c), Bohemia (fa), Moldavia (nt)

Marko's diplomats were very busy.  He was relieved to finally regain control of Moldavia.  Now he can rebuild the port city there, and then got some nice trade going.

Baron Igor grabbed a few thousand troops and headed off to the northeast to do some slaving.  While tramping through the forests, they came across several wild boars.  One of them charged Igor, and before the nearest soldiers could stop it, Igor was skewered.  Leaderless, the men drifted away into the woods.  Some of them made it back to Poland.

Praha got bigger.

The Liao Horde

Tung, Liao Khan

Diplomacy None

Through Galich, Goryn, Pechneg, Atelkuzo, Levedia, and Torki, the Liao travelled unmolested.  They crossed the Volga and continued east, reaching Tabolsk by the end of 1030.  Open for a Player.

The Osman Horde

Sokhi, Osman Khan

Diplomacy None

The Osman Horde followed closely behind the Liao, but stopped and set up camp in Bolgar, unsure of their next course of action.  Open for a Player.


Western Europe
Mercenary Troops 10mc, 10mi, 5ms, 22mw
Mercenary QR’s c03, s03, i05, w04
Mercenary Leaders           Mario "the Younger" Orsini (M557)

Denmark

Halfner, Imperator Danmark

Diplomacy Orkney (ea)

After listening to Forkbeard for five years, the Orkneys agreed to give all their money to Denmark.  Halfner fathered a couple of baby girls, and worked on internal matters.

Grand Duchy of Verona

Leonardo Maquina, Grand Duke of Verona, Defender of Italy, Chosen of Christ, Shepherd of the Faithful

Diplomacy None

Things were pretty quiet in Verona.

The Lombard Kingdom of Italy

Ludovico Orsini, Rex Sognari

Diplomacy Swabia (t)

Diplomatic progress in Swabia was slow, because Nunzio offered Ludovico's hand in marriage, even though Ludovico was absent.  The local duke said he'd prefer to actually see his daughter's prospective husband first.  But at least trade can now resume to the northern nations.

In Tuscany, by the sea, a fortress surrounded by a city rose, clean and new, from the rocky beach.  It is called Florence.  More residents moved to Genoa and Milan.

The Roman Catholic Papacy

Innocent V, Il Papa, Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Christ

Diplomacy None

The Vicar of Christ prayed for five years.

Kingdom of Turquis

Soloman II, King of Turquis, Champion of the True Faith, Lord of the Franks

Diplomacy Lorraine (a), Provence (a)

Soloman decided that his kingdom needed more peasants with good, solid  Turqish heritage.  So, an army of almost thirty thousand horsemen descended upon Burgundy.  Every last Frenchman was rounded up and thrown into slave pens.  Soloman led the procession of Turqish colonists into Burgundy.  Every village and farm got new residents.  The Turqs put their captive Frenchmen to work building new paths and storm sewers.  Then Soloman marched toward the English Channel and did the same thing in Ponthieu.

Bishop Verdi headed east, over hill and dale, chasing after the Liao horde.  Soloman had ordered him to find them and get them to join the kingdom.  But Verdi got sick and tired of tromping the endless miles, and decided not to come back.

A few young Turqs worked on the road from Paris to Nivernais.

The Island Khanate of Khitan

Altan the Red-Handed, Thunder Lord, Khagan of the Khitan

Diplomacy Kingdom of Eire (nt)

Hearing of Soloman II's ideas on proper treatment of foreign speaking regions, Altan declared that some serious, big time enslavement needed to occur.  The Tatar Khan started in Holland, working his way southwest.  Altan and the Tangut Khan went after Mercia and Lancashire.  Inconveniently, the Grim Reaper came to visit many of the elderly Khitan leaders.

The Tatar Khan enslaved Holland, bypassing Karnkorb, and populated the region with Tatar peasants.  As soon as he went to Brabant, Karnkorb revolted, rejoining Denmark.  Then the Tatar Khan died of old age.  The horde's new boss decided to remain in the empire.

Altan and the Tangut Khan enslaved Mercia; then the Tangut Khan keeled over.  The Tangut horde withdrew to Sussex to elect a successor.  Without the Tangut colonists, Altan was unable to repopulate Mercia, and it reverted to forest.  But he did enslave and recolonize Lancashire.  The former residents of Mercia and Lancashire had the pleasure of beautifying Northumbria.  The new khan of Tangut opted for a military-only alliance.

Turchuq travelled to Lienster to bring the Emerald Isle into the empire.  He succeeded.

Bishop Kubli died before he could begin his work.

Kingdom of Eire

Roalf, Retired Defender of the Cross, Former High King of Eire

Diplomacy None

Altan's son Turchuq married Roalf's daughter, and Roalf turned his kingdom over to the Khitan.

Ummayad Caliphat Al Cordoba

Asad Nasir, Caliph al Cordoba, Infidel’s Bane

Diplomacy None

The Gebel-al-Tarik ally fell off a cliff in Catalonia and plummeted to his death.  The new sheik adopted a much looser (non-paying tributary) relationship with Cordoba.

Still no attackers came into Iberia, so the defensive plans remained untested.

Asad Nasir ordered a new city.  Settlers streamed into Portugal and built it around the port fortress there.  It is called Lisbon.  Work continued on the road to Bilbao.


Afriqa
Mercenary Troops 19mc, 10mi, 4ms, 10mw
Mercenary QR’s c02, s03, i04, w03
Mercenary Leaders           Rayshey (M694)

The Caliphate Al’Moravid

Caliph Siddig Al Farrd, "Zaban Nogreh", Lord of the Rif, Lion of Morocco, Sword of the Prophet

Diplomacy None

The Cheliff Sheik died, and the region degraded to non-paying.  Open for a Player.

The Songhai Herdsmen

Dooga Kersil, Chieftain of the Herds

Diplomacy None

Dooga took a break.

The Kingdom of Tchad

Yambuku, King of the Dead, Omar Kanembu

Diplomacy Dogamba (a)

Yambuku could feel the money burning a hole in his pocket.  He ordered city expansion of:  Tillaberri, Zaria, Ngazargumu, Illo, and Mao.  Not only that, but a new port city, Medeus, now graces the Upper Niger in the region of Zerma.

George went to north toward Gefara.  He trudged through mile after mile of burning desert, glad to have accurate maps of the oases where he could water his camels, chat with the few locals, and replentish his own waterskins.  The weeks dragged on into months and years.  George was never heard from again.

Kingdom of Nigeria

K000, Emperor of Benin, Darkknife

Diplomacy None

K000 almost grew up.

Great Zimbabwe

Chunkulor, Shaka Zulu

Diplomacy Gorongo (nt), Melela (t), Makura (nt)

Chunkulor heard tales of great nations and riches to the north of Great Zimbabwe.  Believing that a nation must reach out to grow, he began the task.  The soon-to-be-great port city of Borwaham was built on the Inhambane coast of Phalaborwa.  The coastal regions to the northeast were wowed with glimpses of glory and gold.  It's fun to be king!


The Americas
Mercenary Troops 14mi, 9ms, 12mw
Mercenary QR’s s04, i05, w03
Mercenary Leaders           Recka (M655)

The Sonoma Kingdom

Leaping Bird, King of Sonoma

Diplomacy None

Leaping Bird hung around in Mokelumne, watching the constructions crews adding to the metropolis.  He went to his favorite lookout point to gaze over the ever-sprawling city.  Soon his nation would possess the most impressive set of cities in the world!  As he turned to leave, he lost his footing on the crumbling rock.  He tumbled down the hillside and cracked his head open on the boulders at the bottom.  His fourteen-year-old son is the new King of Sonoma.

Patwin received more improvements.  Albion, Ursa Minoris, and Mokelumne are reaching sizes near that of Baghdad.

Anasazi Republic

Crawling Fox, Chief Executive of the High Desert

Diplomacy None

Sitting Wolf found that controlling Mescalero, Tonkawa, and Caddo from so far away, through the deserts and forests, is no mean feat.  If only he had more gold and manpower, a few postal roads could be built.  Crawling Fox won the election.

More of Tahue became North Amerind.  Additional settlers streamed into Caddo, colonizing it to 1 Gpv.  They also built a city, Naschitti, on the Lower Great Snake.

The Iroquois Nation

King Talon, Prime Chief of the Council

Diplomacy None

Unshakable in his determination to expand toward the icy northern seas, King Talon sent his best warrior, Blue Tide, to woo Gronland into the empire.  It turned out Blue Tide was spectacularly disloyal, and he went to the Caribbean to spend the rest of his life soaking up sunshine.

King Talon also sent a column of settlers across Lake Erie into Tobacco, colonizing it to 1/10 NA.  The city of Cahokia got more citizens.

The Aztec Empire

Ometepec, God-Emperor, Divine Ruler of Mexico

Diplomacy None

Like his predecessors, Ometepec felt a little cramped having the Mayans so close to his empire.  Unlike his predecessors, he did something about it.  Ometepec declared, "Let every man and boy old enough to throw a spear twenty man-lengths be mobilized.  Raise a corps of engineers large enough to fill any moat or batter through any wall."  And so it was done.  Around thirty thousand spearmen, and an impressive siege train, gathered in Mitla.  To bless the assembled army, a day of sacrifices was held at the city temple.  A hundred maidens and two hundred llamas met their maker on the altar.  Thus was victory assured.

The host marched east, led by Calliacatl and Evil Eye.  They easily captured Popoluca, but bypassed Chiapa to save time.  Chontal, Yucatec, the city Lucatec, and Maya were also largely undefended.  Each was pacified in turn.  Only Chichen Itza itself posed any challenge. But not much, as they were outnumbered ten to one, and without walls.  Bravely, Cacaquatal led the doomed defense.  They were crushed like bugs.  Calliacatl knew his father would be pleased with the booty:  forty transports, a few thousand slaves, a bit of the university, and a couple hundred trunks of gold.

The Mayan Astronomers

Cacaquatal, Former Priest-King of the Yucatan

Diplomacy None

Without warning, thirty-some thousand Aztec warriors crashed through the kingdom and captured the capital.  Without a single remaining friendly region, the Mayan Astronomers ceased to exist as a nation.

The Andean Incan Empire

Anapa, Emperor of the Heavens

Diplomacy None

Anapa stayed in Inca, watching over his growing realm.  While there, he furthered his line, with another son.  His oldest son Pachamac got married and celebrated by having a couple baby boys of his own.

Manco Capac travelled south, gathering the extensive garrisons together.  He stopped in Arica to guard the southern frontier.  In 1030, he kicked the bucket, leaving the leaderless troops parked in Arica.

From Galapagos, Lloque Yupanqui gathered the northern garrisons and went to Chimu to watch the northern approaches.

A royal road nows cuts through the mountains from Jauja to Macchu Picchu.  Every region in the empire is now connected by Anapa's mighty highway, by far the greatest in the world.  From Cuzco, it takes no more than half a year to reach any region of his sprawling domain.  New terraces and qanats improved maize production in Inca and Pucara.

Quiro Mapuche

Kniso, the Chosen

Diplomacy None

A huge noise woke Kniso.  A stack of gold in his treasury had collapsed, killing two accountants.  Kniso decided it was time to act.  He spent a very impressive (unless you're the Dalai Lama) sum of cash.  Aqueducts in N'Dru, irrigation canals in Mapuche and Poya, and the colonization of Guenakan (by the Atlantic Ocean) to 1/10 SA did the trick.

Kniso noticed that his twenty-three-year-old son was of age, and issued this statement:  "My son, Marok, has proven himself worthy of being named my heir.  As of this day, Marok will take his rightful place at my side, and Yuxan will become the crown prince of the nation.  Yet let it be known that we give this title to Yuxan and his heirs as long as my line rules over this nation."  Yuxan didn't think this was such a good deal, and he quit the royal service altogether.

Marok found himself a wife, and a baby boy was born to them.  Torak sailed south from Guenakan and successfully explored the Malvinas islands.

Tilok must have drawn the short straw.  His job was to sail north of Guenakan, along the entire eastern shoreline of the continent, and explore the unknown seas there and farther north and east.  A loyal servant, he accepted his mission, and departed with a look of determination on his face.  He was never seen again.


ISI Rankings for Turn 26: Anno Domini 1026 - 1030
#   Nation Name         MSI	ESI  Player Name          Phone Number  TV    EMail Address
1   Ch'in Kingdom       174.5	1    Bob Nardone          None          25.4  bnardone@mail.del.net
2   Xanthi Zeiterund    158.9	11   Charles Hurst        None          11.9  charlesh@teleport.com
3   Fatimid Empire      139.7	7    (Ken McGee)          360-687-0421  21.4  keng@pacifier.com
4   U. States of Asia   134.5	5    RW Stevens           None          45.8  tgreatahz@hotmail.com
5   Abbasid Caliphate   133.0	2    Marcus McKinley      None          37.3  mckinlem@bulldog.georgetown.edu
6   Palankala           117.8	13   Open for a player                  11.2  None
7   Lu'an Chinese       112.2	6    John Millsaps        801-484-7429  10.5  MillsapsJ@aol.com
8   Andean Incan Empire 110.8	3    Ron Meinung          707-822-2597  18.2  rsm4@northcoast.com
9   Kingdom of Sonoma   99.1	12   John Schmid          None          28.2  magus@netcom.com
10  Shensi Chinese      92.3	26   John Chan            None          7.5   j1weschan@aol.com
11  Lombard Italy       86.7	9    Mark Bailey          408-733-9874  15.5  markcb@bedevere.mfg.sgi.com
12  The Polish Kingdom  86.0	34   Mark Newman          None          6.3   MNewman565@aol.com
13  Songhai Herdsmen    83.6	31   Marc Willner         None          10.0  marc24@ix.netcom.com
14  Ummayad Cordoba     83.2	33   Jeffrey Smith        505-525-8271  8.9   kaladan@zianet.com
15  Chola Mandala       81.0	17   Ron Meinung          707-822-2597  8.9   rsm4@northcoast.com
16  Javan Federation    81.2	20   David Salter         None          13.1  salterdj@aol.com
17  Varangian Kiev Rus  79.0	35   Ivan Mostinckx       None          7.9   ivan.mostinckx@planetinternet.be
18  Bacphan Zhuangzu    78.6	8    Therence DeCorse                   13.7  cdecorse@aol.com
19  Anasazi             78.2	32   Chris Wayne                        7.3   cwayne@nmia.com
20  Iroquois Nation     76.1	15   (David Nardone)      302-838-0580  21.0  dnardone@inet.net
21  Imam al Muslim      72.3	10   (Darin Byrne)        None          2.7   dbyrne@woudenberg.com
22  Kingdom of Tchad    66.9	30   Anonymous            None          10.5  Rube021@aol.com
23  United  Avans       66.3	21   Open for a player                  10.3  None
24  Denmark             65.0	29   Steve Hogie          None          14.5  SHogie@deltanet.com
25  The Dalai Lama      63.6	4    James Gemmill        None          2.3   jamesgem@vpl.vancouver.bc.ca
26  Great Zimbabwe      63.8	22   (Jim Cochran)        None          8.3   jcochran@unique-software.com
27  The Aztec Empire    62.5	14   James Marshall       None          17.5  jmarshal@u.arizona.edu
28  Kingdom of Turquis  63.3	25   Todd St.Pe           None          2.4   todd@mcia.com
29  Sultanate of Sind   62.3	18   Greg Aldous          None          8.8   gwa3827@garnet.acns.fsu.edu
30  Quiro Mapuche       62.1	24   Steven Olson         None          6.2   solsonesq@aol.com
31  Eastern Roman Emp.  59.8	23   Open for a player                  6.7   None
32  The Island Khitan   59.7	28   John Little          None          8.9   fusionflame@hotmail.com
33  R. Catholic Papacy  59.0	16   (Logan Vanderlinden) None          1.3   loganv87@hotmail.com
34  Shahdom of Merv     52.8	36   Open for a player                  4.5   None
35  Byzantine Empire    50.5	39   Open for a player                  5.7   None
36  Caliphate Moravid   48.0	19   Open for a player                  9.0   None
37  Kingdom of Nigeria  38.4	27   (Tim Atchison)                     12.2  tatchi6544@aol.com
38  The Molucca Seahold 34.2	37   (Mark Hilton)        None          5.1   Mark.hilton@lineone.net
39  Katoomba Riders     30.0	38   Open for a player                  2.5   None
40  Kingdom of Russia   25.3	41   Dan Funchion         None          1.0   Dfunchion@sungardrs.com
41  Kingdom of Mongolia 21.6	42   Devin Cornwall                     0.8   MaestroDC@juno.com
42  G. Duchy of Verona  20.5	40   (Ben Vincent)        None          3.4   vinny@worldnetla.net
43  Osman Horde         8.5	43   Open for a player                  1.7   None
44  Liao Horde          5.5	44   Open for a player                  0.7   None

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