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And now, the Aksumites! Good with tangibles and intangibles; as skilled at barter as they are at battle.~ When entering new Era with this culture
The Aksumites — farmers with faith! But be careful — those swords look wicked.~ When meeting this culture

The Aksumites are a culture available in the Classical Era, with the Merchant culture focus.

"A culture enjoying great natural wealth -- living, mineral, and elemental -- with territory from rainy, fertile plateaus to dry, hot seaports, the Aksumites are a trading powerhouse."

Culture orientation[]

Merchant culture icon Merchant Cultures favour a gameplay orientation focused on Money and trade.

These cultures gain extra Fame from Merchant Era Stars for earning Money.

Affinity Action: Power Investor[]

Can use Influence to marshal venture capital towards a Resource Deposit, either creating an Extractor or generating Money.

  • If no Extractor exists, then one will be created instantly on the deposit.
  • Otherwise, you will share a sum of Money with the owner. You'll both earn more Money the more Empires are buying the resource; and if the owner is an Independent People, their cut will count as a Bribe, improving relations.

Affinity Bonus: Mediation[]

Any resource you buy via trade can be re-purchased by other Empires, only if these Empires are not already buying the resource from the same third-party you are buying it to.

Transcendence Bonus: All that Glitters[]

+5%Money on City or Outpost.


Trait: Horn of plenty[]

Emblematic quarter: Great Obelisk[]

“Used as graves for kings, the Great Obelisks were among some of the tallest and heaviest monoliths humanity had ever erected.”

Great Obelisk

Emblematic unit: Shotelai[]

“The shotelai use curved swords, or shotel, in battle to help them reach behind enemy shields and other types of protection.”

Shotelai
Melee
Close-combat Unit.
Grappler
Has a larger zone of control (2tiles) which cannot be ignored.

City names[]

The names listed are default names, players can change their cities' names if they choose.

Aksum, Adulis, Däqqi Mäḥari, Ḥawǝlti, Käskäsé, Mäṭära, Qoḥayto, Toḵonda, Wakarida, Yǝḥa

  • The first new city found by this culture will use the first name on the city list.

Trivia[]

  • The in-game appearance of the Aksumite City Center is based on a reconstruction of Ta'akha Maryam Palace, a now-ruined palace built by the Kingdom of Axum in the early 6th century.


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