Field of Glory - Kingdoms - EPISODE 32 - Manzikert 1059 - 1079 - Croatia - Part 8

\\\ Notice - These videos are intended for a mature audience only. ///

I could really use your help in growing this channel. It takes hours for me to record, edit, render, & upload these videos, but only a second for you to hit that “Like” or “Subscribe” button, so if you Liked the Video, Please “Like it” and “Subscribe”, it will help my videos get recommended to other viewers. Also feel free to leave some comments, I would love to hear from you.

WELCOME NEW SUBS!!!!

Field of Glory - Kingdoms - EPISODE 32 - Manzikert 1059 - 1079 - Croatia - Part 8

00:00 Intro
01:32 Turn: 18, Year 1067 - Croatia
06:38 Turn: 19, Year 1068 - Croatia
13:40 Turn: 20, Year 1068 - Croatia
16:33 Turn: 21, Year 1069 - Croatia
25:37 Turn: 22, Year 1069 - Croatia
29:51 Turn: 23, Year 1070 - Croatia
36:52 Turn: 24, Year 1070 - Croatia
39:48 Turn: 25, Year 1071 - Croatia
42:36 Battle Split - 1071 - Croatian vs Serbian
56:55 Review, Next Time

My intent is to play each part of this game. I plan on one video each week that will last approximately 50 - 60 minutes in length.

ABOUT THIS SCENARIO

scenario ideal for 1 to 3 players, with the Byzantines, Seljuqs, and Fatimids as the major powers.

Three extra minor powers are also available: Croatia, Apulia, and Georgia.

By 1059 AD, the Byzantine army and the eastern defenses were in poor shape, due to a series of bureaucratic-minded emperors determined to break the power of the aristocratic military elite. This made it ill-equipped to face a rising new power on the scene, the Seljuq Turks.

The Seljuqs had invaded from Central Asia in the decades preceding, sweeping aside the Ghaznavids and Buyids in Persia and establishing their capital at Isfahan. Fervent converts to Sunni Islam, their main goal during this period was to take on the heretical Shias of the so-called Fatimid 'Caliphate'.

Major conflict with the Byzantines was not originally envisaged ..."