Broken Crescent

Summary

Broken Crescent is a modification for Medieval 2: Total War, to be released in the summer of 2007, focusing on the Middle-East and its warfare between 1175 and 1400 AD.

Factions

• The Sultanate of Egypt
• The Abbasid Caliphate
• The Great Seljuks
• The Turkish Sultanate
• The Khwarezm Shahdom
• The Sultanate of Ghazni
• The Ghorid Sultante
• The Kypchak Confederacy
• The Byzantine Empire
• The Kingdom of Jerusalem
• The Kingdom of Armenia
• The Kingdom of Georgia
• The Crusaders
• The Mongol Empire
• The Timurids
• The Rajput States

Features

Area of Recruitment

Broken Crescent will feature a special Area of Recruitment system. Each faction will only have home regions, where it can recruit its units. In the regions it conquers, it will only be able to recruit local levies and special units. For example, the Hindu Rajput States will be able to recruit unique elephant units in India, but conquering factions will only be able to recruit ordinary elephant troops.

Hindu Religion

Having a part of India in the campaign, the modification will feature the Hindu religion. It will be the official religion of the unique Rajput States faction.

Caliph Title

The Abbasids will begin the game with their leader as the great Caliph. This title will be hereditary; but if another faction leader defeats the Caliph in battle, he will gain the glorious title.

The Campaign map

Broken Crescent features a brand new campaign map spanning from Anatolia and Egypt in the West, through Mesopotamia, Persia, and Afghanistan, all the way to India to the East.