I think one theme of AoE3 is resistance to colonial rule. Some civs focus more on the discovery / first contact part of the history, from 1500-1700, like the Spanish, Aztecs or Inca. But other civs focus on the later wars of imperial expansion, like the Lakota, with the Indian Wars in the west, the USA, which seems to be more focused on 19th century techs, or India, with the Sepoy Mutiny in the 1850s. I think Ethiopia fits perfectly in this respect, since their war against Italy in the late 19th century was extremely consequential as it was the first example of an African state beating a European power on the battlefield. I imagine they will focus on these aspects, they just need to add Italy now!Lukas_L99 wrote:Right, but they weren't really involved in the time frame AoE is set in?Le Hussard sur le toit wrote:One of a handful* of nations that managed to avoid colonisation entirely.Lukas_L99 wrote:Idk why ethiopia is such a big candidate, weren’t they pretty irrelevant in the AoE3 era (~1550~1860)?
*3 if my memory is right.
Were they relevant? I didn't really find much about that other than that the Portuguese sent like 2 missionaries, do you have any links for me to read about that?helln00 wrote:They were relevant for the wars in the indian ocean and the horn of Africa, I think mostly between the Ottomans and the Portuguese as a christian ally, and then of course later fighting against Italy.Lukas_L99 wrote:Idk why ethiopia is such a big candidate, weren’t they pretty irrelevant in the AoE3 era (~1550~1860)?
The war against Italy was almost in 1900, I mean the AoE3 time frame is way earlier.
Ethiopia also was pretty important geopolitically in East Africa and the western Indian Ocean in the age of discovery, as it was the inspiration for Portuguese explorers to initially attempt sailing east, to look for the mysterious fabled Christian kingdom of Prester John. Of all the civs, Ethiopia would probably fit best into the AoE3 vanilla historical fiction campaign with the circle of Ossus and the knights of st. john, lol