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| − | = | + | '''<span style="font-size: 150%">What if Alexander the Great hadn't killed his general in that drunken brawl?</span>''' |
| − | Let's assume Cleitus the Black didn't get into a fight with Alexander, and the next day takes possession of Bactria with a promise of Sogdria much later. During that fateful night Cleitus the Black was tasked with taking 16,000 second-rate Greek mercenaries to hunt down and tame the steppe nomads in the North (no wonder he was grumpy!), taking him out of the picture for a while. | + | Let's assume Cleitus the Black didn't get into a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleitus_the_Black fight with Alexander], and the next day takes possession of Bactria with a promise of Sogdria much later. During that fateful night Cleitus the Black was tasked with taking 16,000 second-rate Greek mercenaries to hunt down and tame the steppe nomads in the North (no wonder he was grumpy!), taking him out of the picture for a while. |
Cleitus leaves you, his heir, as acting satrap (regent) of Bactria in his stead. You are 16 years old, the same age Alexander was in a similar situation. There is much that needs to be done in Bactria if you are to survive! | Cleitus leaves you, his heir, as acting satrap (regent) of Bactria in his stead. You are 16 years old, the same age Alexander was in a similar situation. There is much that needs to be done in Bactria if you are to survive! | ||
| − | ===Challenges=== | + | === Challenges === |
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*The Greeks hate living in Bactria (and in Persia in general). Some of them were exiled here. | *The Greeks hate living in Bactria (and in Persia in general). Some of them were exiled here. | ||
**At one point, in 325 BC, the [http://www.livius.org/articles/place/bactria/ Greek settlers even mutiny] and try to head home. | **At one point, in 325 BC, the [http://www.livius.org/articles/place/bactria/ Greek settlers even mutiny] and try to head home. | ||
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**But they get invaded by a mongol horde and that marks the end of Hellenistic rulership for good! | **But they get invaded by a mongol horde and that marks the end of Hellenistic rulership for good! | ||
| − | ===What's Next=== | + | === What's Next === |
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| + | ; Plan of Action | ||
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| + | <div style="text-align:center;float:left;width:200px;height:150px;">[[File:Icon-plan.png|100x100px|link=Greco-Bactria:Plan]]<br />[[Greco-Bactria:Plan|Plan]]</div> | ||
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| + | <div style="text-align:center;float:left;width:200px;height:150px;">[[File:Icon-notes.png|100x100px|link=Greco-Bactria:Notes]]<br />[[Greco-Bactria:Notes|Notes]]</div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:02, 23 December 2020
What if Alexander the Great hadn't killed his general in that drunken brawl?
Let's assume Cleitus the Black didn't get into a fight with Alexander, and the next day takes possession of Bactria with a promise of Sogdria much later. During that fateful night Cleitus the Black was tasked with taking 16,000 second-rate Greek mercenaries to hunt down and tame the steppe nomads in the North (no wonder he was grumpy!), taking him out of the picture for a while.
Cleitus leaves you, his heir, as acting satrap (regent) of Bactria in his stead. You are 16 years old, the same age Alexander was in a similar situation. There is much that needs to be done in Bactria if you are to survive!
Challenges
- The Greeks hate living in Bactria (and in Persia in general). Some of them were exiled here.
- At one point, in 325 BC, the Greek settlers even mutiny and try to head home.
- The Greeks hate the indigenous Persian people.
- You have 5 years of relative peace (just that one mutiny) before Alexander dies.
- At that time you acquire Sogdia, to the North, which is also an important trade center.
- Another Greek settler insurrection occurs at this time as well, in the summer of BC 323.
- Soon after that infighting between Alexander's generals occurs.
- The Seleucid Empire (founded by one of Alexander's previous generals) eventually claims the region.
- In turn the local Greek ruler of Bactria rebels from the Seleucid Empire, creating the Greco-Bactrian empire.
- But they get invaded by a mongol horde and that marks the end of Hellenistic rulership for good!
What's Next
- Overview
- Plan of Action
