Makuria

General Information

Makuria
Basic Data
Religion	Fetishist (until 550) Miaphysite (550 - 1312, 1317 - 1324, since 1380) Sunni (1312 - 1317) Shia (1324 - 1380)
Culture	Nubian (Nilotic)
Tech Group	East African
Government	Tribal Monarchy
Government Rank	Kingdom
Country Development	8 (start)
Capital Province	Dongola (1228) (until 1412) Qasr Ibrim (1234) (since 1412)
Technical Data
Tag	MAK

Makuria, at its start, is a Fetishist Nubian tribal monarchy located in the Dongola area, Horn of Africa region of the Africa continent. The tribe emerges from Egyptian Kush and Chalcedonian Aksum lands in 340, gaining their cores, bordering Egyptian Kush to the north and south. Blemmyes to the northeast, Chalcedonian Aksum to the southeast. and uncolonized native land to the southwest.

Makuria will be annexed by the Sunni Mamluks and Miaphysite Beja in 1276, Makuria will break free from Mamlukean control in 1286, Makuria will be annexed by Shia Dongola in 1484, keeping their cores and never appearing on-map again.

Called "Makuria" on-file

See also: Kush, Mamluks, Funj

Decisions

Nubian
Traditions
+10.0% National Tax Modifier +1 Diplomatic Relations
Ambition
-5.0% Land Maintenance Modifier
Ideas
The Nile +10.0% Goods Produced Modifier
Nubian Heritage -10.0% Stability Cost Modifier
Warriors of the Sahara Desert +1.00 Attrition for Enemies
Encourage Long-Distance Trade +10.0% Caravan Power
Nubian Religious Unity +2.0% Missionary Strength
Desert Cavalry +10.0% Cavalry Combat Ability
Fortified Strongholds -10.0% Fort Maintenance

Convert to Chalcedonism

• Requirement(s):
  • Religion is:
    • Pagan ( Animist or Shamanist)
    • Hellenistic ( Hellenic, Zamolxist, Nabataean or Druidist)
    • American Pagan ( Totemist, Mayan, South American, Nahuatl and Inti)
    • Germanic Pagan ( Germanic and Norse)
    • East European Pagan ( Suomenusko, Romuva and Slavic)
    • Eastern ( Tengri)
    • African Pagan ( Fetishist and Egyptian)
    • Mesopotamian ( Ashurist and South Arabian)
  • Any core province is Chalcedonian
  • One of the following must be true:
    • Is free or a tributary
    • Overlord is Chalcedonian
  • Stability at least 1
  • Is not at war
• Effect(s):
  • Chalcedonian becomes the new religion of the country
  • Lose 4 Stability
  • Get 'Recent Conversion' for 5 years
    • +2.00 National Unrest
    • +20.0% Stability Cost Modifier

Form Egypt (Ancient)

• Requirement(s)
  • Egypt does NOT exist
  • Is not:
    • The Papal State
    • Holy Roman Empire
    • European Union
  • One of the following must be true:
    • Primary Culture is Egyptian
    • Primary Culture is Nubian
  • Is not a subject
  • Is not at war
  • Owns as core province(s): Raqote (358), Men-Nefer (361), Khito (362), Per-Bast (2526), Akhetaten (2524), Zawty (2523), Waset (360)

• Effect(s):
  • Gain 25 Prestige
  • Gain a permanent claim on Region(s): Egypt
  • Change Government Rank to Kingdom
  • Become Egypt
  • Gain 'Increased Centralization' for 20 years
    • +1.00 National Unrest
    • -0.05 Monthly Autonomy Change
  • Can embrace Ancient Egyptian Ideas and Traditions