Islamic Sultanate of Istanbul and Samarra: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox civilization|image=ISISFLAG.png|name=The Islamic Sultanate of Istanbul and Samarra|subheader=سلطنة الدولة الإسلامية في اسطنبول وسامراء|caption=Flag of the Sultanate|image2=ISISMAP.jpg|caption2=Map of the Sultanate at the end of [[Civcraft 2.0]]|location={{CivcraftCoord2|10002600|1300|1000|500}}|religion=Sunni Islam|position_title1=Sultan|position_name1=[[GTAIVisbest]]|capital_city=[[Istanbul]]|activity_level=14 people at one point|culture_custom_title1=Abbreviation|culture_custom_value1=ISIS|foundation_date=August 2014|language=Arabic, English}}The Islamic Sultanate of Istanbul and Samarra (Arabic: '''سلطنة الدولة الإسلامية في اسطنبول وسامراء''') is a nation founded in mid-August 2014 after the unilateral declaration of Istanbulite independence from the [[Holy Krautchan Empire]]. The Islamic Sultanate of Istanbul and Samarra is comprised of two towns, [[towns/istanbul|Istanbul]], the political capital in the south, bordering [[Mount Augusta (Civcraft 2.0)|Mount Augusta]], and [[towns/samarra|Samarra]] to the north. The northern part of the Islamic Sultanate is completely comprised of the Great Desert ('''صحراء الكبر'''), a large, mostly undeveloped sand desert.

The very first Istanbulite state was the Skepsian Caliphate, founded in June of 2013 by player Skeps100 and his entourage. The caliphate drew inspiration from the real-life Ottoman Empire, as well as mixing Levantine, Persian, Turkik and other vaguely eastern cultures into its government and architecture. The nation was focused around the downtown core of its capital, Istanbul, which was the first large-scale urban development in the immediate region.[[File:Skepsian Caliphate over modern borders.png|left|thumb|Skepsian Caliphate over modern borders (Green for the Islamic Sultanate of Istanbul, Blue for Mt. Augusta)]]The Skepsian caliphate rapidly expanded and integrate other players, coming into contact with very early Augustan Basin settlements and cultures, including [[Griffen]], [[Petrania]], [[Carthage]] and [[Plankton]]. Although the Skepsian Caliphate was founded upon the ideals of a nomadic steppe-warrior culture (giving credence to the Kattar-Skepsian cultural theory<ref>"On the 25th of May, only 6 days after the Creation, a caravan of weary nomads descended upon Mt. Istanbul. These travelers would later become known as the proto-Istanbulite-Kattar peoples, ancestors of both the Krautchan and the Skepsian cultures that would one day rule over the Augustan Basin and Grundeswald, nestled in the deep +,+." -https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/g7zxe4/civcraft_20_unfinished_piece_i_discovered_in_an/</ref>), the government was not tyrannical, and its own population enjoyed liberties and freedoms while relations with neighboring states were good.

The Skepsian Caliphate entered a rapid decline as the Bloodcrew Hordes moved into the region, possibly from their ancestral homelands near [[Kappi]] (0,0). Contact between the Bloodcrew and the Skepsians was brutal and violent. Although the Skepsians mounted a formidable defensive force with their local allies, they were overwhelmed and witnessed the destruction of their capital city. With most of Istanbul under lava, the Skepsians left the region and declared Istanbul abandoned.

There was always a tenuous and contested link between the original Skepsians and the proto-Grundeswegians. Famous ancestral Grundeswegian player [[Kovio]] has often claimed that [[Skeps100]] himself as well as [[King_Devleti]] were part of the proto-Grundesweigan playerbase and, as such, claimed that the Skepsian Caliphate was itself a Grundeswegian predecessor state. However, [https://www.reddit.com/r/CivcraftOttomanEmpire/comments/1frqfu/the_katars_have_arrived_on_anatolia/ some surviving written sources] attest the opposite, and make a clear distinction between Istanbulites and "Kovkoriumites" (Kattars). By late 2013 the proto-Grundeswegian peoples, the Kattars, had set up encampments surrounding the abandoned city. They conducted frequent raids on it to glean building materials from the structures. The Grundeswegian Empire was established across the map, after the nomadic Kattar peoples had migrated Eastwards and abandoned the Kattar Khaghanate ruins next to the city of Istanbul. Returning later, once Grundeswald had been established, They nominally took control of Istanbul, and converted the old Skepsian office building into the local administrative seat of power for the Istanbul colony of the Grundeswegian Empire. Most of the lava was cleared, revealing the severely scarred ruins, although the great ''Maqam Bayati Fountain'' remained intact, with water still flowing from its reaches. Grundeswald chose not to develop the land, only clearing the lava for ex-Kattar pilgrims who chose to make the occasional trek to their ancestral homeland outside of Istanbul.

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