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CA_KingGobbo  [developer] Jun 16, 2023 @ 7:06am
Total War: PHARAOH - Weekly Round Up - June 16th
Greetings future Pharaohs,

Today is the first of our weekly round-up posts, giving you a quick bite-sized summary of the things we've shown this week in the world of Total War: PHARAOH:



#AncientMondays

We shared the first of our series of historical tidbids on Monday (hereby known as #AncientMondays) in an effort to help set the scene and and immerse you deeper into the time period of the late Bronze Age and the world of Total War: PHARAOH. Check our socials each Monday for more!

Check it out here: https://twitter.com/totalwar/status/1668225738560921603?s=20



Amenmesse Reveal

On Thursday we revealed our second Egyptian faction leader, Amenmesse; a man whose ambition to stake his claim to the throne is matched only by his access to the vast riches of Kush's gold mines.

Meet him here: https://pharaoh.totalwar.com/characters/amenmesse




Ramesses Gameplay Showcase

On Tuesday we shared our first in-depth look at Total War: PHARAOH gameplay in our Ramesses showcase, giving you an exclusive look at how Ramesses' faction plays.

Watch it for yourself here:
https://youtu.be/_yNipVHJ1uw



We've got a ton of new stuff to show you next week (and beyond!) so make sure you keep an eye on our socials below to get the latest news, and head over to the official Total War Discord server[discord.gg] to chat about the game with other Total War fans.

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i-dot Jun 16, 2023 @ 7:11am 
need more real African factions: like Nubia, Ephiopia and Punt + Nok, Nsibidi and Dhar Tichitt
Last edited by i-dot; Jun 16, 2023 @ 7:33am
jonoliveira12 Jun 16, 2023 @ 8:31am 
Originally posted by i-dot:
need more real African factions: like Nubia, Ephiopia and Punt + Nok, Nsibidi and Dhar Tichitt
Nok, Nsibi and Dhar Tichitt would necessitate a map at least 5 times the size than what tehy are already delivering, and it would be mostly empty.
Even if they did it, we also know very little about any militaries these people had, so most of their rosters would be outright fantasy.

Please do not ask for the unreasonable.
Spartan.117 Jun 16, 2023 @ 8:38am 
i hope we get to play as mycenean culture
i-dot Jun 16, 2023 @ 8:46am 
Originally posted by jonoliveira12:
Originally posted by i-dot:
need more real African factions: like Nubia, Ephiopia and Punt + Nok, Nsibidi and Dhar Tichitt
Nok, Nsibi and Dhar Tichitt would necessitate a map at least 5 times the size than what tehy are already delivering, and it would be mostly empty.
Even if they did it, we also know very little about any militaries these people had, so most of their rosters would be outright fantasy.

Please do not ask for the unreasonable.
Nubia, Ephiopia and Punt factions are reasonable
as Nubia is already presented in the map as a province
and Ephyopia and Punt are just closest neighbours
Last edited by i-dot; Jun 16, 2023 @ 8:46am
jonoliveira12 Jun 16, 2023 @ 8:55am 
Originally posted by Spartan.117:
i hope we get to play as mycenean culture
Myceneans will likely be amongst the Sea Peoples, which I would love to play as, in the future.



Originally posted by i-dot:
Originally posted by jonoliveira12:
Nok, Nsibi and Dhar Tichitt would necessitate a map at least 5 times the size than what tehy are already delivering, and it would be mostly empty.
Even if they did it, we also know very little about any militaries these people had, so most of their rosters would be outright fantasy.

Please do not ask for the unreasonable.
Nubia, Ephiopia and Punt factions are reasonable
as Nubia is already presented in the map as a province
and Ephyopia and Punt are just closest neighbours
Nubia was a part of Egypt at this point, Amenmesses already starts owning Nubia (Kush). Punt (which is already Ethiopia) and Lybia, would be the most reasonable to ask for.
HB Jun 16, 2023 @ 9:22am 
Originally posted by i-dot:
need more real African factions: like Nubia, Ephiopia and Punt + Nok, Nsibidi and Dhar Tichitt


Aethopia and Nubia are greek and roman names for the same geographical place. Egyt had its own name, The land of the gods, and separated it into many pop groups.*

"His Majesty made an army of many tens of thousands,
from all of Upper Egypt, south to Yebu, north to Medenit,
from Lower Egypt, to “Two-sides-of-the-House” (the Delta)”
from Sedjer to Khen-sediru from the Irtjet-Nubians, the Medja-Nubians, the Yam-Nubians, from the Uauat-Nubians, from the Kaau-Nubians, from Tjemeh-land."


https://www.touregypt.net/historicalessays/nubiae1.htm
Egyptian Names of Nubia

All of the lands south and southeast of Egypt (sometimes also including the northeast) the Egyptians called, Ta-netjer, "God's Land." Within this great region, the Egyptians located the different countries and people of Nubia. From the Old Kingdom onward, in addition to Ta-Seti, the Egyptians applied the name Ta- Nehesy as a general designation for Nubia (n.b., nehesy means, "nubian;" Panehesy, "the Nubian" becomes a common personal name, developing into the Biblical name, Phineas). At the same time, Egyptians gave the name Wawat specifically to Lower Nubia. This name derived from one of several Nubian chiefdoms which were located in this region during the late Old Kingdom. A generic designation of the desert nomads of Nubia was the term Iuntiu or Iuntiu-setiu , "Nubian tribesmen (lit. 'bowmen')." The names which the Egyptians used to refer to the various parts of Nubia and its different peoples usually changed depending upon the era and the particular tribal group in a given area.


Elsewhere in the Old Kingdom, the names Irtjet , Zatju , and Kaau were used for particular people and areas of the country. While, previously, they were thought to be in Lower Nubia, David O'Connor has recently made a strong case for locating them in Upper Nubia. The Land of Yam , visited by Harkhuf, Governor of Elephantine, in the late 6th Dynasty, was apparently located around the Fifth or Sixth Cataracts. The Land of Punt was a country located east of Upper Nubia and bordering on the Red Sea (i.e., extending from the highlands to the sea). Since the Old Kingdom, the Egyptians often enjoyed a productive relationship with a Nubian tribal people from the land of Medja , named the Medjay (called the "Pan-Grave People" by archaeologists). As fierce warriors, they were incorporated as mercenaries into the Egyptian army as early as the 6th Dynasty. Later in the New Kingdom, they were employed as the police force in Egypt, and the word medjay became the ancient Egyptian term for "policeman."



From the Middle Kingdom onward, the Egyptians regularly used the name Kush to refer to the powerful independent kingdom based in Upper Nubia, first at Kerma (until that was destroyed by the Egyptians in the sixteenth century BC), thereafter at Napata , then Meroe (pronounced "meroway"). Kush is identified as the Land of Kush in the Holy Bible. Kush's political dependency was the territory of Sha'at (in the region of the Isle of Sai). Other names attested at this time (mostly in execration texts) are: Iryshek, Tua, Imana'a and Ruket . In the eastern mountains were Awshek and Webet- sepat .


In the early 18th Dynasty, the Egyptians also used the name Khenet-hennefer to refer to Kush, especially during the military campaigns of Ahmose and Tuthmosis I. It appears as a general designation of the area of Upper Nubia between the Second and Fourth Cataracts, and designates the region for which the city of Kerma was the center or capital. The name Irem was applied in the 18th Dynasty to the people who apparently lived in the southern reach of the Dongola Bend (i.e., the old territory of Yam). Later in the dynasty, the name Karoy was applied to the vicinity of Napata.



In the Late Period and during the Kingdom of Meroe , the name, Island of Meroe , was given to the triangular stretch of land on the east bank of the Nile, south of the Fifth Cataract. This section, dominated by the city of Meroe, was bordered on the north by the Atbara River, on the west by the Nile, and on the south by the Blue Nile. The Island of Meroe was the heartland of Meroitic civilization and the political and cultural center of the Kingdom of Meroe from ca. 590 BC to AD 300.

Punt, a fair reading of the historical text put Punt in modern day congo/Uganda, do you really think CA wants the map to be that big?. https://www.osirisnet.net/tombes/assouan/herkhouf/e_herkhouf_01.htm

DNA shows where pygmies were https://ecdn.thelistacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/african-py606702cd6ec54.jpg

Dhar Tichitt wass around mali, so again map would be too big.
Muerte Jun 22, 2023 @ 8:25am 
i might buy it from a key reseller for under 10 bucks
fanaticrtw Jun 23, 2023 @ 3:44am 
Hello. Is it possible to hope that Ukrainian localization will appear in the game?
HB Jun 23, 2023 @ 3:58am 
Originally posted by fanaticrtw:
Hello. Is it possible to hope that Ukrainian localization will appear in the game?
Hope for that in the future perhaps, at release i dont see that as they list the localisations here https://pharaoh.totalwar.com/news/announce-faq/
Jax Jul 4, 2023 @ 6:27am 
Noone want this Total War Saga trash, hope this game will absolute fail. This looks absolte trashy like Troy..bah! Why you ton't listen to your community, everone wants a new Total War Empire in the 17 th century with naval Battles. Or an Medieval 3 on a bigger European Map..not this TW Saga crap Games how are absolut not historical. Next ♥♥♥♥♥♥ TW Game i would never buy even not when it's on 99% Sale. You have to pay me to play a crap Game like this
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