Arab (Civ2)

The Arabs are an unused civilization included in the Civilization II game files. They are led by Saladin (with no given female counterpart), following an personality. Like the Inca, it is unclear if they were originally intended as a playable faction, or are supplied as bonus content for .
== Overview ==
=== Color ===
The Arabs are coded as a civilization, acting fourth in . Their default definition is intended to replace the s, , or s.
=== Leaders ===
The Arabs only feature a male leader, Saladin (1137–1193), the Kurdish sultan of Ayyubid Egypt and Syria who crippled the Kingdom of Jerusalem and led the Muslim resistance to the Third Crusade.
==== Titles ====
Arab leaders feature two unique titles: a Monarch is a "Sultan" (male) or "Sultana" (female), and a Fundamentalist is an "Ayatollah".
=== Personality ===
The Arab is : it will act belligerently in , balancing territorial expansion and , while prioritizing for .
=== Cities ===
Arab names are included in , drawing from territories of the Umayyad Caliphate.
== Scenarios ==
The Arabs feature in several s introduced in Conflicts in Civilization:
* does not feature the Arabs directly, although uprisings in the southeastern can be interpreted as Arab raids.
* depicts the rise of Muslim civilization through the Rashidun, Umayyad, and Abbasid caliphates.
* features the Fatimid Caliphate under al-Mustali as a playable faction, situated in Egypt and Libya; in , the Arabs represent the Umayyads under Walid I.
* features the Abbasids (as the Egyptians) under al-Nasir.
* features several modern Arab states, including Iraq (under Saddam Hussein), Egypt (under Hosni Mubarak), and the "Arab Alliance" (under Hafez al-Assad) encompassing Syria, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates. Lebanon (Beirut) is a Barbarian city.
== Modding ==
The Arabs are defined at Line 23 of the section of . Entries beyond Line 21 are not read by the game, meaning the Arabs must be substituted for an existing civilization in order to use; by default they are coded to replace a cyan civ. The third parameter identifying leader gender in scenarios is missing, and must be added manually. There are no Arab leader portraits in , nor a discrete ; the game will read the files associated with the original civilization.
== Footnotes ==
== References ==
* "Sid Meier's Civilization II (Windows, Mac OS Classic)". The Cutting Room Floor. . Retrieved .
== See also ==
* Arab in other games
Category:Arabian
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