Unlike other parts of the world there is not a even spread of technological development between the African nations due to the vast and difficult to traverse terrain of the continent limiting the exchange of ideas beyond the coasts and river valleys. I understand that you could possibly just be trolling however, as a history enthusiast I'd like to refer you to a few books if you have any interest beyond contemporary high school coverage of Africa. I believe you are confusing the in game imperial age with the real life age of imperialism which didn't start until the 1700's at it's earliest. There are various African kingdoms during the time period who reach up to very early firearms and stagnate greatly after the 1500's which is where this games time period ends. in AOE time they were still in the dark ages.

Many african countries are still in the feudal age, except with cell phones and ak47s. Good luck with winning with them in late game. Even then, they were usually done in by civil wars and political manipulations, and the Europeans gained a huge lead on them thanks to colonizing and exploiting the resources of two continents newly depopulated by disease. The stronger African polities stood up to Europeans just fine until the 1800s, way after AoE2's timeframe. Benin was a city-state with a territory surrounding it and could be compared to small, independent polities like Venice or Belgium. The Kingdom of Kongo was about as big as England. Mali and Songhai were bigger than the Holy Roman Empire under Charlemagne and could field tons of heavy cavalry with armament similar to Arab and European cavalrymen. Wars are won based on terrain, morale and psychology, logistics, and diseases. Wars are not won purely on technology if that were true, the Chinese should have destroyed the Mongols, but the opposite happened. You don't understand how battles and warfare works, especially not in the Middle Ages or else you wouldn't make statements like this. r/projectceleste - Age of Empires Online Official Forums - Bug Reporting/Ask for HelpДЄrchive of Old/Inactive Channels - WIP - here Other AoE Communities Microsoft Store - AoE2 Definitive Edition.Want to see your AoE2 stream listed here? Please read before posting Live AoE2 Streams

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