THE CHOU OVERLORDS
Version 1.0 - April 14, 1998

By Mark Stoker (mstoker@mailexcite.com)

Home Page:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/1140/overlord.html
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Unpacking:
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Unzip and place the CPN file in your AOE\CAMPAIGN directory.


Campaign Description:
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This is a 6-scenario campaign about the Chou dynasty of China. 
Each scenario has a historically accurate pre-game instruction 
map, and custom AI's & PER'S. In the campaign, you lead the 
Chou from their beginning as a small frontier tribe, to their 
demise during the Warring States period.

The Chou dynasty (1027-221 BC) lasted longer than any other 
Chinese dynasty. The Chou were a seminomadic people from the Wei 
Valley region in China. The founder of the dynasty was Wu Wang, 
"the Martial", who claimed that Shang dynasty misrule justified 
the transfer of the "mandate of heaven". Under the Chou, 
agriculture and commerce developed further, iron implements and 
metal coins came into use, cities grew up, and the philosophies 
of Confucius, Lao Zi, and Taoism flourished.

The six scenarios are:
1. Uprising
2. Fall of the Shang Dynasty
3. River Raid
4. Onslaught
5. Confucius
6. The Age of Warring States


Additional Credits:
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Ensemble Studios
Microsoft


This campaign can be distributed freely in its original form with 
this file included.

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