Al - Andalus
 

The Trail of the Sun
by Jesús Balsinde

Release date: November 20, 1999 (v2.1)
 
 
   
 
Europe was darkened at sunset,
Al-Andalus shone with public lamps;
 
Europe was dirty,
Al-Andalus built a thousand baths;
 
Europe lay in mud, Al-Andalus' streets were paved...
 
-- A, Thomson, "The Muslims of Andalusia"

    Three centuries have passed since the Moors set foot on the Iberian Peninsula for the first time. The state they have created, Al-Andalus, flourishes like nowhere else on Earth, and the magnificence of its capital, Córdoba, can only be compared with that of Constantinople.
 

    The second millenium C. E. opens with promises of honor and glory, for Al-Andalus is now more powerful and enlightened than ever. It appears however, that Al-Andalus has chosen the path of lust, corruption and decadence. Will the most advanced civilization of Western Europe fall victim of its own errors? Or will it rise above all obstacles to become, not the first, but the only nation in the West?
 

 

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