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Mali (Brave New World)

Adds Mali to the base game.

One of the great centers of Islamic culture and wealth, Mali was one of sub-Saharan Africa's most influential empires. It owed much of its reputation to its situation as a major trading center, effectively controlling trans-Saharan African trade. The Mali Empire had many profound cultural influences on West Africa, allowing the spread of its language, laws, and customs along the Niger River as well as the popularization of Islam in the region. It is perhaps most famous today for its tenth Mansa, Musa I, who is regarded as the richest individual to have ever lived. His greatest legacy, however, was his royal hajj which not only helped to romanticize the Mali Empire to the European public, but caused an economic inflation in the Mediterranean and indirectly supplied financial support for the Italian renaissance.

This is an update to my Gods and Kings mod which can be found here: Mali (Gods and Kings).

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Note:
- This civilization requires the Brave New World expansion.
- Updates will most likely break saves. Do not update unless you are ready to start a new game.

- This mod uses a 3D leaderhead for Mansa Musa. However, some people have been experiencing problems viewing the 3D leader. To switch to a 2D image please follow these steps:

1) Locate your mods folder; (~/Documents/My Games/ Sid Meier's Civilization 5/Mods/Mali (Brave New World).
2) Directly in the Mali mod folder you should find two xml files: “Mali_Leader_Scene” and “Mali_Leader_Scene_Alt”.
3) Delete “Mali_Leader_Scene”.
4) Rename “Mali_Leader_Scene_Alt” to “Mali_Leader_Scene”.


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Leader: Mansa Musa

UA: Royal Hajj: City Connections generate +1 Faith. Great Prophets may visit a friendly foreign Holy City to generate a one-time Gold bonus (this does not consume the Unit).*

UU: Sofa: Replaces Crossbowman. Starts with the Medic promotion. May move after attacking. +1 Defensive Combat Strength. (-2 Ranged Combat Strength).

UB: Treasury: Replaces Mint. +2 Gold on Salt. Provides Golden Age Points based off your total Gold reserves.** No terrain requirement.

* The Prophet must end its turn adjacent to the Holy City. Generates Gold equal to 50% of a Great Merchant Trade Mission.
** Scales to game speed, providing +1, +2, or +3 GA points at the following Gold thresholds, respectively:
- 150, 300, 600 (Quick)
- 200, 400, 800 (Standard)
- 250, 500, 1000 (Epic)
- 400, 800, 1600 (Marathon)

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Credits:
- 3D leader screen by Ekmek (image background by Janboruta)
- Map graphic by Sukritact
- Mansa leader icon by TPangolin
- UU graphic[forums.civfanatics.com] by JTitan:
- War music, by Firaxis from Civ IV, Peace music from "Ancient Heart: Mandinka and Fulani Music of the Gambia"
- All code and art otherwise not listed created by Tomatekh (primary author)