Changes: Sufi Mosque

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The Sufi Mosque is a native Asian religious settlement featured in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties. Like all natives, they can be allied with by building a Trading Post at their Trading Post site.

Unit

War Elephant: Indian Heavy War Elephant powerful in close combat. Inflicts area damage. Good against archers and skirmishers.

Technologies

Technology	Cost	Effect
Pilgrimage	250 food 250 coin	Ships 1 Fattened Goat for every 2 minutes the game has passed, up to 30 minutes
Fasting	200 wood 200 coin	Villager (and Fishing Boats) get -40% hit points but Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons, and Villagers gather 10% faster (but not Fishing Boats)
Sharia	100 food 100 coin	Villager train limit +10%

Trivia

The Sufi Mosque resembles the Shrine of Ali mosque and overall it appears to be based on the architecture of Shiite mosques.
In the Sufi Mosque an elderly figure which looks similar to the Brahmin can be seen, although there is no correlation between them.

History

“

This Holy Site is identical to a Native Trade Site. Allying with Natives allows a player to train special Native units, usually warriors, and also grants access to a group of improvements to that tribe. Native units do not cost any population spaces, but can only be built in limited numbers.

The word “sufi” first appeared in the 8th century and is considered to be a reference to the coarse wool garments worn by spiritual men who sought lives of spiritual harmony, free from bodily pleasure and in harmony with nature. The word “sufism” was first used in the 9th century, and became a blanket term for a variety of different forms of Islamic mysticism incorporating such disparate elements as Christian monasticism, gnosticism, and Indian mysticism.

Because Sufism encompasses a number of belief systems, its origins can be linked to a wide range of geographic regions and periods. However, many consider Sufism to have begun with the practice of Shiite Muslims in the 7th century in what is now Iraq, although others claim that Sufism predates Islam and simply used the other religion as a vehicle for its teachings.

Throughout its long history, Sufism has been criticized for its mystical elements. While it has made significant contributions to the spread of Islam and the development of Islamic culture, conservative Muslims still disagree with its abundance of non-Islamic customs.

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Gallery

Template:Civilizations (AoE3)

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-{{Infobox Civ
+{{Infobox civilization
-|civ         = Sufi
+|Name = Sufi Mosque
+|Image = Sufi_Icon.png
-|flag        = [[File:Sufis.jpg|200px|]]
+|Caption = The Sufi Mosque Trading Post icon
-|caption     = Sufi settlement
-|game        = [[Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties|The Asian Dynasties]]
+|Intro = {{AoE3Icon|TAD}} ''[[Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties|The Asian Dynasties]]''
-|continent   = Asia
+|Continent = Asia
-|unique      = [[War Elephant]]
+|Unit = [[File:War Elephant.png|22px]] [[War Elephant (Age of Empires III)|War Elephant]]
-|techs       = Pilgrimage<br />Fasting<br />Sharia
+|Tech = [[File:Pilgrimage.png|22px]] [[Pilgrimage]]<br/>[[File:Fasting.png|22px]] [[Fasting]]<br/>[[File:Sharia.png|22px]] [[Sharia]]
-|maps        = [[Borneo]]<br />[[Deccan]]<br />[[Indochina]]<br />[[Mongolia]]<br />[[Silk Road]]}}
+|Map = [[Borneo]]<br/>[[Deccan]]<br/>[[Indochina]]<br/>[[Mongolia]]<br/>[[Silk Road (map)|Silk Road]]
+|Native = 1
-The '''Sufi Mosque''' is present as [[Trading Post]] sites in the ''[[Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties]]'' expansion.
+}}
+The '''[[wikipedia:Sufism|Sufi]] Mosque''' is a native Asian religious settlement featured in ''[[Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties]]''. Like all natives, they can be allied with by building a [[Trading Post]] at their Trading Post site.
-The word "Sufi" first appeared in the 8th century and is considered to be a reference to the coarse wool garments worn by spiritual men who sought lives of spiritual harmony, free from bodily pleasure and in harmony with nature. Sufism became a sect of Islam in its own right and continues to practice in the modern day.
 == Unit ==
+:[[File:War Elephant.png|22px]] [[War Elephant (Age of Empires III)|War Elephant]]: Indian Heavy War Elephant powerful in close combat. Inflicts area damage. Good against archers and skirmishers.
-[[File:War_elephant_age_of_empires_3.jpg|thumb|134px|War Elephant]]
-The Sufi provide the [[War Elephant (Minor Tribe)|War Elephant]], which on its own is the most powerful native unit in ''[[Age of Empires III]]'' (It is like a weaker version of the [[Mahout Lancer]]), possessing a very high health and a high melee attack, making it powerful Heavy [[Cavalry]], although its resistance is weak. However, because of the low build limit of six per tribe, the use of the elephant is limited. In fact, it has the lowest build limit among the standard native soldiers, superseded only by the [[Medicine Man]] of the [[Maya]], the [[Cree]] Coureur des Bois, and the [[Nootka]] [[War Chief]]. It is suggested to use the elephants only as support, as they are expensive, and could easily fall prey to heavy infantry if not covered.
-== Upgrades ==
+== Technologies ==
+{| class="wikitable"
-'''Pilgrimage:'''
+! style="width: 5%;" |[[Age]]
-Price: 100 food, 100 wood.
+! style="width: 25%;" |Technology
-Ships 1 fattened [[goat]] for every 2 minutes of the game that has passed, up to 30 minutes.
+! style="width: 10%;" |Cost
+! style="width: 60%;" |Effect
+|-
+| rowspan=3 |{{AoE3Age|1|C}}
+|[[File:Pilgrimage.png|22px]] [[Pilgrimage]]
+|{{resources|br=1|food=250|coin=250}}
+|Ships 1 Fattened [[Goat#Age of Empires III|Goat]] for every 2 minutes the game has passed, up to 30 minutes
+|-
+|[[File:Fasting.png|22px]] [[Fasting]]
+|{{resources|br=1|wood=200|coin=200}}
+|[[Villager#Age of Empires III|Villager]] (and [[Fishing Boat (Age of Empires III)|Fishing Boats]]) get -40% [[hit points]] but [[Settler]]s, [[Coureur des Bois|Coureurs des Bois]], [[Settler Wagon]]s, and [[Villager (Age of Empires III)|Villagers]] gather 10% faster (but not Fishing Boats)
+|-
+|[[File:Sharia.png|22px]] [[Sharia]]
+|{{resources|br=1|food=100|coin=100}}
+|Villager train limit +10%
+|}
+== Trivia ==
-'''Fasting'''
+* The Sufi Mosque resembles the [[Wikipedia:Shrine of Ali|Shrine of Ali]] mosque and overall it appears to be based on the architecture of Shiite mosques.
-Price: 100 food, 100 coin.
+* In the Sufi Mosque an elderly figure which looks similar to the [[Brahmin]] can be seen, although there is no correlation between them.
-Increases all [[villager]] rates, while giving them lower hit points.
-'''Sharia'''
-Price: 225 food, 225 coin.
-Increases villager limit with 10%.
-== Tactics ==
-In general, the Sufi is one of the better tribes to ally with, giving their powerful economic upgrades. Their units is of limited use, but especially the Sharia improvement is good, namely for the [[Dutch]], the [[French]] and the [[Japanese (Age of Empires III)|Japanese]], due to their lower villager limits. One should take note, that when taking the Fasting improvement, villagers are quickly killed if attacked, making them more vulnerable. Therefore, with this upgrade, the villagers should be kept safe.
 == History ==
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 == Gallery ==
 <gallery>
+Sufis.jpg|A Sufi settlement
-Suffi.jpg|Actual Sufi Mosque: not the similarities with the AoE III version
+Suffi.jpg|An actual Sufi Mosque; note the similarities with the one in the game
+War_elephant_age_of_empires_3.jpg|A War Elephant
 </gallery>
+{{-}}
 {{Civilizations (AoE3)}}
 [[Category:Age of Empires III]]
-[[Category:Native Asian Civilizations]]
+[[Category:Native Asian civilizations]]
-[[Category:Indian]]
+[[Category:The Asian Dynasties]]
-[[Category:Minor civilizations]]