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Habiru

A quickly thrown together Habiru mod. This adds buildings and an unit roster to the faction.

And yes it requires the required items, wont run otherwise.

Trivia:
In the time of Rim-Sin I (1822 BCE to 1763 BCE), the Sumerians knew a group of Aramaean nomads living in southern Mesopotamia as sa.gaz, which meant "trespassers". In the Amarna letters from the 14th century BCE, the petty kings of Canaan describe them sometimes as habiru/outlaws, sometimes as mercenaries, and sometimes as day laborers and servants. The Habiru term used in 2nd-millennium BCE texts throughout the Fertile Crescent for a social status of people who were variously described as rebels, outlaws, raiders, mercenaries, bowmen, servants, slaves, and laborers, when not used as a diplomatic slur, it classified someone who were or lived outside of the city state's control. They were settled, semi-nomadic or anything between, not nomads, those were the Shasu. The later Bible would eventually mix these up in the iron age, plus the term may have evolved between the time of the first Israel (late Bronze age, pre-collapse) to the second Israel of King Solomon.

Disclaimer:
Like with 'the you know what' mod I made, there is bound to be people with misinformation or belonging to one of the modern tribes of pro/anti-Israel/Palestine, Neo-Nazis, Bibliots, Historical purists, woke, anti-woke, what ever isms you can find and the tribal inclined within said group. The types that have cropped up so far unfortunately in other circumstances. This mod isn't for you! The mod can't cater to so many contradictions at once. Hence for example, the Habiru wont be a horde faction. What ever notion one of these groups may have, this habiru probably pre-dates it. This also hasn't anything to do with, what? The 7th Israel? Which is the modern one or the 2nd one wish is the Biblical one by David. This pre-dates Homer all that pop history you find on the internet. Please note that each Israel has varied in geography, culture, religion, views and so on throughout each iteration and that the Habiru != the same as Israel. Pls keep any such garbage out of this mod. And no I don't need to be schooled on the history or what not, here's a partial list of my sources for you to start with, once you checked those I can probably double the list and give you more. This is also made within game-play limitations so a fully historical version isn't possible.

So what is it then?
Basically the Habiru from archaeology and the Amarna letters, put it over simplified. As in the trivia. Habiru was a social status and diplomatic slur. The guys in Pihilu are basically diplomatically shunned, a bunch of mountain and rural, out of city state control, places etc have gathered together. That's it.