Climate determines the changes of certain weather types. The climate in a particular region is determined by the combination of temperature and humidity.

temperate

temperate oceanic
temperate cool
temperate warm
mediterranean warm
mediterranean cool

continental

continental hot
continental warm
continental hemiboreal
continental boreal

arid

steppe hot
steppe mild
desert hot
desert mild

Vegetation

Vegetation can range from dense forest to wide grasslands.

woodland

rain forest
broadleaf forest
coniferous forest
montane forest

shrubland

montane shrubland
shrubland
scrubland

grassland

grassland

wasteland

wasteland

Biomes

The climate and vegetation determine what kind of biome is present in a particular area.

Regions

The world is divided into cultural regions. The culture of a region influences the local architecture of buildings and the unit availability of rebels.

Color	Region
Italic		Invasive & Diaspora
	Corsica & Sardinia	Phoenician
	Etruria
	Italia	Hellenic
	Latium & Campania	Hellenic
	Liguria
	Picenum
	Salentina	Hellenic, Illyrian
	Samnium
	Sicilia	Hellenic, Phoenician
Gallic		Invasive & Diaspora
	Aquitania
	Belgica	Germanic
	Celtica	Germanic
	Gallia Cisalpina	Italic
	Gallia Transalpina	Hellenic
	Noricum & Raetia	Illyrian
Celtic		Invasive & Diaspora
	Britannia
	Caledonia
	Hibernia
Celtiberian		Invasive & Diaspora
	Gallaecia
	Hispania Ulterior
	Lusitania	Iberian
Iberian		Invasive & Diaspora
	Baleares	Phoenician
	Baetica	Celtiberian, Phoenician
	Hispania Citerior	Hellenic, Phoenician
Phoenician		Invasive & Diaspora
	Africa	Libyan
Libyan		Invasive & Diaspora
	Cyrenaica	Hellenic
	Gaetulia
	Mauretania	Phoenician
	Numidia	Phoenician
Hellenic		Invasive & Diaspora
	Achaea
	Aegyptus
	Asia	Persian
	Bithynia	Persian
	Cilicia	Persian
	Creta
	Cyprus
	Epirus	Illyrian
	Lycia & Pamphylia	Persian
	Macedonia
	Mysia	Persian
	Pontus & Paphlagonia	Persian
	Rhodus
	Thracia	Thracian
Illyrian		Invasive & Diaspora
	Dalmatia
	Illyricum
	Liburnia	Gallic
	Pannonia	Gallic
Thracian		Invasive & Diaspora
	Dacia
	Moesia	Scythian
Germanic		Invasive & Diaspora
	Germania Inferior
	Germania Superior
Scythian		Invasive & Diaspora
	Scythia
	Taurica	Hellenic
Persian		Invasive & Diaspora
	Armenia	Hellenic
	Assyria	Hellenic
	Babylonia	Hellenic
	Cappadocia	Hellenic, Gallic
	Carmania	Hellenic
	Hyrcania	Hellenic
	Media	Hellenic
	Mesopotamia	Hellenic
	Parthia	Hellenic
	Persia	Hellenic
	Susiana	Hellenic
Arabic		Invasive & Diaspora
	Arabia	Hellenic
	Judea	Hellenic
	Syria	Hellenic, Persian, Phoenician

Disasters

Disasters are random events that can negatively affect the economic or military might of a faction. Disasters have a regional and local variance.

Common Disasters
Common disasters are:

floods
droughts
dustbowls
plagues

Floods primarily occur near rivers and destroy crops and farms.

Droughts and dustbowls are more frequent in areas with an arid climate. Droughts and dustbowls negatively affect harvests.

Plagues affect the population of settlements.

Other Disasters
Some other disasters are:

Disaster		Effects
	Locusts	destroys crops
	Earthquake	destroys buildings
	Storm	wreaks havoc on fleets at sea

Wonders

Some settlements have ancient wonders and some settlements have oracles and sacred groves. There are 9 wonders and 4 oracles and 15 sacred groves scattered throughout the known world.

Wonders, oracles and sacred groves give bonuses to the faction that owns it.

Wonder	Place	Bonus
Great Pyramid of Giza	Giza	construction
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus	Halicarnassus	construction
Statue of Zeus	Olympia	construction
Hanging Gardens of Babylon	Babylon	agriculture
Temple of Artemis	Ephesus	agriculture
Colossus of Rhodes	Rhodus	trade
Lighthouse of Alexandria	Alexandria	trade
Great Library of Alexandria	Alexandria	science
Great Library of Pergamum	Pergamum	science