Europe

Europe is a subcontinent of Eurasia and a playable map in the strategy turn-based multiplayer online game Conqueror.

Overview & Background
Gameplay on the "Europe" map is identical to gameplay on the "Great Lakes" or "China" maps. With a maximum of sixteen playable empires and seventy different territories, Europe is the second largest map, only behind the Great Lakes map, which holds seventy-five territories. Players choose a "capital" – that is, a start-off territory – from which they attempt to oust their opponents (human players or AIs) by conquering as many territories of Europe as possible.

Due to its geographical makeup and vast number of territories, Europe is considered a highly complex map on which to play, and a single game on this map generally takes several dozen turns. It is most likely the most popular map of the game, as it is also the original map when the game was first conceived in 2006.

Geography
Geographically, Europe stretches from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Iberian Peninsula in the east, and from Scandinavia in the north to the Balkan Peninsula in the south. However, on this map, several locations are included that are not conventionally considered part of the European mainland, such as the British Isles; the Mediterranean islands of Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Crete, and Cyprus; Asia Minor; the Levant; and the Mediterranean and (partially) the Atlantic coast of northern Africa. These places have likely been included due to their relevance and strong historical ties with Europe itself.

Per Europe's actual geographical complexity, the Europe map is a highly intricate one. Major bodies of water that create hazards and uncrossable boundaries for the player include the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, the Baltic Sea, and the North Sea. Territories range dramatically in size, from massive countries like Ukraine and Finland to smaller territories such as Corsica and Rhineland. The ranging shapes and sizes of territories as well as the elaborate nature of Europe's physical outline make for a lenghty but nevertheless interesting game.

Territories
Below are the territories of the Europe map, listed in alphabetical order. Also listed are the neighbouring territories (territories from which the indicated territory can be accessed).