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[Rakonas]

I've recently been on an arab/muslim/middle eastern/whatnot streak between playing Sword of Islam and reading Arabian Nights, and I'm wondering if anyone has any particular games to recommend which fit the general theme. Mods are certainly acceptable, though games where the distinction is only superficial (ie: you can play as arabians in civ 4, but there's no flavour) aren't preferable.

[Sir Finkus]

Prince of Persia?

[Neonivek]

Prince of Persia?

Only really the first two (For the PC) and only barely.

Any Prince of Persia after that is only "desert" flavored. (Or another way to put it... Aladin is more Arab then the later Prince of Persias)

Anyhow... Medieval Total War 2 lets you play a Muslim country.

[Dutchling]

Crusader Kings 2: Sword of Islam.

Edit: just read the OP. nevermind me :p

[xeniorn]

If you are up for something really old, Quest for Glory 2: Trial by Fire

[Domenique]

Assassin's Creed is an obvious one. Otherwise, sadly, arabians are somewhat ignored. I myself wish there was more on that culture.

[Askot Bokbondeler]

ptw

[Domenique]

Stronghold: Crusader has a lot of arabian flavour in it, though really the distinction between europeans and arabians is very little. Still thought something worth mentioning.

[Il Palazzo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsiNY0byEqw

Sadly, that's probably the best you'll get.
In this twitch-based game you play as a young, opium-addicted Persian mass-murderer with apple fetish.

[Virtz]

Spice Trade - old indie game about being a spice trader in 14th century Iraq. Graphics are stylized to look like medieval art. Never really got into it, but it was fairly popular on freeware game sites back when it was released.

[Frumple]

Rainbow Silk Road, maybe? Old NES game, pretty decent. About trading along the silk road, sorta'. Got fan-trans'd a long whiles back.

[Nelia Hawk]

anno 1404 had the eastern-ish 2nd civilization

[Sirian]

C&C Generals, playing as the terrorists.

[GaxkangtheUnbound]

Civilization 5 allows you to play as Darius of Persia and Harun al-rashid of the Ottomans. There's probably also Arabian civilizations in the earlier games.

[Il Palazzo]

Civilization 5 allows you to play as Darius of Persia and Harun al-rashid of the Ottomans. There's probably also Arabian civilizations in the earlier games.

Al-Rashid is the leader of Arabia in civ5. And no wonder, seeing how the historical figure died centuries before the emergence of Ottomans.

Oh, by the way, in the fantasy civ4 mod called Fall from Heaven, the Malakim civilization is modelled on the Arabian theme, complete with the world turning into deserts under their cultural influence.