Sultan Saladin

"Saladin was born to a prominent Kurdish family in 1138. After graduating from a military academy, he accompanied his uncle on several campaigns, including the conquest of Egypt in 1169. He succeeded his uncle as vizier there and began consolidating a personal power base.

Saladin all but revolted against his mentor and overlord Our al-Din, who planned to depose his unruly subject by force but suddenly died in 1174. The Kurdish general seized Nur al-Din's lands and was recognized as sultan of Egypt and Syria by the Abbasid Caliphate the following year. Saladin spent the next decade uniting Muslim territories under his rule by both diplomatic and military means.

Since the First Crusade, a number of Crusader kingdoms had held territory in the Holy Land with Jerusalem as their symbolic heart. Saladin's great goal was to recapture the holy city and expel the Crusaders. He lured the bulk of their forces into a trap, crushing them at the Battle of Hattin, then swept through Christian-held territory and reduced them to just a few strongholds.

Christendom responded with the Third Crusade, during which Saladin narrowly fought off the armies of Richard the Loinheart of England and Philip Augustus of France. The resulting treaty achnowledged Muslim control of Jerusalem, but permitted Christian pilgrims to enter the city. Exhuasted from the campaign, Saladin died in 1193, soon after Richard's departure.

In both the West and the Muslim world, Saladin is legendary not only for his military accomplishments but also or his chivalry. After the Battle of Hattin, he spared the life of the captive King Guy of Jerusalem saying, 'Kings do not kill kings.' When he retook the holy city, he ordered the Christian non-combatants spared - despite the horrific massacre inflicted there by the conquering Crusaders a century before.

He and Richard shared mutual respect for each other's bravery and generalship; allegedly he even sent a replacement horse after the English king's was killed in battle. For his immaculate conduct and skill at arms, Saladin remains a universally respected figure and a hero to Kurds, Arabs, and Muslims across the world."

University Level	Technology Name	Benefit	Number of Levels	Requirements	Cost/Duration
2	Tower Blessing Bonus	+1% effectiveness of Tower Blessings	10	None	4 Level Cost Time 1 200k 2d 2 400k 3d 3 600k 4d 4 800k 5d 5 1,000k 6d 6 1,200k 7d 7 1,400k 8d 8 1,600k 9d 9 1,800k 10d 10 2,000k 11d Total 22,000k 130d
2	Fortification Blessing Bonus	+1% of Fortification Blessing	10	None
3	Stable Defender Damage	+3% damage dealt by Stables and Tank Depots defenders	10	Tower Blessing Bonus Level 5	5 Level Cost Time 1 300k 3d 2 600k 4d 3 900k 5d 4 1,200k 6d 5 1,500k 7d 6 1,800k 8d 7 2,100k 9d 8 2,400k 10d 9 2,700k 11d 10 3,000k 12d Total 33,000k 150d
3	Stable Defender Hitpoints	+3% hitpoints for Stables and Tank Depots defenders	10	Fortification Blessing Bonus Level 5
3	Stable Upgrade Cost	-1% cost to upgrade Stables and Tank Depots	10	Stable Defender Damage Level 5	5 Level Cost Time 1 400k 4d 2 800k 5d 3 1,200k 6d 4 1,600k 7d 5 2,000k 8d 6 2,400k 9d 7 2,800k 10d 8 3,200k 11d 9 3,600k 12d 10 4,000k 13d Total 44,000k 170d
3	Stable Hitpoints	+5% hitpoints for Stables and Tank Depots	10	Stable Defender Hitpoints Level 5
4	Heavy Cavalry Damage	+3% damage of Heavy Cavalry	10	Stable Upgrade Cost Level 5	6 Level Cost Time 1 400k 4d 2 800k 5d 3 1,200k 6d 4 1,600k 7d 5 2,000k 8d 6 2,400k 9d 7 2,800k 10d 8 3,200k 11d 9 3,600k 12d 10 4,000k 13d Total 22,000k 85d
4	Wall, Bastion & Gate Hitpoints	+3% Gate, Bastion and Wall hitpoints	10	Stable Upgrade Cost Level 5 Stable Hitpoints Level 5	6 Level Cost Time 1 400k 4d 2 800k 5d 3 1,200k 6d 4 1,600k 7d 5 2,000k 8d 6 2,400k 9d 7 2,800k 10d 8 3,200k 11d 9 3,600k 12d 10 4,000k 13d Total 22,000k 85d
4	Heavy Cavalry Hitpoints	+3% hitpoints of Heavy Cavalry	10	Stable Hitpoints Level 5	6 Level Cost Time 1 400k 4d 2 800k 5d 3 1,200k 6d 4 1,600k 7d 5 2,000k 8d 6 2,400k 9d 7 2,800k 10d 8 3,200k 11d 9 3,600k 12d 10 4,000k 13d Total 22,000k 85d
5	Defensive Library Tech Cost	-2% resource cost of Defensive Technologies at the library	10	Heavy Cavalry Damage Level 5 Wall, Bastion & Gate Hitpoints Level 5 Heavy Cavalry Hitpoints Level 5	7 Level Cost Time 1 500k 5d 2 1,000k 6d 3 1,500k 7d 4 2,000k 8d 5 2,500k 9d 6 3,000k 10d 7 3,500k 11d 8 4,000k 12d 9 4,500k 13d 10 5,000k 14d Total 27,500k 95d
5	Hold the Gates	+25% faster spawn of Garrisons and Stables / Tank Depots Defenders	1	Total Skills Level 100	8 Level Cost Time 1 7,500k 14d

Takes 719 days to complete without bonuses, using Atomium and first two leader benefits takes 488? days