[@Apollo]

[quote=@Apollo26]
[@Strange Rodent ]

Im all for an alliance, the North Africans west of the Suez are agreeable people. The city states East of the Suez may be difficult, not hostile but just annoying. 
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You're talking about your people here? One of my settlements is on the east of the Suez, around the far north Saudi Arabia area. Maybe there'd be significant cultural crossover?

Although my people are Anarchists at heart, they're still logical enough to see that alliances should not be squandered. Especially with a neighbour so close.