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Tower of Silence SclaveniansSclavenians Religion Level 2

Tower of Silence

The living should not suffer the dead to be among them.

Excarnation, the removal of flesh by carrion birds, was a common form of funereal practice in the ancient world, and especially in the east. Bodies were placed on towers with high platforms and left for the birds and elements to consume, so that only the bones remained. These dakhma or 'towers of silence' were usually outside a settlement, as the bodies of the dead were considered unclean. Bones were eventually collected and placed in ossuaries, either within the tower or at a nearby shrine. In Zoroastrianism, where a body would contaminate the purity of earth and fire, its excarnated remains were placed inside a well-like structure known as an astudan; lime and rainwater were then used to disintegrate the bones. After being filtered through charcoal and sand, the water would be allowed to flow away.

Religion

Burial Platform
Burial Platform
(att_bld_religion_zoroastrian_major_burial_1)
Religion Level 0
Tower of Silence
Tower of Silence
(att_bld_religion_zoroastrian_major_burial_2)
Religion Level 1
Ossuary
Ossuary
(att_bld_religion_zoroastrian_major_burial_3)
Religion Level 2
Astudan
Astudan
(att_bld_religion_zoroastrian_major_burial_4)
Religion Level 3
Tower of Silence

Building Name

Tower of Silence

Level Name

att_bld_religion_zoroastrian_major_burial_2

Building Chain

Religion

Building Level

2

Create Time

4

Create Cost

4000

Require Resource

Effects

Enables agent recruitment: Priests (province_to_province_own)
Religious influence: +1 Zoroastrianism (region_to_region_own)
Religious osmosis: +1 Zoroastrianism (province_to_province_own)
Sanitation: +3 (region_to_region_own)
Sanitation: +2 to all regions in this province (province_to_region_own)

Provides Garrison Army

No Garrison Units

Recruitable Units

No Recruitable Units
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