This was a more interesting campaign for me, I can usually beat a VH campaign in under 100 turns by just steamrolling through Europe and getting Jerusalem. This time I tried not fighting any Catholic factions to appease the pope (eastern orthodox is ok) as Poland. Which lead me to taking the long route Southeast into Turkey. The problem with this route is it doesnt yield any high income settlements (mostly castles for some reason) until I could cut through and get Constantinople and get the clustered cities around Jerusalem. That was a challenge because of course by the time I get there the Mongols are in their prime rampaging through the Middle East. The Byzantines still had some teeth as well. Balancing economy with military was more of a struggle than usual. And of course, once the Mongols were dead, as if on cue, in came the Timurids.