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A book shop is a store that sells books. These shops acted as suppliers of books and maps in the cities of Baghdad during the Abbasid Caliphate in the late 9th century,[1] and both Constantinople and Cappadocia in the early 16th century.[2]
The Mentor of the Italian Assassins Ezio Auditore da Firenze used akçe to renovate and visit the book shops during his adventures in the Ottoman Empire.[2]
Available books[edit | edit source]
Constantinople[edit | edit source]
| Book | Author | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Odyssey | Homer | 201 
|
| Aeneid | Virgil | 242
|
| Mu'allaqat | Hammad Ar-Rawiya | 334
|
| Geography | Ptolemy | 483
|
| The History of the Kings of Britain | Geoffrey of Monmouth | 529
|
| Heimskringla | Snorri Sturluson | 1,840
|
| The Book of Prophecies | Christopher Columbus | 3,220
|
| The Golden Ass | Apuleius | 3,588
|
| Parallel Lives | Plutarch | 9,085
|
| Metamorphoses | Ovid | 9,315
|
| Opus Majus | Roger Bacon | 9,775
|
| The Secret History of the Mongols | Unknown | 24,725
|
| Anabasis Alexandri | Arrian | 27,600
|
| Record of the Grand Historian | Sima Qian | 44,505
|
Cappadocia[edit | edit source]
| Book | Author | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Digenes Akritas | Unknown | 59,800
|
| Cronica | Ramon Muntaner | 76,475
|
| Tirant lo Blanch | Joanot Martorell | 86,250
|
| Bibliotheca | Photius | 97,750
|
Book quests[edit | edit source]
The Polo brothers had hidden ten books within Constantinople. Ezio Auditore found these with the help of his Eagle Sense.
- Aesop's Fables by Socrates[3]
- Mission to Constantinople by Liutprand of Cremona[4]
- On Nature by Empedocles[5]
- The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo[6]
- One Thousand and One Nights by Unknown[7]
- The Book of Kings by Ferdowsi[8]
- Nibelungenlied by Unknown[9]
- Iliad by Homer[10]
- The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer[11]
- The Flute Girl by Menander[12]
Maps[edit | edit source]
The book shops also offered maps revealing the locations of treasure chests within Constantinople and Cappadocia, as well as a map revealing the locations of Ishak Pasha's memoir pages.
| Map | Price |
|---|---|
| Imperial District Map 1 | 949
|
| Imperial District Map 2 | 1,380
|
| Galata Map 1 | 828
|
| Galata Map 2 | 1,323
|
| Bayezid District Map 1 | 874
|
| Bayezid District Map 2 | 1,495
|
| Constantine District Map 1 | 897
|
| Constantine District Map 2 | 1,633
|
| Arsenal Map | 1,415
|
| Cappadocia Map 1 | 1,104
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| Cappadocia Map 2 | 1,760
|
| Ishak Pasha's Memoir Map∞ | 12,075
|
∞25 Animus data fragments needed to be collected to buy this map.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Book shops and books replaced the functions of art merchants and paintings from Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.
- The achievement "Sage" could be earned by obtaining every book available in Constantinople and Cappadocia.
- After purchasing and finding all available books, a special cutscene would play once Ezio returned to the Galata headquarters.
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations (first appearance)
- Echoes of History (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Mirage
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Echoes of History: Baghdad Soundwalks – Episode 4: The Bazaar
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Assassin's Creed: Revelations
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Signs and Symbols, Part I
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Signs and Symbols, Part II
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Signs and Symbols, Part III
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Polo Symbols: Hippodrome
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Polo Symbols: Galata
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Polo Symbols: Arsenal
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Polo Symbols: Forum of the Ox
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Polo Symbols: Aqueduct
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Polo Symbols: Church I
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Polo Symbols: Church II
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