This is the new Khazar Empire Add-On Minor Player Includes: 5 Army Cards, 5 Fleet Cards, 1 Diplomat Card, 28 Faction Markers, 5 Army Cubes, 5 Fleet ships, and 2 custom faction dice. The Khazar Empire was waning by 1000 AD, with only a handful of city & settlements, mostly reduced by wars with the Kievan Rus' Empire, the Armenian Kingdom, & Muslim Empires. In the 8th century, the Khazar Empire was at its strongest and at its largest extant. The Khazar leaders started out as a Turkish nomadic tribe which settled in the region and built fortresses to help control the very lucrative silk & spice trade routes which went through the region from Byzantium to China. The Khazar Empire eventually extended along the northern shore of the Black Sea from the Volga and Caspian Sea in the east to the Dnieper River in the west. Special scenarios for the Khazar Empire will be available as download content.