4000 years ago in the Cradle of Civilization, mighty Empires fought for water, resources and the arable land in the Fertile Crescent. Play the Egyptians in chariots of war, Babylonians in bronze armour, screaming Nubian warriors, and the Assyrians behind their walls of stone. Develop your country by producing commodities and sell them to your neighbours. Raise glorious armies and wage wars of conquest. Roll over the plains in the childhood of Mankind with your Chariots of War!

Play one of 58 different nations on a huge beautiful map covering the entire Middle East including 164 cities and 80 minor settlements. Build hundreds of buildings and city improvements, and refine 9 different resources such as Myrrh, Gems, and Horses. Assign Generals to command your army, in real-time battles. A Random Event System depicts the era in colorful detail, recreating historical phenomena such as earthquakes, floods, and locusts storms. The happiness and welfare of your cities' inhabitants will depend on overpopulation, recruitment levels, garrisons, and food. Keep revolters at bay by developing temples, entertainment, and other buildings. Advances will increase the development of your tribe. Recruit units from nearly 30 different troop types for your invincible armies. Barbarian tribes will roam the land, attacking anything they meet!. Diplomats can be sent out to gather information. You can eject enemy diplomats and even behead them!

Windows 98/98SE/2000/XP. Processor: PII 233 MHz. DirectX 8. 64 MB RAM. Free hard drive space: 300 MB. SVGA Video Card 2MB DirectX 8. Sound Card