Europe, Anno Domini 955.
The powerful empire of Charlemange has split long ago,
and its successors are only
weak, threatened structures. While the Franconian empire
as well as Britain suffers heavily from Viking raids,
Germany trembles from continuing Hungarian invasions.
In the East Byzantium, successor of Rome, is at the zenith
of its power. But, bitter wars and long battles loom behind
the horizon, especially with the islamic Arabs, which,
since the death of Mohammed in 632, have subdued almost
the entire Middle East in an unbelievable trail of Conquest
including North-Africa and the Iberian Peninsula.
The European kings must now secure their own power and
get ready for the struggle between Christianity and Islam...