The Turkic tribes, under the leadership of the Seljuks, established their foothold in Anatolia in 1071, five years after the Norman invasion of England. Alparslan defeated the Byzantine emperor Diogenes at the battle of Manzikert and laid the foundations of the Seljuk Empire, the Seljuks of Rum, with their capital at Konya. Rum was the term used by early Muslims to describe the Byzantines as ‘Romans’ and their empire was called the ‘land of Rum’. Later the term was applied to Asia Minor or Anatolia and, until the present, to the Greeks of Turkey. The Seljuk Empire was a federation of Turkish tribes, each led by its own bey, or leader, who recognized the sovereignty of the Seljuk dynasty...

Electronic Arts в отличии от Cryo Interactive к делу подошла более ответственно. Хотя, на первых парах решения EA Games выглядели странно. Пока Westwood Pacific (дочерняя фирма) под присмотром Westwood Studios занимались разработкой «Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2», разработку «Emperor: Battle for Dune» доверили все той же Intelligent Games Ltd, ответственной за провальную «Dune 2000». А те, недолго думая, взяли за основу свои же наработки порта «Dune 2000» для PS1. Так в игре появилось (в этот раз полное) 3D...