(Tacitus) The Asia Strikes Back

Asia, in its beginnings, had really only one true enemy, and even that is a stretch. Assyria's main quibble with Asia was that Assyria must return to "their homeland", which is Crete, and it wanted to march through Asia minor, claimed to be the sacred land of Asia. Crete, though, is a fairly peaceful  and kind land, shown through its proactivity of asking Asia if it may have the islands surrounding Asia minor before going there. The Empress of Asia is quoted as saying, "The islands are not my business." The Empress did not want to get involved in the scuffles between Assyria and Crete, as early war could create stagnation in the advancement of her civilization. There were many scuffles between Assyria and Crete, with Crete generally succeeding in defending their homeland. The Empress of Asia soon asks its other neighbor, Babylon, if Asia may build a city near Babylon. Babylon's King responds with, "I am building there. No girls allowed." This makes the Empress laugh and there is no grudge held towards Babylon. Then, when things were looking amazing for Asia, an earthquake demolishes a city and then an epidemic from Africa wipes out the remaining cities. This almost crushes the morale of the Empress, but she realizes that her people can rebuild and push through. This epidemic also hits Assyria, destroying the population, as Assyria had no cities. This pleases Crete. Meanwhile, an rouge African naval officer makes his way over to the Assyrian coast and destroys the Assyrians where they landed. Babylon continues to protect its lands from Babylon as Asia rebuilds. A civil war in Babylon brings out the Italian sympathizers, who claim three cities. Though this rebellion is quickly squashed by floods and fighting. The Assyrian civilization falls at the same time as Asia enters into the Late Bronze Age and the Asian people feel a sense of sweet retribution. This does not last long however, as the former leader of the Assyrians rises again from a civil war in Africa.These African-Assyrian rebels get a small part of the Eastern African Empire, and is soon to be attacked by the Western and remaining parts of the Eastern African Empire. The leader of the Afro-Assyrian rebels made a speech to his followers: "Today gentlemen and women, we fight not for domination of the land, but for the right to plant our beautiful flowers. Roses, daisies, sunflowers and anything else the land could hold. For we Assyrians have gone down the path of violence and it has led us to ruin. History will remember us as the civilization that fought not for Crete, but for the peace of our people."
The mighty Assyrian leader seems to think that the African leader will really let him sit there in his territory when he has been shown to be violent and aggressive towards other civilizations.