MEGA EMPIRES: THE EAST is a board game for 3 to 9 players that covers the development of the Eastern ancient civilizations over a time span of 8000 years. The players lead their civilizations, as they expand and collapse, from the Stone Age, through the Bronze Age, to the end of the Iron Age. The map board of THE EAST stretches from the Euphrates and Tigris Delta in the West up to the Mauryan river delta of the current day Bangladesh in the East. The Himalayan mountain rigde defines the Northern border and the Nubian desert in the current day Ethiopia borders the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. The playable civilizations include, among others, The Persians, the Babylonians, The Indus Valley Civilization and the Nubians.