Athurian Empire

The Athurian Empire, or the Quandom of Athuria was a powerful state during the 10th - 4th centuries BF. Its Emperor, or "Qan" was elected by the aristocracies of the 7 largest cities in the empire. Often there would be elected a militaristic ruler, and Athuria would compete for the domination of what is today known as the Rudian peninsula. The empire fell in 540 BF to nomadic Kozut invaders, but was restored again in 459. In around 70 BF, Athuria came to a permanent end when it was conquered and integrated into Rudia.