Game Features: New exotic setting: » Build imperial Chinese cities through three thousand years of Chinese history. Start with the Xia dynasty in 2100 B.C. and progress through the Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui/Tang, and Song dynasties. » Produce exotic new commodities never seen in earlier city building games: rice, bean curd, millet, lacquer, bronzeware, tea, silk, hemp, paper and jade. » Learn the ways of four different Oriental philosophies (ancestor worship, Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism) to induce heroes to visit and bless your city. » Construct majestic monuments including temple complexes, pagodas, palaces, tumuli, the Great Wall and the tomb with the terra-cotta army. » Pick a zodiac animal at the start of each game session, and hold New Year's Festivals during its years to receive special city benefits. Multiplayer play: » Send emissaries to other players to conduct diplomacy and establish trade. » Hire spies to infiltrate other cities to gather information or conduct sabotage. » Team with other players to complete great works of engineering such as China's Great Wall, and the 1,200-mile Grand Canal from Beijing to Hangzhou. » Raise troops to travel to other cities on raids or full-scale assaults. Enhanced game engine: » Combat enemies with the enhanced combat engine that includes siege weapons, collateral damage, and torching of buildings. » Enjoy the new graphics engine that adds 25% more detail to all graphics within the game. » Manipulate export prices to compete in trade wars with the improved trading system. » Feed your people well using the customizable farming and food system, which includes "Today's Special" at the Food Shops.