This Joint Crisis takes place in the late tenth century. Committee depicts the height of the conflict between the Fatimid Caliphate and the Byzantine Empire over control of the Levant. The strategic buffer city of Aleppo is in danger of falling to Fatimid forces, which could upset the balance of power in the Near East, following the devastating Byzantine defeat at the Battle of the Orontes in 994. To maintain their empire’s hegemony over the Eastern Mediterranean, delegates must negotiate a turbulent terrain of religious ideology, quick military maneuvers, and regional alliances.