Great Powers' Club

The Great Powers' Club was a name for the group of the four largest and most influential kingdoms in the known world in 51 - 71 AEE - Egypt, Hatti, Assyria, and Karduniash. Prior to around 200 BEE the kingdom of Mitanni was a member of the club, yet it was replaced by Assyria once it gained independence from and overthrew the Mitanni. While other kingdoms, such as Elam and the Mycenaean Confederation had been trying to join the club, these attempts had been unsuccessful, with Hatti and Karduniash blocking them.
The members of the Great Powers' Club convened every five years in a designated city to discuss matters of international importance, with the first conference taking place in 51 AEE. The members of the club were split equally between two alliance block - Egypt and Assyria were part of the Triple Alliance (together with the Mycenaean Confederation), while Hatti and Karduniash were part of the Hattusa-Babylon Axis. Due to the kingdoms being part of opposing factions, they were not as interconnected as they had previously been, yet all still maintained relations and traded between each other, as well as worked on solutions for common problems during the conferences, which was attributed to the existence of the Great Powers' Club. Many were also hoping that these conventions would soothe tensions between the kingdoms and that they would soon return to a fully peaceful and cooperative existence. 
There were five conferences of the Great Powers' Club:
*The First Conference in 51 AEE in Knossos
*The Second Conference in 56 AEE in Nippur
*The Third Conference in 61 AEE in Nineveh
*The Fourth Conference in 66 AEE in Byblos
*The Fifth Conference in 71 AEE in Ugarit
Due to the assassination of the four kings during the Fifth Conference of the Great Powers' Club, as organized by Shilhak-Inshushinak of Elam and Harharran of Ugarit, the Great Powers' War began as the successors to the four kingdoms declared war on each other, bringing both factions to conflict. This effectively ended the Great Powers' Club and the era of peace in the civilized world.
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