After the death of Yuan Shikai, China fragmented into numerous fiefdoms ruled by warlords. The southern warlords assisted his regime solely to legitimize their fiefdoms and challenge Beijing. These small, largely independent fiefdoms had local money and local leaders, and frequently squabbled. Sicily was racked by turmoil as petty fiefdoms battled each other for supremacy. Noblemen who held lands (fiefdoms) hereditarily passed those lands on within their family. By 1366, Nubia had become divided into petty fiefdoms when it was invaded by Mamluks. The political arena consists of fiefdoms and provinces that form the kingdom. Smaller crusader fiefdoms survived until 1291. Individual Houses are in constant competition for fiefdoms, financial and political power, and Imperial favor. The name of the provinces were inspired by the roughly corresponding medieval fiefdoms. During the 9th century, Norway was divided between several local kings controlling their own fiefdoms. Committees have power and have been called "independent fiefdoms". That effectively turned IBM into several independent fiefdoms. Andriantsimitoviaminiandriana gave four of his sons fiefdoms to rule. Ties are won by the player with a higher position on the Fiefdoms Influence track.