Economics of the Golden Horde: How can I get those?

[miho]

What provinces do you give up- Georgia, Edessa, Syria and what else?

And Khazaar. You should keep the buildings to a minimum as they get destroyed in the war and you don't want to give them a province where they can train troops, so it might be wise to even destroy all the buildings in there.

[bretwalda]

I don't give up Syria!!! I want those 5* assassins!!!

:D

[miho]

Well they appear in smaller numbers in Georgia, Edessa, Syria so you can fight them off easily.

[dgfred]

Yeah, but if you want them to take on the Egyptians or to go west vs the
Poles/Russians/Hungarians you will need to avoid battle with them .

[bretwalda]

Exactly. If you want them to kill the other you shoud get out of the way and be allies with them. OTOH Syria is a must. So die Horde, die!

[dgfred]

I like those assassins too . So I guess you better decide pretty early
whether to build up those provinces to get the things you want, or leave them be to 'bait' the Horde .

[antisocialmunky]

5 star assassins are pretty easy to get IMHO, just let them sit in a port. The Pope usually sends enough guys to get them to 5-7 star pretty quick.