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I think that Assassins and Templars alliedwith states that can give the enough armed power to destroy the other faction. It's during the modern era that the two groups developped their ideology though social organization.

Through the infomation of different media :

Antiquity: Templars were allied with the Achemenid empire, Alexander the Great, the first emperor of China, controlled Egypt and they created the Roman empire. Assassins served as protectors of the People. Some as Accipiter were Alamans.

Early Middle Ages: In Scandinavia, the Templars were led by Harald Bluetooth, king of Danemark and Norway. The Assassins were with the Sweden kings.

High middle Ages: The two factions became public organizations until their fall.

In England the Assassins allied with the Barons during the first civil war. John Lackland was a Templars puppet.

After their fall, the Assassins helped the creation of the Mamluk Sultanate. The Templars allied with the Mongols.

Late Middle Ages: Assassins began their alliance with the French Crown and Templars with the English one (Hundred Year's War, Seven Years War)

In China, Templars infiltrated power and tried multiple times to exterminate the chinese Brotherhood (1402, 1521)

Modern Era: In Italy, the Templars tried to unify the country and tried multiple coup d'Etat (AC2), the Assassins countered the actions

In Spain, Templars control the Inquisition and the Reconquista.

In Americas templars and Assassins tried to implant colonies.

In India Templars had the help of Portuguese. The Assassins had a guild in Calicut.

In Constantinople, the Templars aligned with the Byzantine and the Assassins with the Ottoman Empire.

In Japan, the two factions tried to influenced the population. Templars had two Jesuits in their rank.

During the 16th and 17th centuries the Templar reformed their tactic to became advisors of the rulers, they develop science, poltic and economy.

Revolutions Era: During Seven Years War, Shay Fleet increased Templars influences through the Globe

In New England, Templars wanted to created the United States to have their own state.

In Louisiana, Templars wanted to control the area.

Assassins helped revolutionnaries, American, French, Haitian.

Templars decide to develop capitalism during French Revolution. Dicrease of the power of Crown and Church.

Modern Times: British Templars used EIC company to have a hand  on India. The Assassins were with the Sikh empire. Starrick industries also had influence.

In USA, the Templars sided with Confederate and Assassins with the Union during the Civil War.

Templars prepared the creation of Abstergo during the 20th century and developped the industry and later totalitarian regime.

Assassins developped a social approach to help the people( Database syndicate Ethan Frye) with more pacific ways.

In Russia Templars were with the Tsar and Assassins with the Anarchists from Narodnaya Volya and the Bolsheviks. Templar used Staline to exterminate the Assassins.

In the First World War, some Templars were with the Germans. In the Second they manipulated both sides to have the New World Order with new institution (Bretton woods, UNO)

Templars created CIA to keep the capitalism strong in south america.

1980's Animus project

2000 Great purge, Assassins are nearly extinct