Age of Empires tribes

The 12 empires that you'll be able to control in Age of Empires, and the benefits they'll bring with them.

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Assyria
Bowman, chariot archer and cavalry archer: rate of fire +1/3; villager speed +1/3

Babylon
Stronger walls and towers (doubled hit points); priests recharge time reduced by 12 seconds; stone mining ability +30%

Choson
Long swordsmen and legion +80 hit points; tower range +2; priest cost -1/3

Egypt
Priests range +3; gold mining ability +20%; chariot and archer chariot hit points +1/3

Greece
Hoplite, phalanx, centurion, war ships: +30% speed

Hittite
Stronger stone thrower, catapults and heavy cats (doubled hit points); +1 damage for archers; warship range +4

Minoa
Cheaper ships (-1/3 cost); longbow range +2; increased farm production (+25 %)

Persia
Better hunters (+30%); poor farmers (-30%); faster elephant units (+50% speed); higher trireme ROF (+50 %)

Phoenicia
Cheaper elephants (-25%); higher catapult trireme ROF (+2/3); +2 woodcutting

Shang
Cheaper villagers (-30%); stronger walls (doubled strength)

Sumeria
Stronger villagers (+15 hit points); higher catapult ROF (+50%); doubled farm production

Yamato
Cheaper archer and cavalry training (-25%); villagers speed +1/3; stronger ships (+1/3 hit points)


The Persians are the only ones with a reduced attribute.

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