Bronze Age

Bronze Age
Habitat	Ancient
Type	Civilization
Generator Stats
Base Cost	Ideas 2,070
Base Production	Ideas 2/sec
Requires	Writing Metallurgy
Chronology
Previous	Neolithic
Next	Iron Age

The Bronze Age is the third ancient civilization generator that provides Ideas.

In this age, humans started using bronze to make their tools, and began pioneering new forms of learning like math, writing, and medicine.

Description

"Following the Neolithic Age, the Bronze Age is marked by the increase in (what else?) the use of smelted bronze. During this period some civilizations developed early systems of writing, centralized governments, organized warfare, medicine, and religion."

Design

The Bronze Age generator is an anvil with a hammer and a bar of presumably Bronze with sparks flying out.

Upgrades

The Bronze Age has 21 upgrades, increasing the generator efficiency with a <total multiplier>x multiplier.

Icon	Name	Description	Cost	Efficiency	Requires
	Papyrus	In Egypt's Nile delta, the stems of an aquatic grass are processed into stiff white fabric. Papyrus makes strong sails, ropes, and floor mats. But, above all, its use as a portable writing surface spreads the new material far and wide.	Ideas 1,520	20%	Bronze Age Writing
	Glass	Start with sand. Mix in ash and limestone. Apply furnace until intensely hot. This process creates glass - a clear, hard, brittle substance that's used to make everything from cups to windows. Advances in glassmaking lead to the creation of mirrors and telescopes.	Ideas 2,532	10%	Bronze Age City
	Paper	The days of clay tablets, animal skins, and papyrus scrolls are over. Versatile and portable, wood-pulp paper is the new best thing to write on. In Europe, it will replace parchment.	Ideas 2,656	20%	Papyrus
	Bronze	With a range of bronze alloys containing various proportions of copper and tin, we can produce far stronger and more durable materials. Pure copper tools and weapons might as well be obsolete. We've entered a new age.	Ideas 2,760	75%	Bronze Age
	Nail	Sumerians and Egyptians are among the first to forge simple, square nails out of bronze.The pin-shaped fasteners - soon available in a range of sizes and forms - revolutionize carpentry by making structures, ships, tools, and other objects sturdier.	Ideas 3,552	20%	Bronze
	Iron	Humans learn to smelt iron from iron ore, an abundant heavy metal that will bring an end to the Bronze Age and begin a new era. We will soon be forging steel, a game-changing alloy of iron and carbon.	Ideas 6,900	90%	Bronze
	Zero	Numerical values like 61, 601, and 6001 are confusing to compute until Babylonians invent a double-wedge symbol that marks a null position. In Maya and Hindu cultures, zero will become an integral concept in mathematics.	Ideas 16,560	10%	Arithmetic
	Cartography	Mapping our world, as we know it, involves charting precise positions of hills, rivers, cities, temples, burial grounds, and other landmarks. The first maps cover small areas - the Euphrates river valley or a European city. The globe is still unknown.	Ideas 21,520	600%	20 Bronze Age Papyrus
	Timekeeping	We know how to track days and years by the sun's position in the sky and months by the moon's phases. Astronomers plot out circles and lines to chart solar and lunar cycles precisely - 12 months to a year. Some calenders are even etched onto shiny bronze bowls.	Ideas 71,520	1,200%	Cartography
	Philosophy	Philosophy literally translates to "love of wisdom". This innately human field of study seeks answers to the mystery of existence, asking questions about reality, reason, the mind, the universe, and even knowledge itself.	Ideas 1.50 E7 Augmentations Console 50	10,000%	1x Bronze Age purchased Artifact in Augmentations Console
	Medicine	Treating infections, genetic diseases, and accidental injuries involves herbs and draws on a rudimentary knowledge of the human body. Hardy individuals who survive into teenhood can expect to live another 15 to 20 years of average.	Ideas 4.92 E7	50%	50 Bronze Age
	Geometry	Our understanding of the world around us grows to include knowledge of volumes, shapes, and sizes. Without geometry, we'd never have been able to create better, bigger, and stronger buildings.	Ideas 5.33 E10	100%	100 Bronze Age Arithmetic
	Pulley	Building machines and massive structures like pyramids and cities requires the ability to apply science and math precisely to solve problems. Early engineers like Hero of Alexander and Imenhetop of Egypt draw up schematics that will survive millennia.	Ideas 6.00 E12	200%	50 Bronze Age Engineering
	Screw	The last simple machine invented is a large cylinder with threads in the shape of a helix, or spiral. Rotate the cylinder, and the threads trap water and move it forward - irrigating crops. The screw will transform building, food prep, manufacturing, and more.	Ideas 1.75 E13	20%	50 Bronze Age Nail
	Ziggurat of Ur	Sumerian kings amplify the power of their city-states by building ziggurats, or "mountains to the gods." The terraced complex of Ur is crowned by the temple of Nanna, the moon god of wisdom who saw the future as the past.	Ideas 1.00 E16	9E+08%	1x Bronze Age Glitch: 5.00e6
	Anatomy	Preparing corpses for burial reveals every organ and fibre of the human body. But how do the pieces work in a living body? The heart's at the center, pumping blood through our veins, but what does the brain do? Anatomical mysteries will take centuries to solve.	Ideas 3.00 E17	1,600%	250x Bronze Age Medicine
	Surgery	A living body that's badly injured or ailing - can it be repaired? Without killing the patient? One surgery that started in the Stone Age and is refined in the Bronze Age is trephination - cutting a hole in the skull to relieve pressure on the brain.	Ideas 6.00 E19	2,000%	Anatomy
	Code of Laws	The decrees of Babylonian kings, recorded on clay tablets, quell chaos and caprice by mandating consistent justice. Hammurabi's code - the longest at 282 laws - covers trade, labor, marriage, crime, and civil issues such as debt.	Ideas 3,20 E22	2,500%	Philosophy
	Mummification	Believing death is a bridge between worlds, Egyptians perfect body preservation. Organ removal, dessication by natron (natural salts), waxy wrappings dotted with amulets, an ornate mummy case - that's the premium burial package.	Ideas 4,00 E25	3,200%	Pyramids (Upgrade of Neolithic) Anatomy
	Trojan Horse	The union of a Trojan king's son and a Spartan king's wife sparks a war that will endure for millennia in literature. As the story goes, Greeks infiltrate and sack Troy by hiding inside a wooden gift horse. A true tale or tall tale? Perhaps a bit of both.	Ideas 1.00 E29 Darwinium 75	2.75E+08%	Chariot (Upgrade of Stone Age) purchased Artifact in Augmentations Console
	Hanging Gardens	Imagine tiers of fruit trees and lush plants rising high above the desert, a royal garden defying belief on every level. With state-of-the-art irrigation and leak-proof rooftops, this world wonder will be written about for millennia, long after it disappears.	Ideas 1.00 E31 Augmentations Console 150	3E+09%	1x Iron Age Irrigation (Upgrade of Neolithic) purchased Artifact in Augmentations Console

Achievements

Icon	Name	Description	Requires
	He Who Smelt It Dealt It	Bronze was harder and more durable than most metals of its time, and its invention paved the way for tools and goods that lasted longer, giving humans a new technological advantage.	25 Bronze Age
	Hanging Gardens	Mesopotamia was the birthplace of some of the world's most important early innovations, including the wheel, written language, and mathematics.	50 Bronze Age
	Walkin' In Memphis	The Ancient Egyptian city of Memphis was the largest city of the Bronze Age and was the capital of Egypt for eight dynasties.	100 Bronze Age
	Bronze-Age Daydream	Umbrellas were first invented in the Bronze Age.	150 Bronze Age
	Bronze Medal	The earliest known seafaring vessel is the Dover Bronze Age boat. It was discovered in the UK and dates back to the 1500s BC. It is thought to be the oldest intact boat in the world.	250 Bronze Age