Industrialization

My civilization is thriving economically and trading with neighboring nations. One could say that I have strong economy. I am the richest civilization in the game, and other leaders tend to listen to me when I ask them to do something. In the game we industrialize our cities and create new technologies throughout the game. However there is a specific turning point where the more modern we become the quicker we are able to acquire new materials, technology and infrastructure. Our cities that were once small and condense expand exponentially before our eyes as a direct result of industrialization.

There was a point in time, which I had reached twice in the game where I reached the “Industrial Revolution” era in the game. To me it seemed to come out of the blue. Historically it occurred rather quickly also, however it took years to happen. Civilizations long before the Middle Ages had the technology that they would be discovering during the Industrial Revolution, it is just that these societies choose not to focus on these things. The game from this point on changes drastically is large part because of the discovery of new technologies. According to Heilbroner, “It is indicative of the lack of interest attached to productive technology that so simple and important an invention as the horse collar had to wait the Middle Ages for discovery; the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, who were capable of a magnificent technology of architecture, were simply not concerned with the technique of ever day life itself.” (61). In the Industrial Revolution we see the switch from the focus on everyday life techniques to a focus to invention, new technology and things that will make a drastic change in production.


Work Cited:

Heilbroner, Robert and William Milberg. The Making of Economic Society. New Jersey:

Pearson. 2002.