Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia is an Industrial Era technology in Humankind. Cannot be boosted. The Empire that researches this technology first will complete a competitive deed and gain +50Fame.

Place in the tech tree[]

Prerequired

Movable Typeface

Leads to

Steam Engine

Scientific Method

Nationhood

Unlocks[]

Precedents (civics)

Reduce the Influence cost of Civics

-20% Cost of canceling Civic
-20% Cost of enacting Civic

Labor Charter (City action)

Drawn up and signed in ink, the charter confirms that no worker will ever be forced to sacrifice their life for the empire's constructions.

Can no longer use Population to buyout.

Academyinfrastructure

Trivia[]

The in-game Encyclopedia technology is a direct prerequisite of Nationhood technology. This is likely a reference to Encyclopédie, the French encyclopedia that contributed to the development of the intellectual front of French Revolution.

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Classical Era	Philosophy • Hydrology • Trade Expeditions • Fortifications • Standing Army • Rhetoric • Conquest • Craftsmanship • Mounted Warfare • Foreign Outposts • Imperial Power • Siege Tactics

Medieval Era	Theology • Feudalism • War Summons • Seafaring Mastery • Chivalry • Heavy Infantry • Military Architecture • Alchemy • Guilds • Furnace Steel

Early Modern Era	Three-Masted Ship • Naval Artillery • Centralized Power • Gunpowder Warfare • Movable Typeface • Chartered Companies • Humanism • Supply Lines • Siege Cannons • Mercantilism • Flintlock

Industrial Era	Encyclopedia • Carbine • Steam Engine • Military Coordination • Scientific Method • Nationhood • Line Formation • Propeller • Mechanization • Electricity • Combustion Engine • Microbiology • Urban Planning • Guerilla Warfare • Aeronautics • Wireless Telegraphy • Trench Warfare

Contemporary Era	Aerial Warfare • Research Institute • Continuous Track • Naval Air Strategy • Amphibious Warfare • Radar • Civil Engineering • Insurrection Theory • Uranium Enrichment • Free Trade Agreement • Computing • Power Lines • Nuclear Fission • Social Housing • Suburbs • Rocket Science • Renewable Energy • Communication Satellites • Mass Entertainment • Covert Ops • World-Wide Web • Space Orbital • Neural Implant • Exosuit • Military Laser • Fusion Reactor • Composite Armor • Automation • Mechanized Harvesting • Fighter Jets

Removed	Horsemanship