Sumerians

Sumerians
"It is through both the scribe and the sword that our people will prosper."
Details
Found in:	Together We Rule
Affinity:	Diplomatic
Era:	Ancient Era
Legacy Trait	Learned Addition
Emblematic unit:	Aga-Ush
Emblematic quarter:	Eduba

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“Not just markets for the Sumerians, but also the scribes to keep track of their crops. Ah, administration...„~ When entering new Era with this culture

“The Sumerians! Time to brush up on your cuneiform, if you’d like to impress these scribes with spears.„~ When meeting this culture

The Sumerians are a culture available in the Ancient Era, with the Diplomatic culture focus.

"Pioneers of writing, the Sumerians maintain all manner of records from crop yields to diplomatic accords. Their city-states are powerhouses of productivity."

Culture orientation

Diplomatic cultures favour a gameplay orientation focused gathering and collecting Leverage. These cultures gain extra Fame from Diplomatic Era Stars for collecting Leverage during each era.

Affinity action: Demilitarization

Can force a ceasefire into one Territory for 10turns, making it known to the international community: all unauthorized military Units present in the Territory are trespassing.

• If the targeted Territory has already been claimed by an Empire, only the owner and any Empires they have authorized to cross their borders will be able to move freely within it.
• If the targeted Territory was unclaimed, the Empire establishing the demilitarization will be considered its temporary owner.
• Automatically applies the trespassing status to the unauthorized Units already standing in the Territory at the next turn.
• Unauthorized military Units present in this Territory are trespassing and generate +1Leverage per Unit for your Empire against their owner each turn.

Affinity Bonus: Big Brother

• Unlock the ability to collect Leverage Intel on Map with all types of Units.
• Increases the Agents Cap by 1.

Transcendence Bonus: Power of Persuasion

-5%Leverage Actions cost.

Trait: Learned Addition

• -10% on Attach Territory cost per remaining City Cap count
• -25% cost of signing Treaties with Independent Peoples

Emblematic quarter: Eduba

“These schools educate scribes in reading, writing, and arithmetic, and create the foundations of a growing administration.”

-10Stability +2Science +1Science per adjacent Farmers Quarter +6Science per adjacent Main Plaza and Administrative Center +5Leverage against all known Empires when the Eduba is built.

Emblematic unit: Aga-Ush

“Battle-hardened from frequent warfare, these professional soldiers are an elite fighting squad well-versed in military strategy.”

Anti-Cavalry Close-combat Unit. Receives bonus Combat Strength (+8) when fighting mounted enemies. Unified Force Grants additional Combat Strength (+1) for each Aga-Ush Unit in the same Army.

City names

The names listed are default names, players can change their cities' names if they choose.

Unug, Urim, Ararma, Eridug, Ĝirsu, Lagaš, Šuruppak, Adab, Umma, Zabalam

• Since Sumerians are an Ancient culture, the Sumerians player's capital city will bear the first name on the city list.