Middle Ages

The Middle Ages is the fifth generator that produces Ideas in the game and the first generator of the Pre-Industrial Civilizations. The Middle Ages took place from the 5th century to 1500 AD.
== Description ==
== Design ==
The Middle Ages icon is a large red leather-bound book.
== Upgrades ==
The Middle Ages have 21 upgrades, increasing the generator efficiency with a 3.8604e+30x multiplier.
Icon	Name 	Description 	Cost 	Efficiency	Requires
 	Illuminated Manuscripts	The art of hand-crafting picture books with fancy calligraphy, guilded pages, and colorful inks falls largely into the patient hands of religious scholars. The vellum and parchment tomes will preserve scripture, history, and lore for centuries. 	68,900 	25% 	Middle AgesIron ToolsLibrary
 	Fireworks 	Explosions aren't just for war and demolition: using gunpowder and colored chemicals, we can create amazing pyrotechnic displays for our own entertainment. 	69,000 	10% 	Middle AgesGunpowder
 	Movable Type 	Small blocks with Chinese or Korean characters in relief can be arranged in a box, coated with ink, and pressed onto multiple pages in a row. Simply reuse the blocks to form the next page, and the next. The age of publishing begins. 	89,000 	30% 	Illuminated Manuscripts
 	Organized Religion 	Our early myths and legends have become rules used to define our world. From shamans to priests, the structures of religion have become a dominant and powerful presence in society. 	89,000 	20% 	Middle Ages
 	Paper Money 	When carrying around coins becomes too heavy, paper money comes in to fill our wallets more comfortably. 	91,000 	20% 	Middle AgesGovernment Mints
 	Feudalism 	A powerful upper class owns the land, and peasants farm it. In Europe, feudalism requires serfs to pay homage and pledge fealty to nobles or a monarch. In Japan, a ruling warrior class of shoguns controls daimyó—feudal magnates who own most of the land. 	115,000	25% 	Middle Ages
 	Fire Lance 	This proto-gun is a bamboo tube strapped to a spear and filled with gunpowder to make a projectile fly. It lacks accuracy and range but creates chaos and fear—a wall of fire, smoke, and noise. China uses its new weapon against Mongols, who adopt the technology. 	115,450	10% 	Middle AgesFire Arms
 	Telescope 	The invention of curved lenses leads to telescopes that make distant objects appear close. Sailors can spot land, ships, and storms from afar. Planets and the moon appear as imperfect orbs, while unknown celestial bodies come into focus. 	135,000	10% 	Middle AgesAstronomyMagnifying Lens
 	Glasses 	Glasses are curved ground lenses mounted in a frame over a person's eyes. They are used for vision correction. No more squinting! 	175,500	25% 	Telescope
 	University 	Theology schools run by religious orders expand into universities for the study of philosophy, law, medicine, and liberal arts. With robust libraries, they preserve and share knowledge from ancient Greece, Rome, Islam, and other cultures. 	8.2e8 	50% 	50 Middle AgesIlluminated Manuscripts
 	Castle 	In an age of political strife and rapidly advancing weaponry, heavily fortified stone castles replace wooden keeps on earthen mounds They also reflect a growing concentration of wealth, becoming less austere and more ornate over the centuries. 	9e17 	1,500% 	MilitaryFeudalismRapa Nui
 	Rapa Nui 	On a western Polynesian outpost, also called Easter Island, Rapa Nui carve Maoi out of volcanic stone. The larger-than-life statues embody the spirit of ancestors, with giant heads, torsos, and coral eyes—but no legs. Hundreds of Maoi ring the shoreline, gazing inward.	2.2e18 	999,900% 	Middle AgesGlitch: 1.00e7
 	Forge 	At the heart of a medieval town is the blacksmith, crafting weapons for hunting or war and tools for farming, cooking, and building. A master trains apprentices, but only the best open their own forges. The very best craft ironwork for churches and castles. 	1.1e20 	2,000% 	Middle AgesRapa Nui
 	Observatory 	Islamic centers for observing the night sky enter a Golden Age. Meanwhile, in 906 CE, Maya astronomers build El Caracol, a viewing tower with 20 windows for tracking the Sun and stars. The planet Venus, seen as the Sun's twin, merits three windows of its own. 	3.3e22 	2,500% 	AstronomyRapa Nui
 	Mechanical Clock 	From tracking days and months, time pieces now click the hours. In monasteries, where monks time their prayers, water clocks and candle clocks are replaced by geared machines driven by weights or springs. In the 15th century, a minute hand is added. 	5e23 	3,000% 	Astronomical Calendar
 	Herbalism 	The first medicines were created using plants from our own backyards. Many medications today still use ingredients that are found in the natural world. 	7e23 	200% 	Age of ExplorationMachu Picchu
 	Water Mill 	To grind grain on a large scale, natural energy beats animal power. Water mills are the most common choice, with giant wheels to capture an endless supply of hydropower. Beyond millstones, they now run machines for sawing, tanning, forging, and cloth making. 	6e24 	1,600% 	Crank
 	Wind Mill 	Like water mills, windmills capture the power of a natural energy source with every spin but they don't need to be near rivers. Their ingenuity is refining the design and locale to maxmize a flighty power source. 	3.3e25 	2,400% 	Water Mill
 	Oxford University 	When English scholars are banned from the University of Paris in 1167, Oxford flourishes as a leading center of higher learning. Theology, liberal arts, law and medicine anchor the fields of study. Colleges for science, languages, and economics follow. 	4e27 	4.2e7% 	University 100 Artifact in Augmentations Console
 	The Silk Road 	Ancient Chinese routes and Persia's Royal Road expand into a network connecting Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. Paper, silk, gunpowder, and spices flow west. Livestock, leather, tools, metals, and more flow east. Ideas, beliefs, and knowledge flow freely. 	2e28 	3.3e7% 	Paper Money 85 Artifact in Augmentations Console
 	Himeji Castle 	A capstone of the Edo Period in Japan, this feudal complex centers on a steep, six-tiered keep. Three moats, a wall, watch towers, fireproof plaster cladding, booby traps, maze-like narrow passages with samurai poised above... Himeji Castle never falls. 	6e28 	5.2e7% 	Castle 100 Artifact in Augmentations Console
== Achievements ==
Icon	Name 	Description 	Requires
 	Middling at Best 	The Middle Ages actually refers to a very long period of history—from about 400 to 1485 AD. Historians generally separate the era into the Early, High, and Late periods. 	25 Middle Ages
 	Norman Notions 	The Norman Conquest of Britain in 1066 introduced many important components of life in the Middle Ages, including the feudal system and stone castles. 	50 Middle Ages
 	Please Sir, Can I Have Some Moor?	For the better part of six centuries, the Iberian peninsula (modern day Spain and Portugal) was ruled by the Moors, a diverse group that included North Africans, Arabians, and European-born Muslims.	100 Middle Ages
 	I'll Toast to That 	Beer and ale were the most commonly drunk beverages in the Middle Ages. Water was often contaminated by bacteria and unsafe to drink, while fermented beverages were less likely to cause sickness. 	150 Middle Ages
 	Happy as a Pig in Clay 	The phrase "piggy bank" comes from an old English word, "pygg," which referred to a type of clay used to make jars that would be used to hold coins. 	250 Middle Ages
uk:Середньовіччя (Цивілізація)
Category:Primary Simulation
Category:Civilization
Category:Pre-Industrial Civilization
Category:Idea-Generator