Government Centre

In Bronze Dawn, the Government Centre takes over the role of both the Outpost and the Library in Rise of Nations. It has a fairly limited LOS though, so use it wisely wherever you can.
==Military research ==
What's the point of building something or growing crops, if you can't prevent people from taking them away from you? for this reason alone, Military research is a crucial component for survival and ultimate victory, be it through annihilation of all that oppose you or through humbing them. Besides boosting your numbers, Military research also unlocks new units.
*Armoured infantry - armoured infantry all require different levels of Military research. Level 1 allows for heavy spearmen, Level 2 for Swordwmen, and 4 Ji Infantry.
*Cavalry - although you have Horsemen and War Chariots, you can upgrade Horsemen to Light Cavalry, and then replace War Chariots with Scythed Chariots. Level 4 is required fpr 
RESEARCH LEVEL	NAME 	GRANTS ACCESS TO	COST	UNLOCKS	
1 	FeudalLevy 	
"To win a boar’s head one must sacrifice the hounds." —Wolfram von Eschenbach
*Transport of land units by sea
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
*Increased LOS	
Resource cost:
*120
*50	
*Barracks (Spearmen become available)
*Ram (Siege w'shgop)	
2 	Military Tradition 	
The good man wins a victory and then stops.—Taoist saying
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
*Increased LOS	 	
*Swordsmen
*Archers
*Light Horse (with Stables)	
3 	Hierarchy and Command	
"Be one in self-harmony, in Yoga, and arise, great warrior, arise." —Bhagavad-Gita (Cap 4, v XLII)
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%	 	
*Light Cavalry
*Signal Tower
*Flaming Arrow/Thunder Cart	
4 	Soldiery 	
Train soldiers for a thousand days to use them for a day.— Chinese saying
*Increased Population Cap	 	
*Light Cavalry
*Heavy Cavalry
*Ji Infantry	
5 	Professional Corps 	
"An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep."
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
*Increased LOS	 	
*Heavy Chariots
*Traction Trebuchet
*Crossbow Infantry	
6 	Strategic Reserves 	
"You forget one thing Gisgo, among all their numerous forces, there is not one man called Gisgo." —Hannibal
*Granary
*Sawmill.
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
*Increased LOS	 	
*Heavy Cavalry	
7 	Impressment 	
As the scale and devastation of conflict increased, so too did the numbers of men committed by the warring states, for greater glory or basic survival.
*Foundry
*Low-level crops and lumber upgrades in Granary and Sawmill.
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
*Increased LOS	
*1,500
*1,500	 	
==Administration research ==
*City State
*Bureaucracy
*Fiscal Policy
*Ambassadors
*Nationhood
*Statecraft
*Imperial Mandate
RESEARCH LEVEL	NAME 	GRANTS ACCESS TO	COST	UNLOCKS	
1 	CommanderySystem 	
Post-feudal Chinese society chose to reorganise annexed vassals and newly acquired lands as "commanderies" or marchlands, overseen by a marquess or margrave, or an appointed official.
*Transport of land units by sea
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
*Increased LOS	
Resource cost:
*120
*50	 	
2 	Bureaucracy 	
"Kings are wont to create as many eyes, ears, arms and legs for themselves as they see fit."
:—Aristotle
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
*Increased LOS	 	
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*Granary
*Sawmill
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*Literacy	
3 	Fiscal Policy 	
"The accumulation of booty is not an end in itself."
:—Cyrus the Great
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%	 	
*Granary	
4 	Ambassadors 	
A mask he still could wear so that if he wished he might deceive the eyes of Men, seeming to them wise and fair. —John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, The Silmarillion
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
*Increased LOS.	 	 	
5 	Nationhood 	
"United we stand; divided we fall." —Aesop
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
*Increased LOS	 	
Pedagogics with Heroic Age	
6 	Statecraft 	
"During peacetime, prepare for war; during wartime, prepare for peace."
*Low-level knowledge upgrades for University
*Granary
*Sawmill.
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
*Increased LOS	 	 	
7 	Unification of China	
"Everyone suffers bitterly from endless wars is because of the existence of feudal lords and kings." —Qinshi Huangdi, First Emperor of China
*Foundry
*Low-level crops and lumber upgrades in Granary and Sawmill.
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
*Increased LOS	
*1,500
*1,500	 	
==Commerce research ==
RESEARCH LEVEL	NAME 	GRANTS ACCESS TO	COST	UNLOCKS	
1 	Recordsand Tallies	
Bean counting is especially valuable in a world of feast and famine.
*Increased Caravan limit
*Increased commerce cap for all resources	
Resource cost:
*120
*50	 	
2 	Entrepot Trade 	
"He shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Sidon." —Genesis (49:13)
*Allows for resource trading at Market.
*Increased Caravan limit
*Increased commerce cap for all resources.	 	
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*Granary
*Sawmill
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*Literacy	
3 	Coinage 	
With bureaucratisation in the Warring States period in full swing, the standardisation of currency in China also unfolded at a steady pace.
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%	 	
*Smelter	
4 	Compass 	
"In losing me, you might yourselves be lost." —Dante Alighieri, Paradiso (Bk II)
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
*Increased LOS.	 	 	
5 	Road Networks 	
"And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.." —Isaiah (49:11)
*Increased Caravan limit
*Increased commerce cap for all resources.	 	
Pedagogics with Heroic Age	
6 	Infrastructure 	
"...The King of Kings; this mighty City shows / The wonders of my hand..." —Ozymandias
*Low-level knowledge upgrades for University
*Increased Caravan limit
*Increased commerce cap for all resources.	 	 	
7 	The Silk Road 	
Silk was a coveted resource which the Chinese traded for goods they did not have, most notably horses.
*Increased Caravan limit
*Increased commerce cap for all resources.	
*1,500
*1,500	 	
==Cultural research ==
RESEARCH LEVEL	NAME 	GRANTS ACCESS TO	COST	UNLOCKS	
1 	Loremastery 	
All words hold a seed of truth, from their very syllables all the way to the mood of the speaker.
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
*Increased LOS	 	
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2 	Astrology and Horology	
"There is no star-god without his companion: I am your companion."
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%	 	
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3 	Mathematics 	
Not everything that counts can be counted.
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
*Increased LOS.	 	Sawmill	
4 	FormalEducation 	
He who goes unpunished never learns. —Greek Proverb
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
*Increased LOS	 	
Pedagogics with Heroic Age	
5 	Standardised Script 	
How can men reach agreements when even the words they use are not the same?
*Low-level knowledge upgrades for University
*Granary
*Sawmill.
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
*Increased LOS	 	 	
6 	Philosophy 	
"I only wish that wisdom were the kind of thing that flowed from the vessel that was full to the one that was empty."
:— Plato
*Transport of land units by sea
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
*Increased LOS	
Resource cost:
*120
*50	 	
7 	Heavenand Earth 	
In Taoist thought, all things are united and connected to one another - and the universe a state of perpetual flux. 
*Foundry
*Low-level crops and lumber upgrades in Granary and Sawmill.
*Research cost cheaper and research speed improved by 10%
*Increased LOS	
*1,500
*1,500	 	
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