games-pc empire earth Manuel D’Utilisation
Empire Earth
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Population
It is estimated that right before the widespread adoption of agriculture there were only
between 5 and 10 million human beings on Earth. By 1 AD, several thousand years later, the
population had surged to approximately 300 million worldwide. As more people crowded into
cities, ignorance about sanitation, personal hygiene, and other basic health issues inflated the
death rates. Wars and epidemics such as the plague also took their toll. As a result, the
world population grew more slowly, not even reaching 800 million by the beginning of the
Industrial Age seventeen centuries later.
between 5 and 10 million human beings on Earth. By 1 AD, several thousand years later, the
population had surged to approximately 300 million worldwide. As more people crowded into
cities, ignorance about sanitation, personal hygiene, and other basic health issues inflated the
death rates. Wars and epidemics such as the plague also took their toll. As a result, the
world population grew more slowly, not even reaching 800 million by the beginning of the
Industrial Age seventeen centuries later.
After the Industrial Revolution, there was a slow and then more accelerated decrease in the
mortality rate due to many factors, including improved healthcare, nutrition, and sanitation
(though war, disease, and natural disasters somewhat mitigated these advances). The popula-
tion exploded, reaching 2 billion by about 1930, over 6 billion by 2000, and almost 22 billion
by 2100.
mortality rate due to many factors, including improved healthcare, nutrition, and sanitation
(though war, disease, and natural disasters somewhat mitigated these advances). The popula-
tion exploded, reaching 2 billion by about 1930, over 6 billion by 2000, and almost 22 billion
by 2100.
At the turn of the 22nd Century, industrialisation had reached much of the world. Population
growth slowed on a global scale the way it had for the developed nations of the late 20th
Century. In addition, the first colonies on the Moon and Mars were sending a trickle of peo-
ple off-world. By 2200, the population of humans on Earth was nearly 52 billion.
growth slowed on a global scale the way it had for the developed nations of the late 20th
Century. In addition, the first colonies on the Moon and Mars were sending a trickle of peo-
ple off-world. By 2200, the population of humans on Earth was nearly 52 billion.
In Empire Earth, your civilisation's population is the sum of all your individual people and
military weapons. Since buildings produce all the people and weapons that contribute to your
population, the growth rate of your population is dependent upon how many production build-
ings you have and how often they produce. In this sense, you have complete control over
how quickly you population grows.
military weapons. Since buildings produce all the people and weapons that contribute to your
population, the growth rate of your population is dependent upon how many production build-
ings you have and how often they produce. In this sense, you have complete control over
how quickly you population grows.