Technology Plays Important Role

As the empires in the game become older and larger, what seperates the successful ones from the weaker ones? Obviously, wealth is a huge factor in this, but so is the strength of your military units. The common denominator between these two is technology. The more technologically advanced that your empire is, the stronger, richer and more successful it will become. Diamond talked about how technology played an important role in the transformation of hunter-gatherer societies into stable and growing villages. He references his example of the people of New Guinea a lot when talking about this point. They never developed the technology that other civilizations did and they still possess little technology today. Heilbroner also discusses how technology was a crucial means of growing and enhancing a society. He references the steam engine and Adam Smith's pin factory as examples of ways that technology sparked a growth in the civilization and allowed them to expand both economically and spatially. Colander states in his textbook's definition of the new growth theory that "technology is the primary source of growth." All 3 of our resources state in their own way that technology is vital to the growth of your village, city or country. So, in Civ, technology is probably pretty important as well.