Empire Earth – Austria

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Austria: 10th – 20th Centuries

Austria’s history, especially early on, is deeply intertwined with that of the Germanic region as a whole. With the conquests of Charlemagne around the turn of the 9th Century, the lands of Austria became part of the loosely organized group of kingdoms that retained the name Holy Roman Empire for many centuries. After Charlemagne, various ruling families came to control Austria.

Rudolf of Habsburg was elected German King Rudolf I in 1273 by the regional princes of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1276, he invaded Austria, taking it away from the Bohemian Prince, Otakar II, who had wanted to be the German King. Rudolf left Austria to his two sons, beginning the association of the Hapsburg family with Austria that persisted for nearly 750 years. Conflicts between Austria and the Ottoman Turks were frequent from the 16th to 18th Centuries, and Vienna itself was threatened on more than one occasion. Prince Eugene of Savoy helped push the Turks back from walls of Vienna in 1683. He then assumed command of the combined Austrian and allied forces and cleared neighboring Hungary of the Turks (which, incidentally, set in place Austria’s dominance over Hungary that culminated in the creation of the Austria- Hungarian state in 1867). Victories over the Ottoman Turks in the Balkans finally convinced them to make peace with Austria in 1699. But hostilities over territory renewed less than 20 years later and Prince Eugene was called upon again, wining several decisive battles including the siege of Turk-controlled Belgrade (1718). Austria’s power and influence grew substantially during this period, and it remained one of the great European powers right through to the 20th Century.

Attributes

Economy

Resource Gathering

  • 20% Foraging & Hunting

Citizens & Fishing Boats

  • 30% Attack
  • 20% Cost Reduction

Civilization-wide

  • 50% Conversion Resistance

Military

Infantry – Spear/Melee

  • 25% Attack
  • 20% Hit Points
  • 20% Speed

Cavalry – Sword

  • 25% Attack
  • 20% Armor
  • 20% Speed

Field Cannon & AT Guns

  • 25% Hit Points
  • 20% Armor
  • 30% Build Time Decrease

Art of Conquest Civ Power

  • Adaptation – Epochs 3-15. For every settlement or TC that is converted, you gain one of the civ’s powers.

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