Persians (Age of Empires)

Persia refers to an ancient Middle-Eastern kingdom ruled by the Persians. They are a playable civilization in Age of Empires and are strictly an offensive civilization. They can train a variety of elite units and have the best cavalry units in the game but have poor archers and have a slow economy.

Bonuses

 * Trireme rate of fire doubles
 * All elephant units move 50% faster
 * Villagers hunts food 33% faster
 * Farming production decreases by 33% (unavailable in RoR)

Strategy
The Persians have a quick, stable economy on early games due to their ability to hunt faster than other civilizations. However as food from animals begin to run out later in the game, the bonus becomes useless and the negative atribute for farming will make a significant impact from bronze onward. The Persians also have the inability to research economic upgrades from the market during the bronze age, making their economy much slower than other civilizations. However, the Persians make this up for it by having their ability to transport elephants 50% faster than other civilizations, making them faster than moving infantry and siege weapons. Although this bonus is thought to be useless by other players, the bonus actually increases the strength of their elephant units since their weakness from siege engines and archers is removed.