Talk:Persians (Age of Empires II)/@comment-212.123.142.111-20150727112546/@comment-71.220.43.192-20150822013808

I would guess some of their eco bonus is because at the start of the middle ages, they already existed as an empire and already had the infrastructure to produce units in place. So extra resources and a couple key early buildings that have extra HP. (Just a guess from an ignorant American)