Changes: Granary (Age of Empires)

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This article is about the building in Age of Empires. For similar buildings in other games of the series, see Granary.

Template:Infobox Building The Granary is an economic building available in Age of Empires. It becomes available in the Stone Age and functions as a drop-off point for Villagers gathering food but only for Gatherers, Foragers, and Farmers. The Granary is also the research building for technologies used to build Walls and Towers, such as the Small Wall and Watch Tower. Since the majority of buildings require prior construction of a granary, it can be argued that the granary is the second most important economic structure behind the Town Center.

The importance of this structure can be tested in the Scenario Editor where placing no Berry Bushes on a blank map resulted in technological stagnation of the computer opponent regardless of the amount of resources the computer player has in their disposal and the amount of Trees or Gold Mines placed on the map, since the only reason the computer player constructs a granary is to provide a convenient drop off point for Foragers. Likewise, if the computer player is encouraged to build the Storage Pit but discouraged from building a Granary, technological stagnation would ensue indefinitely.

Technologies

Aoe granary — All Granaries in the Iron Age

Tool Age

Research Small Wall
Research Watch Tower

Bronze Age

Research Medium Wall
Research Sentry Tower

Iron Age

Research Fortification
Research Guard Tower
Research Ballista Tower (requires Ballistics)

History

Following the advance of farming, humans faced the first time the happy problem of how to safely store large quantities of food grains. The Granary made it possible to preserve growing season surpluses for consumption during winter months. The Granary was a central location where grain could be warehoused, guarded, and distributed fairly as needed. The need to protect food supplies was an early reason for building walls and fortifications. Without protection, the surpluses in the Granary were easily taken by raiders from nearby hunting and gathering groups.

Buildings in Age of Empires

Stone Age

Starting

Tool Age

Bronze Age

Additional

Iron Age

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-}}The '''Granary''' is an economic [[Buildings (Age of Empires)|building]] available in ''[[Age of Empires]]''. It becomes available in the [[Stone Age]] and functions as a drop-off point for [[Villager (Age of Empires)|Villagers]] gathering [[food]] but only for Gatherers, Foragers, and Farmers. The Granary is also the research building for technologies used to build Walls and Towers, such as the [[Small Wall]] and [[Watch Tower (Age of Empires)|Watch Tower]]. Since the majority of buildings require prior construction of a granary, it can be argued that the granary is the second most important economic structure behind the [[Town Center (Age of Empires)|Town Center]].
+The '''Granary''' is an economic [[Buildings (Age of Empires)|building]] available in ''[[Age of Empires]]''. It becomes available in the [[Stone Age]] and functions as a drop-off point for [[Villager (Age of Empires)|Villagers]] gathering [[food]] but only for Gatherers, Foragers, and Farmers. The Granary is also the research building for technologies used to build Walls and Towers, such as the [[Small Wall]] and [[Watch Tower (Age of Empires)|Watch Tower]]. Since the majority of buildings require prior construction of a granary, it can be argued that the granary is the second most important economic structure behind the [[Town Center (Age of Empires)|Town Center]].
 The importance of this structure can be tested in the [[Scenario Editor]] where placing no [[Berry Bush]]es on a blank map resulted in technological stagnation of the computer opponent regardless of the amount of resources the computer player has in their disposal and the amount of Trees or Gold Mines placed on the map, since the only reason the computer player constructs a granary is to provide a convenient drop off point for Foragers. Likewise, if the computer player is encouraged to build the [[Storage Pit (Age of Empires)|Storage Pit]] but discouraged from building a Granary, technological stagnation would ensue indefinitely.
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 *[[Guard Tower (Age of Empires)|Research Guard Tower]]
 *[[Ballista Tower (Age of Empires)|Research Ballista Tower]] (requires [[Ballista (Age of Empires)|Ballistics]])
+==History==
+<p id="faqspan-4">Following the advance of farming, humans faced the first time the happy problem of how to safely store large quantities of food grains.  The Granary made it possible to preserve growing season surpluses for consumption during winter months.  The Granary was a central location where grain could be warehoused, guarded, and distributed fairly as needed.  The need to protect food supplies was an early reason for building walls and fortifications.  Without protection, the surpluses in the Granary were easily taken by raiders from nearby hunting and gathering groups.</p>
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