Zapotec

The Zapotec is a Native American tribe in Age of Empires III that replaces the Aztecs in The WarChiefs expansion. Like all natives, they can be allied with by building a Trading Post at their Trading Post site.

The Zapotec are available on the Amazonia, Orinoco and Yucatán maps.

Unit Edit

Unit	Description
Zapotec Lightning Warrior	Zapotec warrior armed with a shield and a sword.

Improvements Edit

Zapotec improvements focus on increasing an ally's economy, and bolstering their hand infantry.

Age	Improvement	Cost	Effect
	Zapotec Cloud People	225 food, 225 coin	Ships 100 wood for every 2 minutes the game has passed, up to 30 minutes
	Zapotec Cult of the Dead	200 wood, 200 coin	Melee infantry gets +20% attack
	Zapotec Food of the Gods	175 wood, 175 coin	Settlers, Coureurs des Bois, Settler Wagons, and Villagers gather food 10% faster

In-game dialogue Edit

Zapotec units speaks the Diidxazá (also known as the Isthmus/Juchitán Zapotec) language.

• Ya (Yes)
• Nayshina
• Yanna (Now)
• Ricaa saa (Fight)

History Edit

"The Zapotec, a Mesoamerican people who developed an advanced civilization, inhabited cities as well as towns, their homes built from stones and mortar. They had an early written language system, which perhaps influenced other Mesoamerican writing systems developed by the Aztec, Maya, and Mixtec.

The Zapotec lived in the Oaxaca region of modern Mexico, with a marvelous capital city of Monte Alban. They were advanced both socially and militarily - indeed, they managed to maintain their autonomy from the larger Aztec empire. They held out from the Spanish invaders until the mid sixteenth century.

The name “Zapotec” was given them by their rivals to the north, the Aztec. However, their creation tales spoke of their origins from supernatural beings from above, hence their native name Be’ena Za’a, or “people of the clouds.”"

Gallery Edit

A Zapotec settlement with an unfinished Trading Post

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