Late Middle Ages

Late Middle Ages
The Town Hall of the Late Middle Ages
Stats
Technologies	21
Requirements
Forge Points	1,072
Coins	155,000
Supplies	427,500
Goods	2,130
Ages
◄ High Middle Ages
◄ High Middle Ages
Colonial Age ►
Colonial Age ►

The Late Middle Ages (often shortened into LMA) is the 6th era in Forge of Empires. It is preceded by the High Middle Ages and followed by the Colonial Age.

This era includes seven provinces to conquer: Cragshire, Eldenborough, Cuttingham, Spearth, Wolvhampton, Four Gallows, and Mount Killmore.

Map

Late Middle Ages Map
|-		Provinces	Rewards
Cragshire
Eldenborough
Cuttingham
Spearth
Wolvhampton
Four Gallows
Mount Killmore

Bonus Provinces and related Quests

Requirements

Requirements for Research
1,072 155,000 427,500
IA	EMA	HMA	LMA
150 140 100 130 140	200 150 110 140 140	60 80 80 120 100	80 50 50 40 70

Buildings

Residential Buildings

Estate House	Apartment House	Manor
2x2	2x2	2x2
120 in 1h +123	440 in 8hrs +205	400 in 4hrs +246
Construction Costs
3,900 14,500 05:30:00	5,800 21,800 07:20:00	300 00:00:20

Production Buildings

Cooperage	Brewery	Spice Trader
3x4	3x3	3x3
490 in 1hr	400 in 1hr	730 in 1hr
Construction Costs
61,000 10,800 164 10:30:00	56,000 9,500 136 08:50:00	500 86 00:00:20

Goods Buildings

Basalt Mason	Brass Foundry	Gunpowder Manufactory	Silk Manufactory	Talc Cutter
4x4	4x4	3x3	3x3	3x3
Production:	Production:	Production:	Production:	Production:
Production Costs (4 Hours)
1,600 1,600
Deposit:	Deposit:	Deposit:	Deposit:	Deposit:
Construction Costs
27,000 54,000 580 11:20:00

Cultural Buildings

Cartographer	Library	Academy	Palace
3x2	4x4	4x4	4x4
+320	+940	+980	+1,500
Construction Costs
30,000 19,000 08:00:00	81,000 111,000 13:30:00	115,000 111,000 14:00:00	500 00:00:20

Military Buildings

Great Sword Warrior Barracks	Longbow Archer Range	Heavy Knight Stable	Imperial Guard Barracks	Cannon Camp
3x3	3x3	4x4	3x4	3x4
Great Sword Warrior	Longbow Archer	Heavy Knight	Imperial Guard	Cannon
Construction Costs
48,300 43,310 391 09:00:00	60,370 54,130 521 10:10:00	72,440 64,960 846 11:20:00	84,520 75,780 716 12:20:00	96,590 86,610 846 13:30:00

Decorations

Group of Trees	Tower Ruin	Potted Plant	Nautical Statue	Waterspout Fountain
2x2	2x2	1x1	1x1	1x1
+160	+170	+41	+39	+85
Construction Costs
28,750 18,940 00:00:05	24,250 27,740 00:00:05	6,831 6,584 00:00:05	4,817 1,843 00:00:05	110 00:00:05

Great Buildings

Saint Basil's Cathedral	Castel del Monte
5x5	5x5
Boost
+3% Att/Def (when Defending)	+3% Att/Def (when Attacking)
Bonus
4,900 every 24:00:00	+1 every 24:00:00
Construction Costs
130 230 260 250 130	270 170 140 150 270

Trivia

The Late Middle Ages is the third and final medieval period. This age roughly began with the disintegration of the Mongol Empire into four different hordes by the 14th century and the initiation of the hundred years war fought from 1337 to 1453 between the French and the English as the later stages of the crusades began to conclude. The subsequent decline and conquest of the remaining khanates over the next two centuries first by Ming China to the east in 1368 and the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the west by 1480 would later result in the emergence of gunpowder empires in the Middle East by the 1500s. They consist of the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires which would proliferate over the next several centuries extending into the Colonial Age. Following the fall of Constantinople to Ottoman Turks by 1453, these gunpowder kingdoms would later monopolized overland trade along the silk road. The onset and widespread of gunpowder used towards the end of the age is shown in the game featuring the Cannon as an artillery unit and the Gunpowder Manufactory as a goods building.

This trade monopoly imposed on western kingdoms would eventually pave the way for the discovery of the New World and its immediate colonization by western European powers through explorers such as Amerigo Vespucci and Christopher Columbus during the late 15th century, starting with Spain and Portugal with their Reconquista of the Iberian peninsula over the Moors in 1492. Buildings such as the Spice Trader as a premium production building and Silk Manufactory as a goods building reflect the beginning of this trade monopoly.

This age also coincides with the height of Italian Renaissance and finally concludes with the Battle of Lepanto by 1571 which ushered a new age of sailing ships and the peak of the Protestant Reformation during the late 16th century, resulting in another European schism between Catholicism and Protestantism as well as accelerating colonization and pilgrimage to the Americas. This is evident through cultural buildings such as the Cartographer, the Library and the Academy.