Sumer is where the Idle Ages ladder starts, set in 3300 BCE. It is open from the first tap, and everything above it is paid for out of what it earns. From there it produces on its own cycle, with its own upgrade costs and its own four heroes.
| Position | Age 1 of 40 |
|---|---|
| Date | 3300 BCE |
| Legendary | Gilgamesh |
| Automation | Needs Puabi at level 5, after which the age produces with the app closed for up to 8 hours |
| Heroes | Gilgamesh, Enheduanna, Ur-Nammu, Puabi |
Gilgamesh raises every age you own at once. The other three raise this one. All four carry a piece of written history that unlocks as you level them.
Legendary
King of Uruk around 2700 BCE, Gilgamesh became the hero of the oldest surviving epic poem in the world. The Epic of Gilgamesh follows his friendship with the wild man Enkidu and his doomed quest for immortality. In the end he learns the lesson every ruler must: you live on through what you build and the stories people tell.
Raises output in every age you own, and most of all in their own. Every level doubles what they add.
Epic Also in Akkad
High priestess of the moon god at Ur and daughter of Sargon of Akkad, Enheduanna is the first author in history whose name we know. She signed her hymns to the goddess Inanna around 2300 BCE, a thousand years before Homer. Her poems were copied by scribes for centuries after her death.
Raises the output and production speed of their own age. Every level doubles what they add.
Rare
Founder of the Third Dynasty of Ur around 2100 BCE, Ur-Nammu built the Great Ziggurat of Ur and issued the oldest law code that survives today, three centuries before Hammurabi. His laws already used fines instead of pure revenge, and opened with protecting the orphan, the widow, and the poor.
Raises the production speed of their own age. Every level doubles what they add.
Common Manager, level 5
Queen Puabi was buried in the Royal Cemetery of Ur around 2600 BCE with a spectacular golden headdress of leaves, rings, and lapis lazuli, now one of the most famous treasures of Mesopotamia. Her tomb survived untouched by robbers for 4,500 years. Her cylinder seal names her with a title of rule in her own right, not as anyone’s wife.
Raises the production speed of their own age. Every level multiplies what they add by 1.6. Levelling Puabi to 5 is what automates Sumer.
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