Persia is the Central Nation for trading, it's special bonuses are increased Stone output and a Bonus to the Max weight of merchants. Persia's central location on the world map allows it to reach all of the civilizations for attacking and plundering, but this goes in both ways, as it is also geographically surrounded by rivals.
Persian Troops Receive a bonus to attack, a bonus to Construction Speed, in addition to 20% stone production.
Persian troop's attack bonus helps a great deal in killing enemy units for both the defense and offense of Contested Zones.
The Persian Specialty Troops are Muslim Cavaliers and the feared Persian War Elephants.
Persia's War Elephants are Cavalry type, and have the highest attack (94.5) of any non siege range attack troop in the game, and a destructive range of attack (1-7). Although slow moving, the War Elephants have the highest base HP of any other specialty troop in the game (700). This lends itself to the defense of Contested Zones by killing incoming footsoldiers quickly while surviving decently because of of their inability to run away from attacking units.
The Muslim Cavaliers are Peltast type, despite their name. This makes them weak against every civilization's strong Specialty Cavaliers, but extremely strong against Pikemen. Pikemen are the most common troops used in Contested Zone battles because every civilization has strong cavalry, this making them the perfect partner for the slow-moving War Elephants which can fall prey to easy-and-cheap-to-make pikemen. Muslim Cavalier's speed (17) is also faster than Armored Knights (11) and Mangudais (16). They also have the highest offense of any melee unit in the game.
Persian Units
Type Key: 1- Peltast :: 2- Halberd :: 3 - Cavalry :: 4-Ranged :: 5-Siege#1 :: 6-Siege#2
| Name | Level | Type | HP | MP | Attack | Defense | Attack delay | Food/Hour | Moving Speed | Population | Plunder Capacity/Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persian Warrior | 1 | 1 | 70 | 0 | 7.6 | 15 | 1.8 | ||||
| Elite Persian Warrior | 2 | 1 | 110 | 0 | 11.3 | 20 | 1.8 | 1 | |||
| Persian Guard warrior | 3 | 1 | 170 | 0 | 13.2 | 25 | 1.8 | 1 | |||
| Imperial Persian warrior | 4 | 1 | 250 | 0 | 15.1 | 30 | 1.8 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Oriental footman | 1 | 2 | 70 | 0 | 9.5 | 10 | 1.8 | 1 | |||
| Elite Oriental Footman | 2 | 2 | 110 | 0 | 13.2 | 15 | 1.8 | 1 | |||
| Oriental Guard Infantry | 3 | 2 | 170 | 0 | 15.1 | 20 | 1.8 | 1 | |||
| Imperial Oriental footman | 4 | 2 | 250 | 0 | 17 | 25 | 1.8 | 1 | |||
| Camel rider | 1 | 3 | 80 | 0 | 27.7 | 10 | 2.2 | 2 | |||
| Elite Camel Rider | 2 | 3 | 120 | 0 | 32.3 | 15 | 2.2 | 2 | |||
| Guard camel rider | 3 | 3 | 180 | 0 | 41.6 | 20 | 2.2 | 2 | |||
| Imperial camel rider | 4 | 3 | 260 | 0 | 46.2 | 25 | 2.2 | 2 | |||
| arbalest | 1 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 6.3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Elite Arbalest | 2 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 9.5 | 15 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Guard arbalest | 3 | 4 | 65 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 136 | |
| Imperial arbalest | 4 | 4 | 90 | 0 | 12.6 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 145 | |
| Onager | 1 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 75.6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 330 | |
| Elite Onager | 2 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 88.2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 375 | |
| Guard onager | 3 | 5 | 65 | 0 | 113.4 | 15 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Imperial onager | 4 | 5 | 90 | 0 | 126 | 25 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Trebuchet | 1 | 6 | 40 | 0 | 94.5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Elite Trebuchet | 2 | 6 | 60 | 0 | 126 | 15 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Defense Trebuchet | 3 | 6 | 80 | 0 | 157.5 | 20 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Imperial trebuchet | 4 | 6 | 100 | 0 | 189 | 20 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Persian War Elephant | 5 | 3 | 700 | 0 | 94.5 | 45 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 310 |
| Muslim cavalier | 5 | 1 | 500 | 0 | 69.3 | 75 | 2.2 | 17 | 2 | 310 |