When climate changes melted and removed the ice around 12,000 years ago, humans were uniquely suited to take advantage of the new worlds that were beckoning.ĭuring the next 5,000 years humans expanded to become the dominant species on earth. Our human ancestors persevered in the harsh Ice Age environment by developing new technologies and survival strategies at unprecedented rates. Sheets of ice up to three miles high covered much of the earth’s northern hemisphere during the last Ice age. This is the first game in the popular Age of empires series and is one of the first historically based RTS games and has a heavy focus on resource gathering and Base creation.
Age of empires is a classical style real time strategy (RTS) game developed by Ensemble Studios and released in 1997.
