EDITORIAL – Ancient tech tree

NEWS ITEMS BY LINDSAY POWELL

Jasper Oorthuys

I’m going to be showing my own age here, but the computer games Civilization 1 and 2 were quite ‘present’ (read: “when was I supposed to have that paper ready??”) when I was in college. If that sounds even remotely familiar, you’ll know what I mean by a tech tree. If you don’t, picture a family tree where the basic invention is the stem and new technology follows upon each preceding invention. Even if you’ve never played such a game, that kind of framework is probably very recognizable, perhaps more in military history than anywhere else. Stone club is made obsolete by copper axe, which is succeeded by the bronze sword, and iron spear. It is so tempting to automatically assume that the next new thing is superior to what…

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Ancient Warfare (Digital) - 1 Issue, AW XVIII.1

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