It does that but further unbalances a few things which are not scaled right for the speed. Also, you can have insane number of experience and promotions for the units by declaring against a city state and subjecting your units to bombardment by the city. It is similar to what marathon did in Civ4, basically decreasing a half of a level of difficulty. In Civ5 it brings it down a whole level compared to normal speed.
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Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis in errore perseverare
Ciceron (Marcus Tullius)
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