Civilizations (Civ7)

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Civilizations are playable factions in Civilization VII and its expansions, each of which represents a historical nation, empire, or cultural group.

For the first time in the entire Civilization franchise, your choice of civilizations is no longer static. At the dawn of a new era, your civilization is given a choice of "evolving" into a different, more modern and advanced civilization. The options you are given depend not only on your starting civilization (e.g., Egypt is always given the choice of evolving into the Songhai), but also on the actions you took and the prerequisites you completed during the previous age (e.g., Egypt may be given the choice of evolving into Mongolia if they develop enough Horses). Thus, in theory, any civilization can become any other civilization as long as the prerequisites are satisfied, although every civilization will have one guaranteed choice due to their cultural similarities and geographical adjacency. This also means, for the first time ever, a civilization is now locked to their predetermined age: Egypt and Rome can only be played in the Age of Antiquity, the Songhai and Mongolia can only exist in the Age of Exploration, and so on.

Civilizations have also become even more unique and distinct from one another than ever before. Each comes with a unique ability, two unique units (one military and one civilian), two pieces of unique infrastructure, and unique civics; they also have an associated wonder and receive a Production bonus when building it. When combined with the ability to evolve through time, these unique features allow for almost endless possibilities and more replayability.

List of civilizations

Antiquity age civilizations

Civilization	Unique ability	Attributes & civics	Unique units	Unique infrastructure	Associated wonder	Starting biases
Aksumite	Kingdom of Natural Wealth Increased Gold on resources.	Cultural Economic Periplus of the Erythraean Sea Monumentum Adulitanum Book of the Himyarites	Dhow Tankwa	Hawilt	Great Stele	Hill Grassland
Egyptian	Gifts of Osiris Increased Production on Navigable Rivers.	Cultural Economic Arrival of Hapi Scales of Anubis Light of Amun-Ra	Medjay Tjaty	Necropolis Mastaba Mortuary Temple	Pyramids	Navigable Rivers Desert
Greek	Demokratia Increased Influence per turn on the Palace.	Cultural Diplomatic Ekklesia Agoge Symmachia	Hoplite Logios	Acropolis Parthenon Odeon Building	Oracle	Rough Grassland
Mauryan	Dhamma Lipi You can choose an additional Pantheon after unlocking Mysticism.	Militaristic Scientific Acharya Vyuham Ayurveda Mantriparishad	Purabhettarah Nagarika	Matha Dharamshala Vihara	Sanchi Stupa	Vegetated
Mayan	Skies of Itzamna The Palace gains Science for adjacent Vegetated tiles.	Diplomatic Scientific Rain of Chaac Lords of Xibalba Calendar Round	Hul'che Jaguar Slayer	Uwaybil K'uh Jalaw K'uh Nah	Mundo Perdido	Vegetated Tropical
Roman	Twelve Tables Adds Culture on Districts in the Capital and Towns.	Cultural Militaristic Exercitus Romanus Civis Romanus Legatus Pro Praetore Senatus Populusque Romanus	Legion Legatus	Forum Temple of Jupiter Basilica	Colosseum	Grassland

Exploration age civilizations

Civilization	Unique ability	Attributes & civics	Unique units	Unique infrastructure	Associated wonder	Starting biases
Abbasid		Cultural Scientific
Chola		Diplomatic Economic
Mongolian
Norman	Normannitas Land Units receive +1 Movement when Embarked and Land Units adjacent to Coast receive +5 Combat Strength.	Diplomatic Militaristic			White Tower
Shawnee	Nepekifaki Settlements built adjacent to Navigable Rivers gain increased Food on River tiles, but Cities not built adjacent to a Navigable River receive less Food.	Economic Political Wyehi Simekofi Miyaska Latoweki Telwatiki Maleki Kintake	Kispoko Nena’to Hoceepkileni	Mawaskawe Skote	Serpent Mound	Rivers Grassland Plains Coast
Songhai	Tarikh al-Sudan +15 Trade Route range to Cities on Navigable Rivers and your Trade Ships cannot be Plundered on Navigable Rivers.	Economic Militaristic	Gold Bangles Infantry Tajiro	Caravanserai	Tomb of Askia

Modern age civilizations

Civilization	Unique ability	Attributes & civics	Unique units	Unique infrastructure	Associated wonder	Starting biases
Buganda
French
Japanese Japanese
Mughal

See also

• Civilizations in other games

External links

• https://civilization.2k.com/civ-vii/game-guide/civilizations/

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