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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 Age, your civilization is given a choice of "evolving" into a different, more modern and advanced civilization. At least one of the following criteria needs to be satisfied in order for a particular civilization to be unlocked:

• Playing as a certain leader (e.g., playing as Isabella always unlocks Spain in the Exploration Age and Mexico in the Modern Age).
• Playing as a certain "precursor" civilization (e.g., playing as the Han in the Antiquity Age always unlocks the Ming in the Exploration Age and the Qing in the Modern Age).
• Satisfying at least one standard requirement unique to each civilization (e.g., if Augustus of Rome wants to transition to Mongolia in the Exploration Age, he needs to either improve 3 Horses or own 3 siege units).

Thus, in theory, any civilization can become any other civilization as long as at least one of the prerequisites is 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 be played only in the Antiquity Age, the Songhai and Mongolia can exist only in the Exploration Age, and so on.

Civilizations have also become even more distinct from one another than ever before. Each comes with a unique ability, two unique units (usually one military and one civilian), unique infrastructure (either a unique Improvement, or two unique Buildings which can form a unique Quarter if built on the same tile), and unique Civics; they also have an associated Wonder which they can unlock earlier and receive a Production bonus when Building. When combined with the ability to evolve through time, these unique features allow for almost endless possibilities and more replayability.

The vanilla version of Civilization VII includes 30 different civilizations (10 for each Age). DLC adds 9 more civilizations, bringing the total number of civilization choices to 39 (13 for each Age).

List of civilizations

Antiquity Age

Civilization	Unique ability	Attributes & Civics	Unique units	Unique infrastructure	Associated Wonder	Starting biases	Unlocks
Aksumite	Kingdom of Natural Wealth +2 Gold on Resources.	Cultural Economic Periplus of the Erythraean Sea Monumentum Adulitanum Book of the Himyarites	Dhow Tankwa	Hawilt	Great Stele	Coastal Rough	Songhai
Assyrian Assyrian
Carthaginian	Phoenician Heritage Can only have one City. Towns cannot use Convert to City. When you create a Merchant or Colonist unit, gain a copy of that unit.	Economic Militaristic Shipsheds Wisdom of Tanit Sicilian Wars	Numidian Cavalry Colonist	Punic Port Cothon Dockyard	Byrsa	Coastal Grassland	Spanish
Egyptian	Gifts of Osiris +1 Production on Navigable Rivers.	Cultural Economic Arrival of Hapi Scales of Anubis Light of Amun-Ra	Medjay Tjaty	Necropolis Mastaba Mortuary Temple	Pyramids	Navigable River Desert	Abbasid Songhai
Greek	Demokratia +3 Influence per turn on the Palace.	Cultural Diplomatic Ekklesia Agoge Symmachia	Hoplite Logios	Acropolis Parthenon Odeon	Oracle	Rough Grassland	Bulgarian Norman Spanish Russian
Han	Nine Provinces The Capital and new Towns gain an additional Population with their first growth event.	Diplomatic Scientific Zhi Li Yi Junzi	Chu-Ko-Nu Shì Dàfū	Great Wall	Weiyang Palace	Grassland	Ming Mongolian Qing
Khmer	Ksekam Chamnon Urban Districts on Rivers do not remove the natural yield of the tile.	Expansionist Scientific Mousong Amnach Chakravarti	Yuthahathi Vaishya	Baray	Angkor Wat	Floodplain Tropical	Chola Majapahit Siamese
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	Vetetated	Chola Majapahit Nepalese
Maya	Skies of Itzamna The Palace gains 0.5 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	Vetetated Tropical	Hawaiian Incan Mexican
Mississippian	Goose Societies All Buildings receive a +1 Food adjacency for Resources.	Economic Expansionist Earthworks Cah-nah-ha Waahih	Burning Arrow Watonathi	Potkop	Monks Mound	Flat River	Hawaiian Incan Shawnee
Persian	Hamarana Council Infantry units receive +3 Combat Strength when attacking.	Economic Militaristic Spada Satrapies Achaemenid Empire	Immortal Hazarapatis	Pairidaeza	Gate of All Nations	Desert Plains	Abbasid Bulgarian Mongolian Mughal
Roman	Twelve Tables +1 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	Norman Spanish American British French Imperial Prussian
Silla Silla

Exploration Age

Civilization	Unique ability	Attributes & Civics	Unique units	Unique infrastructure	Associated Wonder	Starting biases	Unlocked by	Unlocks
Abbasid	Medina Gain 30 Gold for each Rural Population of the City when you create a Specialist. Effect scales with Game Speed.	Cultural Scientific Round City Mawla Al-Jabr	Mamluk 'Alim	Ulema Madrasa Mosque	House of Wisdom	Camels Coastal	Improve 3 Camels. Egyptian Persian Ibn Battuta	Bugandan Mughal
Bulgarian	Krum's Dynasty Receive Food to all Towns when pillaging Improvements equal to 50% of the yield or HP gained. All combat units receive -3 Combat Strength against Districts with Medieval Walls.	Expansionist Militaristic Seven Tribes Tarnovo Schools Tsarstvie	Bolyar Tarkhan	Hidden Fortress	Rila Monastery	Rough	Have three Altars. Greek Persian	Russian
Chola	Samayam Gain an additional Trade Route from Improve Trade Relations action.	Diplomatic Economic Nagaram Kanakam Digvijaya Monsoon Winds	Kalam Ottru	Five Hundred Lords Manigramam Anjuvannam	Brihadeeswarar Temple	Coastal Tropical	Have 3 Cities with City Center adjacent to a Coastal tile (Lakes do not count). Khmer Mauryan Ashoka, World Conqueror Ashoka, World Renouncer	Mughal Nepalese Siamese
Dai Viet Dai Viet
Hawaiian	Moananuiākea Gain 25 Culture each time a Settlement expands to a Marine tile. +1 Happiness on Fishing Boats.	Cultural Expansionist Mana Ohana He'e nalu	Leiomano Kahuna	Lo'i Kalo	Hale o Keawe	Marine Coastal	Have 2 Settlements on an island (a landmass with a maximum of 15 tiles). Maya Mississippian José Rizal	Meiji Japanese
Incan	Apus Mountain tiles can be worked. +2 Food and +1 Production on Mountains.	Economic Expansionist Mit'a Ayllu Qhapaq Ñan	Warak'aq Chasqui	Terrace Farm	Machu Pikchu	Mountainous Desert Plains Coastal	Have 3 Settlements with at least 3 Mountains each. Maya Mississippian Pachacuti	Mexican
Majapahit	Negara All Cities except the Capital have an increased Specialist Limit. After the Exploration Age, the Specialist Limit increase goes away, and the Specialists become inactive until you increase the Specialist Limit.	Cultural Economic Wayang Aliran Kepercayaan Nusantara Gamelan	Cetbang Pedanda	Pura Candi Bentar Meru	Borobudur	Spices Coastal	Improve 3 Pearls. Have at least 3 naval Trade Routes. Khmer Mauryan Trung Trac	Meiji Japanese
Ming	Great Canon of Yongle +50% Science in the Capital, but -15 Science per turn for each Social Policy (not Tradition) slotted.	Economic Scientific Nine Garrisons Lijia Da Ming Lu	Xunleichong Mandarin	Ming Great Wall	Forbidden City	Silk Coastal	Improve 3 Silk. Have 8 Resources slotted in one Settlement. Han Confucius	Qing
Mongolian	Bokh When you capture an opposing Settlement, gain the strongest cavalry unit you can currently train, but receive -50% Production towards Settlers. Gain a Victory Point toward the Non Sufficit Orbis Victory for controlled Settlements in the Distant Lands and conquered Settlements in the Homelands.	Expansionist Militaristic Ulus Four Hounds Yassa	Keshig Noyan	Örtöö	Erdene Zuu	Horses	Improve 3 Horses. Have 3 siege units. Han Persian	Qing Russian
Norman	Normannitas Land units receive +1 Movement when embarked and land units adjacent to Coast receive +5 Combat Strength.	Diplomatic Militaristic Consuetudines et Justicie Common Law Domesday Book	Chevaler Sokeman	Donjon Motte Bailey	White Tower	Coastal Iron	Improve 3 Iron. Build 5 Walls. Greek Roman Charlemagne	American British French Imperial
Shawnee	Nepekifaki Settlements built adjacent to Navigable Rivers gain +2 Food on River terrain, but Cities not built adjacent to a Navigable River receive -10% Food.	Diplomatic Economic Wiyehi Simekofi Miyaska Latoweki Telwatiki Maleki Kintake	Kispoko Nena’to Hoceepkileni	Mawaskawe Skote	Serpent Mound	River Grassland Plains Coastal	Improve 3 Hides. Be Suzerain of 2 City-States. Mississippian Tecumseh	American Mexican
Songhai	Tarikh al-Sudan +2 Resource Capacity in Cities on Navigable Rivers. Your Trade Ships cannot be Plundered on Navigable Rivers.	Economic Militaristic Ships of the Desert Hi-Koi Kanta	Gold Bangles Infantry Tajiro	Caravanserai	Tomb of Askia	Navigable River Desert Plains Coastal	Have 3 Settlements with at least 3 Navigable River tiles each. Aksumite Egyptian Amina	Bugandan
Spanish	Siglo de Oro +15% Gold towards converting a Town to a City, or +30% in Distant Lands.	Expansionist Militaristic Council of the Indies Armada New World Riches	Tercio Conquistador	Plaza Casa Consistorial Casa de Contratación	El Escorial	Coastal	Reconquer a lost Settlement. Carthaginian Greek Roman Isabella	Mexican

Modern Age

Civilization	Unique ability	Attributes & Civics	Unique units	Unique infrastructure	Associated Wonder	Starting biases	Unlocked by
American	Frontier Expansion Gain 100 Gold every time you Improve a Resource.	Economic Expansionist Yankee Ingenuity Captains of Industry Wartime Manufacturing	Marine Prospector	Industrial Park Steel Mill Railyard	Statue of Liberty	Rough River	Have 3 Distant Land Settlements in Plains or Grasslands. Roman Norman Shawnee Benjamin Franklin Harriet Tubman Tecumseh
British	Workshop of the World +25% Gold towards purchasing Buildings and +25% Production towards constructing Buildings. +50% cost to Convert Towns into Cities.	Economic Expansionist Pax Britannica Society of Antiquaries Chartered Companies Splendid Isolation	Revenge Antiquarian	Financial Centre Royal Exchange Manufactory	Battersea Power Station	None	Have two Fleet Commanders. Roman Norman Ada Lovelace
Bugandan	River Raids Receive additional Culture when pillaging Buildings or Improvements equal to the yield or healing gained. Land units gain the Amphibious keyword, granting no Combat penalties when attacking from embarkation. Costs no Movement to embark and disembark.	Cultural Expansionist 'Nnalubaale Blutabaalo Nyanza	Abambowa Mwami	Kabaka's Lake	Muzibu Azaala Mpanga	Lake Tropical	Have 2 Settlements with their City Center adjacent to a Lake. Abbasid Songhai Amina
French Imperial	Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité You can select the celebration effects of any Government in the Modern Age.	Diplomatic Militaristic Belle Époque Voie Triomphale Grande Armée Code Civil des Français	Garde Impériale Jacobin	Avenue Jardin à la Française Salon	Eiffel Tower	Wine	Improve 3 Wine. Roman Norman Lafayette Napoleon, Emperor Napoleon, Revolutionary
Meiji Japanese	Goisshin When you Overbuild a Building, receive Science equal to 50% of the new Building's Production cost.	Militaristic Scientific Bunmei Kaika Oath in Five Articles Supreme War Council Kantai Kessen	Mikasa Zero	Zaibatsu Ginkō Jukogyo	Dogo Onsen	Coastal Grassland	Improve 3 Tea. Hawaiian Majapahit Himiko, High Shaman Himiko, Queen of Wa
Mexican	Revolución Start with a unique Government type, Revolución. This Government has one Celebration effect, granting a 30% Culture boost for 10 turns. Cannot enter any other Government type.	Cultural Diplomatic Planes Políticos Plan of Iguala Plan of Ayutla Plan of Tuxtepec	Soldaderas Revolucionario	Zócalo Catedral Portal de Mercaderes	Palacio de Bellas Artes	Desert Plains	Have 3 Distant Land Settlements in Desert or Tropical. Maya Incan Shawnee Spanish Isabella Tecumseh
Mughal	Paradise of Nations +75% Gold from all sources. -25% to all other yields.	Economic Expansionist Zabt Jagir Mansabdari Gardens of Paradise	Sepoy Zamindar	Stepwell	Red Fort	Flat	Improve 3 Salt. Have at least 4 Trade Routes with unique Civilizations. Persian Abbasid Chola
Nepalese	Roof of the World All warehouse Buildings apply to Mountain tiles, but they cost +1 Gold and Happiness maintenance.	Cultural Diplomatic Sagarmatha Jyumdo Bagha Singha Durbar Gorkhapatra	Gurkha Sherpa	Highland Power Station	Boudhanath	Mountainous	Have 3 Settlements with at least 5 Mountains each. Mauryan Chola Ashoka, World Conqueror Ashoka, World Renouncer
Prussian	Blood and Iron Units receive +1 Combat Strength for every Unfriendly or worse Relationship with other civilizations.	Diplomatic Militaristic Ruhr Zollverein Ems Dispatch Bewegungskrieg	Hussar Stuka	Staatseisenbahn	Brandenburg Gate	Niter	Have 3 Army Commanders. Improve 3 Niter. Roman Friedrich, Baroque Friedrich, Oblique
Qajar Qajar
Qing	Kang Qian Shengshi +4 Gold, +3 Culture, and +2 Influence from Imported Resources, but -1 Science from Imported Resources.	Economic Expansionist Ten Great Campaigns Open Customs Kang Xi Tax Reformation Stabilizing Frontier	Gusa Hangshang	Huiguan Shiguan Qianzhuang	Chengde Mountain Resort	Tundra	Improve 3 Jade. Han Ming Mongolian Confucius
Russian	Prosveshchenie +1 Culture on Districts in Cities. +1 Science on Districts in Cities on Tundra tiles.	Cultural Scientific Serfdom Table of Ranks Samoderzhaviye	Cossack Katyusha Rocket Launcher	Obshchina	Hermitage	Tundra Furs	Have 3 Tundra Settlements. Greek Bulgarian Mongolian Catherine the Great
Siamese	Itsaraphab Grants a Diplomatic Action, Itsaraphab, to immediately convert an Independent Power to a City-state with you as the Suzerain at a higher Influence cost than Befriending Independents.	Cultural Diplomatic Nine Gems Mandala Sriwilai	Chang Beun Uparat	Bang	Doi Suthep	Ivory	Have 4 Temples. Improve 3 Ivory. Khmer Chola

See also

• Civilizations in other games

External links

• https://civilization.2k.com/civ-vii/game-guide/civilizations/
• https://civilization.2k.com/civ-vii/game-guide/dev-diary/leaders-and-civs/

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