Gunpowder (Civ7)

Gunpowder
Technology of the Exploration Age
Introduced in Civilization VII
Cost	2100
Technologies
Required	Metal Casting
Required	Metal Casting
Leads to	Future Tech
Leads to	Future Tech
Unlocks
Units	Arquebusier Bombard Galleon

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 "The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall."
– Thomas Carlyle

Gunpowder is an Exploration Age technology in Civilization VII.

Strategy

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Civilopedia entry

Black powder – a combination of charcoal, sulfur, and saltpeter – first underwent experimentation in Tang China in the ninth century. Its initial application was in medicine, and its Chinese name, “fire medicine,” reflects this origin. However, its fame came in weapons: fire arrows initially, rockets during the Song Dynasty, and the innovations of Ming’s “divine engine” laboratory later. Chinese states warred against each other with new weapons – the fire lance, then various kinds of hard-shell bombs lobbed by trebuchet. Centuries of innovation and experimentation, and their deadly effects, landed like a bomb (appropriately enough) on the Eurasian field when the Mongols brought along gunpowder during their invasions. Suddenly, the military landscape was transformed, and Arab powers began using gunpowder as early as 1240. During the Ottoman campaigns into Europe, this technology moved even farther west, and by the 15th century, onagers and ballistae were quickly replaced by bombards and eventually cannons.

See also

• Gunpowder in other games