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Technologies are the scientific advancements of your empire. Each technology unlocks certain buildings, units or other advancements. For more info on the exact process of obtaining technologies, see the Science article.

This is the list of technologies in Civ5, updated for the Brave New World expansion. Please note that in the Gods & Kings expansion pack, the Future Era has been removed, and is now replaced with the Atomic and Information Eras. Also, Science SP costs for researching technologies are approximate and vary according to map size and the number of cities an empire has at any given moment (both regular and Puppeted).

Tech Tree (BNW)

Tech Tree (BNW) — click to zoom in

Technology Era BNW and G&K Era Vanilla
Agriculture Agriculture Ancient
Animal Husbandry Animal Husbandry Ancient
Archery Archery Ancient
Bronze Working Bronze Working Ancient
Calendar Calendar Ancient
Masonry Masonry Ancient
Mining Mining Ancient
Pottery Pottery Ancient
Sailing Sailing Ancient
The Wheel The Wheel Ancient
Trapping Trapping Ancient
Writing Writing Ancient
Construction Construction Classical
Currency Currency Classical Medieval
Drama and Poetry Drama and Poetry GodsKings5 clear Classical
Engineering Engineering Classical Medieval
Horseback Riding Horseback Riding Classical
Iron Working Iron Working Classical
Mathematics Mathematics Classical
Optics Optics Classical
Philosophy Philosophy Classical
Chivalry Chivalry Medieval
Civil Service Civil Service Medieval
Compass Compass Medieval
Education Education Medieval
Guilds Guilds GodsKings5 clear Medieval
Machinery Machinery Medieval
Metal Casting Metal Casting Medieval
Physics Physics Medieval
Steel Steel Medieval
Theology Theology Medieval
Acoustics Acoustics Renaissance
Architecture Architecture GodsKings5 clear Renaissance
Astronomy Astronomy Renaissance
Banking Banking Renaissance
Chemistry Chemistry Renaissance
Economics Economics Renaissance
Gunpowder Gunpowder Renaissance
Metallurgy Metallurgy Renaissance
Navigation Navigation Renaissance
Printing Press Printing Press Renaissance
Archaeology Archaeology Industrial Renaissance
Biology Biology Industrial
Dynamite Dynamite Industrial
Electricity Electricity Industrial
Fertilizer Fertilizer Industrial Renaissance
Industrialization Industrialization GodsKings5 clear Industrial
Military Science Military Science Industrial Renaissance
Rifling Rifling Industrial Renaissance
Scientific Theory Scientific Theory Industrial Renaissance
Steam Power Steam Power Industrial
Telegraph Telegraph
Removed in Gods & Kings
Industrial
Ballistics Ballistics GodsKings5 clear Modern
Combustion Combustion Modern Industrial
Electronics Electronics Modern
Flight Flight Modern Industrial
Mass Media Mass Media
Removed in Gods & Kings
Modern
Plastics Plastics Modern
Radio Radio Modern Industrial
Railroad (technology) Railroad Modern Industrial
Refrigeration Refrigeration Modern Industrial
Replaceable Parts Replaceable Parts Modern Industrial
Atomic Theory Atomic Theory Atomic Modern
Combined Arms Combined Arms GodsKings5 clear Atomic
Computers Computers Atomic Modern
Ecology Ecology Atomic Modern
Nuclear Fission Nuclear Fission Atomic Modern
Penicillin Penicillin Atomic Modern
Radar Radar Atomic Modern
Rocketry Rocketry Atomic Modern
Advanced Ballistics Advanced Ballistics Information Modern
Future Tech Future Tech Information Future
Globalization Globalization Information Modern
Lasers Lasers Information Modern
Mobile Tactics Mobile Tactics GodsKings5 clear Information
Nanotechnology Nanotechnology Information Future
Nuclear Fusion Nuclear Fusion Information Future
Particle Physics Particle Physics Information Future
Robotics Robotics Information Modern
Satellites Satellites Information Modern
Stealth Stealth Information Modern
Telecommunications Telecommunications GodsKings5 clear Information
The Internet The Internet BNW-only Information

GodsKings5 clear Added in the Gods & Kings expansion pack.
BNW-only Added in the Brave New World expansion pack.

Note[]

Calculus, Naval Tradition, Patronage, and Publishing were planned as technologies, but left out (or implemented as social policies) for undisclosed reasons. Their quotes were going to be:

Calculus
 "In the fall of 1972 President Nixon announced that the rate of increase of inflation was decreasing. This was the first time a sitting president used the third derivative to advance his case for reelection."
– Hugo Rossi
Naval Tradition
 "Don’t talk to me about naval tradition, It’s nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash."
– Winston Churchill
Patronage
 "Everything passes - Robust art Alone is eternal. The bust Survives the city."
– Theophile Gautier
Publishing
 "There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men to publish it and to find sensible men to read it."
– Charles Caleb Colton
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