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Wonders benefit an entire empire. Civilization III added Small Wonders, which can be built once by every civilization. Small Wonders have, for the most part, a sociological requirement to construct them, as well as a technological requirement. Battlefield Medicine, for example, requires that five of the player's cities have Hospitals before building.

Many new technologies allow the player to build a new wonder. Some wonders can be made obsolete by certain technologies, but these technologies must be researched by the civilization that owns them - other civilizations cannot make wonders obsolete.

In each different age there are different wonders available. Below is a list of those wonders sorted by age (Ancient Times, Middle Ages, Industrial Ages, and Modern Times).

When a player captures a city with a Small Wonder, it is destroyed. If it has a Great Wonder, it doesn't get destroyed unless the player razes the city.

Great Wonders[]

Wonder Era Req. Cost Effects Obsolete with
Copernicus' Observatory
Copernicus' Observatory
Middle Ages Astronomy
Astronomy
400 Shield (Civ3) None
Cure for Cancer
Cure for Cancer
Modern Times Genetics
Genetics
1000 Shield (Civ3) None
Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam
Industrial Ages Electronics
Electronics
800 Shield (Civ3) None
JS Bach's Cathedral
JS Bach's Cathedral
Middle Ages Music Theory
Music Theory
600 Shield (Civ3) None
Knights Templar
Knights Templar[1]
Middle Ages Chivalry
Chivalry
300 Shield (Civ3) Steam Power
Steam Power
Leonardo's Workshop
Leonardo's Workshop
Middle Ages Invention
Invention
600 Shield (Civ3) None
Longevity
Longevity
Modern Times Genetics
Genetics
1000 Shield (Civ3)
  • +3 Culture (Civ3)
  • Makes all cities to get a population increase of two instead of one when the Food Storage box is full.
  • Trigger Golden Age for Scientific civilizations.
None
Magellan's Voyage
Magellan's Voyage
Middle Ages Navigation
Navigation
400 Shield (Civ3) None
Newton's University
Newton's University
Middle Ages Theory of Gravity
Theory of Gravity
400 Shield (Civ3) None
SETI program
SETI program
Modern Times Computers
Computers
1000 Shield (Civ3) None
Shakespeare's Theater
Shakespeare's Theater
Middle Ages Free Artistry
Free Artistry
400 Shield (Civ3)
  • +8 Culture (Civ3)
  • Gives +8 Content Face (Civ3) for the city it's built in.
  • Acts as a Hospital, allowing city to grow beyond 12 population.
  • Can become a tourist attraction.
None
Sistine Chapel
Sistine Chapel
Middle Ages Theology
Theology
600 Shield (Civ3) None
Smith's Trading Company
Smith's Trading Company
Middle Ages Economics
Economics
600 Shield (Civ3) None
Sun Tzu's Art of War
Sun Tzu's Art of War
Middle Ages Feudalism (advance)
Feudalism
600 Shield (Civ3) None
The Great Library
The Great Library
Ancient Times Literature
Literature
400 Shield (Civ3) Education
Education
The Great Lighthouse
The Great Lighthouse
Ancient Times Map Making
Map Making
300 Shield (Civ3) Magnetism
Magnetism
The Great Wall
The Great Wall
Ancient Times Construction
Construction
300 Shield (Civ3) Metallurgy
Metallurgy
The Hanging Gardens
The Hanging Gardens
Ancient Times Monarchy (advance)
Monarchy
300 Shield (Civ3) Steam Power
Steam Power
The Internet
The Internet[2]
Modern Times Miniaturization
Miniaturization
1000 Shield (Civ3) None
The Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project
Modern Times Fission
Fission
800 Shield (Civ3)
Uranium
None
The Mausoleum of Mausollos
The Mausoleum of Mausollos[1]
Ancient Times Philosophy
Philosophy
200 Shield (Civ3) None
The Oracle
The Oracle
Ancient Times Mysticism
Mysticism
300 Shield (Civ3) Theology
Theology
The Pyramids
The Pyramids
Ancient Times Masonry
Masonry
400 Shield (Civ3) None
The Statue of Zeus
The Statue of Zeus[1]
Ancient Times Mathematics
Mathematics
200 Shield (Civ3)
Ivory
Metallurgy
Metallurgy
The Temple of Artemis
The Temple of Artemis[1]
Ancient Times Polytheism
Polytheism
500 Shield (Civ3) Education
Education
The United Nations
The United Nations
Modern Times Fission
Fission
1000 Shield (Civ3) None
Theory of Evolution
Theory of Evolution
Industrial Ages Scientific Method
Scientific Method
600 Shield (Civ3) None
Universal Suffrage
Universal Suffrage
Industrial Ages Industrialization
Industrialization
800 Shield (Civ3) None

Small Wonders[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Added in the Conquests expansion pack.
  2. Added in the Play the World expansion pack.

See also[]

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