List of wonders in Civ3

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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	Required		Cost	Culture	Effects	Obsolete with
		Advance	Resources
Copernicus' Observatory	Middle Ages	Astronomy		400	4	Doubles scientific research in the city. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Expansionist civilizations.	None
Cure for Cancer	Modern Times	Genetics		1000	3	+1 Content Face for every city. Trigger Golden Age for Scientific, Agricultural civilizations.	None
Hoover Dam	Industrial Ages	Electronics		800	2	Brings the effects of a Hydro Plant to all cities on the same continent. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Agricultural, Industrious civilizations.	None
JS Bach's Cathedral	Middle Ages	Music Theory		600	6	+2 Content Faces for all cities on the same continent. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Religious civilizations.	None
Knights TemplarC	Middle Ages	Chivalry		300	2	Produces one Crusader every 5 turns. Trigger Golden Age for Militaristic, Religious civilizations.	Steam Power
Leonardo's Workshop	Middle Ages	Invention		600	2	Obsolete military units can be upgraded at half price. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Militaristic civilizations.	None
Longevity	Modern Times	Genetics		1000	3	All cities 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	Middle Ages	Navigation		400	3	The movement rate of all naval unit is increased by one. Trigger Golden Age for Expansionist, Commercial, Seafaring civilizations.	None
Newton's University	Middle Ages	Theory of Gravity		400	6	Doubles scientific research in the city. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Scientific civilizations.	None
SETI program	Modern Times	Computers		1000	3	Doubles scientific research in the city. Trigger Golden Age for Expansionist civilizations.	None
Shakespeare's Theater	Middle Ages	Free Artistry		400	8	+8 Content Faces for the city it's built in Acts as a Hospital, allowing city to grow beyond 12. Can become a tourist attraction.	None
Sistine Chapel	Middle Ages	Theology		600	6	Doubles the effect of all Cathedrals in your cities. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Religious civilizations.	None
Smith's Trading Company	Ancient Times	Economics		600	3	Pays maintenance costs for all city improvements marked as Commercial. Trigger Golden Age for Commercial, Seafaring civilizations.	None
Sun Tzu's Art of War	Middle Ages	Feudalism (advance)		600	2	Puts a Barracks in every city on the same continent. Trigger Golden Age for Militaristic civilizations.	None
The Colossus	Ancient Times	Bronze Working		200	3	Causes its city to produce one extra Commerce in every square that already produces at least one. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Commercial, Expansionist, Seafaring civilizations.	Flight
The Great Library	Ancient Times	Literature		400	6	The civilization that builds the Great Library gets any Civilization Advance already discovered by two other known civilizations for free. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Scientific civilizations.	Education
The Great Lighthouse	Ancient Times	Map Making		300	2	Galleys can move safely in and out of sea squares, and all naval unit movement rates are increased by one. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Commercial, Expansionist, Seafaring civilizations.	Magnetism
The Great Wall	Ancient Times	Construction		200	2	Doubles the effect of Walls in cities that have them. Doubles unit combat values versus barbarians. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Militaristic, Industrious civilizations.	Metallurgy
The Hanging Gardens	Ancient Times	Monarchy (advance)		300	4	+3 Content Faces for the city it's built in. +1 Content Face for all other cities. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Industrious, Agricultural civilizations.	Steam Power
The InternetP	Modern Times	Miniaturization		1000	4	Puts a Research Lab in every city on the same continent. Trigger Golden Age for Militaristic, Scientific, Commercial, Industrious, Expansionist, Seafaring, Religious, Agricultural civilizations.	None
The Manhattan Project	Modern Times	Fission	Uranium	800	2	Allows the construction of nuclear weapons by all civilizations. Trigger Golden Age for Militaristic, Industrious civilizations.	None
The Mausoleum of MausollosC	Ancient Times	Philosophy		200	2	+3 Content Faces in city. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Scientific, Seafaring civilizations.	None
The Oracle	Ancient Times	Mysticism		300	4	Doubles the effect of Temples in the empire. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Religious civilizations.	Theology
The Pyramids	Ancient Times	Masonry		400	4	Puts a Granary in every city on the same continent. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Agricultural, Religious, Industrious civilizations.	None
The Statue of ZeusC	Ancient Times	Mathematics	Ivory	200	4	Produces one Ancient Cavalry every 5 turns. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Militaristic, Religious civilizations.	Metallurgy
The Temple of ArtemisC	Ancient Times	Polytheism		500	4	Places a Temple in every city on the same continent. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Religious civilizations.	Education
The United Nations	Modern Times	Fission		1000	4	Initiates the possibility of a Diplomatic Victory. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Commercial civilizations.	None
Theory of Evolution	Industrial Ages	Scientific Method		600	3	Grants two Civilization Advances as soon as completed. Trigger Golden Age for Scientific civilizations.	None
Universal Suffrage	Industrial Ages	Industrialization		800	4	Reduces War weariness in all cities. Trigger Golden Age for Agricultural civilizations.	None

• ^P - Added in Play the World
• ^C - Added in Conquests

Small Wonders

Main article: Small Wonder (Civ3)

See also

• List of wonders in other games

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