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- "I am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt have no other gods before me."
– The Bible, Exodus
Monotheism is a technology in Civilization IV.
Strategy[]
The first civilization to research Monotheism founds Judaism. It also enables the Organized Religion civic, which increases production of buildings in cities with your state religion and enables Missionaries to be built in any city with a religion.
Civilopedia entry[]
Monotheism is the belief that there is only one God. Perhaps the oldest monotheistic religion is Judaism. The original Israelites were polytheistic in a sense, since they did not deny the existence of other gods in addition to their own. However, after being exiled to Babylonia in 586 BC, the Judeans turned to a truly monotheistic religion, where the God of Israel was seen as the universal God ruling the destiny of all nations. The scriptures of Judaism became part of the teachings of the two most widespread monotheistic religions, Christianity and Islam. More developed than earlier polytheistic beliefs, monotheistic religions tend to encompass and structure the entire lifestyles of the people who practice them.
Trivia[]
- The discovery quote for Monotheism is one of the Ten Commandments. Which one it is varies from denomination to denomination, but in modern Judaism it forms the first and second commandments respectively.
See also[]
- Monotheism in other games