Ships of the Desert (Civ7)

Ships of the Desert
Civic of the Exploration Age
Introduced in Civilization VII
Unique to	Songhai
Cost	800
Civics
Required	None
Required	None
Leads to	Kanta
Leads to	Kanta
Unlocks
Infrastructure	Caravanserai Tomb of Askia
Policies
Enabled	Timbuktu
Enabled	Timbuktu
Mastery policies
Enabled	Mud Brick
Enabled	Mud Brick
Mastery notes
+1 Production on Cavavanserai Improvements in Mining Towns, Trade Outposts, and Settlements with a Bazaar.

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 "He knew the desert routes and watering places, the stars at night, the scent and touch of sand."
– H. J. Fisher

Ships of the Desert is an Exploration Age Unique Civic of the Songhai civilization in Civilization VII.

• Unlocks:
  • Caravanserai
  • Tomb of Askia
• Traditions:
  • Timbuktu
• Mastery:
  • Mud Brick
  • +1 Production on Cavavanserai Improvements in Mining Towns, Trade Outposts, and Settlements with a Bazaar.

Strategy

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Civilopedia entry

The trade routes across the Sahara stitched together the savannahs of the Sahel and Sudan and the Muslim caliphates of North Africa and the Near East. These journeys could take months and were beset by risks posed by a hostile environment and numerous nomadic tribes. Gold, copper, horses, and enslaved people were all exchanged. With this trade came new ideas in art, architecture, and religion; even as Ibn Battuta bemoaned the syncretic and culturally different West African practice of Islam, rulers such as Mansa Musa of Mali were known for their piety.

See also

• Ships of the Desert in other games

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Exploration	Standard	Authority Bureaucracy Colonialism Diplomatic Service Economics Future Civic Imperialism Inspiration Mercantilism Piety Social Class Society Sovereignty
	Theology	Reformation Theology
	Unique	Abbasid Round City Mawla Al-Jabr Bulgarian1 Seven Tribes1 Tarnovo Schools1 Tsarstvie1 Chola Nagaram Kanakam Digvijaya Monsoon Winds Hawaiian Mana Ohana He'e nalu Icelandic1 Landnámabók1 Hugins Drekka1 Væringjar1 Þjóðveldið1 Incan Mit'a Ayllu Qhapaq Ñan Majapahit Wayang Aliran Kepercayaan Nusantara Gamelan Ming Nine Garrisons Lijia Da Ming Lu Mongolian Ulus Four Hounds Yassa Norman Consuetudines et Justicie Common Law Domesday Book Pirate1 Articles of Agreement1 Ports of Call1 Enemy of All Nations1 Shawnee1 Wiyehi Simekofi1 Miyaska Latoweki1 Telwatiki1 Maleki Kintake1 Songhai Ships of the Desert Hi-Koi Kanta Spanish Council of the Indies Armada New World Riches Vietnamese1 Cấm Quân1 Chữ Nôm1 Thành Hoàng1 Tứ Dân1
Modern	Standard	Capitalism Future Civic Globalism Hegemony Militarism Modernization Nationalism Natural History Political Theory Social Question
	Ideology	Absolutism Centralism Communism Democracy Fascism Liberalism Progressivism Radicalism Socialism
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1 Requires DLC