Stoneworking (CTP1)

Stoneworking
Advance of the Ancient Age
Advances
Required	Mining Tool-Making
Required	Mining Tool-Making
Leads to	Geometry
Leads to	Geometry
Gives
City Wall Capitol Fortification Sphinx

Stoneworking is an advance in Civilization: Call to Power.

Summary

Evolved from Mining, Stoneworking gives bulk and reinforcement to man's earliest buildings. By cutting stone from quarries, Civilizations can construct City Walls to fend off enemies, or fortifications to strengthen defense. In addition, Stoneworking allows for the creation of a Capitol to bind together the people of a Civilization. Meanwhile, the Sphinx inspires the Civilization's military and decreases their military readiness costs.

Great Library entry

It appears that the development of stoneworking may have been spurred by the desire to construct some of Civilization's earliest buildings - temples to the gods. As early as 3000 BC, Egyptians built royal temples into cliffs and used massive stones in the construction of pyramids continuing through the third millennium BC. In Sumeria, where stone was scarce, building with bricks began around 3000 BC, culminating in the massive ziggurats of Mesopotamia.

See also

• Stoneworking in other games