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Old 03-14-2009, 02:55 PM   #14
Undertoad
Radical Centrist
 
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The official list from Civilization 4 (and in parens, some things the technologies lead to)

Pre-1750 (approx):

Fishing
Wheel (roads)
Agriculture
Hunting
Mysticism
Mining
Sailing
Pottery
Animal Husbandry
Archery
Meditation (Buddhism)
Polytheism (Hinduism)
Masonry
Horseback Riding
Priesthood (temples)
Monotheism (Judaism)
Bronze Working (slavery)
Writing (libraries)
Metal Casting
Iron Working
Alphabet
Mathematics
Monarchy
Compass
Literature
Calendar
Construction
Currency (markets, grocers)
Machinery
Drama
Engineering
Code of Laws (caste system, Confusianism)
Feudalism (serfdom)
Optics
Music
Philosophy (Taoism, Pacifism)
Theology (Christianity)
Guilds
Divine Right (Islam)
Paper
Banking
Nationalism (nationhood)
Printing Press
Education
Astronomy
Gunpowder

Post-1750 (approx);

Military Tradition
Constitution (representation)
Replaceable Parts
Liberalism (free speech, free religion)
Economics (free markets)
Democracy (universal sufferage, emancipation)
Rifling
Corporation
Chemistry
Steam Power
Scientific Method
Steel
Assembly Line (factory)
Communism
Physics
Biology
Railroad
Flight
Artillery
Fascism
Electricity
Medicine (environmentalism)
Combustion
Rocketry
Industrialism
Fission (nuclear power, The Bomb)
Refrigeration
Radio
Satellites
Plastics
Computers
Mass Media
Composites
Fiber Optics (Internet)
Ecology
Genetics
Robotics
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