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Image | Technology | Beaker Cost | Makes Available | Era | Prerequisites | Leads To |
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Agriculture | 20 | Farm Improvements | Ancient | Pottery, Animal Husbandry, Archery, Mining | ||
Pottery | 35 | Granary | Ancient | Agriculture | Sailing, Calendar, Writing | |
Animal Husbandry | 35 | Reveals Horses, Pasture Improvements | Ancient | Agriculture | Trapping, The Wheel | |
Archery | 35 | Archer, Temple of Artemis | Ancient | Agriculture | Mathematics | |
Mining | 35 | Mine Improvements, Forest Chopping | Ancient | Agriculture | Masonry, Bronze Working | |
Sailing | 55 | Work Boat, Trireme, The Great Lighthouse, Fishing Boat Improvements | Ancient | Pottery | Optics | |
Calendar | 70 | Stonehenge, Stone Works, Plantation Improvements | Ancient | Pottery | Theology | |
Writing | 55 | Library, The Great Library, Open Border Agreements | Ancient | Pottery | Philosophy | |
Trapping | 55 | Circus, Trading Post Improvements, Camp Improvements | Ancient | Animal Husbandry | Civil Service | |
The Wheel | 55 | Chariot Archer, Water Mill, Road Improvements | Ancient | Animal Husbandry | Horseback Riding, Mathematics | |
Masonry | 55 | Walls, The Pyramids, Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Quarry Improvements, Removing Marshes | Ancient | Mining | Construction | |
Bronze Working | 55 | Spearman, Barracks, The Colossus, Statue of Zeus, Chopping Jungles | Ancient | Mining | Iron Working | |
Optics | 85 | Lighthouse, Unit Embarkation | Classical | Sailing | Compass | |
Philosophy | 105 | Temple, National College, National Epic, The Oracle, Research Agreements | Classical | Writing | Theology, Civil Service | |
Horseback Riding | 105 | Horseman, Stable | Classical | The Wheel | Chivalry | |
Mathematics | 105 | Catapult, Courthouse, The Hanging Gardens | Classical | The Wheel, Archery | Currency, Engineering | |
Construction | 105 | Colosseum, Circus Maximus, The Great Wall, Lumber Mill Improvements, | Classical | Masonry | Engineering | |
Iron Working | 160 | Swordsman, Heroic Epic, Reveals Iron | Classical | Bronze Working | Metal Casting | |
Theology | 275 | Monastery, Garden, Angkor Wat, The Hagia Sophia | Medieval | Calendar, Philosophy | Education | |
Civil Service | 440 | Pikeman, Chichen Itza, +1 from Fresh Water Farms | Medieval | Philosophy, Trapping | Education, Chivalry | |
Currency | 275 | Mint, Market, National Treasury, Machu Picchu, Wealth Conversion | Medieval | Mathematics | Chivalry | |
Engineering | 275 | Aqueduct, Fort Improvements, Bridges over Water | Medieval | Mathematics, Construction | Machinery, Physics | |
Metal Casting | 275 | Forge, Workshop | Medieval | Iron Working | Physics, Steel | |
Compass | 375 | Harbor, +1 from Fishing Boats | Medieval | Optics | Astronomy | |
Education | 485 | University, Oxford University, Notre Dame, The Porcelain Tower, Research Conversion | Medieval | Theology, Civil Service | Astronomy, Acoustics, Banking | |
Chivalry | 485 | Knight, Castle, Himeji Castle, Defensive Pact Agreements | Medieval | Civil Service, Horseback Riding, Currency | Acoustics, Banking | |
Machinery | 485 | Crossbowman, Armory, Ironworks, Faster Road Movement | Medieval | Engineering | Printing Press | |
Physics | 485 | Trebuchet | Medieval | Engineering, Metal Casting | Printing Press, Gunpowder | |
Steel | 485 | Longswordsman | Medieval | Metal Casting | Gunpowder | |
Astronomy | 780 | Caravel, Observatory, +1 for Embarked Units, Embarked Units may Enter Ocean | Renaissance | Compass, Education | Navigation | |
Acoustics | 780 | Opera House, Hermitage, Sistine Chapel, The Kremlin | Renaissance | Education, Chivalry | Scientific Theory | |
Banking | 780 | Bank, The Forbidden Palace | Renaissance | Education, Chivalry | Economics | |
Printing Press | 780 | Theatre, Taj Mahal | Renaissance | Machinery, Physics | Economics | |
Gunpowder | 840 | Musketman | Renaissance | Physics, Steel | Chemistry, Metallurgy | |
Navigation | 1080 | Frigate, Seaport | Renaissance | Astronomy | Archaeology, Scientific Theory | |
Economics | 1080 | Windmill, Big Ben, +1 from Trading Posts, Camps and Customs Houses | Renaissance | Banking, Printing Press | Scientific Theory, Military Science | |
Chemistry | 1080 | Cannon, +1 from Mines, Quarries and Manufactories | Renaissance | Gunpowder | Military Science, Fertilizer | |
Metallurgy | 1080 | Lancer | Renaissance | Gunpowder | Rifling | |
Archaeology | 1560 | Museum, The Louvre | Renaissance | Navigation | Biology | |
Scientific Theory | 1560 | Public School, Reveals Coal, +1 from Lumber Mills, +2 from Academies | Renaissance | Economics, Navigation, Acoustics | Biology, Steam Power | |
Military Science | 1560 | Cavalry, Military Academy, Brandenburg Gate | Renaissance | Economics, Chemistry | Steam Power, Dynamite | |
Fertilizer | 1560 | +1 from Farms with no Fresh Water, Plantations and Pastures | Renaissance | Chemistry | Dynamite | |
Rifling | 1710 | Rifleman, Arsenal | Renaissance | Metallurgy | Dynamite | |
Biology | 2350 | Hospital, Reveals Oil, Oil Well Improvements | Industrial | Archaeology, Scientific Theory | Electricity | |
Steam Power | 2350 | Ironclad, Factory, +1 for Embarked Units | Industrial | Scientific Theory, Military Science | Electricity, Replaceable Parts, Railroad | |
Dynamite | 2660 | Artillery | Industrial | Fertilizer, Military Science, Rifling | Combustion | |
Electricity | 2660 | Stock Exchange, Reveals Aluminum | Industrial | Biology, Steam Power | Refrigeration, Telegraph, Radio | |
Replaceable Parts | 2660 | Anti-Tank Gun, Infantry, Statue of Liberty | Industrial | Steam Power | Flight, Combustion | |
Railroad | 2660 | Railroad Improvements | Industrial | Steam Power | Combustion | |
Refrigeration | 3100 | Submarine, Off-Shore Platform Construction | Industrial | Electricity | Plastics, Penicillin | |
Telegraph | 3100 | Battleship, Military Base, Cristo Redentor | Industrial | Electricity | Electronics | |
Radio | 3100 | Anti-Aircraft Gun, Broadcast Tower, Eiffel Tower | Industrial | Electricity | Mass Media, Radar | |
Flight | 3100 | Carrier, Fighter | Industrial | Replaceable Parts | Radar | |
Combustion | 3100 | Destroyer, Tank | Industrial | Replaceable Parts, Railroad, Dynamite | Atomic Theory, Lasers | |
Plastics | 4700 | Hydro Plant, Research Lab | Modern | Refrigeration | Ecology | |
Penicillin | 4700 | Medical Lab | Modern | Refrigeration | Ecology | |
Electronics | 4700 | Mechanized Infantry | Modern | Telegraph | Computers | |
Mass Media | 4700 | Stadium, Sydney Opera House | Modern | Radio | Computers | |
Radar | 4700 | Bomber, Paratrooper, Pentagon | Modern | Radio, Flight | Rocketry, Lasers | |
Atomic Theory | 4700 | Reveals Uranium, Manhattan Project | Modern | Combustion | Nuclear Fission | |
Ecology | 5400 | Solar Plant | Modern | Plastics, Penicillin | Globalization | |
Computers | 5400 | Nuclear Submarine, Mobile SAM | Modern | Electronics, Mass Media | Robotics | |
Rocketry | 5400 | Helicopter Gunship, Rocket Artillery, Apollo Program | Modern | Radar | Satellites | |
Lasers | 5400 | Jet Fighter, Modern Armor | Modern | Radar, Combustion | Stealth, Advanced Ballistics | |
Nuclear Fission | 5400 | Atomic Bomb, Nuclear Plant | Modern | Atomic Theory | Advanced Ballistics | |
Globalization | 6000 | United Nations | Modern | Ecology | Particle Physics | |
Robotics | 6000 | SS Booster, Missile Cruiser, Spaceship Factory | Modern | Computers | Particle Physics | |
Satellites | 6000 | SS Cockpit, Guided Missile, Reveals the Map | Modern | Rocketry | Particle Physics, Nuclear Fusion | |
Stealth | 6000 | Stealth Bomber | Modern | Lasers | Nuclear Fusion | |
Advanced Ballistics | 6000 | Nuclear Missile | Modern | Lasers, Nuclear Fission | Nuclear Fusion | |
Particle Physics | 6000 | SS Engine | Future | Globalization, Robotics, Satellites | Nanotechnology | |
Nuclear Fusion | 6500 | Giant Death Robot | Future | Satellites, Stealth, Advanced Ballistics | Future Tech | |
Nanotechnology | 6000 | SS Stasis Chamber | Future | Particle Physics | Future Tech | |
Future Tech | 7000 | Future | Nanotechnology, Nuclear Fusion |