Civilization IV — Civilizations and Leaders
With Beyond the Sword, Civilization IV has more than thirty civilizations and over fifty leaders. A civilization gives you a unique unit and a unique building; its leader gives you two traits.
Traits
- Financial — more commerce from busy tiles; strong for science.
- Philosophical — more great people.
- Industrious — faster wonders.
- Creative — culture in every city from the start.
- Organized, Expansive, Spiritual, Aggressive, Protective, Charismatic and Imperialistic round out the list.
Leaders to learn with
- Elizabeth (England) and Mansa Musa (Mali) are forgiving economic leaders.
- Huayna Capac (Inca) has an early unique unit, the Quechua, that protects a new empire.
- Every leader also has an AI personality — the stories about Montezuma's temper come from here.