There are many different technologies in different eras in the Civilization V. Each technology has certain price and can lead to new techs and unlocks. The following are lists of the technologies found in Civilization V.

Select an Era:

• Ancient Era
• Classical Era
• Renaissance Era
• Industrial Era
• Modern Era

Ancient Era

No.	Name	Cost	Prerequisite Techs	Lead to Techs	Unlocks
1	Agriculture	20	None	Pottery, Animal Husbandry, Archery, Mining	Farm
2	Animal husbandry	35	Agriculture	Trapping, The Wheel	Horses, Pasture
3	Archery	35	Agriculture	Mathematics	Archer
4	Bronze Working	50	Mining	Iron Working	Spearman, Hoplite, Immortal, Barracks, Krepost, The Colossus, remove Jungle
5	Calendar	70	Pottery	Theology	Stonehenge, Plantation
6	Masonry	55	Mining	Construction	Walls, The Pyramids, Quarry, clear a Marsh
7	Mining	35	Agriculture	Masonry, Bronze Working	Mines, remove Forest
8	Pottery	35	Agriculture	Sailing, Calendar, Writing	Granary
9	Sailing	55	Pottery	Optics	Granary
10	The Wheel	55	Animal Husbandry	Horseback Riding, Mathematics	Work Boat, Trireme, The Great Lighthouse, Fishing Boats
11	Trapping	55	Animal Husbandry	Civil Service	Chariot Archer, War Chariot, War Elephant, Floating Gardens, Water Mill, build a Road
12	Writing	55	Pottery	Philosophy	Paper Maker, Library, National College, The Great Library, Open Borders

Classical Era

No.	Name	Cost	Prerequisite Techs		Lead to Techs	Unlocks
1	Construction	100	Masonry	Engineering		Colosseum, The Great Wall, bridges over rivers
2	Horseback riding	100	The Wheel	Chivalry		Horseman, Companion Cavalry, Stable, Circus
3	Iron Working	150	Bronze Working	Metal Casting		Swordsman, Mohawk Warrior, Legion, Armory, Heroic Epic, Iron
4	Mathematics	100	The Wheel,Archery	Currency,Engineering		Catapult, Ballista, The Hanging Gardens, Courthouse
5	Optics	80	Sailing	Compass		Lighthouse, Embarking
6	Philosophy	100	Writing	Theology, Civil Service		Mud Pyramid, Burial Tomb, Temple, National Epic, The Oracle, Research Agreements

Medieval Era

No	Name	Cost	Prerequisite Techs	Lead to techs	Unlocks
1	Chivalry	440	Civil Service, Horseback Riding, Currency	Banking	Knight, Camel Archer, Naresuan’s Elephant, Mandekalu Cavalry, Mughal Fort, Castle, Himeji Castle, Defensive Pact Treaties
2	Civil Service	400	Philosophy, Trapping	Chivalry	Pikeman, Landsknecht, Chichen Itza, +1 Food for Farms along fresh water
3	Compass	340	Optics	Astronomy	Harbor
4	Currency	250	Mathematics	Chivalry	Market, Mint, Bazaar, Machu Picchu
5	Education	440	Theology	Astronomy,Acoustics,Bankings	Wat, University, Oxford University, Notre Dame, The Porcelain Tower
6	Engineering	250	Mathematics, Construction	Machinery,Physics	Lumbermill, Fort
7	Machinery	440	Engineering	Printing press	Crossbowman, Chu-Ko-Nu, Longbowman, faster road movement
8	Metal Casting	250	Iron Working	Physics,Steel	Longhouse, Forge, Workshop
9	Physics	440	Engineering, Metal Casting	Printing press,gunpowder	Trebuchet
10	Steel	440	Metal Casting	Gunpowder	Longswordsman, Samurai
11	Theology	250	Calendar, Philosophy	Education	Monastery, Garden, Angkor Wat, The Hagia Sophia

Renaissance Era

No.	Name	Cost	Prerequisite Techs	Lead to Techs	Unlocks
1	Acoustics	650	Education	Scientific Theory	Opera House, The Sistine Chapel, The Kremlin
2	Archaeology	1300	Navigation	Biology	Museum, Hermitage, The Louvre
3	Astronomy	650	Education,Compass	Navigation	Museum, Hermitage, The Louvre
4	Banking	650	Education,Chivalry	Economics	Satrap’s Court, Bank, The Forbidden Palace
5	Chemistry	900	Gunpowder	Military Science, Fertilizer	Cannon, Ironworks
6	Economics	900	Banking,Printing press	Military Science	Cannon, Ironworks
7	Fertilizer	1300	Chemistry	Dynamite	Farms without Fresh Water yield increased by 1
8	Gun Powder	680	Physics,Steel	Chemistry,Metallurgy	Musketman, Minuteman, Musketeer, Janissary
9	Metallurgy	900	Gunpowder	Rifling	Lancer, Sipahi
10	Military Science	1300	Economics,Chemistry	Steam Power	Cavalry, Cossack, Military Academy, Brandenburg Gate
11	Navigation	900	Astronomy	Archaelogy,Scientific theory	Frigate, Ship of the Line, Seaport
12	Printing Press	650	Machinery,Physics	Economics	Theatre, Taj Mahal
13	Rifling	1425	Metallurgy	Dynamite	Rifleman
14	Scientific Theory	1300	Navigation,Acoustics	Biology,Steam power	Public School, Coal

Industrial Era

No.	Name	Cost	Prerequisite Techs	Lead to Techs	Unlocks
1	Biology	1680	Archaeology, Scientific Theory	Electricity	Hospital, Oil, Well
2	Combustion	2200	Replaceable Parts, Railroad, Dynamite	Atomic Theory, Lasers	Tank, Panzer
3	Dynamite	1900	Fertilizer, Rifling	Combustion	Artillery
4	Electricity	1900	Biology, Steam Power	Refrigeration, Telegraph, Radio	Stock Exchange, Aluminum, Destroyer
5	Flight	2220	Replaceable Parts	Radar	Carrier, Fighter, Zero
6	Radio	2200	Electricity	Radar, Mass Media	Anti-Aircraft Gun, Broadcast Tower, Eiffel Tower
7	Railroad	1900	Steam Power	Combustion	Arsenal, Railroad
8	Refrigeration	2200	Electricity	Plastics, Penicillin	Submarine, Offshore Platform
9	Replaceable Parts	1900	Steam Power	Flight, Combustion	Anti-Tank Gun, Infantry, Foreign Legion, Statue of Liberty
10	Steam Power	1680	Scientific Theory, Military Science	Electricity, Replaceable Parts, Railroad	Ironclad, Factory, Lumber Mill Production yield increased by 1, faster embarked movement
11	Telegraph	2200	Electricity	Electronics	Battleship, Military Base, Cristo Redentor

Modern Era

No	Name	Cost	Prerequisite Techs	Lead to Techs	Unlocks
1	Advanced ballistics	3350	Lasers, Nuclear Fission	Nuclear Fusion	Nuclear Missile
2	Atomic theory	2600	Combustion	Nuclear Fission	The Manhattan Project, Uranium
3	Computers	3000	Electronics, Mass Media	Robotics	Nuclear Submarine, Mobile SAM
4	Ecology	3000	Plastics, Penicillin	Globalization	Solar Plant
5	Electronics	2600	Telegraph	Computers	Mechanized Infantry
6	Globalization	3350	Ecology	Particle Physics	United Nations, Sydney Opera House
7	Lasers	3000	Radar, Combustion	Stealth, Advanced Ballistics	Modern Armor, Jet Fighter
8	Mass Media	2600	Radio	Computers	Stadium
9	Nuclear Fission	3000	Atomic Theory	Advanced Ballistics	Atomic Bomb, Nuclear Plant
10	Penicillin	2600	Refrigeration	Ecology	Medical Lab
11	Plastics	2600	Refrigeration	Ecology	Research Lab, Hydro Plant
12	Radar	2600	Radio, Flight	Rocketry, Lasers	Bomber, B17 Bomber, Paratrooper, Pentagon
13	Robotics	3350	Computers	Particle Physics	Spaceship Factory, SS Booster, Missile Cruiser
14	Rocketry	3000	Radar	Satellites	Helicopter Gunship, Rocket Artillery, Apollo Program
15	Satellites	3350	Rocketry	Particle Physics, Nuclear Fusion	SS Cockpit, Guided Missile
16	Stealth	3350	Lasers	Nuclear Fusion	Stealth Bomber

Future Era

No.	Name	Cost	Prerequisite Techs	Lead to Techs	Unlocks
1	Future Tech	4000	Nanotechnology, Nuclear Fusion	None	A repeating tech which increases your Score each time its completed
2	Nanotechnology	3300	Particle Physics	Future Tech	SS Stasis Chamber
3	Nuclear Fusion	3600	Satellites, Stealth, Advanced Ballistics	Future Tech	Giant Death Robot
4	Particle Physics	3350	Globalization, Robotics, Satellites	Nanotechnology	SS Engine

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