A fair bit of my education was Civ. There's never enough time in a history class to show you much of what's out there to learn, but Civ was a great way to learn

A fair bit of my education was Civ. There's never enough time in a history class to show you much of what's out there to learn, but Civ was a great way to learn about some cultures I'd never have heard of otherwise. The Civilopedia was pretty good reading for a time before Wikipedia, and it gave you the basic list of what Sid thought were the important cultures. Of course you can always add more, but Civ is a decent start if you want to know about someone other than Greece, the Romans, and Egypt. The list of wonders is also fantastic if you want something approaching a canon of stuff we've built. I haven't dared to go back to the series in the later years, too much addiction potential.