Great list of Civilizations and their possible Associated Wonders

[Xandinho]

One of the main discussions in this forum is how the concept of associated wonders can avoid or complicate the inclusion of several civilizations. Some argue, and I agree, that this will result in many “wonders” that are not all that wonderful, since not every culture was historically a great builder. Personally, I really enjoy the variety that associated wonders bring, while at the same time I believe that not every civilization should be required to have one (after all, there are already civs in the game without a unique civilian unit). I’m a supporter of asymmetric design; I don’t think every civ needs to have all the exact same elements the game typically demands.

That said, I carried out a lot of research and decided to put together a large list of potential civilizations and their main candidates for associated wonders, meant to serve as a guide for those unsure of which wonder might suit a given civilization. I tried to cover as many civilizations as possible, from all parts of the world. For some, it was genuinely quite challenging, and I had to resort to entire cities, fairly unremarkable settlements, or relatively obscure buildings. In certain cases, such as the Mapuche, I couldn’t even come up with a plausible option.

Finally, every suggestion is welcome so I can improve the list by making new additions or adjustments.

I divided the civilizations by continents and eras: Antiquity, Exploration, and Modern.

Americas:

Adena - Criel Mound
Caral - Mayor Pyramid of Caral
Inuit - Inuksugalait
Marajoara - Teso dos Bichos Mound
Moche - Huaca del Sol
Nazca - Great Pyramid of Cahuachi
Olmec - Great Pyramid of Cholula
Pueblo - Cliff Palace
Teotihuacan - Pyramid Of The Sun
Tiwanaku - Kalasasaya
Xingu - Kuhikugu
Zapotec - Plataforma Sur
Aztec - Huey Teocalli
Chimor - Tschudi Complex
Guarani - St. Michael of the Missions
Haida - SG̱ang Gwaay Llnagaay
Haudenosaunee - Ganondagan
Itza - Temple of Kukulcan
Mapuche - Peteroa Fort
Muisca - Sun Temple of Sogamoso
Purépecha - Plaza de las Yácatas
Republic of Pirates - Fort de Rocher
Taíno - Caguana Ceremonial Ball Courts
Tupi - Iperoig
Wari - Pikillacta
Argentina - Teatro Colón
Brazil - Cristo Redentor
Canada - Château Frontenac
Cherokee - Sequoyah's Cabin
Colombia - Santuario de Las Lajas
Cuba - Gran Teatro de La Habana
Haiti - Citadelle Laferrière
Navajo - Navajo Nation Council Chamber
Paraguay - Palacio de los López
Sioux - Bighorn Medicine Wheel

Africa:

Bantu - Thimlich Ohinga
Garamantes -
Ghana - El-Ghaba
Ife -
Nok - Taruga
Nubia - Jebel Barkal
Numidia - Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania
Ajuran - Arba'a Rukun Mosque
Almohad - Hassan Tower
Almoravid - Qubbat al-Ba'diyyin
Benin - Royal Palace of the Oba
Kilwa - Palace of Husuni Kubwa
Kongo - Kulumbimbi
Mali - Great Mosque of Djenné
Marinid - University of al-Qarawiyyin
Mutapa - Great Zimbabwe
Oyo - Igboho
Zagwe - Betä Giyorgis
Ashanti - Aban Palace
Dahomey - Abomey Royal Complex
Ethiopia - Fasil Ghebbi
Kaabu - Shrine of the Snake Tamba Dibi
Merina - Rovan'i Manjakamiadana
Morocco - Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail
Sokoto - The Kaduna Central Mosque
Zulu - Kwa-Bulawayo

Europe:

Anglo-Saxons - Bamburgh Castle
Etruscan - Banditaccia Necropolis
Franks - Baptistère Saint-Jean
Gaul - Bibracte
Goths - Mausoleum of Theodoric
Minoan - Palace of Knossos
Norse - Temple at Uppsala
Slavs - Gnezdovo
Bohemia - St. Vitus Cathedral
Byzantine - Hagia Sophia
Capetian - Notre Dame
Denmark - Uraniborg
England - Globe Theatre
Florence - Santa Maria del Fiore
Granada - Alhambra
Holy Roman Empire - Cologne Cathedral
Hungary - Fellegvár
Iceland - L'Anse aux Meadows
Ireland - Clonmacnoise
Kievan Rus' - Zoloti Vorota
Lithuania - Trakų Salos Pilis
Muscovy - Saint Basil's Cathedral
Netherlands - Oost-Indisch Huis
Novgorod - Nereditsa Church
Portugal - Torre de Belém
Romania - Corvin Castle
Scotland - St Giles' Cathedral
Teutonic Order - Malbork Castle
Venice - Arsenale di Venezia
Austria - Schönbrunn Palace
Bavaria - Neuschwanstein Castle
Belgium - Brussels Town Hall
Poland - Wawel Castle
Sardinia - Basilica della Santissima Trinità di Saccargia
Sweden - Svenska Akademien
Switzerland - Palace of Nations

Middle East, Mediterranean, Central Asia, and Caucasus:

Armenia - Etchmiadzin Cathedral
Babylon - Etemenanki
Elam - Chogha Zanbil
Hebrews - Temple of Solomon
Hittite - Great Temple of Hattusa
Kushan - Kanishka Stupa
Mitanni - Urkesh
Nabataean - Petra
Palmyra - Temple of Baalshamin
Phoenicia - Temple of Eshmun
Scythia - Tsarskyi Kurgan
Seleucid - Great Colonnade at Apamea
Sumer - Etemenniguru
Xiongnu - Tongwancheng
Bukhara - Kalyan Minaret
Fatimid - Al-Azhar Mosque
Georgia - Svetitskhoveli Cathedral
Samanid - Samanid Mausoleum
Sasanian - Tāq Kasrā
Seljuk - Sultanhani
Timurid - Registan
Durrani - Mausoleum of Ahmad Shah Durrani
Miṣr - el-Matḥaf el-Maṣri
Omani - Nizwa Fort
Ottoman - Topkapi Palace
Safavid - Naqsh-e Jahan Square
Saudi Arabia - Al Masmak Palace

Indian Subcontinent, Far East Asia, and Southeast Asia:

Champa - Mỹ Sơn
Gupta - Nalanda
Heian - Byōdō-in
Indus Valley - Great Bath
Nanyue - Mausoleum of the Nanyue King
Pagan - Shwezigon Paya
Pyu - Bawbawgyi Pagoda
Qin - Terracotta Army
Silla - Emile Bell
Srivijaya - Candi Muaro Jambi
Yayoi - Yoshinogari
Zhangzhung - Jokhang
Anuradhapura - Ruwanwelisaya
Ayutthaya - Wat Phra Si Sanphet
Delhi - Qutb Minar
Goryeo - Manwŏltae
Great Jin - Yinshan Talin
Great Liao - Pagoda of Fogong Temple
Hanthawaddy - Shwedagon Zedi Daw
Lan Xang - Wat Xieng Thong
Muromachi - Kinkaku-ji
Ryukyu - Shuri Castle
Sulu - Darul Jambangan
Tang - Leshan Giant Buddha
Tibet - Potala Palace
Tokugawa Shogunate - Edo Castle
Aceh - Baiturrahman Grand Mosque
Brunei - Masjid Omar Ali Saifuddien
Joseon - Gyeongbokgung
Malaysia - Ubudiah Mosque
Maratha - Shaniwar Wada
Philippines - Simbahan ng San Agustin

Oceania:

Samoa - Pulemelei Mound
Tuʻi Tonga - Ha'amonga 'a Maui
Rapa Nui - Moai Paro
Saudeleur - Nan Madol
Australia - Sydney Opera House
Maori - Taputapuātea Marae

What would you add or change?

 

[Lord Lakely]

I can't really be bothered to do the formatting, but this is what my list looks like:

Africa isn't complete yet. I'm still doing research on that one.

 

[Alexander's Hetaroi]

For the Cherokee I think possibly Sequoyah's Cabin could work.
The only potential problem is it's located in present-day Oklahoma, and not in the ancestral lands of the Cherokee.

I see Lord Lakely had the same thought as me.

 

[Xandinho]

Added Sequoyah's Cabin to Cherokee.

Does anyone have any ideas for Mapuche? I thought about linking them to the old Spanish fort of Tucapel, but I’m not sure it would be very appropriate. I also couldn’t find anything solid for the Nok, so I had to resort to using the entire city of Taruga. Strange as it may seem, it wouldn’t be the first time we’ve had an entire city as a wonder.

 

[ConspicuousFlower]

Let's give it a try with some alternative options that I haven't seen proposed yet:

AMERICAS
INUIT: Inuksugalait (also known as Inuksuk Point, a small peninsula with more than 100 inuksuit stone cairns, a symbol of Inuit culture to this day)
ARGENTINA: Casa Rosada (the official residence of the President of Argentina, well known for its characteristic baby pink color)
NAVAJO: Navajo Nation Council Chamber (this building is the center of government of the Navajo nation, and features a massive, beautiful mural of the history of the Navajo nation inside)

EAST ASIA
HEIAN JAPAN: Itsukushima Shrine (a prominent Shinto shrine, most famous for its "floating" torii gate, has a niche as a water-placed wonder, which we don't have many of)

MIDDLE EAST
GEORGIA: Narikala Fortress (first built in the 4th century, this fortress overlooks the Georgian capital of Tblisi, acting as its main defense well into the late 17th century)

OCEANIA
MAORI: Tūrangawaewae (a marae that is the headquarters of the Maori Kīngitanga movement, and the official residence of the Maori monarch)

 

[TheGhostEnthusiast]

Most of the Wonder choices I have on my mind are the result of having put a concept together, and that admittedly affects my choice criteria; I typically decide on a mechanic/gameplay style to focus on after preliminary research, further refine that direction as I pick the uniques, and then after all is set in stone I try to find a wonder that works with that "story." Thus, culturally significant buildings that are more obscure tend to work their way in, which I know many don't like and also feel more out-of-place being built by other civs. Nevertheless, here are those wonder picks (excluding ones already posted):

ANTIQUITY
Nazca	Great Lines
Wagadou	Larabanga Mosque
Khotan	Rawak Stupa Courtyard
EXPLORATION
Swahili	Great Mosque of Kilwa
Kongo	Cathedral of the Holy Savior
Bhutan	Paro Taktsang
MODERN
Māori	Te Puea Memorial Marae
Netherlands	Het Schip
Cherokee	New Echota

 

[Alexander's Hetaroi]

Does anyone have any ideas for Mapuche? I thought about linking them to the old Spanish fort of Tucapel, but I’m not sure it would be very appropriate.

Is there a specific Chemamull, or group of them, that stands out from the rest? I'm not aware of any.

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

Safavid - Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque

For the Safavids I'd rather have the Naqsh-e Jahan Square

 

[Xandinho]

Updated Inuit and Safavid.

Is there a specific Chemamull, or group of them, that stands out from the rest? I'm not aware of any.

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to find anything particularly special that really stood out. As a last resort, it might be possible to use a village, but I didn’t come across anything noteworthy in my research either.

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

For the Safavids I'd rather have the Naqsh-e Jahan Square

On a related note, I see that the Qajar have the Grand Bazaar from the Naqshe-e Jahan Square as their probabale Associated Wonder. They should have had the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque instead

Spoiler :

 

[Alexander's Hetaroi]

On a related note, I see that the Qajar have the Grand Bazaar from the Naqshe-e Jahan Square as their probabale Associated Wonder. They should have had the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque instead

Spoiler :

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Pretty sure that is just the Grand Bazaar located in Istanbul. It's out in the game right now with the other world wonders.

 

[Ryansinbela]

Yeah it looks more like the one in Istanbul

Also Shwedagon Paya is already an exploration wonder

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

I don't think we'll get a fourth Chinese civ, but the Tang could have the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda

Giant Wild Goose Pagoda - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Achievement: Giant Wild Goose Chase: Be beat by another civilization to completing the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda by one turn

 

[TheGhostEnthusiast]

Does anyone have any ideas for Mapuche? I thought about linking them to the old Spanish fort of Tucapel, but I’m not sure it would be very appropriate.

Did some cursory research and the only idea I came up with was the fort at Peteroa, a later defensive position for Lautaro's forces that was constructed rather than captured. It's also far from ideal, though: the appearance would have to be almost entirely speculative due to a lack of records, and although it was built as part of a promising advance during which many subjugated groups were inspired to revolt and it was able to repel initial Spanish attacks, attempts to push further forward were driven back by the members of the Promaucae people who didn't join up with him, and when the Spanish arrived in full force it lead to catastrophic losses and a retreat that barely avoided interception by Spanish troops. Not really much of an inspiring a story to base a Mapuche wonder off of...

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

Potala Palace for Tibet

Potala Palace - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Ryansinbela]

if Iceland was in I could see it being modern and getting Hallgrímskirkja

 

[ConspicuousFlower]

I'm not particularly sold on the Keet Seel for the Navajo, even though both @Xandinho and @Lord Lakely have it. Even though it is located in Navajo territory, its creators were the ancient Pueblo, not the Navajo, and timeline wise it's a lot older (around the 1200s apparently) than the Navajo's proposed Modern Era status. I'm personally still pulling for the Navajo Nation Council Chamber.

 

[Siptah]

On a related note, I see that the Qajar have the Grand Bazaar from the Naqshe-e Jahan Square as their probabale Associated Wonder. They should have had the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque instead

Spoiler :

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the picture shows the Golestan Palace. Perfect choice for Qajars.

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I like new wonders, so in the unlikely case we‘d see Tibet, I’d prefer Kumbum Chörten (for the looks) or Jokhang (as main temple of the empire).

 

[Alexander's Hetaroi]

I'm not particularly sold on the Keet Seel for the Navajo, even though both @Xandinho and @Lord Lakely have it. Even though it is located in Navajo territory, its creators were the ancient Pueblo, not the Navajo, and timeline wise it's a lot older (around the 1200s apparently) than the Navajo's proposed Modern Era status. I'm personally still pulling for the Navajo Nation Council Chamber.

If they get into Modern, I could also see the Code Talker Memorial.
This is one civ that would make more sense to be released with an associated natural wonder, Tségháhoodzání (Window Rock), instead of a world wonder.

 

[Ryansinbela]

There is a recent mod that gave Yamatai the Hashihaka Kofun wonder