New Civ Game Guide: Abbasid

[FXS_Sar]

Introducing Abbasid! Unified by the new religion of Islam, the early Arab caliphates expanded rapidly across the Mediterranean and eastward into Persia. In this world, Baghdad, the capital of the Abbasid dynasty, thrived as a center of learning and culture. Arab scholars advanced astronomy and mathematics, philosophy and art - until, like the fall of night, the Mongols appeared on the eastern horizon.

Attributes:
Scientific
Cultural

Unique Ability:
Medina: Receive Gold for each Rural Population of the City when you create a Specialist. Effect scales with Game Speed.

Unique Infrastructure:
- Ulema: Unique Quarter. Adds Science to all Specialists in this city.
- Madrasa: Unique Building. Science Base. Science adjacency for Quarters and Science Buildings.
- Mosque: Unique Building. Happiness base. Happiness Adjacency for Culture Buildings and Culture Adjacency for Happiness Buildings. Unlocks the ability to found a Religion.

Unique Civilian Unit:
Ālim: Unique Great Person Unit. Can only be built in Cities with an Ulema, and the specific Ālim received is random. Each Ālim can only be received once. Cost increases per Ālim built. (Check the game guide for possible Ālim units!)

Unique Military Unit:
Mamluk: Unique Cavalry Unit. When Stationed in or Occupying a Settlement, receive increased Combat Strength for every Urban Population in this Settlement.

Associated Wonder:
House of Wisdom: Adds Science. Gain a set number of Relics. Increased Science on Great Works. Has a set number of Great Works slots. Must be built adjacent to an Urban tile.

Starting Biases:
Camels
Coast

Check out the full game guide for more info & civic trees: https://civilization.2k.com/civ-vii/game-guide/civilizations/abbasid/

Moderator Action: Short video, currently only on Twitter:

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[TheGhostEnthusiast]

Relics back! I love the references to mechanics we don't know about yet, great for the hype!

 

[moysturfurmer]

Okay looks like players can found a religion again. Had my worries

hospital buliding confirmed

relics confirmed

 

[Zaarin]

Congrats on beating Bite!

 

[moysturfurmer]

"Can only be built in Cities with a Madīnat, and the specific Ālim received is random. Each Ālim can only be received once. Cost increases per Ālim built."

is this a typo? I don't see a ref to Madinat elsewhere

 

[8housesofelixir]

Starting Biases:
Camels

Born to trade.

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

What is a Madinat? An older name for the Ulema?

 

[moondog385]

Loving the architectural design for the Abbasids. Interesting to see all of the religious buildings now part of the civ rather than unlockable through beliefs. Also, hospitals are in!

 

[Vitruvian Guar]

> receive increased Combat Strength for every Urban Population in this Settlement

What's the logic behind this one?

 

[gdr_willter]

"Can only be built in Cities with a Madīnat, and the specific Ālim received is random. Each Ālim can only be received once. Cost increases per Ālim built."

is this a typo? I don't see a ref to Madinat elsewhere

Could Madinat be a universal building?

 

[8housesofelixir]

What is a Madinat? An older name for the Ulema?

I suspect the UQ name "Ulema" and the UA name "Medina" are somehow mistakenly switched, since to my knowledge "Ulema" never refers to a building or an establishment (it means Islamic scholars), while "Medina" literally means "city."

And to receive great persons (who are also Islamic scholars), you need to build up their UQ (which developed from religious and educational institutions), which seems logical.

 

[Zaarin]

I'll be curious to see more about religion, though it looks like it's just going to be the Civ5 Religion v3...

 

[stealth_nsk]

Born to trade.

I suspect most of the players will start in antiquity, so starting bias of exploration+ civilizations will not mean anything in most cases

 

[Alexander's Hetaroi]

So the Mosque allows you to found a religion. Does that mean not every Exploration Age civ will be able to found one?

 

[gdr_willter]

So the Mosque allows you to found a religion. Does that mean not every Exploration Age civ will be able to found one?

I think the others can found their religion from the other way - like common civic trees, wonders, or events.

Abbasid can found theirs from the first unique civic tree bonus. I consider they're faster than the others.

 

[moysturfurmer]

Could Madinat be a universal building?

I'd guess no. It's very specifically like an Arabian "fortified palace-city."

I assume it's the unique quarter, and Ulema is another name for Alim

 

[Zaarin]

I think the others can found their religion from the other way - like common civic trees, wonders, or events.

Abbasid can found theirs from the first unique civic tree bonus. I consider they're faster than the others.

This is my interpretation as well. It's a variant of their Civ6 ability.

 

[TheSpaceCowboy]

So the Mosque allows you to found a religion. Does that mean not every Exploration Age civ will be able to found one?

It’s probably a Abbasid-specific alternative to a generic Temple. The Temple allows for the founding of a Religion, while the Mosque does the same but with added benefits

 

[gdr_willter]

I'd guess no. It's very specifically like an Arabian "fortified palace-city."

I assume it's the unique quarter, and Ulema is another name for Alim

Okay, another typo issue from the official revealing content. I'm not surprised... We've seen desert for Han before.

 

[8housesofelixir]

Okay, another typo issue from the official revealing content. I'm not surprised... We've seen desert for Han before.

I still highly suspect that the Wang Yangming in the Han guide is very likely a Ming unique great person misplaced on that page.