Library Civilization 2

Library Civ2

Library is one of 38 City Improvements in MicroProse's TBS Game of 1996, Civilization 2. Library increases Science output by 50%.

• Library Cost: 80
• Library Upkeep: 1
• Library Prerequisite: Writing

The development of writing meant that the accumulated knowledge of a society could be written down and stored rather than memorized and passed along by word of mouth. The accumulated written material was stored in a library. The libraries of the ancient world, especially those at Alexandria and Pergamum, became leading centers of science and scholarship. The librarians actively collected the books of the world, accelerating the spread of knowledge.