Faith, arts and learning gather as CULTURE, city by city, turn by turn. Temple, Colosseum or Library add one; Cathedral or University two; a Civic Monument three.
Every wonder adds three — and one the world has outgrown still adds one. Old glory endures.
CULTURE TAKES CITIES. A small, rioting, lightly held town of yours may defect to an admired neighbour at peace with you.
Your rivals are watching. So is someone else.
Culture takes cities without an army.
A town of five citizens or fewer, in disorder, holding fewer than two defenders and no Palace, may change its flag — if a rival at peace with its owner sits within five tiles holding three times the owner's culture.
The garrison disperses. At most one city in the world defects in a turn.
Build the Temple you keep putting off.