Great Works Activate at a district or wonder with an available Great Work slot. Historical Context Born in March 1685 AD in Thuringia, J.S. Bach had a prestigious musical lineage in a…
Gauhar Jaan | Civilization VI
Great Works Activate at a district or wonder with an available Great Work slot. Historical Context Named Angelina Yeoward at birth in 1873 AD in Azamgarh, she would become a famed vocalist,…
Frederic Chopin | Civilization VI
Great Works Activate at a district or wonder with an available Great Work slot. Historical Context Born in March 1810 AD in Poland, Fryderyk Franciszek Szopen came from an émigré middle-class family…
Franz Liszt | Civilization VI
Great Works Activate at a district or wonder with an available Great Work slot. Historical Context A child prodigy, at least in music, by the age of nine Franz Liszt was performing…
Clara Schumann | Civilization VI
Great Works Activate at a district or wonder with an available Great Work slot. Historical Context Although not widely regarded as a composer – her husband Robert Schumann is, however – Clara…
Antonio Vivaldi | Civilization VI
Great Works Activate at a district or wonder with an available Great Work slot. Historical Context Ordained as a priest in 1703 AD, Antonio Lucio Vivaldi choose to follow his passion for…
Antonio Carlos Gomes | Civilization VI
Great Works: Activate at a district or wonder with an available Great Work slot. Historical Context Born in July 1836 AD in Brazil, Gomes was the first composer from the “New World”…
Antonin Dvorak | Civilization VI
Great Works: Activate at a district or wonder with an available Great Work slot. Historical Context Contrary to popular legend, Antonín Dvorák was not born in 1841 into poverty. An innkeeper and…
Sarah Breedlove | Civilization VI
Unique Ability Historical Context Sarah Breedlove – better known as Madam C.J. Walker – was the first self-made female millionaire in the United States and one of the richest African-Americans in history….
Raja Todar Mal | Civilization VI
Unique Ability Historical Context Born in Uttar Pradesh to a Hindu family… that’s about all that is known of the young Todar Mal; even his date of birth has been lost to…