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Sid Meier's Civilization III
Developer(s)	Firaxis Games Westlake Interactive Aspyr Media
Publisher(s)	Infogrames Entertainment MacSoft Aspyr Media
Designer(s)	Jeff Briggs, Soren Johnson
Release date(s)	October 30, 2001  November 1, 2001
Genre(s)	Turn-based strategy
System(s)	Windows, Mac OS, GameTap, Direct2Drive, Steam
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone
System requirements (help)	300MHz 32MiB 400MiB
Expansion pack(s)	Play the World, Conquests
Preceded by	Civilization II
Followed by	Sid Meier's Civilization IV
Series	Civilization

Sid Meier's Civilization III is a turn-based strategy computer game by Firaxis Games, the sequel to Sid Meier's Civilization II. It was followed by Civilization IV. Also called Civ 3 or Civ III for short, the game is the third generation of the original Civilization. The game offers highly evolved gameplay in terms of both mechanics and strategy. Unlike the original game, Civ III was not designed by Sid Meier, but by Jeff Briggs, a game designer, and Soren Johnson, a game programmer.

Civilization III, like the other Civilization games, is based around building an empire, from the ground up, beginning at start of recorded history and continuing beyond the current modern day. The player's civilization is centered around a core of cities that provide the resources necessary to grow the player's cities, construct city improvements, wonders, and units, and advance the player's technological development. The player must balance a good infrastructure, resources, diplomatic and trading skills, technological advancement, city and empire management, culture, and military power to succeed.

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