Who goes first?
From the publisher’s rulebook

Who goes first in Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game?

Fantasy Flight Games English original board-game rulebook

Choose whoever can trace their family history back the farthest, or select the first player at random.

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Rule details

The selected player receives the first player marker; it moves one player left at the start of later game turns, but not the first turn.

The original board game is distinct from Civilization: A New Dawn.

If there’s a tie

The cited starting-player instruction does not specify a tie-break. We don’t infer one.

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