I am the persions. I thought I put in my two cents about the resources on my map. I started out and took over the entire continent, and there were no strategic resources on the map. No iron, nothing. So anyway I just played it cool adn kept the peace. Doing well scientifically, keeping ahead of everybody else and keeping up in wonders (all but 2).

Anyway when the era came about that had coal in it, I realized that I was in control of all the coal on the map. All the coal is on my continent. Later on in the game, when I got to see oil, guess what, all of the oil was in my possession.

Just saying guys, when You think you might have been screwed in resources, only time will tell.