First post, a walkthrough of my game

Hey all,
Here is my first post. I've been doing ok on my own but feel like I've reached a ceiling. Now on noble and prince I can only win certain games when things seem JUST right, and I'd like to improve.

ANYWAY I'm going to walk through my whole game, add pointers criticisms, advice etc as you feel fit, and I will try to implement them into my game. Please understand that I know barely ANY terms so pretend you're talking to someone who just started playing today.

Info:
Fractal map
Villages are on
Noble Difficulty
Turned out to be Montezuma

I'll try to post as often as possible but unfortunately I also have to work, so I might not have as many posts as we'd all like.

Start is attached.

Next few turns and my first few units

I usually start off the game with trying to rush the closest competitors capital and either take it or cripple them.

More turns, not much to add.

This is the civ 5 strategy and tips. You want civ 4 strategy and tips I believe.

More turns, met some people. It's great meeting new people isn't it?

Wow, thanks for the correction!!!

a mod should move to cIV forum

Moderator Action: Moved to Civ IV S&T

Some pointers:

You should have researched Agriculture followed by Animal Husbandry first instead of Mining and Bronze Working. Also build a worker first always, or at least in 80% of all cases. You can spam warriors all you want after that, barbarians won't bother you so early in all but the highest difficulty levels and even the most psychopathic of AIs won't declare war on you for the first 50 turns or so either.

There seems to be a lot of jungle to your south, you should explore more around your capital, especially the western and northern coast should be uncovered ASAP to look for seafood.