You guys are all so much faster than me. I went cultural in 1960 at the easiest level. I probably could have done whatever I wanted by then, but it seemed like a hassle to start crushing everyone when I was only 25 turns to cultural dominance.
I had a slow tech start because I didn't go for caravels very quickly, and neither did anyone else. So it was some time before I met anyone other than Catherine who made no attempt to settle on my shores because I rex'd the coast and then stagnated while my economy caught up.
Joab hated me throughout the game, but never did anything about it. So I converted all his friends to my religion and passed the apostolic resolution to cut off trade with him and eventually harassed him with privateers just for kicks. I also gifted hordes of obsolete (to me) to the French to support their efforts vs Spanish aggression, and later hordes of obsolete units to England to defend against the vile French. While I pretty much sat around building wonders and lots of units that would never see battle until I gifted them to some other nation when they were no longer cutting edge.
I probably could have easily hit my culture vic in the late 19th century had I not waited until the 1500's to decide on a cultural vic though. But I get comfortable and lazy when building my empire.
I had a slow tech start because I didn't go for caravels very quickly, and neither did anyone else. So it was some time before I met anyone other than Catherine who made no attempt to settle on my shores because I rex'd the coast and then stagnated while my economy caught up.
Joab hated me throughout the game, but never did anything about it. So I converted all his friends to my religion and passed the apostolic resolution to cut off trade with him and eventually harassed him with privateers just for kicks. I also gifted hordes of obsolete (to me) to the French to support their efforts vs Spanish aggression, and later hordes of obsolete units to England to defend against the vile French. While I pretty much sat around building wonders and lots of units that would never see battle until I gifted them to some other nation when they were no longer cutting edge.
I probably could have easily hit my culture vic in the late 19th century had I not waited until the 1500's to decide on a cultural vic though. But I get comfortable and lazy when building my empire.