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Great Library (5) Hagia Sophia (14) Hanging Gardens (8) Oracle (6) +1 The Oracle is not just a free culture early in the game when they are cheep. It is a FREE culture always. Having the boost from the Oracle means that all future culture choices cost less because you have delayed the ramping...

They both have their place in the force build up. I keep a few arty with my units but they tend to hold an advance up and if your tanks don't wait for them they are vulnerable to counter attack. Bombers are great because you can have a dozen of them hit a target not on your main axis of...

I am sure this has been talked to death but I have not found a good thread yet. Which is better? Placing a city on a hill next to a river or on a flat area near a river?

At least I'm not the only one. Thanks for the reply

Is there a trick to assigning promotions to planes? I have been using stealth bombers allot in my latest game and have some over 100 experience but they are all still level 1. When I select the plane there is no option to upgrade even though it says that it is 122/10. :cry:

That blue-gray jungle resource could be silk The gray metal may be Tin a very important commodity in the bronze age.

During this time frame the most important trade route was the Triangle Trade; Slaves, Molasses, and Rum. The New world was shipping timber, tobaco, spices, sugar, indigo, fruit and grain back to Europe. Fruit and Grain were the least important on that list but it was there even in the 1700s.

Virtual Intelligence Robotics Computer neural interfacing Nano Technology -- Bean Stalk wonder Fusion Power Post Natal gene modification Weather control Under-sea colonization Orbital Solar Power collectors Space based industrial centers

I have never liked the "random" maps. There are never any straits, inland seas, few islands, and no cleaver places to plop a city to make a canal.

From one city/region that has extra food to one that is short. Wheat and soybeans in Argentina go to South Africa to support the mining towns. Trade has always been about supplying needs. The reason that food shipments are not normally considered the major trading good is because of low cost...

The risk is self evident. If you are building a city up on grain shipments from a foreign power you will be in a bad place when your relations with that nation turn sour or war/barbarians disrupt the trade route.

What you are not admitting is that food availability is what governs how large a city gets not food production. If a city is successful and can import more food than it produces that city may import from more regions than a 3 tile circle centered on the spot the first settler planted his flag...

I should be more liberal with my TM's

That is an excellent point. Roads were present in the ancient world only to service the local community. Until you have a wide empire there is little reason to make a road that will just make it easier for your neighbor to invade you. Inter-city trade was very poor in 1000bc and the smart...

All of that is true. Highly industrialized nations see lower birthrates. The main cause of this is that people are having families later or not having them at all and instead are focusing on their careers. If these nations did not protect themselves their population would all be rising due to...