Round 3: 1175 BC to 35 BC [59 Turns] - The Capture of the Christian Kingdom
I signed open borders with Isabella in order to scout out her defenses. I wasn't quite impressed with what I saw.
....yyyyyeah.
Apparently, I wasn't the only one up to something!
A few turns later, I found out who Tokugawa's target was.
Isabella! I was surprised, as I reasoned that Tokugawa would attack Mansa Musa, since they were worst enemies. I guess the close distance factor trumped the worst enemy factor. Speaking of close distances, Tokugawa immediately proved that he was no slouch by capturing the nearest Spanish city.
I wanted that city! Now I'm going to have to hurry up and make sure Japan doesn't obliterate Spain entirely.
Veering off the topic of the war, I received a quest. I wonder if I should do this.
Maybe this is why Isabella's defenses are so weak - she never bothered to connect copper!
Anyway, I mustered up some mixed forces and then declared war. The axemen here were produced before the iron, of course.
As my forces marched to Madrid, I noticed that a CAUTIOUS Tokugawa was willing to sign open borders.
Yes.
CAUTIOUS!!! 
My forces found Madrid extremely under-defended. There had actually been five archers in the city, but I parked my soldiers next to the city for an extra turn while I let Tokugawa suicide his five axes or swords. The weird thing was Tokugawa definitely had at least 5 other axes in Seville, but never bothered to move all of them to Madrid.
The city was mine, of course. There was no wonder, but the marble makes the city promising.
City #2! Barcelona, the holy city.
City #3! Cordoba! Came with a granary.
I got my first great general after this city, who I combined with a combat I, medic I chariot.
I also captured Uzbek.
City #4! Toledo! These cities just keep falling to the Roman praetorians.
I then made a decision that was unwise on my part - I signed peace, since I expected Tokugawa's stack of 15 units to capture the remaining 2 spanish cities in no time at all. It turned out that Tokugawa captured the city east of Toledo, but ignored the one in the south! I had to later re-declare war which caused a diplomatic penalty with Gilgamesh and Mansa Musa. I would have had a penalty with Suryavarman II (since he was Christian and giving a +6 diplomatic boost for Isabella) but Sury was at war with Isabella as well! He was bribed (definitely by Tokugawa) since he sent no units.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, we meet
Mehmed II (Expansive/Organized). I couldn't find any of his units, and we're not connected via trade routes.
The last Spanish city.
I decided to end the round a few turns later. The economy has crashed, as expected. Mission accomplished.
The map, with and without resources. I have a chariot exploring Sumeria and an axemen exploring the Khmer.
Other stuff.
So now what? I think I don't need any more settlers at the moment. I am building the Moai statues in Cumae until it grows to size six (just becuase I needed to produce something), and then I will start a worker.
Once I get Aesthetics, I hope to improve my technological position. Also, after these screenshots were taken, I hired two scientists in Antium, so now both Antium and Rome are running two scientists each, for a total of six beakers per city.
The save:
I won't be building another settler on my long, winding peninsula anytime soon. Cities 4, 5, 6, etc. should be from conquest.
The next game (if I play one) will definitely be on deity.
