Harun al-Rashid, seems to have an endless supply of gold.

[Razzlesnaff]

Every game I play Arabia turns into an economic super power. Towards the end of the game, he always has between 5000-10000g and making at least 300g per turn. How the hell does the AI do it with him? With the exception of his UB, they're just not a top notch civ. +1g per trade route? Camel Archers?. Both of these things need a serious buffing.

But still, how does he get so rich? I don't understand it. And it's just him. None of the other civs ever seem to swim in so much gold.

 

[Malkaviel]

I know, he's great isn't he?

I play him in mp every time. The bazaar makes him a massive global trader. Also, with the right policies he has potential to have diplomatic victory very early (early 1800's) with a good spec science city and beelining UN.

 

[DrakenKin]

Well selling each luxury ressource twice for 300 gold each every 30 turns, meaning 10 gold per turn income from each luxury.

But mostly I believe (not sure but it seems logical) that the +1 gold from trade routes scale with the game. Meaning it is 1 early game but later on as you climb it increases, just as the revenue from your normal trade network and the maintenance cost of your units.