@ Gumbolt:Spoiler :I read your post, thanks for the feedback. Was there anything i did that was correct?
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I see you as a builder. I look at Ulundi and you have nearly every building there. Market, temple, monst. You at times perhaps need to look at the tiles in a city and picture what the city will become.
You got the academy in Thebes that was good.
Your second city you built was memphis. Apart from the corn and copper what was this city ever going to provide. It is working 4 unimproved tiles. Your second city should of been one of the most improved cities you had.
Same for Heliopolis. It is already encroaching 2 of your cities and will long term not be a great city. You need to grab the key sites first. You look at other saves that built no blockers around Timbuktu and they seemed to block JC just as well.
Pr Ramesses long term will all those resources will be a nice commerce site.
When you build a new city you should have a worker ready to move in and start working the key resources. With so much jungle and forest this map needed a heavy worker base. I think as you had rushed Mansa it left everyone thinking where do I place new cities.
If you look at all your cities. You have 9 cities producing 4 or less science beakers each a turn. For new cities fair enough but this is why you are struggling on science. Normally the capital could be churning 60-70 science beakers early on.
I don't think Ulundi was working both it's gold.
I did some mm on your save and if you run wealth in Ulundi and Thebes you can raise science slider 20% and get science at 90 beakers a turn. As and when Tibuktu grows past 6-7 it can work the gold and cottages. Ulundi has to work the gold and production tiles. I figure with civil service and bur civic you would soon hit 129 beakers a turn at 60% science. A few tweaks to cities and some growth too maybe 150+ science. Do grow Timbuktu and stop building that settler!!
You have a lot of structure and lots of cities in place you just need to start making use of them. Don't be afraid to use wealth more to push science.
I think 10 cities for 400ad is quite good really. As stated before you wanted the Marble and silver city instead of memphis and heliopolis.
I do see potential in your save but I think due to the slow tech side it will get over looked.
Okay I have played with your save. Only editing cities and using wealth.Your science is at 50% and 101 beakers a turn. That is a 3 fold rise from 34 beakers a turn you posted.
I would love to see people play from this save to see what it could do.

Look at Fezzik save Timbuktu is size 16!!!!