I took my shoot at the challenge.
I played until 900BC before I realized that I played too much, so the 1000BC autosave was the only save and screeny that I got, sorry.
I played my start as a true builder, claiming as much territory as possible, aiming for an early FP in Bursa.
My game was altered by two major game events. 1) the Aztecs and Incans fought an early war in my game, allowing me to expand further than most players. and 2) I missed Philosophy by 1 turn. I guess it made up for the good luck.
Highlight:
After moving the worker southwest, I moved the settler west before settling. This being a continent game, coastal is not nearly as important.
I then decided to try an extremely early granary, so after just 1 scouting warrior, I started Istanbul on a barrack pre-build for the granary. The research choice was pottery on max, of course.
I finished the granary on turn 18 (3100BC) with the help of a forrest chop. I think my granary was finished before Istanbul reached size 3.
After the Granary, I build 2 more exploring warriors before starting the settler. My initial warrior had gone westward, treking more or less along the northern coast. The 2nd and 3rd warrior went south and east respectively.
My 2nd city was Edrine which I founded on turn 30 (2550BC). It started a granary immdiately. Which with the help of 2 forrest chops, finished on turn 46 (1910BC).
For the rest of the game, I ran Istanbul as a warrior+warrior+settler 10 turn factory (not much of a factory, is it?) and Edrine as a warrior+settler 6 turn factory.
I found out on turn 49 (1790BC) that my two closest neighbors are fighting. I decided right then this is going to be a builder's start. I'm going to settle towards the AI first, then fill back.
Turn 69 (1275BC) was a major turning point in my game. Maya threatened for my entire treasury, which was only 3 gold at the time

. In most situations, I would have given in, but for that turn I was running -1gpt, if I had given in, then I would have to lose one building/unit. That was unacceptable. So war was declared. During the same turn. The Incans researched Philosophy, beating me by one turn

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1500BC (turn 60)
4 cities
4 workers
2 settlers
about to found Uskdar in 1 turn and Izmit (the Dye city) in 7 turns.
1000 (turn 80)
9 cities
10 workers
1 settler
about to found a new city in 5 turns.
Here's my empire at 1000BC
and the save