IHT: Still a couple of turns in anarchy. I doubt if 4 horsemen can take a Portuguese city on a hill...
IT: The Ottomans start the Knight's Templar.
Turn 1 (330BC) Anarchy turn
IT: England starts the Great Library.
Turn 2 (310 BC) We meet India and they lack Writing, while they have Construction

Strangely enough they are not at all a tiny nation and have a lot of culture. Opportunities opportunities!
IT: Our nations switches to a Republic.
Turn 3 (290 BC) Kufstein switched to worker. We are forced to have 30% luxury and do -3 gpt (79 gold).
IT: Lienz: spear->settler.
Turn 4 (270 BC) I send a horse from Krems to Rio Janeiro.
IT: Krems: horse->temple.
Turn 5 (250 BC) Horse to Rio Janeiro. India now also has Monarchy. Still no Writing. I can't wait anymore and give Writing to India for 29 gold.
We sell India CoL and Philo for Construction. They are still Republic, Literature and Map Making behind.
IT: Vienna: settler->barracks.
Turn 6 (230 BC) Six horses are ready to invade Rio Janeiro.
IT: Rome starts Sun Tzu.
Turn 7 (210 BC)
I inform Henry of Portugal that we are at war.
Siege of Rio Janeiro (uphill battle):
-Vet horse vs reg spear: spear redlined, horse dead
-Vet horse vs reg spear: spear redlined, horse killed, spear promotes
-vet horse vs two hitpoint spear: horse killed
-vet horse vs one hitpoint spear: horse killed
-vet horse vs one hitpoint spear: win!
-vet horse vs one hitpoint spear:
we win and take the city. This could have become real messy
Turn 8 (190 BC) Ivory hooked up. Salzburg switched to Zeus (in 15). Rome has a lot of ivory as well, but hasn't started Zeus yet. In fact, with Rome having just started Sun Tzu and no other wonder in preparation, we may have a shot at this! Lux tax to 20%.
IT: The Ottoman city of Salonika expanded. This city should fall next!! The Portuguese send a settler pair to our borders
Turn 9 (170 BC) Our elite horse kills a regular Portuguese spear and we have to slaves!
IT: The Portuguese send 8 units to our exploring horse near their lands. The Otto's start Leo.
Turn 10 (150 BC) Eisenerz founded far from the iron. Starts worker.
Next up: I would try to get peace asap and maybe get a cheap currency deal out of it. Our horse to the west has to go south to avoid confrontation with the Portuguese army. India is backward and may be our best way to get back into the tech race.
I think that we can peacefully expand a bit more, but the Otoman city near our ivory HAS to go imvho. A harbor may be good to start dealing. Obviously we need marketplaces as well!
150 BC save