Preturn:
If it were me I'd have set max sci to PP, but I'll let the gambit continue.
The world is in turmoil. Everybody seems to be fighting somebody, of course that's what we want.
I move a musketman on top of the iron as a Persia spear is nearby. Seems Lee likes to leave me a stack each time. I move the army into Kazan to heal, and the rest of the stack next to Batshireet. Nothing else to change.
IBT No attack.
(1)660AD: 2 treb miss, and 5-hp WE kills reg pike, redlines but promotes. Still 2 archers left.
We raze Batshireet losing one WE, and capture a treb.
IBT many attacks but we fend off all of them and don't lose any units. However, there are 13 units next to Pasargadae now. They really want their capital back.
Kolhapur riots due to WW.
(2)670AD: I have to make peace with Persia. I get Ghulaman and Borazjan for the concession, and then find out they are built on tundra and one of them is starving at size 2. A French warrior is even next to one of them. I simply abandon them.
So much for the war with Persia. Our peace treaty with Babylon expires in 6 turns so I'm prepare for that. The only issue is we share a pretty long border. I think we need to go offense in the weat line so I'm moveing WEs and trebs there.
Pasargadae expands and steals the iron from Babylon.

Great news, Babylon has no iron connected now, but I can still see one source close to Ashur.
IBT France signs in America against us as well. Greece and Germany make peace.
(3)680AD: Germany gets Education too. Move an AC in Babylon to have a peak around Nineveh. I really like to get Eridu with Sun Tzu's in it, but it might be tough. If we are committed to it we need to ally with Greece, otherwise we probably just take Uruk and Hovd instead. Babylon's military is still stronger than us.
IBT Persian and France MA vs Russia. Australia demands incense.

I refuse, she backs off as expected.
(4)690AD: Germany has Printing Press but not chemistry. China also gets Education. Both PP and Chemistry are monopoly. Quite expensive but we have to grab this opportunity.
109gpt+3086g from Egypt for Chemistry. Chemistry to Germany for PP+Contact with Iro/Songhai. PP and a bunch of contacts back to Egypt for 94gpt+836g (I take the gpt instead of lumsum to not speed its research up). Chemistry to China for Education.
Some small deals:
Contact with Songhai/Venezuela to Persia for 139g.
Contact with Brazilians/Venezuela/Aztecs/Songhai to Russia for 15gpt+6g.
Contact with Songhai/Austrialians/Babylonians/Persians/Greeks/Chinese to Aztecs for 20gpt+17g.
I sell Theology to Greece for 50g+26gpt.
Summary: 3 techs + full contact for ~1118g. We are the tech lead again and I start min sci on Banking.
Bad news is we cannot extort techs from Babs any more.
I think we should start to do our own research? But I'll leave it to the next leader.
(5)700AD: Indus expands and we get 3 angry barbs. I rush rax in Indus.
Zulu agrees to talk and we pay 160g to make peace. Oh crap, it has Astronomy.
IBT Egypt and Zulu MA vs Babylon. [dance]
Almarikh riots.
Zulu and France start Copernicus.
(6)710AD: Buy a Russian worker.
IBT Persia and France MA vs Egypt. Germany and Egypt MA vs Persia. Germany also declares on Russia.
(7)720AD: 3 musketeers and 1 settler come to sight. France agrees to talk. I kill two musketeers. The other muskeeter/settler pair is inside Babylon on a mountain, so I have to use the army to reach it. It kills the reg muskeeter but has only 3 hp left!
I then make peace with France up front. Only the stipid Abe is at war with us now.
MM Antioch to get market 4 turns earlier with -1 food. Before getting market we don't want to grow anyway. Just notice we have 2 scientists working, fire one.
Establish Embassy with Greece by a cheap 43g - it's size 3, +2fpt, 6spt and building a hoplite. Garrisoned by 3 hoplites and 1 treb, together with a settler/galley. No improvement or resources.
IBT Heroic Epic completed.
(8)730AD: boring turn.
IBT Watch Chinese rider captures a Russian town. China is getting big, we need to be prepared.
(9)740AD: Babylon is toasted. It still hasn't connected iron and it also lost horses. Akkad is captured by Egypt and Eridu is now size 3. Many of its cities are shrinking. And MA says our military is about the same size.

I suggest we go directly to the west toward Eridu the Sun Tzu's city.
Our army will be fully healed next turn so I'll leave the declaration to next leader.
I found Pune in the east and start temple. After expansion it'll grab two whales and one fish.
IBT Babylon and Russia sign peace. Too late!
Antioch and Kolhapur riot.
(10)750AD: Hmm, we lost the lux from Russia. That's why.
I establish embassy with Argentina. It's size 10, 14gpt and 12fpt. 6 pikemen inside, building a knight. It's not at war.
Also establish embassy with Iroquois just to see where it is. It's size 12 at 2/6/4 (why wouldn't it riot?), 11spt and 7fpt, has 4 pike and also building a knight.
I think the trade route with Argentina is safer, so I get furs+spices from Argentina by PP+20g.
Rush settler in Hyderadad so galley could pick it up next turn. Then I realise I didn't put an escort in the galley. We can borrow the musket in Karachi.
We can make peace with Abe now but he is so backward and broke that we'd better just keep the war happiness.
LK65-750AD