IHT: We can get straight peace with the Zulu, but instead I include 33 gpt for Currency.
This allows me to buy The Republic for Currency, Construction and Literature from Japan. I stay at war with the Mongols, for war hapiness.
There are a few trade opportunities (not all AI in the MA have all the techs and a few of them is still backward). But I revolt instead. We naturally draw a terrible 8 turns.
Turn 1 (50 BC) Anarchy.
IT: The Egyptians drop two war chariots and a sword. The Mongols offer peace, but I decline. Egypt start Sistine.
Turn 2 (30 BC) I redline the sword and wound a war chariot with our pults.
-Vet sword kills war chariot
-Vet sword killed by war chariot
-Vet sword kills redlined sword and promotes
-Elite sword kills redlined war chariot
IT: Egypt starts Knights Templar. Mongols start Sistine.
Turn 3 (10 BC) Anarchy.
IT: The Mongols drop two archer. America starts Copernicus.
Turn 4 (10 AD) Catapults bring the archers to one and two HP. Two elite swords don't promote while killing the archers
IT: America finishes Sistine.
Turn 5 (30 AD) Anarchy.
IT: America and the Mongols MA vs us. That's the drawback of keeping wars going

At least we are at war with America again, which we should have been anyway.
The Mongols drop two archers and a warrior. The Mongols start Leo.
Turn 6 (50 AD) All three Mongol units are now 2 HP. One vet swords and two elites kills the troops. No promotions
IT: Egypt finishes Knights Templar. America start Leo.
Turn 7 (70 AD) Anarchy.
IT: More tribes start Leo, America also starts Bach. We are a Republic at last
Turn 8 (90 AD) I switch a couple of cities to markets.
IT: Stavanger: courthouse->aquaduct. Mongols finish Sun Tzu.
Turn 9 (110 AD) Nothing much. No money to trade and no units to kill...
IT:

The Egyptians now send a knight to us. An American cavarel comes into view...
Turn 10 (130 AD) Catapults only get the knight to 3 HP's. Elite sword redlined, but kills the knight.
We are at war with America, Egypt, Mongolia and Persia and aren't allowed to make peace. I haven't been in trouble, but also got no leaders. However: Egypt sent their first knight and America comes with a caravel now. We might need to ship catapults from Aarhus to the main island when a major threat comes.