preflight OK
1790(1)
Damascus-worker NE to plains to get irrigation to wheat
Mecca-Ann&other worker finish irrigation-road
Tiger sw w
Wolf - really no where else to explore tiger should finish in N before he can get there - options, disband or try to sneak around barb hut far to the W. Will try to sneak around
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damascus warr-temp(vetoable but having trouble with happiness, also having trouble with treasury). Fortify war & send spear south to choke and bring war at choke back to damascus
1725(2)
wolf ended turn next to barb
tiger s s
Damascus worker irrigates
medina worker finished mining bg, moved s to another bg
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wolf dies
medina settler - spear (thought chop would finish him in two turns without waste)
1700(3)
Medina's settler SE toward lowest ring 5 city position on E side
Medina worker#1 set to mine bg
Mecca's workers to plains NE of city to begin irrigation toward medina for SF
tiger sw w
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mecca settler-settler(pop4, grows in 4 with settler in 4

)
1675(4)
mecca's stacked workers begin irrigation of plains
settler s
Tiger s
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Medina's worker completes chop,but spear lacks 2 shields (now only 3spt after chop

- in the future I'll try to remember to switch to another forest tile if I need the shields that turn) Options:complete spear or switch to settler, will complete spear as settler would drop pop too low at this time
1650(5)
Medina's game worker begins road on game
Tiger SW
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Medina spear-settler
1625(6)
spear from medina w to look for barbs, then will swing s to join at choke
Mecca's workers finish irr & move NE to another plains with out roading to get water to medina on time
Damascus's worker finishes irr of plains and roads
Tiger sw s. Has explored most of area N of Ottomans except for a few tiles to NE. Will start him back that way next turn.

on my F1 check this turn, I noted medina and mecca both have pop of 4, both have 2 mps and a temple and no lux's, but mecca has 1 happy and 3 content and medina has four content. Does anyone know why? Does the capital get a bonus of some kind that I don't know about?
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1600(7)
Mecca's 2 workers irrigate plains
Baghdad founded

(2spt) warrior
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Mecca settler - settler (pop3, growth in 3, settler in 5)
Receive word Ottomans are building the Oracle
1575(8)
F7 reveals Ottomans are building the Pyramids in Istanbul and the Oracle in Bursa
Najran Founded

(3spt) warrior
Mecca's settler sw heading toward crp8 city site, but with Najran, might consider the desert below the choke instead as it will give us the wheat and still allow our ships a shortcut (i think this site is distance 10, but would be further than our ring 8 cities and won't affect their corruption)
Spear from medina confirms nw peninsula currently clear of barbs, would probably send medina's next settler this way
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1550(9)
spear sw (mean to click s but misclicked)
Medina's worker 1 has finished mining BG. Road it for $
Medina's worker 2 has finished r on grassland s of game - begins irrigation
Mecca's stacked workers finished irrigation (perfect timing) and start road of irrigated plains
settler s
Damascus's worker finished road and after thought (maybe too much) I conclude that if wheat is irrigated first, would grow too fast and have happiness problems, so I move him to forest to start a chop and will likely need to either help get a settler out after the temple or it can be used to help get a rax
the wheat still needs to be irrigated
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1525(10)
spear s
settler s
MM Medina - taxman
Note: with our shrinking treasury and no completion of a tech during my turns, I didn't even check to see about trades.