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As I hit the second half of the age of Industry, the Greek war machine had just purged the home continent. With the advent of motorized transportation, I looked to the other continents to fulfill Greece's desire for territory.
Greece versus the world (1545-1710)
With Greece already into the Modern Age and the rest of the world at least a half an age behind, 40 some tanks and a cavalry army landed near Hadrumentum. Meanwhile, on the Atlantian continent, tanks were starting to be airlifted for a future invasion via a city we captured from the Minoans ages ago.
On the Carthigian frontline, my tanks encountered nothing beyond riflemen and cavalry. Naturally, Carthage fell fairly quickly, with Persia inflicting the final blow in 1615 AD. In 1585, the GL Hector made a triumphant return, discovering the Cure for Cancer in Athens in 1610 AD. Also during this period the Internet was created in Corinth in 1600 AD. Longevity was also created around this time, but my historians were daft enough not to write down when, and are now too lazy to look it up.
While the whole Carthage campaign was going, the Atlantians beat me to the punch, and declared war on me in 1565. The war was a difficult one, with my nation begining to strain under severe war weariness. Nonetheless, the troops fought on until Atlantis was reduced to two cities, one of which was on the continent. The only reason my tanks spared the last Atlantian foothold was the fact that Isabella decided to firmly wedge her dagger into my back in 1640.
She struck my very very lightly defended south Atlantian possesions, taking several cities at once. It took several turns before my tanks reclaimed the cities and managed to go on the offensive.
All the while during the Spanish war, I was also fighting Persia and Egypt, who declared war via a MPP in 1635. I took nearly all of Cleo's fringe cities and a chunk of her core. I did next to nothing to Xerxes, as I didn't have the resources to launch another attack on a thrid continent. At around 1655, the war weariness was becoming next to unbearable, so I decided I was going to try to draw up some peace treaties, and wait for my cultural victory (I had 80,000 already, gaining around 1300/turn). I managed to make peace with Egypt in 1655, but that was not to last. Persia pushed me over the edge by getting Babylon and Egypt back into MPP's, bringing them in against me. At that point I decided if my republic collapses, so be it. I pushed forward on all fronts with the luxury slider at around 50%. After many battles, a war weary Greek nation achieved Domination in 1710. Not much for a quick vicotry, but I'm glad to get it finshed up finally.
Various Odds & Ends
Great Leaders were wild in this game. After the aforementioned return of Hector, I experienced more returns. They went something like this:
Ulysess II in 1635: Tank Army
Jason II in 1650: Airport in Rome
Aeson II in 1660: Manhattan Project in Rome
Ajax II in 1665: Factory in Rome
Pyrrhus III in 1675: Destroyed by the Spanish
Hector III in 1705: Hospital in Carthage
I also built the UN in 1705. It was almost tempting to call a vote and see if I could get the coveted green ambulance
Total Time: 67 hours, 34 minutes, 7 seconds
Firaxis Score:7495
Jason Score:6199
. Ok, so everyone was right - with so many civs, I should have done a better job at making contacts and trading wisely. But, a war with Minoans did yield a Golden Age and some territory. Since Minoans built the Great Library I had hopes that my military gambit might pay off handsomely. I negotiated peace -- my plan was to take maximum advantage of the Golden Age to increase my military power and then capture the GL and a good portion of Minoans territory.
I'm sure there was no offense intended, and none taken. The brilliance of my "stragety" had yet to manifest 
