975 Babylon finishes training a group of spearmen and they head off to explore south of         the empire.  Babylon then begins gathering a group of brave souls to form a new             settlement.  Ur's production is changed from a spearman to a temple to make our people      happy.  The illusive Zulus decide to contact us with a proposal to exchange territory       maps.  Empress Quinalla laughs at this idea, why would we give our map to an enemy, but 
    manages to convince them to give us their map in a better deal. 

950 Workers continue connecting our empire with roads.  Our exploring archer finds that
    the Roman city Pinsae is connected to one other Roman city, but not to the main empire.
    The zulus new home is quite a distance from our empire now so Quinalla resigns herself
    to the fact that she will not be able to attack them during her reign.  She sends a 
    group of spearmen to invistigate the land between the zulus and her empire in hopes
    that a future leader might be able to reach them.  Her advisors report that the Persians
    are building the pyrimids.

925 Quinalla is told that Zimbabwe is building a granary, but she knows that the people
    are beginning to feel crowded so she decides to allow they to form a band to settle in
    a new place.  An exploring spearman discovers yet another source of iron.

900 The Golden Age of the Babylonians has ended.  Workers finish a road to Ellius and 
    begin on a road to a new settlement site that Quinalla has chosen for her people when
    they are brave enough to go there.

875 A spearman discovers a barbarian camp and Quinally is eager to attack.  A group of
    people from Zimbabwe is ready to start on a journey to a new city site and another
    group inspired by this band of brave souls begins to form.  Ellius citizens say goodbye
    to some of their former citizens as they head off to expand the empire.  The citizens
    then start building barracks for their protectors.  The people of Uri finish their 
    glorious temple and are also inspired to form a group to settle new lands.

850 The spearman attacks the barbarians and is victorious.  

825 Ninevah is founded.  A strange barbarian is seen to the north west.  Contact with
    him is initiated and he claims to be from the great Greek civilization.  Quinalla 
    contacts the leader and finds a very backward people in science, so a simple trade
    of their territory map, some gold and our knowledge of map making reveals their lands.
    The greeks are between us and the new zulu cities and perhaps the greeks will be of
    some use when the Babylonians finish of the Zulu for good.

800 Babylon finishes training spearman and is instructed to build a barracks.  The 
    spearman joins the exploration.  Quinalla notices that the whole continent is rich with
    iron desposits.

775 More exploration

750 Ashur is founded and is ordered to construct a temple since it is close to the 
    Persian sphere of influence.

730 Quinalla begins consulting her advisors every 20 years instead of 25.  Ulundi 
    finishes training spearmen and is ordered to construct a temple to increase our 
    sphere of influence.  The spearman heads to Zimbabwe to be ready to escort the new
    settlers that will soon be leaving.

710 The exploring archer reaches the northern edge of the continent.  The Zulus want to
    renegotiate the peace treaty and Quinalla decides that agreeing will lull them into
    thinking they are safe from the Babylonians.

690 Barbarian boats are spotted near Babylon.  The road to Ur is completed.  The Persians
    contact us and offer Philosphy for a mere 90 gold and we accept and they are now much
    more polite to us.

670 Ellipi is founded and two more supplies of silks are secured and kept out of greedy 
    Roman hands.  Perhaps we will trade some to them in the future if they are lucky.
    Ellipi begins constructing a temple.

650 Ninevah constructs a warrior and begins training workers to help complete roads.

630 The Romans are also expanding their empire rapidly.  The Ur settlers set out for better
    lands and spearman begin their training.

610 Zimbabwe sends another group of settlers on its way and another group is ordered to be
    formed because of the incredibly high birth rate.

590 Babylon finishes its barracks and is instructed to train spearmen.

570 The exploring warrior finds a new town site with access to fish and cows and Quinalla
    takes this as an omen that the empire will continue to thrive under the next leader
    and decides it is her time to die.

Note: There are settlers moving towards new town sites with spearmen protecting them, you 
might want to see where they are headed.
