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Using Thoth's save game. 
The Polytubbies were a nomadic people until the great leader, Polytehbon I, decided his feet were too sore to keep wandering about. He decreed this nice open spot by a river would be a swell place to settle down... especially since the people were good farmers and knew how to build roads if they'd ever slow down and take the time.
Now some people said that the land to the north would be better, but Polytehbon shouted, "This is ISTANBUL!!!" and kicked them into a conveniently placed open pit that for some reason those dumb people stood in front of. Others wondered if the city should be called Constantinople and he kicked them in too. This made his feet hurt more, which didn't help his disposition.
After settling down, Polytehbon was able to see further north and thought maybe he should've moved the city. Too late now, but he decided that if an invention called Writing was ever discovered he would change how played out to make himself look better.
Polytehbon I sent out many warriors to survey the lands and meet/threaten nearby small tribes, which gave us a lot of something called "money". One group brought back some weird plants that the wise men said would make our people hardier stock. So Polytehbon decided to shove it down the people's throats (literally). While a lot of people didn't seem to like that approach, they did wind up stronger.
One small tribe was smart. In exchange for our warriors not bashing in their skulls, they taught us neat stuff.
We ran into some other BIG tribes. They were far away and too big to bully, so we left them alone. They passed along news about the demise of a far off big tribe.
The fall of a big tribe plus the lack of any good metals worried Polytehbon. He re-focused on military tech to stave off any uprisings by the tribes that they had pillaged earlier.
Some people felt it was time to move away from the capital. Polytehbon encouraged some to go south in order to get the horses so they could finally make those chariot armies his warriors had seen other big tribes utilize. After a while, a bright smith figured out how to mold a strong metal for his purposes. Unfortunately the closest deposit of such metal was far to the south. However Polytehbon said is was his main priority to secure this metal for the fledgling empire, so after getting the horsies and building a port city to the north, troops were sent to hold the land around the metal called Iron.
At the last, the land near the iron is settled. The land in the empire is very flat... not much grassland. On the periphery of the empire are many nice resources, so expansion is still #1!
The Polytubbies were a nomadic people until the great leader, Polytehbon I, decided his feet were too sore to keep wandering about. He decreed this nice open spot by a river would be a swell place to settle down... especially since the people were good farmers and knew how to build roads if they'd ever slow down and take the time.
Now some people said that the land to the north would be better, but Polytehbon shouted, "This is ISTANBUL!!!" and kicked them into a conveniently placed open pit that for some reason those dumb people stood in front of. Others wondered if the city should be called Constantinople and he kicked them in too. This made his feet hurt more, which didn't help his disposition.
After settling down, Polytehbon was able to see further north and thought maybe he should've moved the city. Too late now, but he decided that if an invention called Writing was ever discovered he would change how played out to make himself look better.
Polytehbon I sent out many warriors to survey the lands and meet/threaten nearby small tribes, which gave us a lot of something called "money". One group brought back some weird plants that the wise men said would make our people hardier stock. So Polytehbon decided to shove it down the people's throats (literally). While a lot of people didn't seem to like that approach, they did wind up stronger.
One small tribe was smart. In exchange for our warriors not bashing in their skulls, they taught us neat stuff.
We ran into some other BIG tribes. They were far away and too big to bully, so we left them alone. They passed along news about the demise of a far off big tribe.
The fall of a big tribe plus the lack of any good metals worried Polytehbon. He re-focused on military tech to stave off any uprisings by the tribes that they had pillaged earlier.
Some people felt it was time to move away from the capital. Polytehbon encouraged some to go south in order to get the horses so they could finally make those chariot armies his warriors had seen other big tribes utilize. After a while, a bright smith figured out how to mold a strong metal for his purposes. Unfortunately the closest deposit of such metal was far to the south. However Polytehbon said is was his main priority to secure this metal for the fledgling empire, so after getting the horsies and building a port city to the north, troops were sent to hold the land around the metal called Iron.
At the last, the land near the iron is settled. The land in the empire is very flat... not much grassland. On the periphery of the empire are many nice resources, so expansion is still #1!
It would have been possible if he'd researched AH as either the first or second (after Hunting) tech. Working improved food specials >>>> the ability to chop.
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