Theodora is asking too much from me - sorry but no!
Unfortunately you can't see it in the pic below but the creation of the Citadel, including the six hexes around it, has grabbed two of Ethiopia's Luxury resources - that's why Haile Selassie is peeved.
I shall chop down the Forest E. of Carthage in order to finish the Courthouse earlier and gain two badly needed Happiness Points or maybe three....
Below you can now see the land-grab around the Citadel NW of Harar - there is Coffee, Incense, Horses and the Inland Sea - a valuable commodity in the middle of a desert.
I'm purchasing this Sea hex to ensure that I have clear passage between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Others can only do that if we are at war or we have an Open Borders Agreement.
A Trireme has arrived in Rabat and I choose to build a Colosseum there next. I also renew the Trade Route to Harar. Ethiopia is still at war with th Zulus so I can't imagine Haile Selassie starting a conflict with me.
Now that the Forest has gone, and the Courthose will arrive 9 turns earlier, I start building a Road to Rabat. A second Worker NE of Rabat is already building the other two hexes. I add a Shrine to the Production Queue at Carthage.
Am I now a charity organization? Sorry, mate - no freebies!
Thebes is now functioning so I place emphasis on Production now - I want that Courthouse as soon as possible. In fact there are 5 occupied cities building Courthouses at the moment - when completed they'll give me at least a dozen Happiness points.
630 BC: My new Trireme is taking a sight-seeing tour around the Mediterranean - showing the flag and reminding everyone who is the new power is...
A great view of my ten cities Empire in 620 BC.
My Statistics and a table showing that I still have Salt and Gold available for Export...
So you had some Gold after all - that's the way to do business, Gustavus Adolphus :)
Egypt and I make Peace. I tried for more than just a Peace Treaty but Ramesses was adamant. In the end I seetled for a basic treaty - no extra booty...apart from two of his cities including his capital :)
610 BC: A Worker is now free to start improving the Coffee hex I grabbed from Ethiopia but first I must remove the Forest before I can build the Plantation
I guess he has good reason to be upset with me, he he...
600 BC: Engineering has been researched so now I can begin on the Philosophy Technology.
My Courthouse has been completed in Oran - a Shrine is ordered next.
Another Forest is chopped down in the name of progress
580 BC: A Circus has been built in Gao, I now have 8 Happiness points so I don't have any worries there anymore. I place a Caravan followed by a Settler on order. Time to expand again. I see at least six places where a city could be built.
560 BC: The Shrine has been completed in Carthage - a Monument is missing. I renew my Trade Route to Lisbon.
I finish this post starting a Road eastwards towards Carthage. Things are looking a bit rosier now - at least no-one declared war on me :)
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