You know I am worried about keeping one neighbor happy when I start giving away techs. Of course, mediation is a cheap price to keep England on my side. They are the only other civ to adopt Confucianism so far.
This happened faster then expected. Of course, this is the big advantage of creative and border expansions. With going very heavy for military I can get away with annoying the Mali. I am currently up to third for soldiers.
And it falls on the first try!
This is a definite piece of AI silliness. If you will never trade me, your worst enemy, then why did you come offering a trade? What is funnier is I am trading him the cow from the city I just flipped.
Elizabeth founds Christianity. The only friendly civ on my side is now hostile. What is crazy is every religion has been found in the east so far.
I pick up another city thanks to the barbs. Of course, Arabia had to shove a city next to it before I could capture it and control all of the ivory.
I don't think I have seen the AI shove so many cities up against my borders.
Could I cut it any closer on waiting to build the GL to insure I got my prophet for the Confucian shrine first?
My prophet builds the shrine the same time that I complete the Great Library.
It isn't worth another picture, but I get yet another city shoved along my borders. This is a bit southwest on Nani.
Well of all the people, this wasn't the one I expected war from.
I ask my fellow Confucian ally to help, and Rome declares war on China.
You have chosen unwisely. This takes care of that city shoved against my borders. Thank you Rome for nicely beating it down.
I pull a GS as expected, and build an academy in the capitol.
Could someone explain to me why this idiot wanted a war? I thank him for the dyes to go with my cheap theaters.
The war is very lopsided with elephants vs. archers.
After this I get delayed a bit by longbows in the next Chinese city. I need to wait for the suicide catapults to arrive. However, with China offering zero counterattacks I see no reason to stop the war at this time.
I snag a late Colossus in Uzbek. That former barbarian city was good for something.