Developing the Economy - 630 BC to 580 BC

We receive the Colossus World Wonder in London which gives us an extra Trade Route and will increase the Gold revenues from our Trade Routes.

Our Swordsman destroys the Barbarian Encampment on The Azores and we collect 75 Gold.

Our Worker has completed construction of the Wheat Farm and is sent to the Iron hex in the north of Nantes region. An Archer is assigned to defend it.

We move the newly-arrived Spearman to cover the south east border.

A new Trade Route is opened between London and Barcelona and we start building a Scout in Nantes. There are Ancient Ruins in Greenland that need to be explored.

That ends my turn.

Suleiman wants me to backstab my Moroccan ally but I refuse.

Sweden plunders a Dutch Trade Route and in....

....620 BC we place our victorious Swordsman in healing mode.

A new Trireme arrives in Dundee and we station it off the coast of Norway - we shall build a Library next.

610 BC: We create a new Trade Route from Plymouth to Marrakech instead of Amsterdam. We want to remain on good terms with Morocco :)

We place our Spearman in SE Nantes region on alert and send a new Swordsman from London to Ireland. A Colosseum will now be built in London.

Notice that we now have two Bowmen on the Spanish border....

600 BC: One of our Workers has finished the Pasture on the Shetlands and is sent back to the mainland. A second Worker starts constructing an Iron Mine on the Continent.

Finally, we upgrade the Archer in France to a Composite Bowman. End of turn.

590 BC: The Engineering Tech has been researched giving us an extra Trade Route and we research Currency next in order to further develop our economy.

We place our new Bowman on alert then....

....decline Shaka's invitation to fight The Songhai.

580 BC: Our Swordsman has arrived in northern Ireland and in Scotland we commence building a Road from Dundee to London.

While Suleiman and Shaka praise their new friendship, we renew our Trade Deal with Morocco.

We end this post with Suleiman and Shaka declaring war on Askia of The Songhia. Notice that Morocco didn't join them.....

We need a pot of tea to celebrate our economic progress. Bye-bye :)