round 2

Okay, so i have tried numerous times to simply take as much land as possible just screwing around knowing that it is not a reasonable exercise to be doing. i found, though, that it was quite simple to conquer other peoples' lands if you simply get ahead of them technologically speaking. if you get the opportunity to get iron and work it early in the game, than you have the best chance for success in domination and defense in the game. the weaker copper tools and weapons that come before iron are far inferior and can cause little to no damage when going up against iron, as iron is much stronger and more dense. this concept is mentioned in Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel as a key to some civilizations' great expansion and survival as defense and warfare was an important aspect of many early cultures. iron not only helps for defense and welfare, it is a great agricultural tool. the stronger iron is very helpful in plowing fields as it works much faster because of its strength. the different and better technological advances coincide with each other. for example, the heavy iron plow would not be helpful without the domestication of animals, such as oxen and horses to pull the tool. therefore, in some situations, you can only do so much with one technological advance without the help of another.