Turn 61: annares and I managed to make a deal after long negotiations and whining on both parties. He sent word that the guys who told me he's a tough negotiator are assholes and even worst.
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The deal was that we shared contacts and he threw writing for my warrior code. He managed to research mathematics in 18 turns and sold it to both AIs (I didn't wanted it). I let him understand that I have another monopoly contact that I'm not going to share and he bought it. The fact is that I'm seriously behind tech-wise and only a map trade would pull me out.
I'm building a tight ring around my palace but it's going slow. On the other hand there's plenty of land to settle between me and India.
I'm planning to open an embassy with Carthage to see how they get along on the other continent. I would even consider an embassy with annares now that we know that stealing is pretty efficient.