one small tip:
I played as Italian, early (standard), and I thought that I should recreate the roman empire, so at first i stayed peacefull and i created an enormus trade fleet(easy to do as italian).
After a while i controlled the whole mare nostrum
After that its easy, having a great relationship with the pope and all.
I started a crusade and about 5000 men marched on Constantinopel and crushed them totaly. They where ofcourse weekend by the war against the Egyptians.
Being greedy ass hell, i kept on going and soon i controlled the middle east...
The trade income is now HUGE... i get about 8000 florins every turn, and enyone who attacks me get crushed even if they win more battles couse i can survive a long fight...
so 1 tip is to controll these provinces: Genua, Venice, Sicily (spelling?), Constantinopel, Anthioc and tripoli.
(sorry if my spelling suck, hey im swedish :-)
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