I also recommend going for low-hanging fruit. Gelonus, Gava-Thissakata, and Gava-Yabgu. The latter has mines, so you may want to settle it to milk it for all the money you can get. Prepare to fight the Parthians for Gava-Aursa, but remember....there is no single city that is worth great sacrifices. None of them are big or particularly prosperous....none are worth a lot of blood. Eventually, I'd say get after the Greek cities on the coast and then play around harassing the Armenians, Seleukids, and Parthians. Spread west and fool around with Slavic spearmen and drive the Sweboz mad(silly Germans! you can't conquer Mother Russia!) Or go east. Really...you can do a lot with them, the trouble is getting them started and adapting to NOT valuing cities much(seriously, down the road, the only steppe cities that'll matter economically would be Gava-Yabgu and Uspe...)
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