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Originally Posted by BlackEleven
Your neighbours will usually only go to war with you if they are much more powerful than you. Try playing on the easiest setting (settler) and you'll pretty much be guaranteed to be the most powerful.
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http://www.civfanatics.com/
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civfanatics is a great resource. there should also be a link on the top left of the screen to the civilopedia, thats a great in game resource for the game stuff. also, check the files on the disc, i am sure theres a guide in there somewhere.
and as noted, if you have a strong army, then the computer won't be as agressive. you can change that setting in the setup as well. make them less agressive and most people will leave you alone. there are still some of the militaristic civs that always start crap, but it should help.
one thing of note: if you start playing on cheiftan (the easiest setting) you can learn a lot of bad habits about how to play. on that setting, the computer has a production disadvantage that causes them to need twice as many shields to build something. so as a human you can do a lot more and build a lot more wonders and stuff. but on higher levels that is bad strategy. try and play on the 2nd setting (warlord) if you can. that will really make you play the game smarter.