My New Game

I have just now begun a new game of Civ IV, and as I mentioned earlier, I was going to base this civilization on the concept of Heilbroner's explanation of the Industrial Revolution. I would initiate trade early with every civilization (particularly massive amounts of money), and declare war on the weak. Once again, I played as the Persian Empire, for I have come to like them. I felt that if I was able to obtain a huge sum of money, I would be able to dedicate this amount to the production of goods within my civilization. Once I developed a strong enough military with my surplus of money, I would declare war on a weak country. This would allow me to obtain even more money...thus allowing me to further industrialize my civilization.
Well, let's actually talk about the game. I immediately began trade with every country, demanding money for concepts which did not truly seem important to me. I also focused on exploration, for if you send each explorer across the map, it is possible to discover money and very productive areas (such as the Fertile Crescent) where I could base my civilization. By trading for money, and by obtaining money from exploring, I was able to dedicate a good amount of funds toward my military and economy. I was already beginning to construct a powerful military within a couple of turns, and therefore I declared war on the weak. I took over their entire civilization within three turns. I have so much money now that I do not know what to do with it. It seems as if my Industrial Revolution will occur within the next few turns.
My concentration on the amount of money, combined with my approach of specialization in each country will allow me to become so dominant that it will not even be close. My main city specializes in military, my second strongest city focuses on the economy, and the rest of my cities dedicate their time towards a single concept. This will allow me to establish products of comparative advantage in each city; therefore when I trade between cities, my entire civilization will benefit. This will only lead to taking fewer turns to produce something in every concept (such as military, economy, culture, etc.), thus allowing my Industrial Revolution to occur extremely soon. I have a feeling that this will be the absolute most dominant game of Civ IV in the history of the game...we'll just have to wait and see.