help with civilization III (gaming question, not tech problem)

[ironzombie99]

Its taking an oftly long time to discover technology, the second game is played i was in 1980s with calvary, rifleman, early industrial age.

I find France to be ok and what ive been playing with(indus., commerce). Im not to much into war in the beginning and i dont really like to share the same land with another civilization if i can help it.

Also i need to know how to create an ARMY. I will get military tradition but it requires a victorious army to build an acadamy. How do you get a victorious army, i destroyed 90% or so of Rome on time and couldnt get it.

Also i found a easy way to get money if you take a city and dont want it. Sell it to another civ. and get luxery items, alot of money a turn and lump sums, after defeating rome one time i wipped every countries treasuries dry.

Also how can i buy technology from other civs if im more advanced? So that way wont help.

Whats the best government to use? I been using Monarchy, but ive read that not that good.

Ive been seeing the importance of alot of cities and roads. Some of my cities get placed in bad areas, what are "ideal" locations to place them?

What is the best setup for a map, I really dont like alot of civilzations (4-7 others) for right now, i might reconsider latter as i get more used to the game.

How do some of these people get many cities before AD comes, i usually only have like 3-4. My second city is usually in mid 2000 BC. Thats bad, but i try to produce settlers as fast as possible, maybe im doing it wrong--I build barracks first in every town to get the population up then if the time is low enough, i build a settler. But i usually forget defensive units and get killed if im connected to another civ.

Is it better to let the workers got automated (Ctrl+A) or contorl them your self which gets tireding

[cobra]

I have the same problem. I did get to the point with fighter planes, warships, but then time ran out, no skyscrapers or space shuttles. Hard game.

[doctorgonzo]

Check out the website www.civfanatics.com for more info. I always seem to get my tech advances far ahead of schedule. Go figure.