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** Dry out seeds (lay out in sun) before packing them in air-tight containers. Add some dry charcoal as well. Otherwise mold develops.

*Acquire lots of Papyrus seeds as we pass through Egypt, so that we can plant them later for use in writing.

**But see below about how this might be a lost cause.

*Pick up a hand drill with roller bearings as we pass through Egypt (for later technology advances).

*Pick up recipe for soap in either Egypt or Babylon, for practical medical purposes.

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***Olive trees are drought-, disease-, and fire-tolerant. But they do die in temperatures below -10 C.

***They can regenerate from cold damage though.

***They also don't take well to long-continued rains (~~could be a problem in~~ Bactria's rainy season...).

***They also don't take well to long-continued rains (but even Bactria's "rainy" season isn't that rainy...).

**[[wikipedia:Cyperus_papyrus|Papyrus]]

***Not much hope for this. It's an aquatic plant, and doesn't tolerate frost.

*See about transplanting some deep-rooted, drought-tolerant, and flood-tolerant trees to some non-agricultural areas, for firewood and so on.

***But we can perhaps plant anew every year, collecting seeds from harvest for next year's re-planting.

**[[wikipedia:Pinus_brutia|Afghan Pine]], or [[wikipedia:Pinus_brutia|Eldar Pine]], is very drought-, heat-, and cold-resistant and is native to modern-day Afghanistan.

*See about transplanting some deep-rooted, drought-tolerant, and flood-tolerant trees to some non-agricultural areas, for firewood and so on. Recall that Bactria only gets about 176 mm of rain per year on average.

**[[wikipedia:Pinus_brutia|Afghan Pine]], or [[wikipedia:Pinus_brutia|Eldar Pine]], is very drought-, heat-, and cold-resistant and is native to modern-day Afghanistan. Used today for timber, firewood, and as part of creating honey.

**[[wikipedia:Cedrus_deodara|Deodar Cedar]], aka Himalayan cedar, grows East of Bactria and can survive cold winters.

**[[wikipedia:Betula_utilis|Himalayan birch]] is native to the Himalayas and can grow at quite high elevations. Its bark was used as paper, and its wood for many practical purposes. Might require warmer temperatures though.

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*Also create sports teams to get the Greeks to settle and not mutiny.

**Sports team are in per-city, which builds a sense of ownership.

* After Seleucid has been repelled, consider a ~~Great Wall~~ and other ~~massive defenses~~ to protect against the nomads that will arrive later.

* After Seleucid has been repelled, consider a line of outposts and other defense projects to protect against the nomads that will arrive later.

*Likewise, at that time pivot to Learning and Technology.

** Teach writing and arithmetic, up to teaching how to calculate interest.

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 ** Dry out seeds (lay out in sun) before packing them in air-tight containers. Add some dry charcoal as well. Otherwise mold develops.
 *Acquire lots of Papyrus seeds as we pass through Egypt, so that we can plant them later for use in writing.
+**But see below about how this might be a lost cause.
 *Pick up a hand drill with roller bearings as we pass through Egypt (for later technology advances).
 *Pick up recipe for soap in either Egypt or Babylon, for practical medical purposes.
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 ***Olive trees are drought-, disease-, and fire-tolerant. But they do die in temperatures below -10 C.
 ***They can regenerate from cold damage though.
-***They also don't take well to long-continued rains (could be a problem in Bactria's rainy season...).
+***They also don't take well to long-continued rains (but even Bactria's "rainy" season isn't that rainy...).
 **[[wikipedia:Cyperus_papyrus|Papyrus]]
 ***Not much hope for this. It's an aquatic plant, and doesn't tolerate frost.
-*See about transplanting some deep-rooted, drought-tolerant, and flood-tolerant trees to some non-agricultural areas, for firewood and so on.
+***But we can perhaps plant anew every year, collecting seeds from harvest for next year's re-planting.
-**[[wikipedia:Pinus_brutia|Afghan Pine]], or [[wikipedia:Pinus_brutia|Eldar Pine]], is very drought-, heat-, and cold-resistant and is native to modern-day Afghanistan.
+*See about transplanting some deep-rooted, drought-tolerant, and flood-tolerant trees to some non-agricultural areas, for firewood and so on. Recall that Bactria only gets about 176 mm of rain per year on average.
+**[[wikipedia:Pinus_brutia|Afghan Pine]], or [[wikipedia:Pinus_brutia|Eldar Pine]], is very drought-, heat-, and cold-resistant and is native to modern-day Afghanistan. Used today for timber, firewood, and as part of creating honey.
 **[[wikipedia:Cedrus_deodara|Deodar Cedar]], aka Himalayan cedar, grows East of Bactria and can survive cold winters.
 **[[wikipedia:Betula_utilis|Himalayan birch]] is native to the Himalayas and can grow at quite high elevations. Its bark was used as paper, and its wood for many practical purposes. Might require warmer temperatures though.
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 *Also create sports teams to get the Greeks to settle and not mutiny.
 **Sports team are in per-city, which builds a sense of ownership.
-* After Seleucid has been repelled, consider a Great Wall and other massive defenses to protect against the nomads that will arrive later.
+* After Seleucid has been repelled, consider a line of outposts and other defense projects to protect against the nomads that will arrive later.
 *Likewise, at that time pivot to Learning and Technology.
 ** Teach writing and arithmetic, up to teaching how to calculate interest.