But enough about the west, we have a few things to catch up on back in the heart of our nation.
First of all, the health problems in Durnovaria were effectively fixed by the 4th century BCE. The introduction of the healthy wheat grain, farmed from Ratae helped a lot, as did the construction of a granary for storing food and preventing disease and spoiling. In fact, the city is becoming our science and research capital, with its impressive library and recent establishment of a Buddhist Monastery. Both have become leaders in intellectual progress.
Scholars from Durnovaria have even tasked its government with the construction of enough libraries to hold the recorded texts of our technological advances, ancient stories and oral traditions. Our nation is brimming with intellectually gifted and eager citizens who desire the resources to complete their ambitions. I believe if I give them what they ask, our nation will be duly rewarded.
Speaking of technological advances, we've been collaborating with scholars of foreign nations to exchange our knowledge for secrets they've unlocked. We have to backtrack on the timeline a bit, but for example, in the past we taught the Spanish an effective system of writing in exchange for lessons on the proper institution of priesthood in our religious hierarchy. We've also collaborated with the Romans, Indians, and Ethiopians in the past.
In 365 BCE, our Spanish friends to the south completed a great project. In Seville, they constructed a powerful
Oracle, from which they've derived insight into the present as well as the future. You can see Seville and the Oracle at its city center in the image below, across the water from Durnovaria.
A Healthy Durnovaria and Seville With Its Oracle
Bibracte experienced a major "event" during this century as well - the birth and life of a great Buddhist prophet, Ananda. He spread his religious insight and inspiration around the city and bound its citizens closer together. The populations greater love for their fellow man found through the teachings of Ananda has been shown to generate greater commerce and industry in the city by removing some of the irrational human barriers to successful business.
Ananda in Bibracte, Spreading His Holy Energies