yeah but only when your in the civilization stage.
you know that little blue (it could be a different color, im color blind lol) thing in the bottom corner of your menu. the thing you press to progress to the next stage when its flashing. well in the beginning of the civilization stage when its not flashing you can click on it and see where you stand in the game (millinery, religious, economic) to be more economic try taking over a economic city then use that city to try and economically take over the other cities.click on that bottom corner button as you go along to see where your civilization is headed.
its better to start out as a economic city by balancing who you befriend and destroy in tribal. use the bottom button to see if your headed to a millinery civilization or economic.
sometime in the tribe stage you have to befriend your enemy to get the right balance to become economic. just give them food tribute until they are happy then do the concert thing.
lol when you get to space stage don't expand to far to fast lol