Is it possible to reduce the period of anarchy? When I switch governments without having the statue of liberty, I alwyas make sure that none of my cities is revolting. It seems to me that this helps sometimes. Not sure anyway.

What causes the demands for trading goods in each city to change? Itīs VERY annoying when you have wandered a zillion years with that dye to Persepolis, and just one turn before you arrive there the guys donīt want it anymore.

That are my questions for now.

ICS is "Infinite City Strategy" (also called "Infinite City Sleaze" by those who dislike it. The idea is to overwhelm your opponents with minor production from many small cities instead of major production from a dozen good ones.

To play multiplayer (mp) games, you need the Multiplayer Gold Edition and you need to download a patch. The patch is available from microprose.com or from a location here at Apolyton. It solves an incompatability problem.

If you have a city in revolt, I don't think you can get out of anarchy. Examine your cities before Revolution to make sure they will survive the transition. The Attitude Advisor will help. The change to Monarchy is shorter than to the others.

Cities change their trading needs from time to time (I don't know specifically what triggers it, though the city size and techs must play a part). I annoys me, too. Consider selecting a target city that has a few barely smaller cities nearby, and check the demands of the target city while you still have optional routes ahead of you.

ICS = Infinite City Sleaze/Strategy (building a large number of small cities generally placed close together with little regard given to optimum placement)

you can play multiplayer civ with the Ultimate Civ Collection (its the european version of Civ2 gold edition)

We use a lot of them around here too.