Mon Feb 21, 2011 4:42 am by Caladan
As other people have said, hunting and selling resources are the fastest ways. Having high level forts helps too.
For money making hunts, I would send as many foot soldiers as your cities can handle. Only hunt them for 2-4 hours though. That usually gets me about 2/3 of what I can get in an 8 hour hunt. And of course be sure to hunt in different oasis.
As far as selling, rather than selling at a lower price-per-unit than everyone else, sell it at a price that will get you listed near the mid to bottom of the first page. Also instead of selling 5000 or 10000 dollars of resources, sell 4999 or 9999. It really does work. And don't sell a full load of resources. People don't usually wait till they have 0 crops to buy, so selling 350000 will sell quicker than 430000. These sales may not go through in the next hour, but they have almost always sold within 12.
Unfortunately, patence is the best way to make money.
Beware the Artesians!!