There is no "weak" civilization. The game designers designed the game so that every civilization has strengths and weaknesses. It all depends on the situation you are facing.
Age of empires 2 is age of kings. So yes. Age of empires II: The Age of kings
2... Age of Empires age of Kings & Age of Empires Conquers Expansion
no
Choose the Persians as your civilization, and build a castle. From the castle you are able to train elephants in exchange for food and Save gold.
Yes 2 of them age of empires dynasty and war chiefs
War and Civilization - 1998 Empires and Armies 1-1 was released on: USA: 2 August 1998
yes
you can drop oil from towers in age of mytholiges but you cant in age of empires 2 unless it was a mod from "Age of Kings heaven"
Yes you can and its a very good game saing its old :)
Yes, Try age of empires 1 2 or 3, they all include singelplayer/LAN
Simple, Gamershell.com
you can play it