You need to research adventuring and select the quest option, you basically have to level your questing up to level 2 or three.

I can't even build _farms_. I start near a fertile land and go into build from my starter city, no option to create a farm. Try getting anywhere with _that_ bug.

This game is desperately in need of a tutorial.

do you get anything if from these "wild resources" like farm in kingdom border but not linked to any city?

Shore Hexes for Harbors

I use to be able to create a shore hex in the Beta with the lower land spell, can't get this to work in the release version. The Raise land spell creates new land but, not a shore hex?

How do you create more Caravans? I know there is a technology that allows you to do so, Merchant Guilds or something like that, I had it in a previous game. It hasn't shown up in this game though, and I don't remember whether it's part of Diplomacy or Civilization.

People should at least skim the thread through, before asking questions. I've seen the same question asked and answered at least 3-4 times now, in 5 pages. (How do I build on resources?)

Can anyone help with my technology question for what unlocks the ability to have more caravans?

A lot has changed in the last couple of patches, so the sion (typo'd in game, I think, instead of scion) question may be moot.  In 1.05.16 they have a crushing blow ability, sprint, and can't be targeted by hostile spells.  Unfortunately the info pages on all the monsters and units are missing just about any useful info other than base melee stats.

As for the peasants.. I wish it was more clearly laid out as a feature rather than an exploit (like a 'pick race' option on the build screen), but there are pros and cons to building units from the.. trogs?  I dunno, I can't find a decent reference on which race is which.  Anyway: the big grey guys have 13 Con/hp and about a 10%/+1 attack bonus, but also have about a -15-20%/-1-2 defense penalty and a hefty speed penalty, so they hit harder and can take more damage at the expense of getting hit harder and more often and attacking less often.  Seems reasonable to me, and in fact in my current game I've found the HP bonus just doesn't outweigh the speed and armor penalty, especially once you start building teams.

This information should be added to the FAQ linked in the original post.