Does this game have any combat aspects? I'd like a new city builder to play, but I hate the clunky way they tend to implement combat, as in Cleopatra/Emperor, where it requires the dexterity of a marmoset on methamphetamine to move your garrison from one side of the town to the other. Very distracting when all you are desparately trying to do is get the grain harvest in before the market peddlars run out of food and keep the crafter's district from burning down.
I recently picked up Ceaser IV, but found the interface and mechanics rather offputting, so haven't gotten far with it. Curious how Anno 1701 stacks up.