A really good opening game in which I went Scout,Scout,Shrine,Worker,ToA, Granary, HG, Library, NC. I picked Goddess of Festivals as a Pantheon because DF was taken and there wasn't really anything else. When I founded (last one), Monasteries were gone so I experimented a bit, went Tithe, Holy Warriors and Divine Inspiration, since I planned to make use of my UA and gather as many religious/culturals as I can. Ended up with a total of 12 wonders (see screenie 4, that was before I added CN one turn before win). Ended with a pretty good religious output which was thanks to my UA and my belief. I don't remember what I picked for enhancer, possibly Messiah but I forgot to spam out my religion so it didn't matter.
I had ToA, HG, Oracle, Hagia (used for enhancer), Sistine, PT, Angkor Wat because immersive roleplaying beats optimization sometimes even on Deity
I burned a total of three Engis on Redentor, Eiffel Tower and Broadway. Then added Big Ben, and CN. Towards the end I started spamming Infantry but I could have added Neush and maybe something else. Prora was obviously out of the question even though I teched in time because I wasn't coastal, derp.
Politically, things looked good, Hiya and Ahmad were my friends while they both kick Germany and Songhai. Meanwhile on the other front, Greece were (thankfully) getting pummeled from both sides and made irrelevant. Celts lost their cap early and were reduced to one city, which they settled near me and which never went double digit pop, it was sad.
Hiya was the first to Ideology, picked Autocracy, Ahmad went Order and it was my turn next, I had Freedom wide open but I decided to keep living so I picked Autocracy as well. That pissed off Ahmad who didn't wait for the DoF to end and proceeded to denounce me a turn after I built him a shiny Landmark, the ingrate git...
Seeing a common enemy situation, Ashur was really nice to me all game and ended the closest ally as well. I denounced Greece to please him, I denounced Germany to please him and Hiya and that was basically all I needed to do. Before ideologies, Hiya and Ashur hated each other but they put their differences aside because they were both autocratic, had a same good friend (me) and the same evil enemy (Ahmad). Once I proposed my religion, Hiya was pissed but Ashur bridged us together so we were a happy trio of genocidal tyrant dictators. Morocco were only alive at the end of the game because I won, their cap was assaulted from both sides and things weren't looking good.
Meanwhile I kept playing my game and used my UA to grab faith and culture because Ashur ate a Maritime and Mercantiles were only good to boost my Patronage Science. Once Greece were out, there wasn't really any competition, they swipe some occasionally but I had good money going.
Songhai were nice enough to pass Historical Landmarks for me which ended up benefiting me more than it did them.
Tech pace was fairly standard, though UN was triggered by them becoming Atomic but it doesn't matter because I would have bulbed to Info before the end of the cycle anyway