Here's something some Inca pros might want to play with:
On my first playthrough
1) Two workers stolen from Dido before turn 20
2) Turn 72 3-city NC (all 3 cities, sweet mountain locations, room for another city or two to the south)
3) Ideal Petra location, missed it on turn 82 by 4 turns (probably doable before then)
4) A LOT of early cash because of all the gold
5) Easy Desert pantheon, lots of faith = lots of great scientists
It was sloppy more Immortal-level play, I think a little more focus would have brought Petra home. Definitely could have done it if I didn't go for philosophy/NC first.
Unfortunately, I forgot to take off raging barbarians, but I'm wondering whether that might be good, slow down the Deity AI a little bit, you know? Not to mention CS quests.
And I think you need to build Petra or else your growth may be too low in the cap. WITH it, though, goddamn.
3 billion years old, dry world.