Played out the rest of my Iroquois maps and never did better than 670 BC. There is something fundamental I just didn't grasp about fast dominations. 200 attempts (most abandoned for lack of an SGL) and I couldn't figure it out; looking at the top games never helped as it seemed like they just magically popped from 20% to 66% in a few turns.
I did play out a 20k Warlord game that will hit the tables as a 10th place @1555 AD. I need to get a better finish on 20k (my best is a 3rd place) and I was feeling it out. I played as Babylon on a 70% water archipelago map against Arabia, Mongols and Zulu. Played for a Masonry SGL for immediate Pyramids. Got a second SGL in the Ancient Age late but held it for like 15 turns (not sure if this is wise) because I had 150 or so shields in the box. Got a 3rd SGL with ToG to rush Newton's. That was it. Never went to war, so I didn't do Heroic Epic, and I didn't have Ivory for SoZ. Not on the coast.
Never had cash to cash rush anything. Only 2 native luxes and only traded for 1, but happiness was never a problem.
Palace 4000 BC
Pyramids 3100 BC (SGL)
Temple 2710 BC
Oracle 1400 BC
Library 1325 BC
Great Library 800 BC
Maus 670 BC
ToA 350 BC
Colosseum 250 BC
Cathedral 170 BC
Great Wall 70 AD (was a prebuild that finished)
University 130 AD
Sistine Chapel 150 AD (SGL used)
Shakes 420 AD
JS Bach 630AD
Copes 760 AD
Newton 800 AD (SGL)
Hanging Gardens 900 AD (nothing else to build)
Smiths 1060 AD
Universal Suffrage 1200 AD
ToE 1255 AD
Sun Tzu's 1285 AD (really, really nothing else to build)
Leonardo's 1315 AD (really nothing else to build)
[some artillery while waiting for tech.]
Research Lab 1375 AD
Wall Street 1390 AD
SETI 1440 AD
Internet 1490 AD
Apollo 1515 AD
was 4 away from Cure for Cancer when 20k hit.