Fenris said:
What of the Nordic lands? Do Viking raiders appear earlier?
And no Jesus, what about Islam?, Does the loss of the other monothesistic religions affect the panthesitic Arabs?
Thanks to all those who pointed out the Mithraic Mysteries. I had not thought of that.
I am indecisive about Scandanavia. I was toying with the idea of removing the humans and making it an Alfar (Scandanavian Elves) stronghold, but everything I find under that name reads alot like Tolkien. I love Tolkien, but I do not want to make a Middle-Earth carbon-copy.
Having the Babylonians wipe out Judah is my- cheap, cowardly- way of not having to deal with the three Abrahamic faiths.
On the other hand, leaving Carthage around allows me to play with their nasty habit of sacrificing people (children) to Baal-Hammon and Astarte. I'm personally too squeamish (and just plain not interested) to turn child sacrifice into a game, but with adjustments for the passage of time something interestingly creepy can remain.
Corey