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IOTL, the Babylonian conquest of Judah and the subsequent Babylonian captivity was one of the major factors for the monotheism of Judaism (the Jews [or at least the commoners] previously worshipped several deities, such as Asherah, with YHWH being the 'national' god of Judah), as many began to see the event as YHWH punishing them for impiety. If the Jews somehow accepted Babylonian vassalage, with the revolt against Babylon never happening, or if the Egyptians successfully defeated Nebuchadnezzar and Judah remains "independent", then how long can Jewish polytheism last? How would this affect the development of religions?
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