mentioned in the story? Where is the devil in all that?
Did he camouflage himself in a snake? Then why punish a snake?
Did he incite the snake to do that? Why God did not reprimand the devil then?
No, man and his aspirations are enough. Religion is just an excuse.
There are many lost cultures both real and mythical that vanished without religion being the driving cause.
Persian
Babylonian
Meads
Aztec
Anasazi
Hittite
the list goes on.