I am looking for opinions on a TL i am strongly considering making. i have recently been posting this idea on other threads and now i feel like taking it on. just looking for some opinions/suggestions on it
I am thinking of having the Venetians not sack Constantinople in the fourth crusade but instead claim it as their own. After this a possible war against the Ottomans will cause the Venetians to begin capturing ottoman lands as their own, and after a span of time, control the borders of the ottoman empire as we know it.
This will then be followed (or begin by, i'm stuck on this), by Columbus asking the Venetians for their financing his voyage to the new world. Venice, not wanting anyone else to put a damper on their monopoly on the spice trade, accepts and sends him out, hence Venice takes all Columbus claimed lands, possibly leading for Venice to resemble the ottoman empire, Spanish empire, or both! this would be my first timeline so please be kind, i feel this is a great idea. Educated comments/ suggestions strongly encouraged!
Thank You!
Franciscus Caesar
I am thinking of having the Venetians not sack Constantinople in the fourth crusade but instead claim it as their own. After this a possible war against the Ottomans will cause the Venetians to begin capturing ottoman lands as their own, and after a span of time, control the borders of the ottoman empire as we know it.
This will then be followed (or begin by, i'm stuck on this), by Columbus asking the Venetians for their financing his voyage to the new world. Venice, not wanting anyone else to put a damper on their monopoly on the spice trade, accepts and sends him out, hence Venice takes all Columbus claimed lands, possibly leading for Venice to resemble the ottoman empire, Spanish empire, or both! this would be my first timeline so please be kind, i feel this is a great idea. Educated comments/ suggestions strongly encouraged!
Thank You!
Franciscus Caesar