MotF 47: If Death Had Come Later

Krall

Banned
If Death Had Come Later


The Challenge
Make a map showing the effects of a great conqueror living longer.


The Restrictions
There are no restrictions on when your map can be set, even future maps are allowed, but they must show the changes that have been brought about by the extended life of the conqueror. ASB is not allowed.

The conqueror must be a figure from OTL. The main effect of the PoD needs to be that it causes the conqueror to live longer, or the PoD itself can just be that the conqueror lives longer.

If you're unsure if your idea would meet these requirements, please don't hesitate to PM me.


This round shall finish on Saturday the 5th of November.

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Sumeragi

Banned
From the Heavenly Sea to the Southern Sea, from the Heavenly Mountain to the Black Sea

Summary of the Gwanggaeto Stele


The long reign of Gukgangsang-Gwanggaetogyeong-Pyeongan-Hotaewang had resulted in the expansion of the Realm of the Heavenly Descendants. The sacred blood of the the daughter of the river and the son of Heaven had extended its benevolent rule over the barbarians that had threatened the Central Realm. Yuju had been protected from the treacherous Buk Wui to become an internal part of the Realm, and the rebellious Seonbi have been finally conquered. The insignificant Mohe, along the Black Water River, had accepted the benevolence of the Taewang, and the rebellious vassal to the south have aceepted their rightful position. All the World worships us, and so shall the Sons of Heaven bring peace to this world.

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G. PLINII SECUNDI NATURALIS HISTORIAE-III

Britannia, quamquam populum Romanum pro Anno II Claudius Imperator, est quia pax de facto occlauda Anno XV Nero Britannicum quod motus inchoat ad Amazoniam Boudica Regina VI in anno qua supra fere omnis humanitas prae luce positum imperatoris. Ardentis monarcha Britanorum quod populus per tribus uenisse filarum maxima ex parte australis insulae purus vim igenii, ductus magno Britannorum ploresque in potestate, suo familiari,sibi vel sub-rexae sociis. Colonos nostros in area trucidati cum immediata inter ipsam et Tamesis dominae dominae fundit Camulodunum extra IX Hispania et XIV Germania copias coniunxit et in insidiis cum XX Valeria Victis Via Londinium, tatum II Augusta, raptim ex agro Isca Dummoniorum coniucti reliquiae remidem Tamesis praesida Romana non potuit quin tota provinca damnum.

Purparum sumpsit et per Tempora divi Vespasiani ab urbe Condita DCCCXXVII res in Britannia ex Agris Brigantum meridiem fuit. Reliqua Romanae provinciae fines porrigitur, a merida mare Britannia usque ad puctum occidentalis Novimagum Reginorum milaria XXII, XXVIII a septentrione ad orientem septemtrionem ad orientum septentrionem primum paulatim inde milia passuum a septemtrione ad orientem Tamesis XXIX sectus inde ad mare flumen. Is quoque stationem Clausentum incorporate et insulam Vectis, in quo dormierit castrae Castrum Vectae et Medina. De finibus provinciae multa milia fossis monitum, castrae parvae, speculae et Castrae XIII dispositio quedam, ut iam ad vallum quae Nero. Civitas est in III civitates, cum praedictis regionibus distantem ab ista remotus. In meridie ad occasum Civitas Reginorum olim Regnenses agros, cum urbe Noviomagus Reginorum capitis eius. Is est Castrae terminus a meridiae ad septentrionem currentum praesidia atque Isca Belgarum, Pons Belgarum ubi et viae Clausentum transibit per capit Belgae defensoribus Isca Augusta, Castrum Atrebatum, Castrum Augusta et Isca Atrebatum. Ad Septentrionem est Civitas Londiniorum, esti not habet illa civitas que decurrent ex novi oppidi Pond Claudia. Ab occasu in ortum suum castrate terminum sequuntur Tamesis ad longitudinem civitas plena sunt Castrum Celtae, Boudicca ubi plusus in annum XII Nero, Isca Tamesis, Nova Londinium versus delevit urbem trans fretum, Castrum Claudia, Segdenum et Castrum Orientis in promunturio cui incumbit borealem orientis ora iubet.Meridiem et Orientem Civitas Cantiacorum quondam capitis at cum agris et Cantiaci Duovernum Cantiacorum ex quo defectu etiam stipendia provincialis capitis. Castrae V in Britannia vetustissimis esse constructum Civitas incursion Claudius Caesar. Hae a septentrione in austrum ab oriente in occidentum Durobrivae, Regulbrium, Rupitae, Dubris et Portus Lemanis.

Trans Tamesis, exiguum supersit praeter Romani imperii formis inanis perditaa vias et urbes Londinium, Verulanium, Camulodunum et Limdum Colonia. Cetera iam obilitterata populus immolabant diis metu Britanni, qui in singulis Andraste dea dicitur factum in forma Boudicca vitam. Agri iacent Icenorum regina hanc Amazonic LXXV milia ex Tamesis ad aquilonem et D millaria in area. Caput Venta Icenorum, ubi dictur quod est lapis circuli regina erectae ad Romanos usu capta caementa ab aede divi Claudii. Habet a meridie ad eundem modem et quibus tegamar area an agorum regiones Catuvellauni Icenorum sunt, dominatus est ab Verulanium Catuvellaunorum. Primogenitam filiam bellator fuit regina coronatur regina eam terram istam, et tulit ad primos druis virum. Hoc modo pristinium matriarchal regula extendatur ultra terminos, et nunc dicitur quod est apud Britannos pricipes pro sacrificare filos pro filias. Secunda filia Boudicca regina coronatus est ut imperium Silures confoederationis inter Ordovices et duae tertiae partis Cambria Britannia vocamus. Cum doubus capitibus, Venta Silurum et Isca Ordovicum illa cogatur impertiri sceptrum dignissim viri, sed ex eius voluntate magica druisae reddidit ei languidus conspectus eius. Illa iam sedet et totidum filias pardit, quia mater est prophetatum erit Britanniae Reginae soror matris erit omnibus imperans Reginae Magnae recta. Magna quoque Regina IV reges qui per vim stuprum peperit sub voluntate. Rex Atrebates, terratorium se extendit ad XX milia passuum a septentrione ad occidentum iuxta terminum provinciam coactus ad renovandam Catuvellauni domitam per adventum ipsius ReginaeBellator Calleva Atrebatum capitis cum tribus regibus in Dobunni, Trinovantes et Corieltauvi adductis imperium armis aut metu sub aliarum nationum. Suo Capitulae Corinium Dubunnorum, Camulodunum Trinovantum et Ratae Corieltauvorum quibus imperium terra inter reliquas omnes Tristantona, Abona et Sabrina in septentriones et Austrum in Tamesis et Abona.

Praeter V sunt regna tenere libertatum e Brettonum populis quamquam firma tenent foedera cum Reginae Magnae Amazoniam quam regem Dumonii hae, et centrum in Isca Dummoniorum, Durotriges cum Durnovaria capitis at, quae ultra imperium omnes terras in Africum Britanniae terras Belgae. Ad septentrionem, Demetae Moridunum Demetarum ab occidente hiberno ex regula Cambria et Cornovii imperium terres inter Ordovices et Brigantes ab Viroconium Cornoviorum. Sed inter socios Amazonic Icenorum quod est Regnum Druisae Mona, caput Ratae Monorum quae ponitur in umbilico insulae. Hic coepit esse magnum reginae argentium erant defectionis feminine veneficus magia mirum, qui novas in Iudea sunt nutrita, purturbare ad successionem Imperii et Romanum domum adtulit corruptionis in corde per actus sacerdotum Liva divinae clamorem qui mulieres Romanae clarius et clarius, contra tranitiones aequissimum imperii bonae possidere liceat, an, caelum prohibere, tenere officium cursus honorum. In Britanni, tantum Belgae in meridie et Brigantes in septentrione usque adhuc manus grata Romanae, apud Brigantes quidum cum suis in forma Amazon Cartimandua vix sunt quam ipsa regina magna.

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Translation

G. Pliny the Second: Natural History, Book 3

Britannia, though taken for Rome in the 2nd Year of the Emperor Claudius, has since the occluding by a de facto peace in the 15th Year of Nero of the revolt the British that was begun by the Amazonian Queen Boudicca in the 6th Year of the aforementioned Emperor lain almost entirely beyond the light of civilization. That fiery monarch of the British people has, through the forcing of her daughters on the largest tribes of the southern half of the island and sheer force of personality, led to the vast majority of the Britons into the control of herself, her family, her sub-Kings or her allies. Having massacred our settlers in the immediate area between her domains and the Tamesis and routed both the IX Hispania outside Camulodunum and the combined forces of the XIV Germania and the XX Valeria Victis in ambush along Watling Street, only the II Augusta, hurriedly evacuated from Isca Dummoniorum and united with the remnants of Roman forces south of the Tamesis was unable to prevent a complete loss of the province.

By the time the Divine Vespasian took the purple in the year 827 ab urbe condita, the situation in Britannia from the lands of the Brigantes southwards was as follows. The remaining territory of the Roman Province of Britannia extended from the south coast at a point 22 miles to the East of Novimagum Reginorum, north by North East for 28 miles and thence by degrees first east then north to the Tamesis 29 miles to the north east, following the river to the sea from there. It incorporates also the outpost of Clausentum and the island of Vectis, upon which lie the forts of Castrum Vectae and Medina. The borders of the province are defended by many miles of ditches, fortlets, towers and 13 forts in an arrangement that some have referred to as the Wall of Nero. The province is split into 3 civitates, with the aforementioned outlying areas separate from these. In the Southwest is the Civitas Reginorum, formerly the lands of the Regnenses, with the city of Noviomagus Reginorum as its capital. It includes the border forts running from south to North Isca Belgarum and Pons Belgarum, where the roads to Clausentum and the capital of the Belgae pass through the defences, Isca Augusta, Castrum Atrebatum, Castrum Augusta and Isca Atrebatum. The northern civitas is known as the Civitas Londiniorum, though it does not include that city and is run from the new town of Pons Claudia. From West to East her border forts, which follow the Tamesis for the full length of the civitas, are Castrum Celtae where Boudicca was repulsed in the 12th Year of Nero, Isca Tamesis, Londinium Nova facing the destroyed city across the water, Castrum Claudia, Segdenum and Castrum Orientis which lies upon a promontory on the Northeastern coast of the province. In the Southeast is the Civitas Cantiacorum, formerly the lands of the Cantiaci and with its capital at Duovernum Cantiacorum which since the revolt has also served as the provincial capital. The 5 forts of the Civitas are the oldest in Britannia and were constructed for the invasion of the Emperor Claudius. These are from the Northwest to the southeast Durobrivae, Regulbrium, Rupitae, Dubris and Portus Lemanis.

Beyond the Tamesis, little survives of the rule of Rome save for ghostly forms of the roads and the ruined cities of Londinium, Verulanium, Camulodunum and Limdum Colonia. All else has been obliterated, the people sacrificed to the dread gods of the Britons, in particular the goddess Andraste who it is said has come to life in the form of Boudicca. The lands of this Amazonic Queen of the Iceni lie 75 miles to the north of the Tamesis, and are 5,500 miles in area. The capital is Venta Icenorum where it is said that the Queen has erected a stone circle for the purpose of sacrificing captured Romans using the rubble from the temple of the Divine Claudius. To the south and covering an area of the same size of the lands of the Iceni are the lands of the Catuvellauni, ruled from Verulanium Catuvellaunorum. The eldest daughter of the warrior Queen has been crowned by her as Queen of this land, and has taken the chief druid for a husband. In this way the matriarchal rule is extended beyond its original boundaries, and it is said now that it is common among the British Princes to sacrifice sons in favour of daughters. The second daughter of Boudicca has been crowned Queen of the confederation of the Ordovices and the Silures that controls two thirds of that part of Britannia we call Cambria. With two capitals, Venta Silurum and Isca Ordovicum, she is forced to share her rule more evenly with her husband, but through druidic magic has rendered him impotent to her will when in her presence. She now sits and breeds many daughters, for she it has been prophesied shall be the mother of the Queens of Britannia as her sister shall be mother of the line of the Great Queens over them all. The Great Queen has also 4 sub-kings who through force and seduction she has brought under her will. The King of the Atrebates, the territory of which extends for 20 miles from the Northwestern border of our province, was forced to renew his subjugation to the Catuvellauni by the arrival of the Warrior Queen at his capital Calleva Atrebatum, while the three Kings of the Dobunni, Trinovantes and Corieltauvi were brought under her sway by force of arms or fear of other tribes. From their capitals of Corinium Dubunnorum, Camulodunum Trinovantum and Ratae Corieltauvorum they control all the remaining land between the Trisantona, Abona and Sabrina in the North, and the Abona and Tamesis in the South.

There are in addition 5 Kingdoms of the British people that though they maintain their independence from the whims of the Great Queen maintain strong alliances with than Amazonian monarch, these are the Dumonii, centred at Isca Dummoniorum and the Durotriges, with their capital at Durnovaria, which control all the lands in the southwest of Britannia beyond the lands of the Belgae. To the north, the Demetae from Moridunum Demetarum rule the southwest of Cambria and the Cornovii control the lands between the Ovdovices and the Brigantes from Viroconium Cornoviorum. But chief among the allies of that Amazonic Iceni is the Druidic Kingdom of Mona, the capital of which at Ratae Monorum is supposed to be at the very centre of the island. It is here that the Great Queen has begun to train the agents of revolt who through strange magics and feminine enchantment have fostered revolt in Iudea, connived to disrupt the Imperial succession and brought corruption into the heart of the Roman household through the actions of the Priestesses of the Divine Livia who shout louder and louder that the women of Rome should, against the most righteous traditions of the Empire, be allowed to inherit property or, heavens forbid, to hold office on the cursus honorum. In Britannia, only the Belgae in the far south and the Brigantes in the north still welcome the hand of Rome, though with the Brigantes having their own Amazon in the form of Catimandua they are scarce better than the great Queen herself.
 
In the year 636 CE the mighty Persian army met a much smaller Muslim army at the battlefield of al-Qādisiyyah. In OTL the Muslims managed to slay the commander of the Persian army, Rostam Farrokhzād, and when his armies saw his head on a pole the collapsed and were routed. What if he had escaped death and defeated the Muslim army? Persia had just exited a golden age, and was able to muster massive armies. As such, pushing the Muslims back to the Arabian peninsula was not out the question, though pacifying that vast desert almost certainly was. With the Sassanids victorious in Mesopotamia the Byzantines would be secure as well. The later assault by the Mongols would be just barely rebuffed, though likely more redirected at Europe, a possibility the Byzantines might not mind to much if they can get a slice too. Still, no Empire can last for ever, and the slow decline of the Romans would be inevitable. Persia, able to hold off the Muslims and Mongols could perhaps show itself to be similarly stable to China, with only the occasional shift of Dynasty and a gradual ebb and flow.

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The conqueror for my map was Alexander of Molossus.

His invasion goes better, Alexander doesn't die at the battle of Pandosia. Defeats the Samnites, takes Benevento and it becomes the capital of the Kingdom of Italy, renamed Alexandria. *
A period of Hellenisation followed in his wake, and in 310's Alexander and Agathocles of Syracuse attack Carthage, sacking the town and forcing great tribute from Carthage. The Sicily settlements along with Sardinia are humiliatingly given to the Greeks, along with much of her fleet.

Upon Alexander's death in 300 BC the crown passed to his son Neoptolemus. His reign was short, as he was murdered by Pyrrhus, who had been exiled from Epirus.

Now under his personal rule Viteliu has extended further north of the Tiber. He sacked Rome and bought the allegiance of the Etruscan cities by recreating the Duodecim, the league of Etruscan twelve cities. Pyrrhus has pushed the border of Viteliu north to along the Po River, fighting the Gallic tribes that live there. But not all are eager to bow to Alexandria. After the sacking of Rome the remaining Romans fled to the safety of Veii, where they plot revenge, sending envoys to Syracuse and Carthage, to seek an alliance against Pyrrhus...

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Could be prettier, but I have stuff to do the next couple days...

Attila doesn’t die on a wedding night, lives on to consolidate his Empire a bit more and produce a son with actual talent.

The Huns converted to the Arian brand of Christianity. Islam has been butterflied away. The Byzantine Empire survived as an Anatolian rump while the Persians conquered Syria and Egypt and ruled them for a while, until smashed up by Turkish invasions from the east and Arab ones from the west, to revive again under an eastern Iranic dynasty. A Papacy of sort rallied in the west after Italy fell to the Hun, and developed into an international state-within-a-state even more powerful than its OTL equivalent. Turks, deflected northward, pushed Slavs west and south.

By the 13th century, the Slavic language of the bulk of the population has filtered up to the nobility of the Holy Hunnic Empire, Hunnic being mostly a language of court ritual and military terminology and isn’t really all that holy, (“One out of three at least”, as a later historian would note) but is still most definitely an Empire. Efforts to reunify the Roman Empire under its rule haven’t been too successful, although the current Emperor/Kayzar can at least be happy with the fact he holds both of the former Imperial capitals. (And the Franks got smashed up pretty good)

Invasions out of Asia have always been a distraction. Founded by a horse-nomad people, and still producing the most formidable cavalry in Europe, the Empire beat the Avars, deflected the Bulgars and various Turkic groups, and at least managed to tie the Magyars and later incorporate them into the Empire, if admittedly retaining certain traditional rights and freedoms.
But now the Empire faces the gravest threat in their history. From the East, the Orok Hordes (a Tungusid people playing the historical role of OTL Mongols) are advancing west, sweeping all before them. Before the storm from the east is over, the lands of western Eurasia will be deeply changed…

Bruce
 
Better later than never!

One cannot help but wonder, that if Cromwell had lived a longer life, whether the monarchy would have ever been restored. Had he lived ten more years the populous may have been so used to a Republic the idea of having a king again may have been repugnant. [1]

The PoD is Oliver Cromwell not dying in 1658, but instead living for another 10 years. He still suffers from the bout of malarial fever and septicemia, but with better doctors he manages to pull through. His close call is seen by him as a warning from God that the Commonwealth is as fragile as he is, and that he must "...do all to stabalise it and insure it's continuation, so that [the Commonwealth] may continue in freedom as I watch it from above in the Lord's company".

In those 10 years Cromwell, along with his son Richard and advisers, begin to reform the Commonwealth. Similar to the rule of the Major-generals, the nation (including Scotland and Ireland) is split up into 11 regions, each with a leader nominated by Cromwell (almost entirely military men) to sit in the Council of State. This time however each region was split onto sub-regions, 2 from each of the 8 English regions (making 16), 1 from the Isle of Man, and 4 from both Scotland and Ireland; this created the 25 member Upper House for the new Commonwealth, the House of Governors. The Governors were in theory "elected", but they were usually local men nominated by local city leaders, councils etc. Below them was the 500-man Commonwealth Parliament.

The other great leap forward was in the still-existing Commonwealth colonies in North America. Cromwell continued to believe in the Western Design, despite the not entirely great success in the Anglo-Spanish War. Instead he focused on the settling of the existing colonies in North America, all but one (Maryland) declared their strong support for the Commonwealth. Maryland was a mainly Catholic province, and it's Governor, Lord Baltimore, had created in effect the last place English Catholics could be safe from persecution. This situation was tolerated but stretched to breaking point as the English courts exiled more and more Catholics to the colony, and it expanded further north along the border with the Dutch colony. Maryland soon became the most populated province in the whole continent, mainly full of people who's loyalty to the Commonwealth was "low" at best. What happened next was not entirely unexpected.

The American Revolution (or American Restoration as it was sometimes known) had a clear starting point, the emergence of the exiled Charles II from a Dutch trading ship in the port of New Amsterdam, 1667. With some assistance form the Dutch, who lost the First Anglo-Dutch War in 1652 against Cromwell's Navy, and who were also worried about the growing Anglo-French ties), Charles had managed to sneak into Maryland where, sheltered by Lord Baltimore, he proclaimed himself King in Maryland and of England, Scotland and Ireland in exile. The Catholics in the province provided a large support base, and it was soon clear when the news reached London months later that there was little the Commonwealth could do.

Cromwell had forbidden any major military build up in the colonies, still unsure of the situation at home and wary of the fact that many of the best Generals from the New Model Army were important members of one of the three sections of the government. As such the Commonwealth response to the announcement was only to send an emissary to St Mary's City to check on the accuracy of the claim and to repeal the charter from the colony if true. By the time he got there the Carolinian Kingdom of Maryland had had over 6 months to prepare themselves, along with arms supplied subtly by French supporters and less subtly by the Dutch and Spanish. Even Cromwell realised mounting a military campaign over the Atlantic was near impossible, especially with the possibility (that they had made quite clear) of Spanish and Dutch support for the Kingdom and French neutrality. Instead in his speech, delivered to the Commonwealth Parliament in July 1668, and one of his last, he made clear his position that "it is better that he is over there than over here, indeed he seems to have saved us the trouble of exiling himself there". Although unpopular, the Commonwealth reached a settlement on the borders of the Kingdom, the first independent European state in the new world, and that it must be neutral in all European affairs. Charles, and his descendants, would continue to claim the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland.

This map shows the Commonwealth and North America in around about 1700, the Charles mentioned is Charles II of Maryland, III of England, Scotland and Ireland.

(Big) map after the break:
 
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“Jochi, son of Genghis Khan, and founder of the Great Western Hordes dynasty, was perhaps one of the most prominent figures of the early Mongol Empires period, especially in and around modern Western Eurasia (and is considered a national hero by many states in the area, like the Kingdom of Sarai, Union of Rus, etc), namely due to his and his descendents achievement of completely destroying the European and Old Slavic dominance in the region, achieving a empire that lasted longer than any other Khanate in history.

During the last year of Genghis‘ reign, Jochi deserted his father and the Empire (many historians attributing this to the strained relationship between the pair and other members of the family, due to the question of Jochi´s parentage as well as rumors of a attempted assassination plot against him by either his father or younger brother), and began a expedition into North-West, sacking southern Russian principalities as he went by. This prompted Genghis to send his brothers, Ogedei (the future Great Khan and founder of the Yuan dynasty in Eastern Eurasia) and Chagatai (the second eldest son) to bring him back (many believing to be executed), but after months of searching, finding his camp and preparing to bring him back to heel, leading to a standoff somewhere near modern Ousa, the trio heard of their fathers death, and Ogedei, now Great Khan, called a truce with Jochi if he agreed to recognize him at the Kurultai as the Great Khan (Jochi himself stated later that he believed his brother never wanted his death, and would’ve refused to kill him even by their fathers orders).

Jochi accepted, but only if he be allowed to return to his tumen again as a leader, which Ogedei accepted, putting down a outraged Chagatais disapproval (Chagatai had long being the one behind many hated comments against Jochis parentage, and even refused to follow him if Genghis had named him Great Khan as was Mongol tradition). So, following their return to the still developing Mongol capital, a Kurultai was called and all agreed on Ogedei succession. However (like Genghis Khans cumulate several years before announcing who would succeed him) Chagatai, in blind outrage at hearing Jochi being allowed to keep all Russian cities he had captured during his expeditions, as well as gaining several regions around the Aral Sea (modern Tolui Lake), which had being promised to him, he once again denounced Jochi in open court, throwing abuse, until it lead to blows, and eventually, Chagatai´s death at the hands of Jochi´s second-in-command (who was summarily banished for killing a member of the Great Khans family, but was allowed to return to Jochi´s territory after a year)

Jochi was pardoned by the new Great Khan and allowed to return to his newly appointed lands to expand to his hearts content, or to quote Ogedei, “As far north and west until all were trod under the hooves of his tumens”, as well as giving Jochi, and his descendents, the priveliedge of not having to personally be at any Kurultai, but allowing a member of the family to represent their thoughts (essentially a ambassadorial post).
This dispensation was to prove invaluable during the Jochi´s conquests of the Russian principalities, where he could continue to conquer them without having to return back to Mongolia each time a Kurultai was called, and this, amongst his many qualities as a great general, appointing able administrators and his tolerance of his conquered peoples (there are many accounts that prove he was of kinder disposition than his father or brothers, but still retained his destructive streak, such as in the Vladmir Revolt, where, after he suppressed the city, he had its entire male population, including children, livestock and animals, burned, a undertaking that took over 12 days and lead to many Western Russian cities capitulating before his armies even reached their walls), which lead him, and his sons, to break the back of Medieval Europe. These exploits and conquests laid the foundations of a empire that his sons, and their sons, ruled until the late 17th century, and many states in the area today can trace their origins back to Jochi´s Horde.

Unfortunately, like his father before him, Jochi was to never fully realize his dreams of complete expansion, and at the siege of Kiev, was felled by a arrow, which caused sepsis (some contemporaries explained it as the use of poisonous arrows used by some defenders, but was more likely brought on by infection due to poor treatment of the wound), and so, in his mid sixties, on the 17th (some say 18th) of October 1253, Jochi “the Western Warrior” died, succeeded by his eldest son Batu Khan, who Kublai Khan later named the “Great Western Khan” as part of the dual Khan system established to stabilize the Empire (this was created originally as a alliance between the East and West against Islamic revolts in the Arabian Khanates, but eventually was prolonged), and also retroactively bestowed Jochi as first with the name (which led to Jochis Khanate being named “The Great Western Horde”, in his honor).”


- Prof. Abdal Karl Foriva
Rise and Fall of the Mongol World
Pg. 1-2; Chapter 4: Great Western Horde
 
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A simple one since I haven't entered for awhile.

Timur didn't die en route to invade China, and strong-armed with Chagatai into working with him. Logistics and the flighty Northern Yuan turned it into a fiasco. He only managed to sack Xian and was met with heavy defeat as his weary army approached Kaifeng. (he died here, but it was months after he died in OTL :D) A highly irritated Yongle emperor puts all his effort into a new "Pacification of the West" campaign, declining to invest in Zheng He's expedition or military adventures in Vietnam. After conquering the "Western Protectorates" (mostly the remnants of the Chagatai, conquering the whole of the Timurids proved a bridge too far, though they were vassalized.) There is currently some Sinicization going on, but later historians will refer more to the way the new Ming Silk Road caused greater Islamic influence in China.

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In by the skin of my teeth with a map contest entry:

The death in question is Ögedei Khan, who lived for ten years longer, leaving Batu Khan more than enough time to consolidate Hungary and push for the Great Sea, and turn Europe on its head. The idea is in part an excuse for doing a bunch of post-Mongol Europe ideas I've been kicking around. There is a good bit of timeline thought behind it but I can't be bothered with a write up right now (since the deadlines nearly here) - I'll answer any questions in the main map thread though ;).

The Age of Discovery is in full swing but I haven't really thought out how it would have gone so left the rest of the world for someone else/later me to do.

The big and little cities are to give an idea of populations and development, as well as alternate English names for places.

If you look carefully you might some interesting changes to the geography itself!

A bigger size is available if people want.

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Caliphate of Cordoba

Abd ar-Rahman al-Ghafiqi does not die in the Battle of Tours. The Umayyad Caliphate still loses, but Abd ar-Rahman does not die; rather, he comes back with more soldiers for a Second Battle of Tours. The Carolingian Franks, surprised by this attack, loose, leading to the fall of the Frankish kingdoms to the hands of the Umayyad Caliphate. The Umayyads then attack Brittany and the British Isles, who fall easily.

When the Umayyad Caliphate is overthrown by the Abbasid Caliphate, the Caliphate of Cordoba is formed. While in Britannica, they are amazed by the various flags of different colors and symbols there, rather than the one-color flag that they have. They decide to adopt a Kent’s flag, with a few variations for their new country. The also adopt provinces similar to those of the Romans, with different names.

The map is set when the Umayyad Caliphate try to re-establish their country near the Atlas Mountains. However, that doesn’t work out, and they end up settling in the Caliphate. The Caliphate starts loosing territory the 12th century, when the Kalmar Union starts to attack them from the north. From there, it goes downhill, until finally they lose the capital city of Cordoba in 1307.

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