I would like to mention the difficulty of pulling a win at Uhud. For that, I think, the army of Makkah must be broken completely before the archers broke discipline and go a looting. Possibly with Khalid killed sometimes in the earlier phase (if he was not with the group that goes around and...
My first reaction after going through this thread is; 'weeeeeee! Another East Indies TL!' followed by 'Gosh, this is awesome!' I had been thinking about this period and brought it up in discussions again and again with my friends IRL. Obviously, not discussing the effect to such level as this...
As someone from West Java, and someone who spent the first three semesters of his uni year studying the classical period of the aechipelago, I would like to say - this is far from clear fact however - that the Sunda - Java conflicts and rivalry is something blown out of proportion by outsiders...
Concerning northern Australia, IIRC, Bugis sailors frequently visited to trade for sea cucumbers. Wouldn't this make it easier for Makassari influence to grow there?
TheMann, I really like your works here, good writings :):)
Can you please tell me the fate of Indonesia and the SEA nations in this timeline of yours?
I suspect they would lean more toward the Commonwealth, seeing that they are jammed between several member nations...
but that's just my thought.