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  1. How far west did Buddhism reach?

    Buddhism was present at least as far west as Hormuz in pre-Islamic times, as Buddhist symbols exist on Qeshm island, and there were Buddhists in the Arsacid royal court.

  2. Favorite Pre-1900 Monarch?

    I have a few: Alp Arslan (1029-72), Seljuq Sultan. Defeated the Byzantine Romans at Manzikert, 1071. Darius the Great (550-486 BC), Persian Shahanshah. Conquered much of the Middle East, bringing the Persian Empire to its maximum extent. My namesake. Timur Lang (1336-1405), Emir of the...

  3. Possible Italian Unification with a 1000 AD POD?

    What about the Papacy? They were already independent after the Battle of Legnano in 1176. Crushing the Lombard League will subjugate some of the Kingdom of Italy under HRE authority but the Ghibelline cities such as Genoa will remain independent polities under HRE suzereignty. The Kingdom...

  4. AHC Christian North Africa

    The best opportunity for Christian Maghreb with a late POD is around the 13th century. Have the crusaders move their eyes to North Africa rather than the Levant (which they did in OTL, but too late for real action because crusader fervor had died down a considerable amount by then). Roger of...

  5. Why weren't Hungary, Croatia and the like part of the HRE?

    Whoops, I meant Croat nobility, not Czech. I had a stupid moment!

  6. Could an Earlier Reconquista be Continued into Morocco

    I believe he meant Berber Piracy and the taking of Spaniards as slaves, rather than end slavery.

  7. Why weren't Hungary, Croatia and the like part of the HRE?

    The eastern frontier of the Holy Roman Empire pretty much remained stagnant after the Kingdom of Bohemia lost Upper Silesia in 1469. Were the Hungarian and Czech nobility willing to join the Holy Roman Empire? The decision isn't solely that of the monarch - maybe in theory, but not in practice.

  8. Questions about continents

    Well yes, Eurasia is one land mass, I do understand that - but the Ancient Greeks invented the concept of Europa, Asia (Anatolia, meaning sunrise) and Africa (Libya). I didn't mean ancients and Australia, but rather the early European discoveries in the 17th century. It wasn't really until...

  9. Questions about continents

    I have several questions about continents: 1. Europe, Asia and Africa were European concepts before the discovery of the Americas. Did anyone else (Indians, North Africans, Persians etc) have concepts of 'continents' before adopting the European concept? 2. How would it be possible to have...

  10. early U.S.A. is 55% monotheistic, 30% polytheistic, and 15% 'philosophic'

    Butterflies, man, butterflies. Do you not think that: 1. If the Native Americans survive, they will be converted to Christianity? Look at Bolivia, Peru, Mexico etc as examples 2. If Indians colonised the Americas, it would entirely butterfly away the existence of the United States...

  11. Ottoman Empire

    The problem is, Albania and Bosnia had entirely different situations. First, lets make sure it's clear, Bosnia has never had a Muslim majority - it has a Muslim plurality of around 40%, with a split between the Catholics and Orthodox Christians. Albania also has a significant Christian minority...

  12. Ottoman Empire

    You can't really compare the Abbasids (who fell for a variety of reasons, not just 'illegitimacy' - btw, even after the loss of most of their territory and subjugation by the Seljuks, they continued to hold influence for hundreds of years until the Mongols wiped the floor with them in 1258 -...

  13. early U.S.A. is 55% monotheistic, 30% polytheistic, and 15% 'philosophic'

    I'm confused, are you asking us to make this a reality? I can't see any way without the intervention of the Alien Space Bats than you can have a POD where the Americas gets such a diverse population during the colonial era and yet the USA still comes into existence.

  14. Ottoman Empire

    There were Turkish majorities in parties of what is now Greece (e.g. Rhodopes), but it didn't stop the Greek take over. The problem is that without ethnic cleansing of some sort, you're always going to end up with the Christian Greeks, Bulgarians, Serbs etc rising up and when they ally against...

  15. Ottoman Empire

    The lack of legitimacy in the HRE claiming the title of 'Roman Emperor' in the form they assumed it didn't stop the HRE existing for over 800 years. Anyway to answer your other question, Al Hasa was owned (not vassalised) by the Ottomans until 1916, when it was taken by the Sauds during World...

  16. ΗΑΒΕΜΘΣ ΠΑΠΑΜ - effects of a continued Byzantine Papacy

    Sorry to bump this thread (I don't know at what point it goes from bumping to necroing, but it's less than 6 months since a post was last made so let's hope this isn't) Mrmandias, I'm pretty sure the word is 'towed' not 'toed', but I may be wrong I suppose. According to google: tow1...

  17. Ottoman Empire

    Why? There are plenty of multicultural countries which rule lands outside of their own primary ethnic group, and have done so for far more than 600 years - Iran alone has the Azeris, Balochs, Kurds etc and has held them throughout history with small intervals (this is, if you include the...

  18. AHC: Islamic state on Iberia

    The Moors were doomed long before Isabella and Ferdinand. By the time the Almohads were ruling Andalusia, most of Iberia was back in Christian hands. I think the latest time you can have a surviving Islamic state in Iberia is during the existence of the Caliphate of Córdoba. Getting rid of the...

  19. AHC: Islamic state on Iberia

    Pelayo/Pelagius is defeated and killed by the Moors at any battle of your choice during his campaign against them. The integrity of Moorish control in Iberia is not threatened by Asturias and the consolidation of power is uninterrupted by constant war with the Christians. The Franks (or West...

  20. Ottoman Empire

    Ottomans controlled Hedjaz, North Yemen, Al Hasa, Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, Transjordan/Palestine and Egypt. Tell me, how did they not have the wealthiest parts of the Middle East? The only parts of the Middle East they did not control were Iran (though they made their attempts to take western parts...
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