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  1. Miscellaneous <1900 (Alternate) History Thread

    So I was reading recently on Wikipedia about the Battle of the Sabis, in which some Roman legions under Julius Caesar were attacked and almost routed by the Belgae during his conquest of Gaul. Now the Wikipedia article may be written like an adventure novel, but it got me thinking: what if that...

  2. Lands of Ice and Mice: An Alternate History of the Thule

    Hey! I just wanted to say that I love this TL. My major in college is history, and it's not an exaggeration to say that this probably helped influence that.

  3. Fruit of the Thorns: The Domestication of Mesquite

    Are you going to be starting a new thread or relying on this one still?

  4. Lands of Ice and Mice: An Alternate History of the Thule

    I'm pretty sure that they have. The only link I saw on a brief scan of the wiki page though was this one: https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=5538676&postcount=292

  5. Alexander the Great doesn't Die?

    It's my understanding that he turned around at the Indus because it was too much work to conquer the area. But other than that, I don't know where he'd go. Maybe try for Italy or North Africa? Seems a bit far-fetched though. He'd probably keep going until he died though.

  6. Possibility of Muhammad being a Christian Saint?

    I was thinking that in a divergent Muhammadan Christianity, this drive to find more prophets would start damn near immediately. After all, it occurred to me about two days after seriously thinking about the idea. So within a decade we could see various people arguing about whether Nestorius or...

  7. Possibility of Muhammad being a Christian Saint?

    Those specific figures would be way too far off from the POD to "happen" like they did OTL, but I doubt that's what you were saying. After looking them up, I feel like that kind of idea (Baha'i) might come around much earlier TTL. I mean, the great prophet Muhammad has outright said that...

  8. Possibility of Muhammad being a Christian Saint?

    That's a very interesting idea, and one I hadn't thought of. That would possibly also be a big enough difference to warrant it being its own branch, but maybe not big enough to be seen as an entirely different faith. It also opens the door to lots of theological splits later on, depending on how...

  9. Possibility of Muhammad being a Christian Saint?

    For those wondering, I was thinking of Messiah as in the whole "Savior of Mankind, Redeemer of Sins, etc." that I know from my Christian upbringing (American Protestant, if anyone is wondering). If that's an unusual perspective, then obviously the opinion of Jesus would have to change to...

  10. Possibility of Muhammad being a Christian Saint?

    As I look more into what Islam's beliefs are, there doesn't seem to be a whole lot that isn't either completely incompatible with Christianity (God is singular, not a trinity) or just a reiteration of what other prophets had said (charity). Unless of course Muhammad's major break off from...

  11. Possibility of Muhammad being a Christian Saint?

    This was my understanding of the matter, that he was seen as an important prophet as opposed to the savior of mankind Christianity says he is. Thanks for the input. I can only say that the Nestorian path seems a bit unlikely, considering (as far as I know) that OTL Islam placed a fair bit of...

  12. Possibility of Muhammad being a Christian Saint?

    I'm not surprised that other people have thought of the scenario, considering how interesting it is. I've been thinking about this a lot today, but I don't want to put the cart before the horse here and write down my thoughts before other people write down theirs. I have to say though, I'm...

  13. Possibility of Muhammad being a Christian Saint?

    profxyz, thanks for your input. Especially the bit about Muhammad's inclination towards Persia and Byzantion. I guess the Persian expansion might be more likely in that case. I want to say that at this point I'm thinking more about Muhammad being a sort of Martin Luther, as opposed to a...

  14. Possibility of Muhammad being a Christian Saint?

    SvoHljott, Thanks for the map/groups. I hadn't considered many of those, such as Somalia, Khazars, and various Slavic groups. Speaking of Khazars, IIRC the reason that they chose Judaism was that it offered a relatively neutral position between the other religions of the time. If Muhammad is...

  15. Possibility of Muhammad being a Christian Saint?

    I didn't think that that was how religion worked at the time (worded very badly), but I was thinking that the 'Muslim' Christians would probably be a unique branch/sect (if not incorporated into Orthodoxy). Do you have any ideas about how expansion? I've basically been thinking about whether...

  16. Possibility of Muhammad being a Christian Saint?

    I'm wondering more if, should Muhammad have those opinions but still create a more or less OTL Islam (albeit more christian-ish), what the reaction of the various churches might be. Essentially, what if Islam was founded by someone who is already established as firm Christian, and initially...

  17. Possibility of Muhammad being a Christian Saint?

    I was talking about the 'Muslim' Christian attitude towards the Orthodox Greeks. Seeing as Muhammad certainly took advantage of the OTL situation, I assume he'd do the same here. I was just wondering whether he would go for Egypt/Levant first of Mesopotamia/Persia. I guess that if they never...

  18. Possibility of Muhammad being a Christian Saint?

    So here's the idea. Christians were fairly common in pre-Islamic Arabia (or so my brief research has told me). Therefore, it's not impossible that Muhammad (as in, founder of Islam) could have been raised/converted to Christianity before he founds Islam OTL. So what I'm asking here is; if...

  19. Fruit of the Thorns: The Domestication of Mesquite

    Looking great so far, especially if it's even remotely as productive as your calculations. I don't recall it being mentioned so far, so what is the likelihood of being able to collect salt from Palmer's Saltgrass for trading purposes? Is there any indication that it would be economically...

  20. Opportunity

    Looks good so far. Going to be interesting to see what happens if both Britain and France are knocked out of the game, or at least out of the top spots.
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