Another great update BG.
Thank you kindly!
Another great update BG.
Chapter Eighteen: The Search for Stability
Basileus Giorgios said:Šurhaci Khan
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Basileus Giorgios said:The Empire’s fabulously wealthy Syrian provinces remained under tight Jušen control, with the Eastern frontier effectively reduced to the point it had been at the height of Arab expansion half a millennium previously.
The first name. Obviously they are real Jurchen names from OTL history. But I recall that the main guy himself was not a Muslim, a confirmed believer in the nomadic sky-goddess no less, but the element -haci may come from the Turkish word for "hajji" - an epithet attached to a Muslim who has returned from a Hajj to Mecca and is held in high esteem by his fellows - so that would be quite an unusual name for a nomadic conqueror from the east who is clearly not a Muslim. Just a minor nitpick. Haci may mean something else in Jurchen, Turkish or Iranian, if anyone can enlighten us...
So the Peace Without End formally concedes all Roman territory beyond the Taurus to the Jurchen Empire, or is this merely a (very) long term ceasefire?
And, inevitably, maybe even a bit boringly, my next question is: what is the status of Cyprus in the East, 30-40 years down the line, in the post-Evagoras era, and how does it fit into this new Peace Treaty (since it is, in a sense, right on the "front line" now)?
I just found this TL, and I gotta say I'm pretty impressed. In fact I dare say it's one of the definitive "surviving Byzantine" timelines out there, with all the detail shown in the stuff I've read thus far . I hope another update is not too far off, but then again (as I've said elsewhere) rapid updates are no substitute for detailed updates.
As an aside, I'm curious as to who's who in Britain. I gather the south is an Anglo-Norman kingdom, and I remember a reference to Northumbria, but is that the "big" northern kingdom or the little light blue one on the map? I'm trying to work my way through the updates but, like Male Rising, it's a lot of stuff to chew through.
Lists and reference documents are always worth seeing!I've put together some reference documents: lists of Emperors, Patriarchs, Dukes etc, if anyone would be interested to see them?
I second thisBrainbin said:Lists and reference documents are always worth seeing!
Thanks for making this, will be a big help for consolidating everything I've read and recapping in between updates.
Great reference lists- always useful for a quick recap in between/ just before reading an update.
Thanks for the these, I would love one for Manuel I, have to remember why he is the Megas Basileus.
I second this, despite being the pinnacle of the Komnenos Dynasty his reign was covered in only 1 update, more details would be appreciated.
Thanks for the these, I would love one for Manuel I, have to remember why he is the Megas Basileus.
I second this, despite being the pinnacle of the Komnenos Dynasty his reign was covered in only 1 update, more details would be appreciated.
I third this and perhaps one of Frederick II of Germany as well.
Brief bios, and further information, are available for any of the characters or points mentioned above!