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John Fredrick Parker
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It didn't cause much problems historically. Also, why would the capital be in Constantinople? While the Ummayads ruled a united...
Yesterday at 5:27 PM
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Wait, are you talking about the First Fitna? I was looking for us to discuss the Second (so preferably no PoDs prior to the death of...
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Another important detail to take into consideration are the continuous papal requests to organize crusades, both against the Turks and...
Yesterday at 2:31 PM
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Here's another way of looking at this -- of the two more popular scenarios, the Caliphate fracturing longer term or the Zubayrids...
Yesterday at 12:51 PM
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Butterflies,the french and Brits might have to deal different enemies from nords and Italy would be a mess so everything changes
Yesterday at 9:20 AM
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Dude butterflies the crusades are butterflied away And the opposite, with the collapse of ere,the orthodox branch is very weakened so...
Yesterday at 8:32 AM
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This does make me think -- what would the Arabs do with "Roman" institutions they find in the Imperial capital? I imagine the...
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I think a good deal of this depends on Cromwell maintaining Henry’s good will through his death which is not inevitable. Cromwell may be...
Yesterday at 2:14 AM
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1) Since everything in this thread flows from the Arab conquest of Constantinople, it would be kind of silly to assume that it was...
Yesterday at 2:11 AM
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How realistic do you think this much is: the Ummayads take Constantinople in the 717-18 Siege the Ummayads win the Battle of Toulouse...
Yesterday at 1:28 AM
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I think people take it too for granted that if the Arabs took Constantinople this would lead to an Muslim conquest of Europe. Do...
Yesterday at 1:15 AM
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Even crazier, just a few years after our PoD is the Battle of Toulouse, which checked muslim expansion into Europe.
Yesterday at 12:17 AM
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PoD I imagine is in 717 or 718; if Constantinople falls, I would think the Umayyads would see some of their financial concerns at least...
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Tuesday at 10:23 PM
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I think the fate of the Ummayad Dynasty, and the if/who of their successors, is absolutely something worth talking about here. One thing...
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