Alternate History Thread II...

[North King]

Hey. Three of mine lasted pretty long. Or four. I can't really remember. The last one died because people quit en masse and school was not going well.

 

[Thlayli]

I'm sure it will be great. Although making stats for each of those tiny European states might be a pain.

Also, something like Islam might pop up soon, adding to the complexity of things.

 

[North King]

I'm sure it will be great. Although making stats for each of those tiny European states might be a pain.

Also, something like Islam might pop up soon, adding to the complexity of things.

Why would Islam pop up? The Arabs are quite content in their Hindu, Buddhist, and Zoroastrian ways.

 

[Thlayli]

Hmm, content I'm sure, but they were "content" in Christianity before Mohammed came, weren't they?

 

[jalapeno_dude]

The Arabs weren't Christian before Mohammed.

 

[Thlayli]

There were bishoprics in Iraq, Egypt, Persia, Palestine...

 

[North King]

Which weren't Arab states. Mecca was polytheist, and well known for its many temples with idols to various gods.

 

[Thlayli]

Hmm, I suppose so.

So, did Christianity even arise?

 

[North King]

No. Or at least, if it did, it's not known outside of a few villages in Judea. More likely Jesus was simply a carpenter who lived a long, fruitful life, and was well liked in the villages for his compassion for other people and the fact that he sometimes miraculously healed people. One of those people who are truly the heroes of everyday life that don't get noted down in the history books. A true shame.

The West somewhat subscribes to Mithraism, but that's hardly universal, nor even a majority religion.

 

[ThomAnder]

So... Is Sui about to fall apart due to overtaxing/overlabouring/fruitless campaigns against korea? OTL Korea was made of 3 small kingdoms at this point... Btw, If alexander had died, would it have affected the Han campaigns into Central Asia? Also it could use a steppe nation... Sui/Tang faced constant threats from them. I forgot the name though.

 

[North King]

The Han fought against the Bactrians at times. Yes, Korea should be divided into several kingdoms. And the Sui are indeed about to fall apart.

 

[das]

Don't worry, Kal'thzar, I'm still working on your althist; now that due to the deadline move I won myself some more free time, I will probably be able to get more of it done.

Anyway, to once more revive this thread, here's another Guess-the-PoD map. The year right now is 1740. There might be some minor inaccuracies there, specifically in some of the colonies.

 

[North King]

Before or after 1500?

 

[das]

After 1500.

 

[North King]

Central, Western, or Eastern European?

 

[das]

Eastern European.

 

[North King]

Something to do with the Union of Poland Lithuania (or in this case lack thereof)?

 

[das]

Or in this case lack thereof indeed. However, why didn't the Union of Lublin happen in this world?

 

[ThomAnder]

Ottoman Turks' 16th century invasion of europe was more successful than OTL, leading to a merge between Poland and remaining central/eastern european nation?

 

[das]

No. Although the Ottomans - or, rather, their Crimean puppets - have inadvertly started the chain of events that led to the major divergence.