I really don't know. Europe is really weird overall, even if my conquests are excluded. My guess would be that Vikings or barbs razed Berlin, so that Wien became the capital.
Harun al-Rashid ruled for another seven years until he died in 1532AD as one of the greatest Arabian ever lived. His successor was Muhammad ibn Harun al-Amin, son of Al-Rashid. During Al-Amin's regin slave trade increased enormously and the Islamic Malinese Empire was subdued under the Arabian Caliphate as the Sultanate of Mali in order to garantee the continious growth for the slave markets.
As a result of the growing slave markets, Arabian slaver traders were forced to travel deeper into Africa, which angried the native warriors. The slave port of Zanzibar was often attacked. However, the natives could not match the Arabian armies and the attacks were easily repelled.
Another nuisance for the Arabs was the increasing pirate activity. This lead to the development of greater and stronger naval vessels called frigates.
In Europe the weak goverment of the Islamic Kingdom of the Netherlands collapsed after the King had passed away without male heir. Thus the Sultanate of France occupied the County of Holland. Free Ireland was also occupied by the Islamic British Empire.
In 1600Ad Al-Amin conducted a census through out the Arabian Caliphate. The census concluded that the Caliphate habitet more than 70 million persons and was by far the most productive and richest nation in the world.
The Arab slave trade was second only to the Europeans. The slave markets at Zanzibar sold slaves all over the region, the Barbary pirates too engaged in slave trading taking European slaves, and it was a popular past time of the Crimean Tartars to raid Russia and Poland to take slaves to sell to the Ottomans.
Yep, Arabs were involved in slavery, another example: Oman.
Now that my succession game has been succesfully finished, I can concentrate on finishing this story. So an update can be expected during the next 2-4 days.
In 1605AD the Bubonic Plague spread through out the known world and claimed hundreds of thousands lives in the Caliphate as well. Sadly one of the victims was the Al-Amin, who had no sons. Thus his bother and also the son of Harun Al-Rashid, Abu Jaʿfar Abdullah al-Maʾmun ibn Harun, claimed the throne.
The plague weakened the Islamic British Empire to the point that Queen Elizabeth thought that the nation's best hopes of survival laid in the hands of the Caliphate. Sultanate of England was created when in 1610AD Elizabeth vassalised under Al-Mamun. Most of Europe was now under Arabian influence. However, Al-Mamun was eager to connect Europe to the Caliphate via land and thus he secretly began to draw plans of conquering the Ottoman Caliphate.
During Al-Mamun's reign Arabia also constructed more heavier warships in order to keep the Pirates of the Indian Ocean in order. These frigates saw a lot of actions and the whole world envied them.
Al-Mamun was successed by his half-brother Abu Ishaq 'Abbas al-Mu'tasim ibn Harun, who was not a great believer. During his reign the religious freedom escalated and an Arabian scientists flourished.
He also ordered the last Ethiopian rebel base of Gondokoro, whose raiders were disrupting the Arabian Eastern African trade, to be burned down.
Spoiler:
Vikings and Ottomans also offered to vassalise, but I didn't want them as vassals.
Why not vassalize the vikings? It's doubtful that you'll be able to hold down their lands even if you conquered them (and it's not that great to start with), and if Russia declares on you, they'd have to send part of their army at another target. And Russia tends to declare war often the later it gets (In my admittedly limited experience.)
I didn't vassalise Vikings mainly because I would rather found a better vassal as my last one. Yeah, the Ottomans are going down, I'll update again in couple days to let you know how it went down..
Khmers are called Tributary Gaomian state, when China vassalises them.
Thanks Gruekiller! BTW, your RFCE story seems very interesting.
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