Is there any chance of Byzantium converting to Islam in order to ease tensions with their Islamic neighbors? Would this allow them to survive any longer than IOTL? What effects would this have on Europe/The Middle East?
There's absolutely no chance they would convert to a non-Christian religion.
No chance under any circumstances?
Is there any chance of Byzantium converting to Islam in order to ease tensions with their Islamic neighbors? Would this allow them to survive any longer than IOTL? What effects would this have on Europe/The Middle East?
Only chance that is higher than 0 is if Islam* is merely a different branch of Christianity. So Muhammad just has to start a Christian subset and make it get as popular as, say, Monopyhsitism within the empire and you might be able to pull it off.
But not Islam as we know it. That's ASB.
Even if it's reduced to a rump state? If faced with the decision between conversion and getting put to the sword, might some emperors choose the first?
Even if it's reduced to a rump state? If faced with the decision between conversion and getting put to the sword, might some emperors choose the first?
Even if it's reduced to a rump state? If faced with the decision between conversion and getting put to the sword, might some emperors choose the first?
Then the people find a new Emperor, and kill the guy who claimed the Throne.Maybe if an Emperor's relative converts to Islam and claims the throne. Mehmet II claimed Byzantium because he had Komnenos blood after all.
What a half-baked scenario. Hell, this goes beyond half-baked-it's 0.0000001% baked.
Only chance that is higher than 0 is if Islam* is merely a different branch of Christianity. So Muhammad just has to start a Christian subset and make it get as popular as, say, Monopyhsitism within the empire and you might be able to pull it off.
But not Islam as we know it. That's ASB.
No chance under any circumstances?