Max Sinister
Banned
In OTL, Italy brought us a lot in the Renaissance and before - Trade, diplomacy, the first budding of science, arts and literature, Italians were good in everything.
Now I wonder what had happened if the Muslims had conquered Italy (all the way up to the Alps, where the Christians can stop them easily), somewhen between the time when they had secured North Africa and the beginning of the crusades. I don't know how feasible that 'd be - though their wars were successful, they AFAIK never made great maritime operations (except from the time when they invaded Spain first, but at Gibraltar Europe and Africa are as close as nowhere else, while the distance between Italy and Tunisia is ten times bigger). Would Italy blossom even more, or would their new rulers kill it? What would the Europeans do?
Now I wonder what had happened if the Muslims had conquered Italy (all the way up to the Alps, where the Christians can stop them easily), somewhen between the time when they had secured North Africa and the beginning of the crusades. I don't know how feasible that 'd be - though their wars were successful, they AFAIK never made great maritime operations (except from the time when they invaded Spain first, but at Gibraltar Europe and Africa are as close as nowhere else, while the distance between Italy and Tunisia is ten times bigger). Would Italy blossom even more, or would their new rulers kill it? What would the Europeans do?