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OK, another set of wanks in progress lost to my computer glitch.

No choice about it: gotta go to the computer repair store this week. (Bye, little dollars!)
 
Europe 1120 N (Nascentiæ) in my Borland timeline (in which I add A Bespoke Doggerland and slowly mess stuff up from 500 AD onward). This is the height of the Mediæval Imperia or Second Tetrarchy, a period of unusual centralisation for Europe.
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Here's an alternate map of Axis occupied Europe circa 1941. In this world, Churchill died lightning in 1939, it was therefore Halifax which replaced him in 1940. The Battle of England was won by Nazi Germany, but shortly after, Hitler died of a hunting accident. His successor, Goering, launches the Sealion plan and launches a few million Wermacht soldiers to invade Britain. The armistice is signed in January 1941, a collaborating government is installed in the north of England with at its head, Edward VIII and Oswald Mosley.
In addition, Goering, after much hesitation, finally accepted USSR into the Axis. Then afterwards, he comes to the aid of Mussolini, his Italian ally, in the Balkans. Europe fell entirely under the control of the Axis. The governments of the occupied countries, once in exile in London, this time went into exile in Canada with Free France and also Free Britain, led by De Gaulle and Montgomery.
As for Britain, not only is the large southern part occupied by the Germans, a demarcation line is placed there, but in addition Malta is occupied by the Italians, Gibraltar by Spain, Cyprus and the Suez Canal both by the Germans and the Italians.

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hello again, been a while since i posted a map.

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this is some ancient space colony map i made way back when. Enjoy!

Interesting it looks like a terraforming of a planet, which only had a thin or no atmosphere before the terraforming. It makes a lot of sense, they decided to go heavy on the introduction of water, as seas would be a lot more productive on a newly terraformed world than dry land and would also serve to suck up the large amount of surplus carbon in the introduced atmosphere.
 
THE NORMAN EMPIRE
A Third Rome centered in Sicily, ruled by the Siculo-Norman adventurers who battled Pope, Emperor, and Sultan alike

HISTORY

During the 11th century, a large migration of Normans arrived in Italy as pilgrims and as mercenaries serving the Lombards against the Byzantines. The Normans soon took advantage of the vacuum, using their horse-bound knights to found duchies and build castles of their own, with the Hauteville Dynasty in the lead.

Of note among these Normans was Duke Robert Guiscard (1015-1085), who distinguished himself in battle against the Pope, conquered Sicily from Islam, and forced the German Emperor to retreat from Rome. Robert’s direct successors were incompetent and the Norman lands significantly decentralized, though notably the Hauteville Italo-Normans would come to rule Antioch after the First Crusade.

The next prominent Hauteville leader was Roger II (1095-1154), whose power was centered in Sicily. Attacked by two emperors and the Pope, Roger II repelled them all, captured the Pope, and centralized the territories of Southern Italy under a new Kingdom of Sicily, with himself as the head. Roger II would also go on to conquer Tunisia, forging the Kingdom of Africa.

Whereas in OTL, the Hauteville Dynasty crumbled, heirless, and was consumed by the HRE, in this TL Roger IV (ATL 1152-1225) survived his revolt against his father, inherits the throne, and succeeds where his living family members didn’t. As many Crusaders passed through Sicily to head to the Holy Land, Roger IV successfully leveraged this influence to launch an invasion of Byzantine Empire, lead by the fanatic anti-Catholic Andronikos I Komnenos. The Normans and the Crusaders sacked their way through Greece, sieged Constantinople, and claimed it in the name of a pro-Norman Byzantine pretender, who promptly died in a tragic accident. Roger IV was then triumphantly proclaimed Roman Emperor in 1183.

The next century of Mediterranean history is one of war, peace, profit, and destruction. Roger IV is challenged by the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor, but thanks to the Norman Emperor's political expertise and luck (the Holy Roman Emperor, notably, drowned on his way to a battle against Roger), the Normans won their wars against rivalrous powers and stabilized their station as a great power. The Normans even secured several loyal popes who recognized their claim to Constantinople and imperial titles. Roger IV's successors would go on to lead Crusaders against ascendant Muslim powers in the Holy Land, battle against Turks and Bulgars, avenge betrayal by the Kings of Spain and conquer that land as well.

By 1340, Emperor Bohemond V of the House Hauteville straddles the thrumming heart of the world. The Mediterranean is a Norman lake, with the Hauteville standard on the sails of the fearsome imperial navy. Nearly every city within eyesight of the sea is occupied by men who've pledged loyalty to the Emperor in Palermo, whether locals, Normans, or mercenaries from far-off-lands. The Pope is on good terms with the Emperor, though has repeatedly refused Bohemond V's requests to excommunicate the Holy Roman Emperor, who is gaining power in the north. The Italian merchant-states are late to pay their tribute again. In Constantinople, the viceroy watches helplessly as violence once again breaks out between Greeks and Latins. In the Crusader states, Muslim peasants once again rally for a revolt against the Prince of Jerusalem.

POLITICS

While the Emperor Bohemond V in Palermo is dominant, he is not absolutely supreme; the Norman Empire is very politically an culturally decentralized. Politically, the Emperor is reluctant to extend his influence beyond Palermo, preferring to let the dukes, princes, and thematic governors call the shots beyond. Local leaders are free to pursue development projects and produce wealth. Order is maintained through a feudal tributary system. While this is beneficial in preventing civil war, Palermo frequently must default on loans due to low taxes. Bohemond V has read the history of the old Roman Emperors, though, and knows better than to let the soldiers of the Empire have empty pockets and bellies.

CULTURE

Culturally, the Norman Empire is a soup. Normans only represent a significant proportion of the population in the rich cities of Sicily and the imperial colonies of Malta and Cyprus, while Italians, Sicilians, Arabs, Turks, Spaniards, and Greeks of various faiths make up the majority of the population. Norman culture has been blended and intermixed with local traditions, Norman courts often feature local art and architecture, local languages and religions survive, and Norman elites increasingly dress and act like locals. Even Emperor Bohemond V wears an intermix of clothes reminiscent of Frankish, Roman, and Greek traditions. Latin--the language and Christian sect--is dominant, though is mixed and filtered into local interpretations.

The Emperor officially promotes Catholicism as the one true faith, though has a mixed record of enforcing this. In the Crusades, Muslims and Jews were massacred, though in other cases the imperial court was infused with religious and cultural diversity. Religious violence is frequent in some places, and infrequent in others.

The Norman Empire is a diverse and glorious metropolitan amalgamation. These diverse cultures interact, intermarry (even across faith lines), and trade. This has resulted in an upswell of artistic expression, philosophical thought, and interfaith discussion, all centered at the capital Palermo.

TRADE

Trade represents a significant part of the imperial economy. Lombards dominate, hailing from Venice, Genoa, and Naples, as they’ve been gifted trade rights in major cities across the Mediterranean.

The imperial navy does its best to protect traders loyal to Palermo from pirates, while promoting piracy against rivalrous Muslims, Greeks, and Slavs, and often turning a blind eye to Italian pirates who enslave Catholics. Slavery is a major staple of Mediterranean life, with vast slave markets across the isles.

FUTURE

As the year of 1340 came to a close, Emperor Bohemond V expected his greatest threat to come from the encroaching Turks threatening his lands in Anatolia. He should have feared what the Turks were escaping from. By January, the Emperor will have received reports of a terrible new sicknesses seeping from Norman-ruled Crimea. The Mediterranean’s interconnectedness--the source of its great wealth and prosperity—was soon to be turned against it.



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And this map is an alternate map of WW2 too, but where France fights on. This map is at the beginning of 1942. Barbarossa in this TL will not start until June 1942. At the moment, the Allies and the Axis are fighting between Greece and Crete, after the invasion of Yugoslavia and the Greece in '41, after Operation Merkur which saw the invasion of Corsica by the Germano-Italians.

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THE NORMAN EMPIRE
A Third Rome centered in Sicily, ruled by the Siculo-Norman adventurers who battled Pope, Emperor, and Sultan alike

HISTORY

During the 11th century, a large migration of Normans arrived in Italy as pilgrims and as mercenaries serving the Lombards against the Byzantines. The Normans soon took advantage of the vacuum, using their horse-bound knights to found duchies and build castles of their own, with the Hauteville Dynasty in the lead.

Of note among these Normans was Duke Robert Guiscard (1015-1085), who distinguished himself in battle against the Pope, conquered Sicily from Islam, and forced the German Emperor to retreat from Rome. Robert’s direct successors were incompetent and the Norman lands significantly decentralized, though notably the Hauteville Italo-Normans would come to rule Antioch after the First Crusade.

The next prominent Hauteville leader was Roger II (1095-1154), whose power was centered in Sicily. Attacked by two emperors and the Pope, Roger II repelled them all, captured the Pope, and centralized the territories of Southern Italy under a new Kingdom of Sicily, with himself as the head. Roger II would also go on to conquer Tunisia, forging the Kingdom of Africa.

Whereas in OTL, the Hauteville Dynasty crumbled, heirless, and was consumed by the HRE, in this TL Roger IV (ATL 1152-1225) survived his revolt against his father, inherits the throne, and succeeds where his living family members didn’t. As many Crusaders passed through Sicily to head to the Holy Land, Roger IV successfully leveraged this influence to launch an invasion of Byzantine Empire, lead by the fanatic anti-Catholic Andronikos I Komnenos. The Normans and the Crusaders sacked their way through Greece, sieged Constantinople, and claimed it in the name of a pro-Norman Byzantine pretender, who promptly died in a tragic accident. Roger IV was then triumphantly proclaimed Roman Emperor in 1183.

The next century of Mediterranean history is one of war, peace, profit, and destruction. Roger IV is challenged by the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor, but thanks to the Norman Emperor's political expertise and luck (the Holy Roman Emperor, notably, drowned on his way to a battle against Roger), the Normans won their wars against rivalrous powers and stabilized their station as a great power. The Normans even secured several loyal popes who recognized their claim to Constantinople and imperial titles. Roger IV's successors would go on to lead Crusaders against ascendant Muslim powers in the Holy Land, battle against Turks and Bulgars, avenge betrayal by the Kings of Spain and conquer that land as well.

By 1340, Emperor Bohemond V of the House Hauteville straddles the thrumming heart of the world. The Mediterranean is a Norman lake, with the Hauteville standard on the sails of the fearsome imperial navy. Nearly every city within eyesight of the sea is occupied by men who've pledged loyalty to the Emperor in Palermo, whether locals, Normans, or mercenaries from far-off-lands. The Pope is on good terms with the Emperor, though has repeatedly refused Bohemond V's requests to excommunicate the Holy Roman Emperor, who is gaining power in the north. The Italian merchant-states are late to pay their tribute again. In Constantinople, the viceroy watches helplessly as violence once again breaks out between Greeks and Latins. In the Crusader states, Muslim peasants once again rally for a revolt against the Prince of Jerusalem.

POLITICS

While the Emperor Bohemond V in Palermo is dominant, he is not absolutely supreme; the Norman Empire is very politically an culturally decentralized. Politically, the Emperor is reluctant to extend his influence beyond Palermo, preferring to let the dukes, princes, and thematic governors call the shots beyond. Local leaders are free to pursue development projects and produce wealth. Order is maintained through a feudal tributary system. While this is beneficial in preventing civil war, Palermo frequently must default on loans due to low taxes. Bohemond V has read the history of the old Roman Emperors, though, and knows better than to let the soldiers of the Empire have empty pockets and bellies.

CULTURE

Culturally, the Norman Empire is a soup. Normans only represent a significant proportion of the population in the rich cities of Sicily and the imperial colonies of Malta and Cyprus, while Italians, Sicilians, Arabs, Turks, Spaniards, and Greeks of various faiths make up the majority of the population. Norman culture has been blended and intermixed with local traditions, Norman courts often feature local art and architecture, local languages and religions survive, and Norman elites increasingly dress and act like locals. Even Emperor Bohemond V wears an intermix of clothes reminiscent of Frankish, Roman, and Greek traditions. Latin--the language and Christian sect--is dominant, though is mixed and filtered into local interpretations.

The Emperor officially promotes Catholicism as the one true faith, though has a mixed record of enforcing this. In the Crusades, Muslims and Jews were massacred, though in other cases the imperial court was infused with religious and cultural diversity. Religious violence is frequent in some places, and infrequent in others.

The Norman Empire is a diverse and glorious metropolitan amalgamation. These diverse cultures interact, intermarry (even across faith lines), and trade. This has resulted in an upswell of artistic expression, philosophical thought, and interfaith discussion, all centered at the capital Palermo.

TRADE

Trade represents a significant part of the imperial economy. Lombards dominate, hailing from Venice, Genoa, and Naples, as they’ve been gifted trade rights in major cities across the Mediterranean.

The imperial navy does its best to protect traders loyal to Palermo from pirates, while promoting piracy against rivalrous Muslims, Greeks, and Slavs, and often turning a blind eye to Italian pirates who enslave Catholics. Slavery is a major staple of Mediterranean life, with vast slave markets across the isles.

FUTURE

As the year of 1340 came to a close, Emperor Bohemond V expected his greatest threat to come from the encroaching Turks threatening his lands in Anatolia. He should have feared what the Turks were escaping from. By January, the Emperor will have received reports of a terrible new sicknesses seeping from Norman-ruled Crimea. The Mediterranean’s interconnectedness--the source of its great wealth and prosperity—was soon to be turned against it.



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As much as I love the idea of having a Kingdom of Murica, the name of the region is actually Murcia lmao. This is a really cool map, I look forward to see more from you!
 
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A really, really tiny piece of microworlda of a Europe colonized by Indo-Asian powers. Colors are similar to their European "counterparts" so it's easier to get a grip of the politics of this mirror world. The time is shortly before their "WWI," as this is a loose sort of mirror world more than a serious timeline. Would there be interest in an expansion to show the entire world instead of just Europe? And if there is, should I continue this in microworlda or trace it onto a standard size map?

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A really, really tiny piece of microworlda of a Europe colonized by Indo-Asian powers. Colors are similar to their European "counterparts" so it's easier to get a grip of the politics of this mirror world. The time is shortly before their "WWI," as this is a loose sort of mirror world more than a serious timeline. Would there be interest in an expansion to show the entire world instead of just Europe? And if there is, should I continue this in microworlda or trace it onto a standard size map?

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(a very blurry— sorry— scaled up version for folks who can't zoom in)
A world worldamap would be great
 
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A really, really tiny piece of microworlda of a Europe colonized by Indo-Asian powers. Colors are similar to their European "counterparts" so it's easier to get a grip of the politics of this mirror world. The time is shortly before their "WWI," as this is a loose sort of mirror world more than a serious timeline. Would there be interest in an expansion to show the entire world instead of just Europe? And if there is, should I continue this in microworlda or trace it onto a standard size map?

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(a very blurry— sorry— scaled up version for folks who can't zoom in)

To make a proper scaled-up version of a small picture, you need to turn off interpolation. In GIMP, it's a simple drop-down menu.

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To make a proper scaled-up version of a small picture, you need to turn off interpolation. In GIMP, it's a simple drop-down menu.

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Oh wow that’s very nice looking. Looks like I’m just gonna make a microworlds and an uninterpolated scaled up version lol. I just think microworldas are so cute, as cute as a map can be at least.
 
Oh wow that’s very nice looking. Looks like I’m just gonna make a microworlds and an uninterpolated scaled up version lol. I just think microworldas are so cute, as cute as a map can be at least.
Micro-WorldAs should only be used for side maps; they show too little detail and are not widely supported. I suggest that you use a normal WorldA; it allows for a lot more detail.
 
The next map in my time zone ISOT series. This one is a jump forward (or rather backwards!) to UTC-05:00, as requested by @Cantra.

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Territories transported: Canada (most of Nunavut, Ontario and Quebec), United States (Atlantic and east Great Lakes states), Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Islands, Haiti, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Mexico (Quintana Roo), Panama, Colombia, Ecuador (exc. Galápagos Islands), Brazil (Acre, western Amazonas), Peru

For many years following the Event, experts (academic and armchair alike) predicted the imminent dissolution of Canada as Anglophone Ontario and Francophone Quebec pulled in opposite directions. However disputes over Nunavut and the newly settled territories blocked any mutually agreed separation arrangement, and one new English- and French-speaking provinces were admitted, the issue was muddied. Instead the Canadian Confederation was loosened into a three-part realm of Anglo, French and Inuit Canada, with the European provinces and territories becoming the fourth part a few decades later.

In contrast to Canada's difficulties, the United States saw the opportunities a new Wild West (minus the native Americans) presented, quickly expanding and creating new territories, states and autonomous republics along the way. While most Americans threw themselves into "Making America Again" (later extended to the whole world), some academics and government officials couldn't help questioning what the Event actually was and whether there was evidence waiting in wilderness? Such esoteric wondering didn't bother others though, as Quintana Roo developed and expanded its Mayan Riviera (while simultaneously pushing out actual Mayans), Panama set about digging a new, bigger and better canal, and billionaires, island nations and eccentrics alike staked their claims to the hundreds of desert islands in the Caribbean.

While the United States was the unquestioned global power, in South America Colombia emerged as the leading regional power, intervening in Ecuador, central America and Acre (multiple times) to stabilise the region while pushing forward its own boundaries first to oil-rich Lake Maracaibo, then further along the Caribbean coast, into the Amazon and, albeit not yet successfully, across the Atlantic to Africa.
 
Numero dos... Republic of Bengal (Im thinking of adding a coat of arms for each country, so if you can help me, it will be very very much appreciated)
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The next map in my time zone ISOT series. This one is a jump forward (or rather backwards!) to UTC-05:00, as requested by @Cantra.
I really like this series. You are drawing good maps.
Timezones seem to have a lot of potential. One question, how many years post ISOT are your maps set? That's a lot of territorial expansion for some countries.
 
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