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I doubt it's possible, but one POD might be to have the Ilkhan Gaykhatu be successful. He had successful foreign affairs during his...

There's also the matter of the Genoese and Venetians. Why wouldn't eventually one of them just cut a deal with whatever Turkish power is...

On the other hand, you have the Warring States era in China which saw a lot of innovation in not just military fields and was also...

By the point in time Osman came to power, Byzantium is a spent force and it's only a matter of time before they're destroyed. Andronikos...

My concept is that Julian would be the beginning of a "pagan counteroffensive" (so to speak) based on institutions he innovated, the...

Probably more distinct Southern culture, since the aforementioned Magnolia League schools were at one point major centers of Southern...

Sol Invictus's personification is the Sun, which is independent from the physical object that we call the Sun. So more knowledge about...

India has ample coalfields, forests, and a lot of potential for water wheels. But the interesting thing I was reading about the other...

East Asian toponymy can get very abstract, like look at all the places meaning something like "east of the mountains" (Shandong) or...

That's straight up determinism. North Africa was incredibly Christian to the point of being famed for fanatical sects like the...

It's a place given to humanity by the gods so that humans might one day return to a divine state. That's very different than seeing the...

Platonism =/= Gnosticism. Plotinus for instance wrote in opposition of Gnosticism and condemned it for believing the creator was evil...

Sorry about that, I had to make it readable. Now it is readable if you zoom in.

Crossposting the latest map from my TL, Sea of Blood, Sea of Ice. I envisioned with the success of the Mongols in Japan TTL and...