Allright, I was wondering, in a scenario where Europeans don't need to get to India faster, how would America be discovered? What reason would anyone have to sail west? Would they even, or would America be discovered centuries later?
Really now, I wish my post was just "Imagine a VERY big empire in europe around 1300. When would it colonise America?" :) :) I ended up giving away a lot of info trying to answer questions, only making people ask more. I am so sorry, guys :( :( . Yet, I am happy that you keep answering to it and...
Ok, to respond:
Do not imagine Russia as a modern kingdom (read the part about the empire in africa, it also applies to Russia)
One of William the Conqueror's sons came to have a hatred for the muslims, so tried to carve a realm for himself in Iberia, with the help of his brother, now the King...
Thank you again for the replies! To answer some questions:
1 Indeed, it is nowhere near modern english culture (but it developed to 1200s english culture normally) and I never said it had "british culture" I just sometimes say British Empire because the story of how it became such an empire is...
Forgot to mention, All contact between the European part and the Arabian-Indian part of the Empire is made through Sinai (there is very little trade, though) Also, this is the reason why it is stable. Do not think of it as a nation, because it is not, it is just a bunch of westernised nobles...
[this is part of a much bigger alternate history project, so please concentrate on the question, not the validity or probablility of the context]
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This project started from about the year 1070, and it is only realistic until about 1200. The next story is mostly a work of fiction and...