Recent content by Samoht

This is an essay about the centripetal forces within the Dual Monarchy which I did about 6 months ago. It isn't really unbiased, but I still feel that it might be somewhat pertinent to the argument - It is often asserted that Austria-Hungary upon the eve of the First World War was a weak...

The only books I can find upon the subject are Radetzky: Imperial Victor and Military Genius and From Habsburg Neo-Absolutism to the Compromise, 1849-1867. The Army does also seem to have had garrisons in Germany, as Archduke Wilhelm Franz was Governor of the Federal Fortress of Mainz, but...

If Franz Joseph were a Liberal, then the extension of the franchise would have been likely to have been delayed. The Austrian Liberal Party viewed the wider populace, like the Hungarian parties, as unready to be allowed to govern, until an environment similar to that of an idealised Britain was...

An excellent update, and thank you for the replies. In regards to rebellions, I fear my phrasing wasn't clear. I meant that an 1848-style repression of the rebellions would be less likely, rather than the occurrence of rebellions themselves. I do believe that, should large portions of the...

A truly excellent timeline Jonathan! How are Austrian domestic politics at the moment? I'd presume that parliament hasn't been prorogued, unlike in the First World War, which may serve as an outlet for some discontent. Like in OTL, the army has most probably agitated for being granted...

I'd imagine that, without the recent occurrence of the Holocaust, and Britain's new found dependence upon the USA in the aftermath of the Second World War, the British response to the insurgency in Palestine would be more brutal. IOTL, the British saw no solution but to flee, as they could not...

If the World Wars never take place, the effects upon the German language could be very large. The Transylvanian Saxons, Baltic Germans, Silesians, Prussians, Volga Germans, Sudeten Germans, and Danube Swabians all declined rapidly, or disappeared entirely, in the aftermath of the World Wars, and...

I think the eagerness of the British to withdraw from empire is being overstated here. Under the Attlee ministry, the British planned to stay in Malaya into the 80s, before handing over to a pro-British elite. The UK wasn't trying to cut costs by withdrawing from the colonies, but trying to make...

Thank you for the replies, everyone. Although Basil was a legitimate dynast, and a competent plotter, as evidenced by his deposition of Basil the Parakoimomenos, I'd imagine that he would have some difficulty deposing Tzimiskes. John's prestige would be high, especially amongst the army, due...

IOTL, John Tzimiskes died at a very inconvenient time for the Empire. Fatimid Egypt was having difficulty establishing herself in Syria, and the Hamdanids and the Buyids were upon the brink of war. How might John Tzimiskes' continued existence, and the consequent lack of civil war, affect...

Thank you. Yes, Antigonos the One-eyed: And the Creation of the Hellenistic State is a book, and it available upon Google Books, so you should be able to read the relevant chapter for free. The Ptolemaic synods are mentioned rather often in the religious chapters of History of the...

Thanks for the detailed response. Sorry if I was unclear at all, but when I say Egyptians, I tend to mean the Macedonian ruling class. In general, has the Ptolemaic tradition of synods spread at all, as I find the co-optation of the native priesthood by the Ptolemies to be one of their most...

I must say, this is one of the most excellent timelines I have ever read. I have a few questions: 1. Is Mithridates III of Commagene still viewed as the heir of the Seleucids, in light of both Caesarion’s appropriation of their heritage, and the elevation of the last of the Seleucids to an...