0. Civilization is a spook.
Name one thing that constitutes a civilization. Cities? Just a lot of people living near each other. Nothing inherently different from a bunch of nomads living around a mountain, they just get more exercise. Religion? Also a spook. Either people don't really think...
Practically all that you say about the Greeks can also be said about the Persians. Beyond that, the majority of Copts did convert historically. Not immediately of course, but the modern population of Egypt is majority Muslim, along with being mostly the same genetically as ancient Egypt. So too...
Akkadian seems to have been completely replaced by the Aramaic language during the Neo-Assyrian Empire. So, the challenge here is to prevent the ascendancy of Aramaic in Mesopotamia and maintain Akkadian's role as the primary language in the region. Survival to the modern day of some descendant...
Given that the Rus name is quite early in Russian history, maybe avoid the Kievan Rus' altogether and have one of the local tribes assert dominance over all the others, and give their name to all of the associated peoples rather than just their own tribe, like what happened with the Mongols. So...
Neat idea. Here's some more for the Russian Kovner:
Omsk vs. Tukhachevsky
If I recall correctly, it is mentioned that Tukhachevsky is someone Yazov admires. However, he is disillusioned with the old Soviet system that Tukhachevsky at least purports to support. The two share an overwhelming...
That's already a feature of the SBA. Up until you reach super-regional status Despotism will continually increase in popularity. If it reaches a high enough point, the Black Army will do a coup and basically be a military junta pretending to be anarchist. If you reach super-regional with Lib-soc...
Language: Novgorodian
Region: Northern European Russia, especially centered around Veliky Novgorod
Family: Indo-European -> Balto-Slavic -> Slavic -> North Slavic -> Novgorodian
Writing script: Cyrillic (Or Latin, if it goes Catholic rather than Orthodox)
Loan words: up to 10% Old Norse, up to...
I believe you may have misunderstood the thread's premise. This thread is about historical East Germanic groups, like the Goths, Gepids, Vandals, and so forth rather than eastern Germans. Not to mention that your POD is post-1900 rather than pre-1900.
As for the actual thread topic, East...
I don't think that Ingria would be the German Protestants' choice of where to migrate to in Sweden. If they were to go to Sweden, they'd likely settle in a few places instead.
Mainland Sweden, specifically in the areas around Stockholm or in the new little city of Göteborg (Gothenburg). IOTL...
I might get around to these some day, but not any time soon, so I may as well post these quick ideas I had not too long ago.
The Manichaean Empire
Rome converts to Manichaeism rather than Christianity. The religion would obviously be altered in some ways due to the conversion, and the TL's...
The hardest part is going to be getting Novgorod in this union. The easiest part is getting Scotland and Norway unified. There were already opportunities IOTL for that to occur by marriage. There could also feasibly be an invasion by Norway under some pretense or another which leads to them...
I was simply using Teutons as a synonym for Northern Crusaders, though I see I should not do that in the future. And I originally thought that the Livonian Order began as part of the Teutonic Order, only to be separated later.
However, here, the Bishopric of Dorpat cannot exist, due to the...
A fair point. I'm just not entirely sure what to replace the word "charges" with.
Estonia, prior to the decimation of its population by Crusaders and Plague, is commonly estimated to have a population of around 200 000, so your estimate is quite accurate. As for Estonia requiring good foreign...
Lembitu was, as many war time leaders were, not exactly the greatest leader outside of war. He actually had little to do with Estonia’s continued survival after its initial war with the crusaders. Most of his role was to serve as a uniting figurehead for the individual tribes of the Estonians...