Templar ATMs?
We can't forget that the Templars also acted as bankers. They would hold and exchange money for travelers heading to the Holy Land. IMHO it would be inevitable that the Templars would head the same path as the StoneMasons, becoming almost a secret organization. But I think the...
Catholicism Veritas?
I have to wonder what direction Christianity would have taken had the survived. Ignoring all the practicalities (ie: money, militarization, papacy, etc.), if they had survived the Catholic church may have gained a militant arm. What kind of religion would that translate...
If a language goes extinct, another needs to rise to fill the vacuum left behind. WI Yiddish made a return (since it's not completely dead yet) as the Israelis managed to gather enough force to overtake the Middle East? I would bet that given half a chance the Jewish population would rise to...