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Hmm, the Alevis today are a sect discriminated against by mainstream Sunnis, with some difference even from other Shias. Wouldn't that make them useful to Byzantium, and Byzantium useful to them?
Maybe. We'll know when we get there.

Anyways, here's the map of 1400. Warning, its big.

Couple of things worth mentioning:

-Montferrat was inherited by Savoy
-Bulgaria is big and striking north, steadily transforming into a gunpowder empire
-I'm actually unsure about Milan; I don't know if they'd still go into a Gian Visconti expansion phase, but I can't rule an attempt like that out. What do you guys think should happen?
-Venice: Closed off by Genoa, I see Venice re-orienting itself into the Italian hinterland much earlier. That doesn't mean they dont focus on trade and the ocean, but the shock of losing the Black Sea, Aegean, and many of their waystations means they'll be re-tooling their strategies. Probably would mean cool things for the arsenal.



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