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CIF: Byzantium, Ismailis, and Onogurs
Canonical Info Follows:
Persia and the Byzantines fought a series of wars in the late 6th and 7th centuries, and in this world the Byzantines managed to score several victories and snowballed from there until they took Ctesiphon. The Byzantines would get as far as Rasht until they were forced to stop to focus on processing these gains. The rump of Persia collapsed into fighting between the leading noble families, and were capable of doing little more than raids into Byzantine lands.
The Ismailis are... interesting. They have a very Jewish feel when compared to the Muslims of OTL, and identify as “Ishmaelites”- descendants of Abraham, etc.. In many ways, they are the inheritors of the Jewish kingdoms in Yemen. I’ll reveal a bit more about them as time goes on.
The Onogurs broke the Moesian lines, and managed to have similar success to our own Bulgars.
Also I fixed a word that I didn’t realize had an Ottoman etymology. See if you can spot it.
I thought that would get some attention.
Canonical Info Follows:
Persia and the Byzantines fought a series of wars in the late 6th and 7th centuries, and in this world the Byzantines managed to score several victories and snowballed from there until they took Ctesiphon. The Byzantines would get as far as Rasht until they were forced to stop to focus on processing these gains. The rump of Persia collapsed into fighting between the leading noble families, and were capable of doing little more than raids into Byzantine lands.
The Ismailis are... interesting. They have a very Jewish feel when compared to the Muslims of OTL, and identify as “Ishmaelites”- descendants of Abraham, etc.. In many ways, they are the inheritors of the Jewish kingdoms in Yemen. I’ll reveal a bit more about them as time goes on.
The Onogurs broke the Moesian lines, and managed to have similar success to our own Bulgars.
Also I fixed a word that I didn’t realize had an Ottoman etymology. See if you can spot it.
- Rognvald
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