East Asia 1200-60
Some retcon for Choresm:
I wrote the TL entry and the story assuming that they didn't know gunpowder yet. The following article states, however, that the Muslims knew gunpowder in the 13th century already:
http://www.history-science-technology.com/Articles/articles 3.htm
Note my experiment with the font colors:
Red is for events that happened IOTL but not here,
blue is for events that happened IOTL and ITTL, and
black is for all events which happen differently ITTL.
East Asia 1200-60:
1201/04?:
Muslims start attacking Bengal, conquering it during the next decades, ending the Sena dynasty.
1203:
Khmer ruler Jayavarman VIII occupies Champa (South Vietnam) and makes it a Khmer province.
1206:
General Aibak takes power in the Sultanate of Delhi.
1211:
Khitan chief Yelü Liuge doesn't revolt in Liaodong, and the general (and IOTL later warlord) Puxian Wannu doesn't have to fight him.
1213:
Northern chinese (Jin) emperor Wányán Yǒngjì isn't killed, continues to reign twenty more years.
1214/15:
Jin don't move their capital to Kaifeng, as they did IOTL.
1216:
Chola Empire in South India falls apart, later to be replaced by the Pandyan Empire.
1220:
Champa regains independence.
1223:
Start of Japanese piracy.
1230s:
Song don't cooperate with Mongols, don't win Kaifeng, Luoyang.
1232:
The royal court of Goryeo stays in Songdo. In Japan, Joei Code (militarized Code of Law) is introduced.
1234:
Goryeo creates the world's first metal-based movable type printing press. Jurchen / Jin Empire doesn't fall.
1235:
Wányán Yǒngjì dies, is replaced by Wányán Shǒuxù.
1236:
Raziah / Raziyyat becomes the first female sultan in Delhi, until she is toppled and killed in 1240.
1238:
Two Thai chieftains, Pho Khun Pha Muang and Pho Khun Bang Klang Hao, declare their independence from the Khmer Empire and establish a Thai-ruled kingdom.
1244: Jin empire demands from Hsi-Hsia to pay them tribute. When the Tangutes (who have suffered under Ogedei's attacks only a few years ago) decline, the Jin decide to make war.
1247: War between Jin and Tangutes begins.
1249:
Choe-U (the man behind the throne of Goryeo) dies, to be replaced by his son Choi Hang.
1250s: Various border clashes between Choresm and the Sultanate of Delhi.
1253:
Kingdom of Dali in SW China survives.
1256: Hsi-Hsia are incorporated into North China again.
1258:
No attack against Szechuan as OTL.
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