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Alexander the Average 1
A bunch of things but one of the big ones is that Odo the Great is able to carve out an independent Kingdom of Aquitaine in an alliance with Berber Rebels in Andalus. They end up forming a confederation that serves as a buffer and meeting ground between the Islamic and Christian worlds. Among other things they serve as a major entreport for North African traders and mercenaries into France and Italy.
Alexander the Average 1
I was also considering having a successful Umayyad siege of Constantinople, a stronger Muslim presence in Sicily and Southern Italy, the spread of Muslim communities into Russia and Scandinavia via the Varangian Trade network and the Maygars/Bulgars/alt equivalent pulling a Khazar and converting to Judaism to remain neutral instead of submitting to either Christian or Muslim authority.
Alexander the Average 1
The idea is to break down the barriers between the Islamic and Christian worlds and create a more religiously pluralist pan-Abrahamic Medieval Europe where communities of all three religions are present in most European realms and political, cultural and economic ties are more significant between different Abrahamic communities.
Alexander the Average 1
Weaker Church authority and political schisms over control of the Caliphate also opens up space for greater heterodoxy and syncretism within and between the Abrahamic religions, further blurring the lines between them.
Nivek 1
That is a very nice and unique POD, starting with Odo becoming independant and being the buffer of Muslim Andalus and Christian Francia/France, that way there the intercommuncation both and a well place buffer between them(Plus No Marca hispanica, the mountain kingdoms will have their days numbered). Which Siege ? The 674 or the 717 one?
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