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Well the two main medieval authors I've read on this topic (and dammit I cannot remember the names of them) argued that while women could certainly act in the world and might do just fine (many parallels with animals are drawn as well as allusions to aristotle) but the human child needs much...

LS does do maps that are quite good. Did you cover what those Asturian attacks are in the north? (Yellow arrows) Or are they something that hasn't quite happened yet. I'm not sure I recall the events.

Well the problem is I'm not sure the route to take and if Pedro survives what his fate will ultimately be. There are many cases where the rebel is killed as where the rebel is conciliated by the ruling power. Spaña is more like the Byzantine and Islamic polities in this regard than the WE ones...

Since Wiki indicates that it's existence is highly unlikely and says it's not recognized by science, I don't see what the problem is. Don't bash it necessarily.

We do this kind of thing all the time. Any TL that goes more than a few years veers into that same territory. That's why we do this for fun and not as historians. :)

Quite a surprise there at the end. Have to see how it works out to really give an opinion on it but it seems far to early for the Abbasids to enter the picture.

Recently I came across this. So, if this is true what happens if the Russians can translate the letter that Petlin brings back? The comments to the article by commentor slawkenbergius suggest the impact would have been minor. Also anyone read the book reference in the link? It sounds rather...

Nusayris are what the Alawites used to be called, for Muhammad ibn Nusayr, so Nusayrids would probably work. Nusrids might also be an option (similar to Nasir/Nasrids of Granada).

The current rulers of Al-Andalus, so Nusayrids.

Being interested in the Umayyads I am looking forward to future developments involving them. Since at once point the Caliphs considered just abandoning Al-Andalus this strikes me as a decent agreement. However, historically, the emirs of Ifriqiya appointed the Al-Andalus governors (that is...

2.72 -- Trust The sun beat down with impunity. ‬Allegiances, ‬rank and religion were meaningless before it. ‬It oppressed man and beast equally. ‬Heat danced over unprotected flesh as the sun set every piece of metal afire. ‬Shimmer visions rippled on the horizon. ‬But these men were no...

Probably tomorrow. Draft is 75% done. ED: Got sucked into reading Gantz and Unbalance x2 this weekend... sorry.

Hmm, well now I'm interested to know more about the nuts and bolts of the system. Looking forward to what comes next, but how about a map?

I'm sure many members do want to learn more about history as well, but the focus of AH.com as a whole comes off as storytelling. If you want to discuss just history (full stop) there are better places online to do it. Article: I agree with you. Blocking the Med. Sea would require a PoD 5...

Incidentally sure, I know a ton more about medieval Iberia than I did 3 years ago. But in the main? No. As a forum, we care more about telling plausible stories than hard hitting historical research as an end.

Funny, when I read that I thought it supported my statement quite well and still do. CFs examine the effect of a change on an actual historical event regardless of butterflies that would make that event impossible. The purpose is to understand the significance of the actual historical...

RBG: Can you expand on what you mean by "Service Gentry"? I know how the Ottomans organized their cavalry along those lines during the expansion era but I'd like to know how you're using it here.

Well as I understand it, that's the purpose of doing Counter-Factuals as opposed to Alternate History.

It's not wrong to bump, but the more bumps and less updates the more interest will flag.

Some Berbers were Jewish. Others Christian, others their own folk religion, and mixes of all three. From what I've been able to glean the main religion was still their traditional folk religion.