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Hmm let me check. The notes call it a semi independent disputed territory between them. I'm not sure why I didn't give it a color or label. It's pretty minor though, more like some tribes who switch allegiance as it benefits them. Ah, btw there is no fort built on the site of Moscow right now...

Map you say? 1. Kingdom of Rhoderin 2. Mercenary Republic of Torino 3. Ducal Dominion of Milan 4. Aarin City States 5. Republic of Siena 6. Dalmatia (Republic of Zara) 7. Old Prussians 8. Masovian principality 9. Duchy of Covarla 10. Circassians 11. Alanian principality 12...

Niece? La Beltraneja? I agree about Aragon/France, though there was that border dispute. I think it flared up a little at some point after Isbaella and Ferdinand got married so there are some stumbling blocks. Wasn't Aragon's Mediterranean empire declining some as well? That makes it less...

Persia didn't become a nearly purely Shia state until the time of the Safavids. This was done to counterbalance the Sunni Ottomans, who themselves were more heterodox until they took Mecca and felt it incumbent on them to act in a more orthodox manner. Prior to that time there were large Sunni...

I have read this timeline in a couple sittings yesterday and I am really enjoying it. I don't know as much about the 17th century as I'd like. Often TLs set there or early 18th century have interesting premises, but there are so many names and places and details that I'm unfamiliar with that I...

2.81 2.81 - Beyond Battle The most notable effect the defeat at Kairouan in 1209 had on Spaña was that it had so little. Pedro of Catalonia heard the news from his agents in time to take decisive action. He did all he could to slow the news from reaching the populace or other parts of the...

I like it. But a couple of things. 1. I believe Uqba is supposed to have built Kairouan. 2. The Arabs were relatively bad at mountain warfare, but the Berbers were much more adept it. Just keep that in mind for future developments! :)

A number of iconic towns in Spain either didn't exist prior to Al-Andalus or were tiny villages, but the beauty of working in the 8th century is you can always have towns founded in the same spots since the conditions that make settlement viable probably still exist.

In our timeline, gunpowder was invented by the Chinese. Mythbusters demonstrates that even with precision equipment it takes practice to make your own gunpowder and have it work and it took decades if not a few centuries to go from invention of gunpowder to producing a high-quality product. In...

Sounds like a set-up chapter. Now how did that multi-sided fight happen, especially including the Franks...hmm? Looking forward to the next update. Oh BTW, the current incarnation of Murcia would likely be the small quiet town. The current Murcia was founded in 825 by Abd ar-Rahman II, but...

What I have never been able to find is a concrete list of the hygienic or other advantages of the Indian and Chinese cities over the European and Islamic ones that allowed them to grow much larger. I would very much like to read about that. Or is it that the case that like western writers these...

Uh, well you called her Juan at the first part there ;) I'm not sure about leading Spain towards Protestantism, but maybe just create a space where it's allowed to grow as long as its loyal to the monarch? It would be interesting to see Rome's stance toward Spain in a TL where she's beaten...

I've read that a lot of changes to the church to bring it in line with Cluny were driven by his wife Constance of Burgundy. What if someone with more antipathy to Rome is selected?

Well yes but my point is that population of the peninsula was majority Muslim by AD 980 (less than 3 centuries) so I was wondering if I missed something. I think Egypt was something like 50% Christian around AD 1100. I think you can do it with Hapsburgs but I agree with you that it would be far...

Uh, that happened in 2-3 centuries unless I'm missing something. It wasn't due to migration.

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Don't sheep tear up the grass roots as opposed to cows just eating the shoots? That would be harder on the environment wouldn't it? I do not eat beef, but would very much like to eat horse. Unfortunately some US states have laws against it since people think horses are cute (same with cats and...

AFAIK from my (light) research on Moroccan and Spanish historical sheep rearing, more ewes than rams has been standard practice for quite a ways back though I can't say what the actual numbers were. Also the link in the above post lists a few reasons why fewer rams are better if you care to look.

I think the optimum male to female ratio for sheep is something like 1 male per 30 females. Here we go.

The main issue with the cryptos was that Old Christians resented their economic success once they embraced their new status and agitated against them or tried to show they weren't really Christians. A tax that would reduce that success might be helpful in that respect but it might also encourage...