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I'm thinking of changing the events of the Fourth Crusade: either having the Crusade go to Egypt as planned, or having the Byzantines succeed in beating of the Crusaders. Are these feasible possibilities, and how might they alter things?

Well, I think the part about Temujin dying earlier is more important to my plans for this timeline than having the Vikings succeed with their American colonies, and it seems easier to manage. The Viking idea was only added latter, as an afterthought, so I could have further divergence from OTL...

It still facilitated increased trade and communication... Hmm... perhaps.

Excellent. That should definitely be interesting. Yeah, I'll keep those in mind. But in terms of regions with large coal and iron deposits, does anyone know where they lie, other than the places where the Industrial Revolution developed in OTL? I like the idea of having other powers becoming...