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I think I'm going to speak out against the notion that Western European powers would really be that upset with the Byzantines controlling Rome. The Papacy staying in East Roman hands means the Eastern ecclesiastical model is the one which will become dominant throughout Christianity, and as long...

I'd go with a theological or philosophical POD, possibly the non-existence of Pseudo-Dionysius, and just see how much changes as a result. I think it would be subtle at first, but the presence or absence of different ideas circulating at a certain time could have great influence on people's...

They are different, but that's not the point. That was never the point of what I've been saying. My point is the difference between the individual texts that make up the Biblical canon, and the difference between the source and role of the Bible in Christianity and the Quran in Islam, are not...

More specifically, they were texts written by fallible humans protected from error by the Holy Spirit that inspired them, texts of equal weight to Sacred Tradition, which again is very clearly not Deistic. My point is that this feature of Christian Scripture was not the sort of thing that led...

And yet those authors are (in John's case, anyway) very clear about what they are seeing, that God is acting in the World, and what His purpose is. By the time you got Christian Deism OTL there was a massive body of literature solidifying the orthodox interpretation of the texts in question...

Christian Scriptures are often very clear about it being a revelation of God to man as well (with some exceptions, which shouldn't be surprising for what is essentially a compilation of books written thousands of years apart by different authors in vastly different historical circumstances), the...

I don't think a Bolivarian-style presidency is out of the question, especially if the war ends in such a way that there is a serious concern about hostilities resuming or if the indigenous peoples appear to be more of a threat. If we're getting an entirely new person to succeed Washington as...

So there are a number of interesting points here that might further the OP. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable in this period of history can answer some of the questions they raise: 1) It seems the Chinese invasion was largely responsible for the Burmese pulling out troops. What sort of...

I'll just add my two cents on the colossal amount of ignorance Europeans had on African cultures at the time. I've been researching Ge'ez (Classical Ethiopic) for fun, and I've come across a .pdf of a grammar originally published in German in the 1850s. It makes claims like the Ethiopic writing...

the phrases "this one" and "he shall let them go to his home" are a bit confusing here, but thanks for the recommendation!

Do you have any sources I could look into on this? It sounds fascinating.

I'll propose a few I put on the other thread. Anahuaca for Mexico Kehme for Egypt Anxi for Persia Da Qin for Europe/Mediterranean Basin The Hellades for Magna Graecia/The Hellenophone world (I'm actually a big fan of this one). Ethiopia for Sub-Saharan Africa (Africa here just being the...

Also, isn't Dehli in the region decimated by the Great Jihad? I didn't think any European power has moved in since, have they?

IIRC Russia's entry into the War had something to do with securing New Muscovy from potential ENA aggression and (maybe?) using Superia as a buffer state.

I think this displays a rather serious misunderstanding of Medieval Christianity. The religious life of the average peasant wasn't based as much on the scriptures as it was things like the liturgies, passion plays, and the saints who filled a great many of the "poetic" functions you seem to...

That's why I was thinking surviving Trastamaras and a dynastic union with Portugal is the easiest way to pull it off. Shift their focus somewhat.

I agree with you, though a Spain who plunders the New World and manages not to tear itself down again defending the Habsburg holdings may suffer from victory disease. Either way, both Spain and Portugal are going to place a higher emphasis on conversion than the Brits, which wouldn't win them...

The Raj is pretty much the only way a European country could hold down the subcontinent. A long, drawn out process of indirect conquest and reliance on local princely states and local leaders to collect taxes in your name and in some cases set a lot of their own domestic policy is the only way...

Ah, this answers my question to a certain degree about Haiti. I take it there was less "racial purging" there than there was in Canada when it was first acquired by Britain/the ENA?

It's that early phase I have a hard time seeing the Romans overcoming, but I'm not saying it isn't impossible. I also have a hard time believing Media and Susiana be content to be client states. If they would have to be garrisoned as well, wouldn't that create a possible problem of over-extension?