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What if, with a PoD before the First Council of Nicaea, Christianity developes into a non-Exclusivist religion that allows the people to continue worshipping their own native dieties?

I assume we all know that in 1204 the 4th Crusade sacked Constantinople and broke the Byzantine Empire into three main successor states, Nicaea, Epirus, and Trebizond, as well as the little Crimean state of Theodoro. We've seen TLs where one of these states reforms the Byzantine Empire and...

As we know, Theodore Laskaris was the son in law of Alexios III Angelos who, after giving a good account of himself in the siege of Constantinople by the Latins, fled and established the Empire of Nicaea. He defeated his three primary opponents, the Latins, Turks, and Megas Komnenoi to found the...

With a PoD inside the 19th century A.D., what nations do you think have potential to become superpowers by 2012? I'm curious as to how Italy is handled could change the balance in Europe, because while they don't have industrial resources, they do have a large population that could supplement...

So, for whatever reason, the Arab invasions stop around Cyrenaica, either because they feel happy with their gains, or are struck by a sudden plague, or whatever. Do the Byzantines keep north Africa by default, or does it become independant, or does it just just get swept up by arab pirates from...

Just curious, if for whatever reason Ireland was united by a strong king between 900 and 1100 A.D., and his children managed to keep a hereditary monarchy going for long enough that the Irish would rather usurp the throne than break up the kingdom, how strong would they be? Ireland had a...

With a PoD after 1700, is there any way to make the U.S.A. form as a Catholic, Muslim, Orthodox, Pagan, Hindu, or anything else state? Bonus if the Revolution goes off similarly to the OTL one and or the change happens after the revolution.

Would it be possible for a European nation, preferably a small nation, to make successful trading post colonies in the Americas that develop into legitimate large cities without significant expansion into the surrounding hinterlands? If so, would it be possible for a symbiotic relationship to...

The challenge is, by whatever means necessary, have Islamic nations controlling roughly the territories held by Christian nations in 1500 (Iberian Peninsula, France, British Isles, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Scandinavia, Western Russia, Poland, Ect.) and Christian nations controlling the...

With any PoD before 1900, how would you make France, Spain, the Ottomans, Italy, Austria, Poland/Poland-Lithuania, or Mexico a major industrial power on the level of WW1 Britan or Germany? What are the forseeable consequences? Bonus points if you can get more than one of those places...

With a PoD no earlier than the end of the War of Spanish Succession, how do you achieve Mega-Austria, and what territories does it cover? Bonus points if they retain their overly conservative Catholic stance and continue to style themselves as Holy Roman Emperors. Even more if you can get them...

after lurking and reading TLs in the pre 1900 forum for several months, I decided it was time I did some contributing. My TL will focus on the possibility of a Byzantine/Eastern Roman survival and moderate revival with a POD set inside the reign of Constantine XI Palaiologos. I know that this...