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Inspired by a recent thread of mine. In 810, Charlemagne was at Lippenham preparing to assemble an army to invade Denmark. However, the news that the king of Denmark, Godfred, had died and the country was in civil war. The need for an invasion seemed to fade, so the attack was called off. WI...

In 826, Harald Klak, a king of Denmark, was driven from his kingdom by Horik I and fled to the Frankish Empire. There, he asked Louis I for his support in getting his kingdom back. Louis agreed, on the condition that he would be baptized. He later returned to Denmark, along with the monk Ansgar...

IOTL, Alaric was preparing to cross into Africa with the Visigoths when a storm wrecked their fleet. He died shortly after. But what if there is no storm? Could the Visigoths have taken Africa? What effect would this have on the Empire, which was dealing with the invasion of the Alans, Vandals...

I've been thinking about an alternate Norman conquest TL, partly because I think it would be interesting if English was a Germanic-influenced Romance language rather than the other way around. One way I was thinking of achieveing this is through a much more violent and bloody Norman conquest...

How can the northern Brythonic speaking kingdoms of Britain (Rheged, Gododdin, etc) survive? I have two PODs in mind here: 1) Urien of Rheged is not assassinated while besieging the Angles at Lindisfarne. This website seems to think pretty highly of him. The interesting part is toward the end...

Ok, since it seems like a wanked Ireland is somewhat of a cliche on AH.com, here is what I think is a unique way of getting an early united Ireland. In 1315, Robert de Brus, King of Scotland, sent his brother Edward to Ireland to create a second front against the English. He was even offered...

By Manichaean, I mean one of the medieval heresies gnostic heresies that were called Manichaean by it's opponents. How can we get the state religion of Bulgaria during the middle ages to be one of the various gnostic sects that arose during this time period? I'm thinking mainly Paulicianism...

I was searching this forums and was surprised that this had not been discussed yet. So, what if Timur the Lame isn't born? For one thing, the Ottomans will certainly be stronger ITTL, since they wont suffer the Timurid invasion. Constantinople will probably fall a lot sooner. The Golden...

How can we get an Alan nation in western Europe, probably France or Spain? The Alans are so interesting (an Eastern Iranian tribe in Western Europe) and they played a large part in the migration period, so I'm surprised they don't come up more in AH. A POD I was considering is that when the...

Inspired by this thread(https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=70823&highlight=avars) I have been brainstorming a TL involving a strong Gothic empire. I don't have any books as reference at the moment, so I've only been able to use the internet to find information. If...

Simple question really: What if the Avars don't migrate west? A possible POD could be that the Gokturks never rebel against the Rouran, although I don't think it is known for sure if the Rouran were the ancestors of the Avars. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Anyways, if there are no Avars...

This has been sort of discussed in other topics, but I thought it deserved it's own topic: WI the Almohad dynasty is never formed? Maybe Ibn Tumart is never born or something but the actual POD doesn't really matter here. What I'm interested in are the effects. The Almoravids were pretty weak by...

In 740, the Berbers of North Africa rebelled against Umayyad rule, defeating an Arab army in battle before being defeated at the Battle of Kairouan. So WI they won? Is it possible that a long lasting Berber state could have been formed in the Maghreb at this time, or would it have been quickly...

I've been reading the Wikipedia article "History of Islam in southern Italy" and it's really piqued my interest. So I wanted to ask: what is the best POD for Islam being more successful in Italy? This includes Sicily. This seems interesting, but there isn't really much information to go on...

In my neverending quest for interesting early medieval PODs, how about this one: Theodoric's son in law Eutharic doesn't die and ascends to the Ostrogothic throne. What does this mean for relations between the Visigoths and Ostrogoths(Eutharic was a Visigothic Noble. Gothic...

Ok, so this is a bit of an AH challenge. How do we get a reversed situation between the Persian and Byzantine empires in the wake of the Muslim expansions? Basically, how do we get the Byzantines to fall (there can still be successor states, just no centralized empire) and the Sassanids to...

Heraclius was emperor at a crucial point in Byzantine history. He suceeded in reconquering most of the territory lost to the Sassanids but was unable to stop the Muslims when they began their conquests. So WI he never rebels against Phocas? Do the Sassanids retain control of Syria, Egypt etc...

What if the Magyars had won the Battle of Southern Buh? Would they have been able to conquer Bulgaria? What would the Byzantines be doing? Great Moravia was already in decline at this point, but could they restore their empire? Or would some other nation (Bohemia, HRE or even the Pechenegs) move...

WI Otto doesn't die of malaria. What would happen to his dream of reviving the Roman Empire? What happens to relations with the Byzantines after he marries princess Zoe?

I was wondering if it would be possible during the Norman-Byzatine conflicts for the Normans to conquer Constantinople. If the Investiture Controversy is delayed and Guiscard doesn't have to return to Italy to defend the Pope, then maybe he could continue winning against Alexios? If Alexios...