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What if the Crusaders Failed to Take Constantinople in 1203-4 Emperor Alexios III or IV better prepares to met the attack and the Crusaders fail to take the city. What would the results have been? How much stronger would the Byzantine Empire be and would it delay or prevent its fall to the...

Khalid bin al Walid or Subutai? Khalid bin al Walid and Subutai were two of the greatest generals in military history. Both led huge campaigns of conquest and achieved massive victories. When comparing Khalid and Subutai who do you think was the better commander? Whose victories seem more...

Western European States vs Byzantine Empire (Military Comparison): 800-1204 I'm interested in comparing the Western European States to the Byzantine Empire and determining which was more powerful. Start date Charlemagne coronation in 800 and end date is sack of Constantinople in 1204. I would...

What if Battle of Mu'tah Byzantines vs Arabs OTL Battle of Mu'tah occurred in 629 between Byzantine and Muslim Arab forces. The Byzantines won the battle but the victory was not decisive and due to the effort of Khaid bin Walid the Arab army was able to slip away...

Grand Muti Al Husayni Becomes Caliph Al Husayni is able to rally support and gets himself made Caliph. What are the immediate and long term results of this? Palestinian Revolt? World War II? Israel? Decolonization? Modern Day? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Islamic_Congress

Is Belisarius Overrated? Been reading about Byzantium lately and I wanted your opinions on Belisarius as a commander. I came across this thread on Reddit and it made some good points that perhaps he might have been overrated a bit. From what I've read I tend to rate Narses a tad higher then...

British A39 Tortoise vs American T-28, More Effective? Last week I did a thread on the American T-28 Super Heavy Tank. I am now interested how it would have compared to the British A39 Tortoise. The Tortoise was designed for basically the same purpose as the T-28. Which of the two projects...

Khosrow II More Successful/Longer Reign King Khosrow II was the last great Sassanian ruler and had numerous triumphs during his reign. Khosrow however fell short of his ultimate goals and was deposed in 628. What if instead Khosrow had of been even more successful then OTL and was able to hold...

What If U.S. T-28 Super Heavy Tank Deployed In 1944 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T28_Super_Heavy_Tank Bit of a long shot but interesting. So the United States recognizes earlier the need for a heavy self propelled gun and by summer 1944 has deployed the T-28 in significant numbers in both...

What if the Japanese Attack Midway Month Earlier? Anniversary of Midway this week so I thought I'd put this up. So the Japanese move against Midway Island in May instead of June. The Coral Sea battle is either done in conjunction with this or is cancelled altogether. What is the result? How...

Persia-Carthage War So lets say Cambyses has more success in Libya and begins a long series of wars with Carthage. The succeeding Persian Kings, instead of attacking Greece, focus their efforts against Carthage. What is the result? Could Carthage be conquered...

What if Ancient Persian Democracy Ancient Persia is admired by many for its advanced and enlightened society. Cyrus the Great in particular influenced many future democratic leaders. With this in mind would the establishment of a democracy or an oligarchy have been possible in ancient Persia...

What if Mahdists Spread into Arabia? The Sudanese Mahdists, perhaps instead of fighting Ethiopia, push across the Red Sea into the Hejaz. The goal of this invasion being to spread their movement to the very center of Islam and the holy cities. How would the peoples of Arabia, in particular the...

AHC: Shia Dominated Pakistan As the quote below shows Shiites had a good amount of political influence in Pakistan during the post war period. Would it be possible to have a Shia dominated Pakistan? First step would be preventing General Zia from taking power and the Sunni Islamization that...

What if Iran Captures Baghdad 1982-4, Reactions and Implications An unlikely scenario but what if the Iranians do much better then OTL, the Iraqi Army collapses, and Baghdad falls sometimes between 1982-84? What does Saddam Hussein, implying he lives, do going forward? What would Iran attempt...

Middle Eastern ATL/POD Ideas I was thinking about doing a new Middle Eastern ATL. Wanted to run a few ideas past you guys, I thought up six potential ATL. I like 1, 5 and 6 best but wanted to get your opinions. Would any of these be interesting? I can elaborate further on any if you wish...

King Ghazi: Iraqi Ataturk? King Ghazi's short reign is an interesting period in Iraqi history. Ghazi was by accounts i've read a very popular king who pushed modernization, nationalism, Pan Arabism, anti-imperialism and was himself a homosexual. He established his own radio station called...

What if Arab Cooperation Council Stronger and Longer Lasting? The Arab Cooperation Council of Egypt, Jordan, Iraq and Yemen was formed in February 1989 to increase economic, military and political cooperation between its member states. The ACC, during the short period it survived, mostly...

Could Soviet Union Defeat Japan? Since my last two threads have been going well I thought I'd put up one final thought. We have discussed Britain/France vs Germany, Britain/France vs Japan and Germany vs Soviet Union. I am now curious as to the results of a total war between the Soviet Union...

What if Nasser a Communist I saw the comment below in chat about Nasser and it had me thinking what if Nasser went full on Communist? In OTL he dabbled in Socialism and was friendly with the Soviet Union but still stuck to non alignment. So Nasser embraces Communism and, instead of Pan Arab...