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Long ago, I read about the year of the 5 Emperors, and was intrigued by the preliminary Emperor, Pertinax, a man who had had a long successful military career, and seemed to have his head in the right place, increasing silver content in the currency, and planning agricultural reform. However, he...

I am proud announce, than after a gap of 14 months between updates, I am rebooting this timeline. The update is ~40% finished, and covers the first update "chapter" of the timeline, though with significantly more research, and a fair bit more detail.

Pretty much this. Hinduism does not proselytize, because it's deeply rooted in its cultural tradition, and has very specific rules and regulations which make it further unappealing. Hindu monks, secondly, would not be wandering around in the ass-end of Europe, and thirdly would not be...

Caste is, in fact, something that Buddhists originally frowned upon and disregarded in India-- part of the reason that the Brahmans who converted back then lost most of their privileged status after the fall of Buddhism in India. But seeing as that wasn't Baconheimer's point (I'm not sure what...

The Buddhists at Kalmykia are ostensibly a Mongol population; they were Buddhist before they came to Europe, rather than being late western converts.

There was a TL on this topic a while back. Can't recall much more than that, unfortunately.

On second thoughts, this thread is bad for my sanity. I'm going to bow out now for the night. Take care y'all.

*blinks* Of course. Your argument makes utter sense. I bow before your superior racism.

I can only concur. And who committed uber-genocide, by your definition, in India. Or is it only genocide if white people have to see them darkies?

I'm not sure people like ze ever existed.

...Erm... then what is this but having something against the Turks?

It's that red. If I actually made maps rather than watched them, I think I'd use a different shade. It's so... angry. Like an infection, rather than the glorious inevitable revolution of the proletariat. ;)

I definitely agree with this. With a good PoD in the 19th century, and a few less defeats in the Balkans, there should be no reason that the Ottomans can't survive. On another note, India's another example of multi-ethnic nationalism-- even pan-religious nationalism. It's rather marvelous...

That's the only reason why I'm up and posting right now. ;)

Darling, the Ottomans don't exist anymore. We have the Turkish Republic now, which is a pretty awesome place, and has minimal baby-eating, though they have truly lovely kebabs.

It seems interesting to me, though I can't say much about the plausibility, given my *ahem* utter lack of knowledge on the Tang. I can commend you for creating a timeline less Europe/North America-centric than the rest though. ;)

I believe Cuāuhtemōc had a brief oneshot timeline a while back that featured an Ottoman Italy. I can't recall much more, however. That seems likely, if not only because it leaves the Pope between the Ottomans and France. It'd probably also require-- or at least be substantially aided by-- a...

Firstly, the search is infamously unreliable. Secondly, that doesn't mean that a particular permutation of an Ottoman Italy has been discussed. The last one I recall was in September of last year (There might have been since then, but I can't recall) but I think that leaves plenty of time...

I was more thinking that it would be a good way for the Hapsburgs to be humbled, and to encourage Ottoman expansionism. Your point about Vienna's geography is something that I hadn't considered-- especially the fact that the Ottomans are more or less forced to give it up by sheer dint of...