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A collapse of the East in the fifth century could completely butterfly the existence of Islam, centuries later. Barring that, just because the East collapses doesn't mean there's not a strong power ruling Asia Minor; again, there's centuries of time for a new government to stabilize before an...

In that case, your best bet is probably to have someone like Aurelius Ambrosius pop up in the East; a much weaker Imperial government could also do the trick. There had been a number of bishops and saints in the East who have challenged the Emperor the way that Aurelius Ambrosius did in the...

Caesaropapism, as has been sort of halfway pointed out, did not "rise" in the East; it was the default from day one. From the point when Constantine summoned the bishops to the Council of Nicaea, it was very clear that the Empire was taking an interest in Christianity, and it was a long-term...

And, for that matter, improperly supplied defenders would often be the same; the bane of many a general trying to defend his country at the frontiers was an undisciplined, badly behaving soldiery that would make the local population think that maybe the invaders might be more palatable.

There actually were conservatives who strongly, strongly, strongly opposed Eugenics as an unspeakable progressive evil, and denounced it and the science that led to it. We now call these people "Young Earth Creationists", because the centerpiece of their ideology was that if Evolution led to...

Well, I'm definitely looking forward to more of this. A very captivating start.

I've just finished reading through this TL, and I want to just say it's magnificent and I'm looking forward to more. I believe I can shed light on this. Trade in China, as you've noted in the update, was done entirely in silver; what you've missed is the form of that silver. Chinese...

The thing is that, while it does need to be toned down a bit, things like secret societies and secret religious beliefs and groups were entirely a thing that happened. My ancestors were secret Jews for centuries while outwardly Catholic. There was a real, legitimate conspiracy of Cathar nobles...

Doing a RP play as the Byzantine Empire in HIP. Got a ruler who was already a Secret Bogomilist. I worked very hard to lay the groundwork, and, ultimately, come out as publicly Bogomilist and unseat the Ecumenical Patriarch and start to convert the Empire and state apparatus, as well as...

Eboracum came from the native Eborakon, and as Celtic language shifted (toward becoming more like modern Welsh), the pronunciation of Eboracum shifted such that when the Anglo-Saxons came they rendered it Eoforwic. The vowel elaboration of E->Eo was common in Anglo-Saxon coming from other...

Well, that was... unexpected. Holy shit.