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Pharaoh would be an inappropriate title for a Christian monarch of Egypt and would have no precedence in either the culture Baldwin is from or the Copts who come from a Greco-Roman influenced tradition. It's of pagan connotation and wouldn't fly - Baldwin would more likely crown himself as just...

I suppose European identity would be less important and be viewed as just one part of a greater Christian world that would include North Africa and presumably parts of Asia Minor.

>tfw you don't live in this timeline Why live?

Don't forget the Philippines. Mexico needs to complete its destiny and reclaim what rightfully belonged to them. ;)

East Africa was already an area where Roman merchants were very much familiar with, indirectly or directly. No need to conquer it.

How far eastward are the planners of the Great Crusade planning to push for?

The Ottoman Empire doesn't need to force Christians to convert to Christianity to maintain control of areas like Rumelia. Instead of propping up the Greek Patriarchate to deal with Christians, have Mehmed II decide that the Christians be obliged to deal with the Ottoman authorities themselves...

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Depending on when the Seljuks conquer Constantinople, you'd likely see Byzantium leave a much greater imprint on TTL Turkish language and culture as opposed to them lifting much off the Perso-Islamic tradition in the arts, literature, etc. The idea of taking children and raising them as soldiers...

Especially if Mitt Romney was the GOP nominee.

To be honest, Bernie would've gotten a decent chance if he decided to run in 2008 imo.

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If the Normans had not conquered Sicily and southern Italy and it had gone its own way, it's likely you would've had the S. Italian and Sicilian dialects of Greek diverge into their own languages.

I think the Vandals would've given Belisarius a run for his money had they not been distracted by Godas' insurrection in Sardinia. Also it should be noted that the expeditionary force Justinian had entrusted to Belisarius was on a shoestring budget - if Belisarius faces the full might of the...

Have Latin Americans somehow decide to identify as proud indigenous Americans and when immigration from that part of the world picks up, so does the number of native Americans?

Constantinople would no doubtedly be used as a bastion for rival claimants to the Caliphate to use as their power-base. Byzantium's core lands are incorporated and Islamized but much like Persia, retain an identity that is separate from the tribal Arabs. It wouldn't be long before an...

You'd probably have better luck having the Pechenegs or Cumans pull an Ottomans and establish an independent state in like Thrace, slowly cannibalizing the Eastern Roman Empire bit by bit.

I want Ahmed Shah Massoud to somehow survive and with covert American assistance, destroy the Taliban and their allies in Al-Qaeda, bringing Afghanistan into a pro-American orbit with minimal cost to the taxpayer. Maybe even re-introduce the monarchy as a stabilizing influence.

Huzzah!

Minaprogressivism needs to be discredited. Communonationalism now, communonationalism forever!