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The Republic of Genoa, in conjunction (and opposition) with various banking families in Germany, was the first country to produce "modern" financiers. In addition, it was probably the first country that had a central bank (and the bank-dominated government of the republic earned accolades from...

Just saw this. I've been lurking on this forum from time to time, but still don't have the time to post anything substantial, so I would be honored if there were some kind of collaboration to reboot this idea. :)

Economic growth and education have precipitated the twilight of Christianity in Western Europe, and are clearly the strongest weapons in the conflict between faith and reason. However, I was looking more for the rapid and unexpected rise of a fanatical atheist elite rather than the slow and...

Historically, there have been quite a few anti-religion movements, mostly based in communist nations (USSR prosecution of Orthodoxy, Enver Hoxha in Albania, China, etc), but there has never been a nation that has waged war with the sole purpose of spreading atheism. In most places where...

Hey guys, I'm flattered to see posts in this thread a full year after I abandoned it, but needless to say, I won't be continuing the timeline. Looking back at it, the premise was a bit cliche but the time period was ripe for some interesting occurrences.

At what locations and PODs would it have been possible for a major Slavic Muslim state to emerge? Bonus points if it's Shiite.

What the OP wants is impossible. English, if we take that to mean the language derived from Anglo-Saxon, simply cannot be a Romance language on the virtue that it is a Germanic language. The closest you can get is a mixed language, which would best describe the conlang you've been posting...

Have there been any TL's that explore the possibility of the KMT's victory over the communists in China? What would be the latest possible POD for a China (relatively) united under the KMT?

To survive and thrive as Europe shifted from early medieval city-states to landed empires? I'm somewhat skeptical that any of them could have become colonial powers without major PODs, but I'm glad to hear other opinions.

Sorry for the lack of updates, guys, I probably forgot to mention that I'm in Acruvium in the province of Dalmatia (in other words, around the town of Kotor in Montenegro) for the month of July. I have limited internet access here. Therefore, this thread will probably be on hiatus until the...

Very unlikely, seeing as Slovenian is probably the most conservative Slavic language, and the most conservative member of the South Slavic dialect continuum. The conservative Kajkavian variety of (Serbo-)Croatian greatly resembles Slovenian, showing a close affinity between Slovenian and...

How is/was Slovenia a "monstrosity"? Sure, the Slovenes haven't been a united "people" since the creation of the first Yugoslavia, but there were several medieval Slavic kingdoms and duchies based in the area.

Best of luck to Geronimo. :cool: I'm curious about the alternate colonization. You mentioned that the Ottomans might be interested in their own colonies, where would these be located? Are the Moroccans really in such a good position (economically and militarily) to create and defend their own...

Michael had several reasons to stay and fight. While he was devoted to his family, he spent much of his time out in the field, and most of his friends who had survived the massacre at Sivas were not at Konya, determined to stay until the end. He was also infuriated with Manuel. The emperor...

CHAPTER XVI - THE FALL OF RUM Early on the morning of October 5th, 1386, Michael's young state was invaded for the first and the last time. At the head of his horde, Timur devastated the countryside around the city of Harput before capturing it and burning it to the ground. This he...

It seems to me that this is something that you have invented? Isolated atrocities against Bosniaks by some Chetnik groups are documented, Chetniks hardly had control over any Croatian land. Using a smilie after trying to justify the extermination of 750,000 people. Quite despicable of you...

^ You'd be surprised. Despite the horrific Jasenovac genocide of World War II, Serbian and Croatian officials initially cooperated in the conflict. With a POD around 1980, it is very possible to have Serbia and Croatia form a pact to partition Bosnia. Even after war erupted and the Krajina Serbs...

One way would be to have Croatia and Serbia partition Bosnia, as was planned. Croatia takes Herceg-Bosnia and some surrounding territory, Serbia takes most of modern Republika Srpska. International pressure causes Serbia to sign a treaty with a Bosnian Muslim rump state. The Serbs of Krajina are...

The Fall of Yugoslavia more or less coincided with the Fall of the Soviet Union. Both were more or less inevitable after 1985. By being authoritarian, it wouldn't need to be. Croatia and Slovenia immediately declare independence. The others shortly follow. "Za kralja i otadzbinu" - "for King and...

What? He would've been butterflied away.