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  1. A Light Shines East: The World of a Christian Persia

    Is the predominant symbol of Christianity ITTL a faravahar, a cross, a crosss with a faravahar on it, or something else?

  2. A Light Shines East: The World of a Christian Persia

    Oh man I almost forgot about this AH. @Merovingian your work is good and I'm looking forward to more!

  3. Christianity in a World w/ Stronger Sol Invictus

    No I don't think it would be reflected much within Christianity. Especially if the religion never really gets all "convert all herets!!" but instead maintains a large-tent movement like Judaism does. It's much easier to justify a doctrinally diverse coalition if you're in the minority. That way...

  4. Christianity in a World w/ Stronger Sol Invictus

    IIRC early Roman Christianity heavily syncretized with Sol Invictus, at least in terms of iconography. So did Mithraism. It could be that - formally, in the eyes of the Empire - Christianity (and Mithraism if it also survives) is understood to be another mode of worshiping the same sun god...

  5. Christianity in a World w/ Stronger Sol Invictus

    That's an incredibly interesting idea

  6. Hamilcar wins the Battle of Himera (480 BCE) - a Carthage Timeline

    Not necessarily. AFAIK Alexander's goal was conquest of the entire Persian empire, Hindu Kush and all. Whether he will push into the Punjab is not clear to me, but he will certainly try to go the whole way.

  7. Christianity in a World w/ Stronger Sol Invictus

    What would a not-Romanized Christianity even look like, both structurally and doctrinally?

  8. Most Likely/Best Location for European Cradles of Civilisation?

    "Cradles of civilization" need, roughly, the following three things to actually happen: 1. A steady supply of fresh water, usually a river. 2. Abundant domesticatable foodstuffs. At least one starch, which is often a grass (think grain, maize, rice) or a root vegetable (potatoes), as well as a...

  9. Hamilcar wins the Battle of Himera (480 BCE) - a Carthage Timeline
    Threadmarks: The Siege of Tyre (November 333 - May 332)

    Alexander the Great was born on July 20, 356 BCE, and proceeded to change the world forever. Following in his father's footsteps, Alexander waged war against the Achaemenid Persian Empire in the Eastern Mediterranean. His forces won battle after decicive battle through Greece and Anatolia before...

  10. Hamilcar wins the Battle of Himera (480 BCE) - a Carthage Timeline

    That's an interesting thought. I'll think about it. Yea I think I'm going to first figure out how Alexander the Great impacts Carthage. I have to leave the specifics of the 200s BCE until after I finish the 300s. Thank you!!

  11. Hamilcar wins the Battle of Himera (480 BCE) - a Carthage Timeline

    Yeah I haven't had the opportunity to read about Mago yet. Thanks for pointing him out :) Papyrus absolutely will be available across the Mediterranean, as it was during the Roman empire. Also, Rome destroyed enough of Carthage's literature and writings that almost nothing survived to today...

  12. Hamilcar wins the Battle of Himera (480 BCE) - a Carthage Timeline

    Yeah probably

  13. Hamilcar wins the Battle of Himera (480 BCE) - a Carthage Timeline

    Pax is a Latin word. I used it off-hand above. The actual term will be different. There will be no treasure fleets into the Caribbean in Antiquity, I'm afraid. But there will be (very, very, very limited) Carthaginian colonism on some islands, like the Azores, and perhaps one in the Caribbean...

  14. Hamilcar wins the Battle of Himera (480 BCE) - a Carthage Timeline

    That's an interesting idea. I'll have to do some research into this. The Americas will be more widely known than a trade secret. But the tech needed to get there and the specifics of the route will absolutely be. Oh absolutely. The end of the Warm Period and the collapse of Carthaginian...

  15. What if no Islamic Revolution in Iran, regional and global consequences?

    The only thing really needed to galvanize fundamentalists is for the liberal religion to grow and thrive at all. Right now, Baha'i is one of the world's fastest growing religions. Baha'i doesn't need to take over the government in this scenario. It just needs to have some degree of visibility...

  16. What if no Islamic Revolution in Iran, regional and global consequences?

    There will be a major movement of Baha'i in the country. Any consideration of Islamist political parties in Iran's democracy needs to take that into account. Likely the Baha'i constituency will be pro-Western as they would see secularism and liberalization as a vital factor in protecting their...

  17. Hamilcar wins the Battle of Himera (480 BCE) - a Carthage Timeline
    Threadmarks: Metacommentary & Plans

    Okay. Let me talk a little about timeline goals here. First, as a metacommentary point of order, please y'all gotta give me some feedback. Ideas, suggestions, critique, whatever. I want to hear your thoughts! Second, the timeline is current to 350 BCE. I know where I want this to end up but...

  18. The Jews of England: What if there was no Edict if Explosion in 1290?

    "We became an urban people" only because of repeated Christian and Muslim rulers forbidding us from owning land and violently expelling / ethnically cleansing us from almost every place in Europe and the MENA at one point or another. You can't carry land with you when made a refugee.

  19. Hamilcar wins the Battle of Himera (480 BCE) - a Carthage Timeline
    Threadmarks: The early 300s BCE

    So Carthage defeats the Doric Greeks in the First Sicilian War in 480 BCE. Now what? Carthage claims hegemony over the Ionian Greek cities in Sicily's north and east that requested aid against the Doric Greeks, and extracts thousands of talents of silver in tribute from the Doric cities of...

  20. The Jews of England: What if there was no Edict if Explosion in 1290?

    No. And Judeo-Italian isn't considered the same language as Judeo-Spanish/Ladino, either. My explicit speculation was way off the mark there.
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