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  1. WI Nur Al-Din dies of his illness in 1157?

    According to this page, in 1157 Nur Al-Din was struck with illness so severe he and the Franks thought he would die. He even drew up a will. If he did die, how would this effect the crusader states? Would there be a succession war? Would the effects of his death have an effect on Crusaders...

  2. United India in 19th century

    Cornwallis was about to fail miserably in the third Anglo-Mysore war before the Maratha showed up and saved his army. The previous two wars had been draws and the fourth was only won because of reasons that go beyond “army quality”. Really tho, talking about armies being “on par” with each...

  3. Popular misconceptions about 19th century History

    Here's another: the idea that the Ottomans had no involvement in the Scramble for Africa. The disaster of the 1877-78 war severely limited their options but there was a tremendous amount of detail and interest put into plans to extend OE interests with Muslim Africa states/peoples. The Ottoman...

  4. King Theodore's Corsica

    This is actually paralleled in Britain as well: https://c4ss.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Communal-Property.pdf https://c4ss.org/content/13192

  5. Could the Ottomans really conquer or vassalize italy or a part of it?

    Let's look at what you said in your previous posts: The idea here is that the Ottomans were inherently unable to supply forces in Italy properly due to a lack of naval power and that this was a primary reason for Ottoman failure. This is quite different to a lack of supply simply being one...

  6. Could the Ottomans really conquer or vassalize italy or a part of it?

    The article itself is not specifically about the Albanian factor. It's about all the factors that led to the invasion of Otranto not progressing. It specifically points out that the Albanian factor is overemphasized and details the other reasons for why the expedition stalled. Why would it...

  7. Could the Ottomans really conquer or vassalize italy or a part of it?

    In 930 CE the Qarmatians destroyed the Kaaba, desecrated the entire city of Mecca, took the bodies of the inhabitants and stuffed them in the wells, and stole the black stone. There was outrage throughout the muslim world and yet no military response. Compare to the first Arab conquest of...

  8. Could the Ottomans really conquer or vassalize italy or a part of it?

    You don't think Mehmed II dying had anything to do with the invasion stalling? EDIT: Also, I don't understand why Aragon can easily supply an army in Naples despite being farther away from South Italy than the Ottomans are

  9. Was Napoleon a Bad Guy?

    Besides the below post, I would like to note that none of the pro-Napoleon people in this thread making arguments about how Napoleon was "defending the republic" against reactionary monarchies who would never accept it have engaged with my point about Napoleons criminal foreign policy. There's...

  10. Was Napoleon a Bad Guy?

    Napoleon was absolutely a terrible racist by the standards of his society. There was unusually strong resistance to his push for restoring slavery even in his puppet democratic institutions. And while we don't know if he endorsed Leclercs genocidal plan to kill all black in the mountains over...

  11. What traits of Habsburg Austria made it capable of sustaining a multi-ethnic empire for so long?

    India is literally one of the most ethnically diverse places in the world. Individual jati (subcastes) in individual villages are typically two to three times more genetically different than north and south Europeans are. Furthermore, the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh alone has more Muslims than...

  12. What traits of Habsburg Austria made it capable of sustaining a multi-ethnic empire for so long?

    1) tell me how much of Austria-Hungary was catholic 2) Hinduism is FAR less unifying that any abrahamic religion. There was no "christendom" or "ummah" equivalent for hinduism and it wasn't even considered a single religion until very recently under British influence. There was no figure who...

  13. What traits of Habsburg Austria made it capable of sustaining a multi-ethnic empire for so long?

    Ah, this is why India immediately broke apart into hundreds upon hundreds of constantly warring mini-ethno states after independence instead of maintaining itself and becoming a relatively successful post-colonial state.

  14. Popular misconceptions about 19th century History

    Not hyperbolic at all. A holocaust is a massive slaughter and destruction. This is precisely what Davis details in the book. Sure it also evokes Nazi connotations but that helps communicate the horror that occured for the suffering populations. I think it would be pretty hard to praise...

  15. What would a Taiping-ruled China look like?

    Well it would basically be mopping up at that point. No rebellion or resistance would actually be able to stand against the immense power of the Taiping for even a bit so it would basically be a matter of how much ground the army could cover. At the absolute maximum I would expect a few years.

  16. Popular misconceptions about 19th century History

    Late Victorian Holocausts by Mike Davis makes an excellent case for colonial rule severely exacerbating the effects of natural drought and famine. It's a very well-regarded work academically with lots of good reviews. Damn, that indian just got owned by his colonial master. I guess colonial...

  17. What would a Taiping-ruled China look like?

    They did moderate their views OTL. Read my link above. Furthermore, I'm not aware of them experiencing any real negative effects from their idol smashing and taiping christianity in general was a tremendous source of zeal and morale. I don't really see why they don't have the manpower and...

  18. What would a Taiping-ruled China look like?

    Thanks. As for your OP, there would be a new dynasty with Hong or his son as the new Emperor. Hong believed he was granted the title of Heavenly King (Tianwang) from God and acted as a king over the territory he ruled (albeit getting extremely reclusive later on and leaving the actual ruling to...

  19. What would a Taiping-ruled China look like?

    They abandoned those ideas pretty quickly. The administration was fairly normal after the initial spurt of revolutionary zeal. See my post here

  20. AHC: Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Pulls a Meiji

    I get that but what I'm asking is if this actually had any impact once the Taiping were actually ruling territory. I know that they had-for example- lots of ethnic conflict with "native" ppl in Guangxi before then and that this may have been a key factor in the religions spread. EDIT: snipped...
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