arabia

Al-Mu'tadid, Abbasid Caliph from 892-902, presided over nearly a decade of recovery for the Abbasid Caliphate, restoring Abbasid control over the provinces of Jazira, Thughur, and Jibal, and reining in the disloyal Tulunid and Saffarid vassal states, at least nominally. He also moved the capital...

The parliamentary democracy named the Kingdom of Arabia was one of the most successful of the developing nations, after getting their independence with the help of Britain. The new nation proved a crucial ally in the north africa campaign as well as an effective provider of oil. The post war...

Like the title says, the challenge should you accept is creating an Arabian-led Caliphate which lasts into modern day today. Although, Ottomans doesn't count as the Caliphate in the thread, considering the Osmanli dynasty are Turkic. Can include the Hashemites, Rashidis or even the Sauds...

Not sure if it was already the case in OTL, yet what if the Plague of Justinian managed to affect most if not all of Arabia as well as the Horn of Africa? Aside from negatively impacting OTL population growth of the Arabs, what other knock-on effects on would this ATL Plague of Justinian likely...

All righty, so in prepartions for a timeline project I might do here, I am wondering, what would be some alternate religions that could unite Arabia if Islam wasn't around? Also, for various reasons, Christianity is not a big factor here. The Roman Empire is not Christian here so basically alot...

What if the British had colonized the Arab peninsula? I think that given the potential oil money, they would've been reluctant to give up this colony perhaps causing a brutal civil war as happened IOTL to the French in Algeria and Indochina.

Saudi Arabia is a big influence on our lives due to their control of rich oil fields and their ties to Wahhabisim (given its connection to the House of Saud.) Of course, the Sauds didn't always control Arabia. They ended up getting Arabia under them in 1921 when they took Ha'il. But what if...

During the Ottoman Empire's height after conquering Greece they capture massive number of the hellenic people and ship them to Arabia. This takes place during the 17th century. They speak a language descended from Greek. Now I want you guys to come up with other aspects.

The Celts in our timeline had spread as far as Galatia in Anatolia. What if they went further then Anatolia like Persia, North Africa, Arabia, and/or the Asian steppes, maybe further? How could they affect the cultures and peoples of their new neighbors? Could we see modern Celto-Africans...

Was there a leader, entire tribe or Kingdom within Arabia that had the ambition or the ability to create an Arab Empire before the Arab Muslim empire of the Rashidun Caliphate? By Arab Empire I mean the unification of the Arab people, likely against a common enemy like the Egyptian, Seleciuds...

I've seen discussion on HOW a Hellenistic/Greek Arabia would come about, the main theory being Alexander the Great conquers Arabia. But, what would this Hellenistic Arabia look like? What would the ramifications be of a Hellenized Arabia? Would a Hellenized Arabia stop Islam? Could the Arabs...

How likely is it that the Arabs can confederate in the 400s or 500s and strike the Romans in that time of crisis? What sort of POD would allow for the unification of Arabia before Islam?

During the decline of the Abbasid Caliphate, Arabia proper lost much military and economic significance in the Middle East, though it retained religious importance. The peninsula was not united again for a long time. This remained the case until the rise of the Saudi Emirate of Diriyah in the...

There's a lot of dispute about what happened to St. Paul after his "Damascus Road" experience. According to the Lukan account in Acts, he went to Jerusalem shortly after recovering his sight; however, St. Paul himself only speaks of his conversion once: in second Corinthians, and then he refers...

What were the resources that promoted civilization in this region? How much of the historical record do we have? How powerful were these kingdoms? I know very little about this region and given I want to study Semitic philology, this discomforts me. What did this region have going for it? How...

According to the Qur’an, before the days of Muhammad there was another prophet by the name of Hud. This man preached monotheism to the early Arab tribes, urging them to abandon their wicked, hedonistic, polytheist ways or face the wrath of the One True God. The tribes ignored the prophet and so...

So I just returned from my trip to see the Kaaba and its 360 idols. The statue of the golden-handed Hubal was truly breath-taking. During the tour of the temple though our tour-guide mentioned that all of these rich artworks and holy sites came close to being lost in the 7th century when a...

As the question (and the poll) said, what particular city could be the capital of a Hashemite Kingdom of Arabia, given the PoD (e.g. India Office was favored by the British government and the Hashemites have a better relationship with the merchant elite of Hejaz). Could it impact the economic...

In OTL, the Kingdom of Hejaz was an independent state with a Hashemite royal family that existed for a couple years before it was conquered by the Saudis. It was this conquest that created the modern state of Saudi Arabia and reduced the number of Hashemite kingdoms from three to two. How would...

From an ideological point of view, Justinians attempted Restauratio imperii was quite reasonable. The Roman Empire without Italy, without Rome, without the half of its ancient territory doesn't look that impressive so to say. But this is mere ideology. Justinians invasion of Italy ruined the...