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Antiochus III was basileus of the Seleucid Empire from 222 BCE until sometime around the 180’s. When he ascended to the throne, his empire was in disarray — there was unrest in the Persian and Median satrapies under the rebel leaders Molon and Alexander, Parthia and Bactria were nibbling at the...

With a POD before 600 AD, the earlier the better, how could a significant number of Persians (not just nobles, but farmers, merchants, and soldiers) settle in Anatolia and assimilate it into the Persian sphere? What would change in the ultimate development of Anatolia if Persian agriculture...

Inspired by a discussion on a different forum: Let's say that the Ottoman Empire is knocked out of WW1 much earlier, resulting in Sykes–Picot Agreement being implemented. But the Bolshevik Revolution still occurs and the Russian-controlled parts of Anatolia are turned into the Turkish SSR. How...