barbary states

What if Morocco sends ships west for a route to the East alternate from Mamluk sultanate discover Americas instead of Colombus from Spain. Barbary pirates conquer aztecs and inca like the Conquistadors How will this effect the history of Americas ? How will this effect Europe ? How will this...

Could the Ottoman Empire conquer Morocco during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, assuming he has fewer enemies to deal with in other fronts (say Vienna is taken and sacked in 1529), and if so, can the empire control it for a long period of time? What would a Morocco Eyalet look like? Could...

Hey all. So, from July 1480-September 1481, the Ottoman Empire captured and occupied the Italian city of Otranto, then part of the Principality of Taranto. Otranto was intended to be a beachhead for an Ottoman conquest of the Italian peninsula; having taken Constantinople, Sultan Mehmed II...

Good evening. As it says on the title what would the Middle East look like if the sacking of Constantinople in 1204 is avoided? For starters either the crusaders avoid Constantinople, and also avoid sacking Zara or at least stay on good terms with the Pope somehow. Regardless the don't get...

IOTL joining the Barbary Wars was a contentious decision as forming a US Naval force arguably resembled forming an unconstitutional "standing army". However, participating allowed the US to take its first steps to a confident presence on the seas, and to show the world that the US could defend...

What you wanna do is get an African nation become modernised, and obviously avoid colonisation. They should at least be modernised to Thai standards or failing that, survive. I'd prefer for them not to be protectorates but if it's needed to survive, then DO IT. Some possible countries: Sokoto...

Admittedly a crazy idea. What if instead of going to war with the Barbary States, the new US formed an alliance with them? In 1800, Napoleon doesn't take a conciliatory stance with the US, and the Quasi-War continues. Furthermore, over the next decade, Anglo-American relations continue to thaw...