caucasus

So the Caucasus is a bit complicated. It was historically divided between the Ottoman, Persian and Russian spheres of influence – in addition to several invasions, migrations and genocides. However, both Armenia and Georgia have remained overwhelmingly Christian to this day. I know that the...

I was drawing out a map and I had the idea of the Ottomans taking Greater Azerbaijan with parts of Armenia and incorporating it as a part of the Empire. Being totally honest here, I thought it just looked cool on a map and didn't really think of the historicity or accuracy of it, it was just...

In the OTL, The Kingdom of Kakheti, situated in the eastern part of Georgia, had been in a constant feud with the Kingdom of Kartli until it was annexed by the Kingdom of Kartli around 1513. This was a victory for Kartli, but at the same time, they had their own problems with the...

I'm helping a friend work on their world for a video game, and part of it involves monarchism becoming a hot button issue during the cold war. Assuming that the USSR still collapses on schedule while monarchism is not only seen as a valid, but secures certain political alliances (at least...

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Hittites survive the bronze age collapse by defeating the sea peoples and subduing the kaskas. Hittites create a near monopoly on iron. They conquer Egypt, Mesopotamia, Caucasus, Levant and Grecce emerging as the strongest power in world

This is strictly speaking, a butterfly in my TL where Timur has only one Caucasus campaign after returning from vassalizing Golden horde. His west asian campaign such as those against Mamlukes and Ottomans are also butterflied. A Georgia that is not punching bag of Timur in this time has a lot...

With any pod between 1050 and 1750, how cam we get a unified Caucasus under the Orthodox faith that can repel the Turkic invasions. Two possibilities that come mind are a Georgia that remains unified or a Circassia that decides to rebuild it. What other candidates are there and what major...

This question is more complex than the title makes it sound. On one hand, there are many people who have said over the years that Russia is nothing but forest and tundra. This certainly wasn't true of the Russian Empire, which controlled the breadbasket of Ukraine and territories as diverse as...

Currently, I'm working on a TL inwhich Russia doesn't have its OTL successes on the Eastern Front in 1914. To summarise: The Russian Third Army got encircled and almost entirely destroyed, the Fourth and Fifth Armies were beaten too, while the OTL German victories of Tannenberg and Masurian...

OTL there have been some accusations levelled against Georgia (the one in the Caucasus mountains, not the one in the Dixie), claiming the nation is sheltering Islamic terrorists. To Westerners, this might seem like a strange claim given that Georgia is a predominantly Christian country (& home...

How can Russia be able to get more Russian settlers into Siberia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus? How does this impact the Russian Empire and the non-Russians? Would this allow Russia to be a better power?

Up until the 1700s, Southern/Eastern Ukraine and the Caucasus were comparable to the American Midwest. They were sparsely populated virgin lands with excellent agricultural potential. However, by 1900 the United States had developed and industrialized the heartland of North America while Ukraine...

I am from Georgia and would love to read a Caucasus timeline from any time period. I would be glad if you suggest a timeline involving Caucasus in an important way. Thanks in advance.

Now this timeline explores how & what impact there would be had "Scythians" or at least their descendants survived into the modern day. The point of divergences in this timeline comes in 1238 AD. In this timeline the Mongols convince the Alans to break their alliance with the Cumans & align...

During the Persian Expedition of 1796, when the Russians were coming closer and closer to Persia to face Agha Mohammad Khan for his slaughter in Georgia, Catherine II died, and Tsar Paul, who needed the soldiers in Europe, wanted the peaceful Caucasus, and saw the overarching failures of the...

After the breakdown of the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States binds the former Soviet Republics into an organization. In the aftermath of ww1, would such an organization for the peoples in Caucasus help stabilize the region? In the idea's implementation, the proposal for the...

I assume they cut off Soviet land access to the Caucasus while they themselves (try to) take the most important oil fields there (Maikop, Grozny, Baku). Would they be successful in these endeavors? Would constant supply of oil while denying it to Soviets let Germany win the war in the East? I...

The Caucasian Confederation, or CauCon for short, has been a stunning example of interfaith, multicultural cooperation. Sure they are some separatist movements, like the Chechens and Circassians and Azerbaijanis, but most ethnic groups in the CauCon have been loyal to their country, and in the...

I was watching a new episode from the Youtube The Great War series, which led me to this scenario. The Battle of Baku, right at the end of World War I's Caucasian Campaign, was a rather fierce engagement between the forces of the Ottoman Empire's Army of Islam on one side, and a coalition...