moors

Heya! I've been trying to find a way for the Moors to set up their own state after the collapse of Granada in 1492, when they effectively lost statehood. IOTL, I've found two attempts at the establishment of a Morisco/Mudéjar state: The Morisco Revolt from 1568-71. The Moors rallied after...

Okay, so this is sort of a weird fucking question to ask, but I was playing Crusader Kings 3 as Waldensians in Iberia (I'm not good, I didn't even come close to taking anything over), and I sort of started wondering something If this were real life and not a game with a set of programmed but...

Challenge: After the expulsion of the Moors in 1492 or Moriscos in 1609, from Iberia, have them take over a portion of land, and establish a new Emirate, Sultanate, or Kingdom (or multiple) in North Africa or the Sahara.

Point of Divergence … During the decade between 1482 and 1492, a series of campaigns were launched by the Moors, the remaining Muslim population located on the Iberian Peninsula, against Spanish forces under the banner of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon. Rather than an actual drawn...

Remember Abbas ibn Firnas? Here’s what might have happened if his glider had worked. “He flew faster than the phoenix in his flight when he dressed his body in the feathers of a vulture.”—Mu’min ibn Said The earliest known use for the kite was suggested by ibn Firnas himself: courier. Kitings...