Here is the world in 250 BC.
There are 5 main Points of Departure.
1: Hanno the navigator sails slightly more westwards, not enough to discover the new world but goes on those looping expeditions *similliar to Da Gama* to observe outward currents, and discovers some Atlantic Islands and claims them for Carthage. He also continues and his description of African mountins leads many to say he made it to Mount Kamerun, so I will give carthage an enclave there. He then continues to the tip of Africa and founds one last Carthaginian settlement on the spot of Modern Day Cape Town and dies shortly after.
2: During the Phyricc Wars *which I will have to rename or change the defenition* Phyruss accepted the offer of the Throne of Macedonia, creating an indistinguishable union between Eprius and Macedon. This completely removes Rome as a threat. Since he does not come to the aid of Syracuse against Carthage relations and amiable between the two
3: Earlier Macedon *after Alexander* does not expand southwards into greece due to more thracian and illyrian incursions in the north and consolidates there more. This leads to continued greek influence and colonization.
4: A more sucessful Mithradates pushes Armenians off of the Black Sea Coast and consolidates and doesn't go into fruitless wars with the Selecuids. This does make the Selecuids stronger too and the Parthians will finish their conquest of Iran at about 180 BC, about 40 years behind OTL.
5: The millennium stalemate in Korea is broken with some hand waving and a good general from the Kingdom of Goguryeo conquering the rest of Korea and expanding the holdings in Manchuria to its borders you see. This will allow me to have 2 Asian Super-Powers fighting for dominance.
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Some Notes:
I am well aware of the fact that several states on this map *hasua, yunnan, maya* have not unified yet, and while infighting was common between the smaller lords and what have you of these areas they generally bound themselves togather to fight foreigners and it is often what created these states in the first place, so if you see places fitting that description that means I either want to populate the map or I have a plan for them.
On the maps I will NOT label every individual greek city, simply because I will have to make a new key every map and that is really annoying, plus some will disappear to foreign powers and such. You can basically assume it revolves around the main city in the Area. Athens, Sparta, Pergamnom, Malissa, Tarrabo, ect...
I will describe the cities in posts as they get further into Gaul.
The world in 250 BC:
EDIT : Photobucket for some reason made the map much smaller then it originally was....
Same Timeline 150 years later.
Epiurdon *Union between Macedon and Epirus* experiences a time of troubles. Thessaly is in a near state of constant rebellion and the frontiers are constantly being kicked open by Dacians , Sarmatians, and other tribes.
That said Epiurdon has a massive military, and is able to hold itself togather but doesn't gain any land.
In Pontus Mithradates descendants die, and Atrzuk the Great in Armenia rises, conquering portions of Sarmatia and the realms of the Cimmerians, and then moved south and secured his border with the Selecuids and Parthians, and moved west to destroy Pontus and retake their homeland .
Armenia fails in destroying pontus and Pontus merely surrenders the un-profitable land to the east and turns west.
The state of Deskylion is open and exposed, and in a royal marriage incident with the murder of the King claims the throne, and Mithradates the IV takes control of much of Western Anatollia.
Pergamnom and Epiurdon, who is still dealing with Thessaly and Barbarians, move in. They lose.
Pontus, which showed itself inept during the last war, did manage to outflank Pergamnom in a massive strategic movement, forcing them to secede the southern Flank of the Hellespont.
After several crippling battles and with supply across the Hellespont difficult Epiurdon secedes control of the region of Southern Thrace.
In the North the Cimmerian Bosporans over-extend themselves, and are eventually attacked by Sarmatia, Armenia, Dacia, and Epiurdon.f
The Greek technology of the Cimmerians is more then useful to the Sarmatians...
In gaul colonization by the greeks continues, and after securing the entirty of Gaul a greek state is set up across the Rhine connecting to the North Sea.
Despite numerous half hearted attempts to subject the Suebi and Frisians none prove successful, and as an indirect result of this a colony on Brittania is settled and it expands rapidly in the south.
In the far east Maghada consolidates itself and pushes the Tamil to Ceylon. Goguryeo begins to establish itself in Japan while the Zhou also do the same in an effort to avoid their rivals having an advantage.
Over-seas Carthage fights for its Enclaves on the continent, and its sailours have rounded the tip of Africa, discovered Madagascar *were a settlement was established* and up the red sea to Egypt, and back through it to India. This gives Carthage , with control of the pillars of Hercules , a very lucrative trade route, and Carthaginian sailours begin to wander what may lie westwards...
The world 100 BC
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