A History of Alternate History.

OOC: Hello! I am making a sort-of-alt AH.com discussion that will, in time reveal the world. There is way too much similarities for this to be plausible, but I want it to stay.

Byzantine Empire Surviving Beyond the 17th Century?

Mezarq-
What if the Byzantine Empire survived the Winter of Discontent and continued on its growth?

ProfTron- I say that the Byzantine Empire couldnt have survived beyond the 17th Century. The Winter of Discontent was just the final nail in a coffin.

Prande- Not neccessarily! My timeline Look to the East shows a Byzantine Empire that was conquered by the Turks and was recreated by a United Russia.

ProfTron- Your timeline is AST. How would the Turks expand from Persia? The Byzantine Empire was so strong at that time!

Prande- Well, there is a series of bad emperors.

ProfTron- Oh, that excuse is so handy?!

Prande- Well, it is my timeline, and the great Fred the Admin has decreed that my TL is not AST!
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OOC: Get the idea? It is a parody of AH.com set in an alternate universe. Already, we have saw an alternate terminology, AST, short for Alien Squid Tentacle. Do you want me to continue?
 
Looks interesting. By all means continue - should be a fun read and an interesting alt-failure for the Byzantines.

Alien Squid Tentacles seems a weird term, but I'll buy it. Slang never does make sense.
 
Do some more please DrTron :D
Alright!

How can the Byzantine Empire be spafilled?

CleanTamt
- As the question says. We know they survived until the 17thC, but how can they be plausibly spafilled?

Prande- Spafilling means ridiculously expanding, with the ASTs helping a LOT. So no plausiblly here.

Alvin- And besides, those timelines by Admiral_Finley involving it retaking Italy in the 12th century are just absurd even by AST standards.

Fred the Admin- Moved to AST. Do this again and you will be suspended.

CleanTamt- Spafilling in the context I am using means expanding plausibly. Look at the Federated Provinces of the Columbies and Austral Islands

Speculativefictionbuff3124- Euroconfed's TL has some implausibility in it. Really? Nuevo Paraiso (Texas) joining the Federated Provinces?

Euroconfed- My TL is implausible, I agree. But it has been judged clear by the Great Admin himself.

Fred the Admin- That was only because I liked it.

Euroconfed- :(
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OOC: New terminology! Suspended means kicked. Expelled means banned. Spafilling means wanking.
 
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Of course!

Then I propose that Alvin :)D) observe that the Byzantines collapsing sooner or latter was a probable outcome, because disasters sooner or latter come to all states.

"And besides, those timelines by (insert users here) involving it retaking Italy in the 12th century are just absurd even by AST standards." :D:p at a certain timeline writer who I respect OTL.
 
Then I propose that Alvin :)D) observe that the Byzantines collapsing sooner or latter was a probable outcome, because disasters sooner or latter come to all states.

"And besides, those timelines by (insert users here) involving it retaking Italy in the 12th century are just absurd even by AST standards." :D:p at a certain timeline writer who I respect OTL.
Added. Do you think this timeline is good? I made a reference to an US-analogue. P.S It is in South America in their TL.
 
I've got an idea about CremeTangerine (;)) for that.

He'd also argue that states that get too big invariably face a lot of problems.
 
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