Jaded_Railman
Banned
Basically, your challenge is to create a situation in late-antiquity/the early middle-ages in which there are the following polities:
1. A Byzantine Empire occupying much the same position it did IOTL after the Arab conquests: Anatolia west of the Taurus mountains and fluctuating parts of the Balkans. North Africa is yours to dispose of as you please.
2. A monophysite state in Egypt. Can be a rebellious Byzantine state, a native state, anything you can think of, it just has to be monophysite and independent of other powers.
3. An Arab Empire in the Levant and Mesopotamia. They can have as much else as you want to give them as long as it does not conflict with other requirements.
4. An Iranian state past Zagros mountains. This is, I think, going to be the most difficult requirement, so good luck. The Iranian empire can extend as far east as you want to take it. Personally, I've got some romanticism for a Iranian, civilized Central Asia, so bonus points for an empire that stretches towards the historical Achaemenid border on the Aral Sea.
I'll make a map of the basic situation I want later on. Have at it.
1. A Byzantine Empire occupying much the same position it did IOTL after the Arab conquests: Anatolia west of the Taurus mountains and fluctuating parts of the Balkans. North Africa is yours to dispose of as you please.
2. A monophysite state in Egypt. Can be a rebellious Byzantine state, a native state, anything you can think of, it just has to be monophysite and independent of other powers.
3. An Arab Empire in the Levant and Mesopotamia. They can have as much else as you want to give them as long as it does not conflict with other requirements.
4. An Iranian state past Zagros mountains. This is, I think, going to be the most difficult requirement, so good luck. The Iranian empire can extend as far east as you want to take it. Personally, I've got some romanticism for a Iranian, civilized Central Asia, so bonus points for an empire that stretches towards the historical Achaemenid border on the Aral Sea.
I'll make a map of the basic situation I want later on. Have at it.