why 1871?
rcduggan said:but to have them survive you would need to butterfly away the Mongol invasions, which in itself would throw the world into something completely unrecognizable to ours.
well, the Kipchaks were crushed by the Mongols and destroyed (some fled to Hungary and were chased by the Mongols).... so to have the Kipchaks survive you would need to not have the Mongols invade. and having them not invade would cause huge butterflies everywhere.Just a random number.
Elaborate on that, please.
Wasn't the Golden Horde actually called, Kipchak Horde?![]()
Your challenge, should you accept it, is to have a surviving Kipchak nation (you can use the Russian term "Polovtsi" for this case, if you want) in either Europe or the Caucauses with a POD no later than 1871. Central Asia does not count.
No way. This is like asking for an Al-Andalus with a POD no earlier than 1914.
When he he said no later than 1871, he doesn't mean anything after 1871; he means anything before 1871.