AHC: Byzantium Survives

Sundial

Banned
Okay, find a way for a small (tiny if necessary) remnant of East Roman culture to survive till the present day. The requirements:

Must have Constantinople as a Capital City.
Must survived unaltered (Culture, Language, Religion and Monarchy mostly intact).

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GO!
 

Yeah, that is a very good TL about surviving Byzantium...
Anyway, my own answer to the challenge: the Ottomans never successfully take Constantinople and instead it turned into some vassal/tributary state...
The Ottomans use Adrianople (or other city) as their capital, and then when the Ottoman Empire collapsed, Constantinople become some sort of nation of its own...
(not unlike Vatican...)
 

Sundial

Banned
Yeah, that is a very good TL about surviving Byzantium...
Anyway, my own answer to the challenge: the Ottomans never successfully take Constantinople and instead it turned into some vassal/tributary state...
The Ottomans use Adrianople (or other city) as their capital, and then when the Ottoman Empire collapsed, Constantinople become some sort of nation of its own...
(not unlike Vatican...)

The idea of a Vatican-esque Constantinople appeals to me. I'll have to look into that.
 
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