Very little of that was reconquest though - the Russians may have been under the yoke of the Horde, but they were never really expelled as a people, and the Mongols were content with leaving polities that pledged vassalage alone.
I'd say a post Alexius I comeback for the Byzantines that extends beyond the 1030 borders into Palestine and Sicily.
Or - possibly - Jalal ad-Din rebuilding his father's empire. That would be pretty impressive.
Mao Zedong loses all his political capital during an even worse Great Leap Forward, with disorganization at all levels of the Party and Army. Khrushchev senses an opening to cut him loose and denounce his revisionism as responsible for the famine.
Meanwhile, a KMT patrol absent-mindedly strays onto Xiamen Island. The PLA and Party officials surrender without a fight. Chiang Kai Shek sends more token patrols to "accidentally" wander into the mainland. Within days it's clear the PLA rank and file, and many officers, are too demoralized to fight.
A year later, Chiang Kai Shek has accomplished his goal of retaking the mainland with surprisingly little resistance. The Soviets send a token amount of aid to Mao, and the CIA privately contemplate ousting Chiang, yet every victory gains more political power to him.
Borderline ASB, but the CPC's stunning rout of the KMT was also rather unlikely.
Well, in a Peshawar Lancers type scenario, much of the American West could be lost to the surviving horse tribes like the Comanche since they wouldn't be dependent on agriculture the comet winter has...severely impaired.
You might see a complete collapse of the white population depending on how severe the comet winter is. Comanche Texas?
Columbus doesn't find or any thing worthwhile in Spain or doesn't return. Spain expands south into North Africa before stopping near Egypt.
Yeah exactly, but in generally "expelled as a people" is a pretty rare thing to happen over large areas anyway so it's hard to answer this WI.
Columbus doesn't find or any thing worthwhile in Spain or doesn't return. Spain expands south into North Africa before stopping near Egypt.
Is this actually possible?
Would the monarchy and the government have a will to do it? Would they Christianize the area successfully.Maybe.
Sufficient effort poured into it might yield results, but it would rapidly hit a point of expensive and unprofitable.
Would the monarchy and the government have a will to do it? Would they Christianize the area successfully.