How can it be, with a POD after 300 AD that the area comprising of roughly the southern half of OTL Iraq is culturally and linguistically Slavic to the present day?
How can it be, with a POD after 300 AD that the area comprising of roughly the southern half of OTL Iraq is culturally and linguistically Slavic to the present day?
what would be the language like?
a) south Slavic
b) east Slavic
c) something else?
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Do not resist.Probably classified as its own branch of Slavic, but bearing most of its similarities to South Slavic (in my scenario at least, as South Slavs would be the most likely source of Byzantine colonists). Expect a lot of influence from the surrounding languages (Persian, Turkic languages, Semitic languages), too...
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Probably classified as its own branch of Slavic, but bearing most of its similarities to South Slavic (in my scenario at least, as South Slavs would be the most likely source of Byzantine colonists). Expect a lot of influence from the surrounding languages (Persian, Turkic languages, Semitic languages), too...
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No, that's an overgeneralisation. Saqaliba could be European slaves (or from european servile origin) that because of the preponderance of Slaves were called such, while you find far more other origins.It is actually VERY VERY possible. The Slavs were known as Saqaliba
I don't think a Saqaliba state or group could really qualify as "Slav", no more than Black Americans could be considered Peul or Bambara
While the former part is true (even if stereotypical of taifas rulers description) we don't know many thing about his relations with Mozarabs or Neo-Mozarabs, probably being overshadowed by his relations with Christian outside the taifas that, exception made of good relations with Barcelona (probably in order to keep the north-eastern taifa busy elsewhere), were execrable, due to regulars raids on Italy.he had excellent relationship with his Christian subjects, during his time his small kingdom built many ships and weaponry.
I would agree with the later parts (it's more a like a mikado position rather than pope, but it's the general idea), but the early Abassid Caliphate can't be considered as centralized (neither can do any medieval state for that matter). On the other hand, it knew an important bureaucracy and army that most certainly provoked a need for slavery (servile clientele was considered as most trustworthy, as depending personally from their master).In the era number 1 they were proper centralized Caliphate and 2 and 3 and 4 they acted like popes
Well, it's probable that Türks where included into the Saqaliba groups (again, if sudanese peoples were considered as such, I wonder which group could be barren from).how about if the Caliph hires Slavs instead of Turks.
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