AHC/WI: Large Anatolian Empire and Spread

Albert.Nik

Banned
Anatolians are one of the most interesting Indo-Europeans. They probably started the World's first Empire,the Hittite Empire. So Anatolians after getting their foothold in Anatolia and Levant by building various very advanced cities and unified confederations and start massive conquests towards the East. The East was still quite empty with Indo-Iranians not yet having a complete foothold in India. So the Anatolians conquer parts of Iran,Central Asia and massive parts of India and settle and build cities in all these regions. The Indo-Iranians and the Indo-Aryans are given good deals and status in the Empire. How would this work out? How would a majority Anatolian East seen by the later European Empires? How would Greek and Roman Empires take hold? Since now the whole Europe to India is more connected and closer to each other in all aspects,how would Philosophy,Science and Religion take hold?
 
So Anatolians after getting their foothold in Anatolia and Levant by building various very advanced cities and unified confederations and start massive conquests towards the East.
When exactly are you envisioning this happening? Would this be the Hittites doing this, or what?

So the Anatolians conquer parts of Iran,Central Asia and massive parts of India and settle and build cities in all these regions. The Indo-Iranians and the Indo-Aryans are given good deals and status in the Empire. How would this work out?
I'm not sure if a Bronze Age empire could manage to expand so far. If it could, it would probably fracture not too long after, and outside of the Anatolian heartland, a lot of the Anatolian states would end up going native. Alexander the Great is the model I'm thinking of here, although again, I'm not sure if you could pull off something similar a thousand years earlier.

How would a majority Anatolian East seen by the later European Empires?
I don't think your POD guarantees you an Anatolian east any more than the Hellenistic period yielded a Greek near east. A lot can happen in a couple thousand years.

How would Greek and Roman Empires take hold?
It depends on the fate of your MegaHittite Empire, but butterflies will ensure neither exists in its OTL form.

Since now the whole Europe to India is more connected and closer to each other in all aspects,how would Philosophy,Science and Religion take hold?
I'm not sure how much more connected they'd really be. I guess a polity spanning the Iranian plateau earlier might be helpful, but I'm not sure what India and the Med could really offer each other at this point in time.

Edit: How would China and East Asia fare?
You can just hit the edit button on the first post you made and add what you have to say there, you don't need to make a second post. As far as the question itself goes, I don't see any direct effects on the region, as it's fairly isolated from the affected areas at this time.
 

Albert.Nik

Banned
When exactly are you envisioning this happening? Would this be the Hittites doing this, or what?

I'm not sure if a Bronze Age empire could manage to expand so far. If it could, it would probably fracture not too long after, and outside of the Anatolian heartland, a lot of the Anatolian states would end up going native. Alexander the Great is the model I'm thinking of here, although again, I'm not sure if you could pull off something similar a thousand years earlier.

I don't think your POD guarantees you an Anatolian east any more than the Hellenistic period yielded a Greek near east. A lot can happen in a couple thousand years.

It depends on the fate of your MegaHittite Empire, but butterflies will ensure neither exists in its OTL form.

I'm not sure how much more connected they'd really be. I guess a polity spanning the Iranian plateau earlier might be helpful, but I'm not sure what India and the Med could really offer each other at this point in time.

You can just hit the edit button on the first post you made and add what you have to say there, you don't need to make a second post. As far as the question itself goes, I don't see any direct effects on the region, as it's fairly isolated from the affected areas at this time.
Why couldn't Bronze the Empires become empires like Greece/Rome later? What would stop them from?
During Alexander,the conquered parts were already filled with people. But at this time,the ancestors of Indians and Iranians are still starting to trickle down from the Steppes(1500BC is the accepted date). Large parts of North India would become a perfect breeding ground for a large settled Anatolian population if settled as Fertile plains and fairly good climate towards the mountains could help. Indo-Aryans and Indo-Iranians join this empire when they migrate more and more. Since there is no upheavel in this timeline,the Indo-Europeans simply establish their strong empire in this whole region spanning Anatolia,Levant,Mesopotamian,Iranian plateau,Central Asian River valleys like Amu darya,Bactria,North Africa and India. All these regions are settled with Anatolian,Gutian,Indo-Iranians, Hurro-Urartians,Egyptians,various European tribes,Neolithic Basque like ethnicities who lived sparsely in all regions from Europe to North India and Central Asia too who all join the empire. A Rome like early empire. Eventually as the population swells and empire gets more advanced and stronger,native Indians would slowly be taken in and assimilated who might face discrimination in the first few years. They would survive as a distinct people's only in terms of Dravidian languages and even religion has elements of Indo-Europeans as in OTL. Kings of all other languages and origins too will start after some time. They use their wisdom as all antiquity and Bronze age era Middle Eastern Iranian,Anatolian and European Empires did and instead of fighting or relying on religion or authority more and build a very advanced empire in terms of thinking,technology,etc. Darius and such wise Iranian emperors too would come in within this empire. Iranians,Indo-Aryans,Anatolians,Basque like ethnicities,ancient Caucasian Ethnicities are dominant and all share power. So would this be too far fetched? Maybe. Impossible? I dont think so..
 
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