Minoans. Minoans for everyone.
At least in my mind they could have been an interesting empire.
Yeah. A surviving Minoan Empire has a lot of butterflies. Mycaeneans as well.
Minoans. Minoans for everyone.
At least in my mind they could have been an interesting empire.
Minoans. Minoans for everyone.
At least in my mind they could have been an interesting empire.
Were the Achaemenid and Seleucid Empires not ancient superpowers?
They were, but not on the scale of Rome.
The Achaemenid Empire covered an area of 8 million sq.kms against the Roman Empire with an area of 6.5 million sq.kms. Further the Achaemenid Empire had a population of 50 million, 44% of the then world population. The Sassanid Empire also had an area of 6.6 million sq.kms and a population of 80 millions, 38% of the population at that time. In the percentage of population the Achaemenid Empire was not surpassed even by the British Empire (20% of the world population) and the Mongol Empire (25.6% of the population), which were the largest empires in the history.
Simply because of geography, Western Europe has more chances for a big empire. Politically, definitely the East. Lydian-wank anyone????
Weren't the Samnites divided tribes. I'm not sure how they could dominate the Mediterranean?
Where are you taking these figures from? I understand that the estimated population of the Achaemenid Empire was around 25 millions, not 50.
The Assyrians, maybe? Like the Romans, they were pretty good at that whole "war" thing.
PoD 1: Sennacherib doesn't go off his rocker and sack Babylon, leaving one less group of people to revolt against the AssyriansCould someone give me a POD for that, please?
Davidic Empire. Accepting generous theories of the United Kingdom, avoiding the Samaritan secession, and with the religion eventually developing a proselytizing zeal.
PoD 1: Sennacherib doesn't go off his rocker and sack Babylon, leaving one less group of people to revolt against the Assyrians
PoD 2: Assurbanipal dies c. 10-20 years earlier and manages to stop the Elamite attack on Babylon earlier.
Actually, come to think of it, maybe Elam would be a good candidate for an alternate superpower.