Ancient Mesopotamian PoDs

In the history of Mesoptamia and all pre- Cyrus, what are some good PoDs? What powers could've come into being? what could've been wanked? What if?

PS:If we get a good PoD someone could make a good TL, just not me, my knowledge if that period of history is....minimal.
 

Alkahest

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A TL I want to do some day has the POD of Sin-iddina-apla, older brother of Ashurbanipal and original crown prince of Assyria, not dying. My goal is obviously to wank the Neo-Assyrian Empire, because who doesn't love the Assyrians?
 
A TL I want to do some day has the POD of Sin-iddina-apla, older brother of Ashurbanipal and original crown prince of Assyria, not dying. My goal is obviously to wank the Neo-Assyrian Empire, because who doesn't love the Assyrians?

The people they brutally killed or enslaved ?
 
Not strictly Mesopotamian, but a PoD where Suppiluliuma I's son doesn't die en route to Egypt would have major, major consequences for that region. Another interesting possibility would be a PoD during the Ur III period-either a longer Ur III hegemony or even just drastically shortening its lifespan would do interesting things.
 
A TL I want to do some day has the POD of Sin-iddina-apla, older brother of Ashurbanipal and original crown prince of Assyria, not dying. My goal is obviously to wank the Neo-Assyrian Empire, because who doesn't love the Assyrians?



I'm waiting for that TL.
 

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A TL I want to do some day has the POD of Sin-iddina-apla, older brother of Ashurbanipal and original crown prince of Assyria, not dying. My goal is obviously to wank the Neo-Assyrian Empire, because who doesn't love the Assyrians?
Anyone who's not an Assyrian?
 

Alkahest

Banned
I'm waiting for that TL.
I'm currently busy with Real Life and a Roman TL, so it will probably be posted around the year 2045. And then the AIs will rule the world and they will commandeer this forum for the purpose of rewriting history with a revisionist pro-robot agenda.
 
To wank Sumer might be a good timeline.
A POD that far back would change world history.
Agreed; I once had an [abortive] TL titled "Urukagina's Empire" (or maybe something similar). I forgot the exact device I used but somehow I made it so that an ATL Urukagina became namlugal (emperor) of the area instead of Sargon the Great. In any case, a PoD with Sargon failing to conquer Mesopotamia (and beyond) but instead having a Sumerian taking his place would be very interesting.

@Pericles: Having taught myself quite a bit of Sumerian, I am actually able to read a good deal of the language, mostly in the Latinization, but I can also read a small amount of Cuneiform. If you need names or translations into or from the language, feel free to PM me :) .
 
I'm currently busy with Real Life and a Roman TL, so it will probably be posted around the year 2045. And then the AIs will rule the world and they will commandeer this forum for the purpose of rewriting history with a revisionist pro-robot agenda.

OK, let's go and find a different PoD. An Assyrian TL would be nice. One idea I had was for a new Assyrian Empire to emerge after Nappolazar.
 
Oh, I just had a great idea: What about the Elamites dominating the Mesopotamian Peoples, instead of the other way around? The effects of the Elamites' matriarchal religion on later religions, such as the ATL equivalents of Zoroastrianism, Judaism and onward, would probably be especially dramatic.
 
Oh, I just had a great idea: What about the Elamites dominating the Mesopotamian Peoples, instead of the other way around? The effects of the Elamites' matriarchal religion on later religions, such as the ATL equivalents of Zoroastrianism, Judaism and onward, would probably be especially dramatic.

Eventually the Mesopotamians would break free but yes, this would have huge butterflies.
 
I know that this PoD is not exactly mesopotamian but what if Cyrus dies in a horse accident? No Achaemenids and that would have big effects on Mesopotamia.
 
necho

What if Phaoro Necho wins at Carchmish? I think the battle was like San Jacinto, decided by a surprise attack. If Necho had won, there probably would not have been a Jewish captivity.
 
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