What's a good POD or series of PODs to make the Balkans more stable and less of a geopolitical clusterfuck?
What's a good POD or series of PODs to make the Balkans more stable and less of a geopolitical clusterfuck?
Because having a power vacuum dominated by Hungary would be much more peaceful then a united Balkans under the Ottomans? And im not sure whether a united church would be enough to stop Byzantine decline (its only a few decades until Manzikert).Roman Empire survives as united, no Schism of 1054 or Ottomans never invade Balkans.
As an inhabitant of those parts there is a general concensus Ottoman invasion created the background for current "chaos" causing massive movements of peoples creating a hodge-podge of ethnic groups from Sutla river to Balkan mountain.
The massive movements of people were already started by and encourage by the Byzantines.
The plagues added more as it's the reason half of Athens' population was albanian by the 4th crusade.