The POD is after Timur the Lame invaded the Ottoman Empire, am I right?
Before, OTL Stefan Dusan died decades before the rise of Tamerlane.
The POD is after Timur the Lame invaded the Ottoman Empire, am I right?
Before, OTL Stefan Dusan died decades before the rise of Tamerlane.
To be even more pedantic, it'd be "Romanized," because that is the correct Greek way of spelling that suffix.It's still "Romanised" at this point, to be pedantic.
To be even more pedantic, it'd be "Romanized," because that is the correct Greek way of spelling that suffix.![]()
Will you be doing this TL then, KP? I'd certainly read it.
but there has to be something that would unite the Balkanites against the Turks...
Well, if motivation is needed, money and religion comes into mind...
If the newly established empire achieves a peaceful economic upturn, that should help a lot. Then, by whatever means, centralize the church in constantinople over all ethnic borders, but let something happen to the church by the hands of the Turks.
I've been discussing possible PODs with my countryman (well, sort of, I'm a Serbian American and he's a Serbian Bulgarian) DusanUros, with whom I'd like to collaborate.
We can't come to a consensus, he's convinced that us Balkanites would be too busy with our tradition of fratricide and civil war to be able to stop the Turks, even if Stefan Dusan consolidates his empire. I'm inclined to agree, but there has to be something that would unite the Balkanites against the Turks...
Yes, he's convinced that would happen even in a TL in which the Balkans have been united under an Orthodox Christian power for centuries.... My best advice is to steam on with it alone, and ask for help from people like myself and Abdul on the way.
My best advice is to steam on with it alone, and ask for help from people like myself and Abdul on the way.
Seriously?Bulgaria should claim Constantinople........................
destroy st Sophia cathedrals Islamic icons and minarets also by tank fire and artillery and reclaim this church
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