IOTL, the Ottoman Empire suddenly collapsed when Kurdish rebels sacked Constantinople in 1722. The empire quickly disintegrated as Christian powers sought to take advantage. There was a brief period when Nadir Pasha gained power and engaged in a series of devastating wars that reached deep into Germany, but after Nadir's death the Turkish empire returned to chaos.
IOTL, the Safavid Empire continued to remain a significant, if slowly declining, power all the way until the Great War.
Could the fates of these two have been switched?
IOTL, the Safavid Empire continued to remain a significant, if slowly declining, power all the way until the Great War.
Could the fates of these two have been switched?