Discussion: Alexander in Korea, the aftermath

So, one of the weirdest and most interesting premises I've ever seen on this website is the one from years ago that proposed Alexander losing his empire in Persia and ending up a sellsword and nomadic warlord until he ended up in Korea where he built a kingdom of his own. I know it's long odds, and almost ASB, but it still captures my imagination.

I'm wondering what the world at large would look like at the point of Alexander's death ITTL, because Alexander basically changes the course of most of Eurasia, from basically leaving Greece to becoming a Persian province and leading the Tocharians west against the Warring States instead of south as IOTL, to turning Gojoseon into a far-flung Helleno-Tocharian kingdom.

So I really want to see what other effects Alexander's Catabasis could have had on the world.
 
I'd imagine eventual invasion and/or vassalization by China, which will demographically dwarf this "Korea" and likely be technically ahead of them, as they are a groups of flung warriors thus reliant on what they remember (which will mostly relate to aesthics and military) and what is local. That is, unless the Tocharian migration and luck destabilizes China enough for a Greek-Tocharian-Korean dynasty to be able to be established in China. I personally think this is asb, but I could see this kingdom utilizing tocharians and proto-mongols causing enough trouble in China to destabilize it enough to fragment it intentionally, at least in the hopes of being able to vassalization individual fragments and remove strong rivalry.

If the kingdom can make conquest of japan and establish it as either provinces in their empire, or a vassal, it would evolve into a fascinating mythology at least; Korean indigenous+shinto+hellenic+confucian+buddhist+ tocharian(whatever that may have been)+tengri.....Asia would likely look completely different.
 
I'd imagine eventual invasion and/or vassalization by China, which will demographically dwarf this "Korea" and likely be technically ahead of them, as they are a groups of flung warriors thus reliant on what they remember (which will mostly relate to aesthics and military) and what is local. That is, unless the Tocharian migration and luck destabilizes China enough for a Greek-Tocharian-Korean dynasty to be able to be established in China. I personally think this is asb, but I could see this kingdom utilizing tocharians and proto-mongols causing enough trouble in China to destabilize it enough to fragment it intentionally, at least in the hopes of being able to vassalization individual fragments and remove strong rivalry.

If the kingdom can make conquest of japan and establish it as either provinces in their empire, or a vassal, it would evolve into a fascinating mythology at least; Korean indigenous+shinto+hellenic+confucian+buddhist+ tocharian(whatever that may have been)+tengri.....Asia would likely look completely different.

And with the butterflying of nomadic peoples (Tocharians going west instead of east, the weakness of the Diadochi replaced by a firm Persian hand on their side of the steppe), Europe would too.

Also, I like the idea of Alexandros Hippodamos, divine son of Zeus Philippos, Great King of Zoson.
 
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