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Hello all
I was curious about how a region like Europe that was largely seperate from the Muslim world would develop over the coming centuries?
For a POD I'm going to assume that Mohammed simply doesn't start preaching this 'new' religion and lives out a regular life,(or maybe he's never born idk) but the Arabs still spread into the nearby areas, similair to the Germanic migrations.
As you can imagine this is a scenario involving many different areas, including
What happens to Spain without the Arab conquest? Would the Visigoths be conquered by the Franks or Moors? Or could they somehow survive?
Do the Franks(Especially the Carolignians) still come to power? If so, then how different are there conquests?
Who wins Italy, Byzantines or Lombards? I personally doubt that the Franks will be involved since they probably won't be the Pope's defenders.
What becomes of the Balkans? The Ottomans are butterflied so do they fall under native or Byzantine authority?
What happens to the Slavs and others in Eastern Europe? How affected are they without a major Middle Eastern slave market? Do the Turks become more integrated into their societies?
How affected are Germany and Scandinavia? Do the Vikings still go raiding and trading?
What about the British isles?
How about the Jews? Does antisemitism still rise in the west, even without the crusades?( I doubt any pope would be able to call together squabling europeans to retake the holy land even if it's ruled by Nestorians.)
Finally, how different is Christianity? The Arabs likely adopt the native Christian faiths of their conquered lands, so all of the pentarchy survive. This combined with a more well-off Byzantium means that the Pope in Rome probably won't ever become as dominant as in otl correct?