Ok, let's first define what I meant by butterflies. The Turtledove version is low key. If an OTL marriage happens after the POD and they have similar environments, then they will have kids, some of which will be in the genetic ballpark of their OTL counterparts for example. In other words, weak and none of that chaos theory thing. As someone once said, OTL is basically like a flawed model of TTL history after a POD, but it's the model we most know and for people not immediately affected by the POD it's probably a good approximation.
I was thinking about a 530s POD which affects the rulers of the area of Persia and the Levant to make Oriental Orthodox Christianity popular among the higher class and have it maintain there after muslim conquest. Or rather in TTL, it would be the local rulers submitting to the Muslims in exchange for autonomy and some concessions.
I want some places to develop similarly to OTL. Japan shouldn't have a problem considering it is an island nation and eventually it will cut itself from the outside world on its own volition. The area around modern day Kenya is a bit trickier since they are next to Abyssinia, but the latter is not directly affected by the POD although they will have communications with overlords of the Persia Levanant area. The most annoying is the Holy Roman Empire, Scandinavia, Iberia, and England. Those that have a land connection that is easily traveled to the area affected by the POD (as opposed to Egypt where long distance travel in the south happens little at this time, even on the Nile only intermittently and low volume). How can I keep events in that region very close to OTL plausibly for 600 years?
I was thinking about a 530s POD which affects the rulers of the area of Persia and the Levant to make Oriental Orthodox Christianity popular among the higher class and have it maintain there after muslim conquest. Or rather in TTL, it would be the local rulers submitting to the Muslims in exchange for autonomy and some concessions.
I want some places to develop similarly to OTL. Japan shouldn't have a problem considering it is an island nation and eventually it will cut itself from the outside world on its own volition. The area around modern day Kenya is a bit trickier since they are next to Abyssinia, but the latter is not directly affected by the POD although they will have communications with overlords of the Persia Levanant area. The most annoying is the Holy Roman Empire, Scandinavia, Iberia, and England. Those that have a land connection that is easily traveled to the area affected by the POD (as opposed to Egypt where long distance travel in the south happens little at this time, even on the Nile only intermittently and low volume). How can I keep events in that region very close to OTL plausibly for 600 years?