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The General No Islam Timeline Thread



A link to the World around 610 CE for Reference.


Over the last few years I've been trying to support or start up timelines revolving around either the nerfing or absence of Islam, the Caliphate and all that other riffraff that assimilated the entire Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia into one homogeneous blob of pan-Arabism.

The problem I've seen with this sort of idea is that either nobody has the guts to pull it off due to the massive amounts of butterflies, or those who attempt it quickly give up - to the chagrin of my imagination-filled head.

To remedy this, I've thought of creating this thread where all ideas related to this flavor of Early Medieval timeline can be stored, analyzed, regurgitated, and perhaps finally be put to true use. Points of Divergence, catalysts, perspectives, new and old religions existing at the time, possible religions down the road, new and old states rising and falling, butterfly effects (short-range and long-range), and everything else.

A good rule to follow in this thread when thinking about No Islam is to throw High Medieval History and beyond as you know it out the window. If you try to skip ahead to the modern day and think up theoreticals or fixed timeline endings - DON'T. You will box yourself in.


To start, let's discuss some catalysts and immediate effects of a lack of Islam.
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