Is there any realistic way to have more nations colonize the Americas?
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I don’t think the Mughals were ever realistically in a position to establish long term settler colonies on the West Coast of the Americas though.
Agree with Viralworld. Mughals are not going colonise America. East Africa is more plausible for them. Americas are too far and it wouldn't be beneficial fro them go to colonise Americas. And probably any other Asian nation not be going do that too. Distance and sea currents would be against for any colonisation. And at least China hasn't any reason do that.
So only plausible would be Western European and North African nations. So I would suggest.unified and surviving Kingdom of Ireland, Scotland, more centralised HRE, Mali and some Moroccan based kingdom.
So only plausible would be Western European and North African nations. So I would suggest.unified and surviving Kingdom of Ireland, Scotland, more centralised HRE, Mali and some Moroccan based kingdom.
Albert.Nik
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Then we are left with only Central and Western Europe. Russia potentially could and so could China. But both of these already had vast empty land.
Russia did but they gave all their American possesions away. Central European nation would be feasible only if it has direct connection to Atlantic. And North Africa is very possible too.
I'd love a Luso-African colony headed by the Kingdom of Kongo but a joint venture of various Luso-Africans like Fenda Lawerence, Bibiana Vaz and other proto-signares of West and Central Africa buying a small island and from there selling to nations in the Caribbean and Americas for a better profit.
Albert.Nik
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North Africa wasn't a standalone identity. It was either linked to Middle East or Europe in most of the History.
IIRC one king of Mali abdicated and went explore Atlantic Ocean but his fleet disappeared.
There is not anything implausible that some North African nation would colonise Americas with good POD.
Albert.Nik
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That's Sahel you're talking about. I am talking about Egypt,Libya,Tunisia,Algeria and Morocco. Kingdom of Mali discovering Americas would immediately spread to other parts and now they would compete too. So the most powerful would win(Spain in OTL).
Is it plausible for Ottoman / North African Muslims to try exploring and settling some place in the New World?
FillyofDelphi
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North Africa and the Italian city-states don't have the power/population base at home nessicery to sustain a traditional state-backed colonial Empire while still handling affairs at home. In the event of an Iberia Screw however (Say the Northern kingdoms don't consolidate under the Castilian Crown and the south falls into a regional client of Morocco or one of the Cordobian successor states manages to unite a stable Andalusia south of Toledo) than you could see a Moroccan effort readily enough, and possibly have the Ottomans involved if they can turn the south Med. into a secure chain of vassal)
How would the Aztecs or Incas have corresponded with Ottomans and their religion ? Would a Aztec God emperor even allow his godly prestige being challenged by a superior Abrahamic being ?
Starforce
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Thats an interesting thought. I am guessing something similar would happen in our time line, but the concept of Ottomans interacting with the Aztecs is fascinating.
A tlatoani was not a "god-emperor", whatever that's supposed to be. They were effectively a high priest, but I'm pretty sure that's true of European monarchs as well.