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hey, all. i've decided to start working on another timeline idea (it's working title is "Islamistan") in which the main colonizers of the Americas are from various Islamic nations (including but not limited to Arabs, Berbers, West Africans, Persians, and Turks). one thing i'm wondering is this: how does everyone think the Islamic peoples would treat the native tribes? i haven't defined an actual date of first contact, so i'd just like to get an idea about what their interactions would probably be. would these different peoples be as genocidal as the Europeans were? undoubtedly disease would still be introduced, but would they make active attempts to wipe out the natives?
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