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Hmm. I agree with everything except slave markets.
Why? Every time Muslims reached marginal areas populated by war-like tribes they set up slave markets.
Hmm. I agree with everything except slave markets.
Given how in the one time Arabs conquered signifigant portions of Europe that emphatically didn't happen I'm pretty sure you're wrong there.
Out of curiosity, when did Bengal reach a pre-industrial stage?
It was shortly before the British conquest, they had reached a point where they had a very valuable cottage industry for textiles that was essentially one step away from industrial production.
As far as I know, Bengal had a very valuable high end textile cottage industry, but they never tried to mass produce. In fact, Gujarat and south India had lower quality, but large volume production of cotton textiles that they exported in large quantities to Persia, Ottoman empire and Europe. Bengal essentially had a silk and muslin industry that catered to nobility and royalty, but never lowered itself to mass production - hand woven silks were of the highest quality, but the very quality demanded an inordinate amount of effort in producing it. I may be missing something, but exactly what definition are you applying to proto-industrialisation?
Why? Every time Muslims reached marginal areas populated by war-like tribes they set up slave markets.
It's likely that Christianity would be a minority religion, about the size of, say...Sikhism today. Medieval Islamic states were quite tolerant of Christianity, as well as Judaism.
The status of women in Europe would probably be better than IOTL.
Who would conquer such a state? If this is some sort of humongous caliphate that conquers all of this, then likely we have a far worse situation for Europe than otl. What happened to Iraq is not guaranteed to not also occur in a alternate Italy ruled by this hypothetical Islamic unmah.
You have necroed THREE separate threads in the last 12 hours, two of them more than 3 years dead. In all of these cases you had to click through a warning that told you you were necroing the thread. That alone would be worthy of at least a harsh warning.Yes, I Agree.
The statues of women in Europe would be the same as the Christian Europe is, For Example: Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Albania are Muslim Nations and they have a Positive Status of Women.
Also Albanian Muslims are Tolerant of Christians and Jews, they also Helped the Jews in WW2.
Yes of Course Muslim Europe will be tolerant of Christian and Jewish Minorities.
But the Attitudes of Homosexuality will be worse and Behind than IOTL.
Because, Islam is a lot More Resistant towards Homosexuality than Christianity and Judaism. (No Offense)
Also, Albania, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan are Extremely Homophobic Nations. especially Albania is the most Homophobic Country in Europe as we know it.
even attitudes towards Homosexuality in America and Europe will be even far worse than IOTL, Stonewall will never happened at all. Gays will remained in Closet, Any Openly Homosexuals are beaten to death in the Streets, Parks and Other Places in Europe, America and Australia.