Thande
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Vague. Basically just playing around with 'different national coalescences'.
More successful Justinianic conquests retook the whole of Italy for the Byzantines, but then they lost Constantinople to the Avars, with the result that the capital moved back to Rome - hence 'Rome Reborn'. A charismatic Emperor reconciled the differences between the Eastern and Western churches (still fairly minor at this point) with the result that there is only one major Christian denomination in TTL (and a bunch of minor heresies). A line of strong Emperors who exploited divisions among the Muslim states have led to a nation that feels justified in proclaiming that one day it will return to the heights of old Rome - causing worries among the other Christian states.
Yes, Bod is the native name for Tibet, which in English was apparently worn down to the 'bet' in Tibet via Arabic transliteration. Started out Buddhist, now predominantly Hindu and in practice the tail wags the dog from India.
The Kingdom of Champa is ethnically Vietnamese and took over most of Annam, with the rest under Khmer hegemony.
Blast, forgot to add the key for North America. Have edited the map.
This represents a recent conquest stretching out from their power base north of the Black Sea - a holy war led by militant rabbis to reclaim the Holy Land for Israel while the former Caliphate tore itself apart through civil war. It's open to debate whether Khazaria will be able to hold Palestine for any realistic length of time before Egypt or Rome Reborn takes a crack at it.
Great and imaginative as always. No more coherent thoughts I'm afraid.
EDIT: I did like Spanish South Africa as the 'Viceroyalty of the Southern Cross'. Presence of USA seems a bit convergent but I assume that came from the original story you were adapting.
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