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Here's a similar concept, courtesy of u/No_Personality6537 from Reddit: the Napoleonic Roman Empire, where Napoleon rose to power in Italy instead of France.
Please note that the writeup below is a rough translation from the OP's original Spanish; some inaccuracies are to be expected.
It is 1793, and the situation in the Italian Republic has reached a difficult juncture. Even with the success of the War of Unification in the Italian peninsula, dangers abroad (continual war) and dangers at home (royalist movements) perpetuate instability, but amid all this social and political tumult, a young general begins to stand out from the rest.
The young Napoleone di Buonaparte, a Genoese artillery commander hailing from a Corsican noble house, begins to be noticed after his successes in the Rhone campaigns and the defence of Milan against royalist forces. These successes have won him control over the Italian armies in the Balkans, with which, against all odds, he achieved victory after victory, forcing both the Ottomans and the Austrians to make peace. The resulting Treaty of Tiran expanded Italian territories, in addition to the creation of the Adriatic republics (sister republics to Italy).
Napoleone’s ambition only continued to rise; as it did when, in an attempt to keep General Corzo out of Italy, the Senate approves an Italian expedition into Africa with the aim of augmenting the power of Italy in the Mediterranean. The African Campaign begins with the landing of Italian forces at the city of Carthage. Napoleone’s victories were unexpected and the campaign began with great success, reaching Alexandria, but Napoleone remained at the gates of Cairo because a plague was spreading among the troops. Due to British pressure in the Mediterranean, Napoleone is forced to flee from Africa and his Italian troops beat their retreat to the newly-created Republic of Africa.
After his return to Italy, enjoying overwhelming popularity and a weak Senate, Napoleone decides to carry out a coup with the help of his brother. The October 18th Coup gives rise to the Consulate, Italy's last republican government. In 1804, with the appointment of Napoleone as Console a Vita d’Italia, Italy would officially be known as the Consolato Italiano. Although it was ruled as a de facto monarchy, the name was chosen to avoid being perceived as a regression towards older regimes.
Whilst all this was happening, the situation in the Old World had changed somewhat:
In France, domestic problems worsened by its defeats against Italy sparked a revolution. France was divided between the Kingdoms of France and Gaul, the latter being an Italian-allied constitutional monarchy.
In Spain, the war to found the republic (?) resulted in the loss of the Balearic Islands to Italian rule.
With the power vacuum left by Napoleone after his African campaign, Austria and the Ottoman Empire managed to annex most of the Adriatic republics, leaving the Serbian and Greek republics isolated.
England remain embroiled in a holy war against Italy.
The War of the Third Coalition led Europe to a point of no return. After the Battle of Austerlitz, the old Habsburg monarchy fell from grace, their Empire disintegrated and reformed as the Danube Confederation. The war against the Ottomans ends in another great victory at the Battle of Bucharest; the Ottomans are forced to cede more European territories to both Italy and Greece, as well as recognizing the independence of the Kingdom of Dacia. After the victories over the Third Coalition, Napoleone is received with an Ovation and surprised with a new cheer: "Hail Caesar". The idea of Napoleone as a new Caesar pervades deeply, but the one most impacted is Napoleone himself, who later by popular vote and his existing seizure (?) of power is crowned "Imperator Romanus Augustus" in Rome itself; and thus, the ancient Roman Empire is reborn.
"Rome has awakened from its slumber, and its rise will shake the foundations of the world."
(The map depicts the very peak of Roman Empire’s power, after defeating both the Fourth and the Fifth Coalitions.)
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Why do I have the feeling, the British were at first fine with watching di Buonaparte screw France over, then realised their grave mistake and going "Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit"
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Thank you very much! I have some others in the pipeline so stay tuned!
My entry in the latest edition of Cour's telephone game. Its been another really interesting round so I highly recommend you check out the other entries!
Sadly it appears some of the labels assigned to paths broke and I didnt notice
Still pretty happy with the end result, even if its far less ambitious than I planned out. A week just goes by too quickly.
The Cilician Gates and the Rise of the Sves Confederation
Created as part of the Map Telephone Game 7th edition . I started this round off with a theme towards both ancient and medieval drawing towards an obvious homage to the swiss confederation but set in the cilician gates of asia-minor.
I am pretty interested in trying new styles of maps and I think this one went relatively well.
The Map Telephone game ended up being a huge success with a very strong focus on Assyria; which is amazing seeing as how usually these games drift to the new world and world war eras.
FANTASTIC WORK EVERYONE! I am excited to have an 8th edition if @CourageousLife is willing
Created as part of the Map Telephone Game 7th edition . I started this round off with a theme towards both ancient and medieval drawing towards an obvious homage to the swiss confederation but set in the cilician gates of asia-minor.
I am pretty interested in trying new styles of maps and I think this one went relatively well.
The Map Telephone game ended up being a huge success with a very strong focus on Assyria; which is amazing seeing as how usually these games drift to the new world and world war eras.
FANTASTIC WORK EVERYONE! I am excited to have an 8th edition if @CourageousLife is willing
Its been a long time since I've posted a map - potentially years. I have, for a long time, wanted to do a map in the semi-modern style, such as in an atlas, with roads and airports and other geographic notes.
So this was me experimenting with that style while playing with borders for a timeline idea I've had for a long time, but will likely stay in my head.
The POD is in the late 15th century and before anyone says anything, yes, the last 100 years in this middle east since the Russians moved across the Caucasus and Egypt fell to the West have been relatively blood soaked.
The time frame of the map is in the 1980s, or early 1990s. As mentioned, this was more me playing with a style than anything else. It is a work in progress.
So this was me experimenting with that style while playing with borders for a timeline idea I've had for a long time, but will likely stay in my head.
The POD is in the late 15th century and before anyone says anything, yes, the last 100 years in this middle east since the Russians moved across the Caucasus and Egypt fell to the West have been relatively blood soaked.
The time frame of the map is in the 1980s, or early 1990s. As mentioned, this was more me playing with a style than anything else. It is a work in progress.
No, but now I am imagining Madagascar as Britain, which will be useful when I get around to wanking it. (Now where will the Malagasy 13 colonies be?)
Here's a similar concept, courtesy of u/No_Personality6537 from Reddit: the Napoleonic Roman Empire, where Napoleon rose to power in Italy instead of France.
Please note that the writeup below is a rough translation from the OP's original Spanish; some inaccuracies are to be expected.
It is 1793, and the situation in the Italian Republic has reached a difficult juncture. Even with the success of the War of Unification in the Italian peninsula, dangers abroad (continual war) and dangers at home (royalist movements) perpetuate instability, but amid all this social and political tumult, a young general begins to stand out from the rest.
The young Napoleone di Buonaparte, a Genoese artillery commander hailing from a Corsican noble house, begins to be noticed after his successes in the Rhone campaigns and the defence of Milan against royalist forces. These successes have won him control over the Italian armies in the Balkans, with which, against all odds, he achieved victory after victory, forcing both the Ottomans and the Austrians to make peace. The resulting Treaty of Tiran expanded Italian territories, in addition to the creation of the Adriatic republics (sister republics to Italy).
Napoleone’s ambition only continued to rise; as it did when, in an attempt to keep General Corzo out of Italy, the Senate approves an Italian expedition into Africa with the aim of augmenting the power of Italy in the Mediterranean. The African Campaign begins with the landing of Italian forces at the city of Carthage. Napoleone’s victories were unexpected and the campaign began with great success, reaching Alexandria, but Napoleone remained at the gates of Cairo because a plague was spreading among the troops. Due to British pressure in the Mediterranean, Napoleone is forced to flee from Africa and his Italian troops beat their retreat to the newly-created Republic of Africa.
After his return to Italy, enjoying overwhelming popularity and a weak Senate, Napoleone decides to carry out a coup with the help of his brother. The October 18th Coup gives rise to the Consulate, Italy's last republican government. In 1804, with the appointment of Napoleone as Console a Vita d’Italia, Italy would officially be known as the Consolato Italiano. Although it was ruled as a de facto monarchy, the name was chosen to avoid being perceived as a regression towards older regimes.
Whilst all this was happening, the situation in the Old World had changed somewhat:
In France, domestic problems worsened by its defeats against Italy sparked a revolution. France was divided between the Kingdoms of France and Gaul, the latter being an Italian-allied constitutional monarchy.
In Spain, the war to found the republic (?) resulted in the loss of the Balearic Islands to Italian rule.
With the power vacuum left by Napoleone after his African campaign, Austria and the Ottoman Empire managed to annex most of the Adriatic republics, leaving the Serbian and Greek republics isolated.
England remain embroiled in a holy war against Italy.
The War of the Third Coalition led Europe to a point of no return. After the Battle of Austerlitz, the old Habsburg monarchy fell from grace, their Empire disintegrated and reformed as the Danube Confederation. The war against the Ottomans ends in another great victory at the Battle of Bucharest; the Ottomans are forced to cede more European territories to both Italy and Greece, as well as recognizing the independence of the Kingdom of Dacia. After the victories over the Third Coalition, Napoleone is received with an Ovation and surprised with a new cheer: "Hail Caesar". The idea of Napoleone as a new Caesar pervades deeply, but the one most impacted is Napoleone himself, who later by popular vote and his existing seizure (?) of power is crowned "Imperator Romanus Augustus" in Rome itself; and thus, the ancient Roman Empire is reborn.
"Rome has awakened from its slumber, and its rise will shake the foundations of the world."
(The map depicts the very peak of Roman Empire’s power, after defeating both the Fourth and the Fifth Coalitions.)
This is absolutely fantastic. Thank you u/No_Personality6537 and thank you Pantergral for posting this here.
I absolutely love the last line of 'Rome has awakened' line and even in the event of Napoleon's defeat, there's no going back from this.
Nice. Whose empire does imperial Palestine (and Egypt and Cyprus?) belong to?
Thanks. Palestine, Egypt snd Cyprus are held by the "Frankish Empire".
I've not quite decided what the formal name of the country would be.
"Frank" is a translation of the common exonyms for the Empire, since its a translation of various terms for west Europeans (Farangi/Barang/etc) in Asia.
I havent quite settled on an endonym for the Empire yet. You could also very well call it the "Catholic Empire" or the Holy Roman Empire.
I think where I have leaned for a while is that its called the "Universal Empire", which in itself is just playing with the word Catholic.
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Hello! I just want to see my map project detailing with the collapse of Confederacy of Columbia, an alt-CSA which the country was dissolved in the wake of Gulfstream War but got a bit inspired by What Madness Is This?, the TL where an early United States was dissolved by warfare and splits into statelets. Often, I do not glorify or endorse the kind of racist Confederacy which is considered as dangerous legacy.
Ottoman-Persian War of 1972May 15th 1972
Map of the Conflict from a Californian World History Textbook, 1999
Small border skirmish along the Ottoman-Persian Border. Leaving 5 Persians and 2 Ottoman soldiers dead and 20-30 injured on both sides.
May 16th 1972
In response to what is perceived as Ottoman aggression, the Persian Air Force conducts an airstrike in the Ottoman held Oil-fields near Basrah. Ottoman response time is slow due to improper working radar systems in the region. Later that day the LoNSC (League of Nations Security Council) convenes in council on Union Isle.
May 17th 1972
Ottoman Airforce attempts to return fire by raiding the Persian Oil Fields in Ahvaz. 2 Ottoman Fighters are intercepted and destroyed by the Persian Airforce who were expecting a response from the Ottomans. Later the same day the Ottoman 37th & 38th Infantry along with an Armoured Division fielding the newly acquired Roland II’s from France crossed the border pushing aside the Persian forces defending. Tehran receives an official declaration of war by the Ottoman Government an hour later.
May 18th to July 1st 1972
As the world condemns the actions taken by both the Ottoman and Persian Governments leading up to the conflict the Ottoman Army gains the upper hand, pushing the Persian Army into the Zagros Mountains. Making use of Attack Helicopters and an Air Force that recovered from it’s early setbacks they easily overwhelm the Persian defenders in the lowlands however the shift of the front line slows as they become bogged down in the Persian mountain defensive line.
In the Persian Gulf, the Persian Navy blockades the port of Basrah however becomes trapped within the Gulf when the Ottoman Mediterranean Navy eventually sails into the Mouth of Hormuz. Unwilling to risk their ships to land based anti-navy aircraft the Ottoman Admiralty can do nothing but lurk around the entrance to the gulf. Although this stops the Persian Navy from leaving it also severely limits the Oil coming out of the Strait causing an economic shock as Oil prices rise sharply. From Europe, to the Americas and to Asia, the strain and prices for petroleum sky-rocket causing massive lines for the public seeking to buy fuel for their cars and trucks.
The Japanese Government, concerned about the flow of Oil, not wanting to exert unwanted pressure on their Asian Alliance sends the Western Fleet into the Indian Ocean with support from the Indian Fleet based in Negombo. Their hope was to force the Ottomans to vacate the mouth and allow the Oil to flow. This action greatly concerns the other members of the LoNSC seeing one of it’s members act without consideration from the other 4 Nations. The Japanese Government expresses that this is just a show of force and that they are acting for the benefit of all Asia.
July 2nd 1972
Omani Airlines Flight 12 is shot down 20 minutes after leaving Muscat on it’s way to Mumbai killing all on board. The International community decries the act, although at first unclear it soon appears to have come from an outlying section of the Ottoman Navy.
July 12th 1972.
The LoNSC requests that the Ottoman Army withdraw from Persia on the 10th, when the Ottoman Government refuses the Council Vote 3:2 to issue limited support for Persia. Although France and the American Commonwealth vote nay the French Government would later back Coalition Forces two weeks later essentially moving the vote to 4:1.
The British Mediterranean Fleet would move to block Ottoman Shipping within the Aegean Sea with the Russian Black Sea Fleet moved to control the Black Sea. The Vote essentially gave the Japanese Navy in the Indian Ocean to harass the Ottoman Forces pushing them away from the Strait of Hormuz using the strength of their own Navy without actively engaging them.
July 17th 1972
The Battle of Arabian Sea starts with when the Ottoman Navy open fires on a detachment of the Japanese Navy. Although the Ottomans were able to sink a Japanese Destroyer the main fleet quickly moves to engage Ottoman Forces destroying the Majority of the fleet. This marks the effective defeat of the Ottoman forces and the start of the End of the Ottoman Empire. The attack causes more formal action by the Japanese Forces to Engage Ottoman Forces and allows them to accomplish their goal of Opening the Gulf of Oman for Oil Transportation.
News of the Ottoman Defeat riots from the Arab population occur in cities such as Damascus and Baghdad drawing parts of the Ottoman Army away from the front line. The Arabian population call for a withdrawal of Ottomans and an Arabian States to be created. This is soon followed by riots of other ethnic minorities in the Ottoman Empire as well as members of the Ottoman Left wanting an end to the war.
July 20th 1972.
Joint Russo-British Airstrikes hit Ottoman Military installations hampering the Ottoman Army.
July 30th 1972
Persian Armed Forces push the Ottoman Army out of Persia with the Help of the Japanese Airforce.
July 31st to August 18th 1972
Ottoman-Persian front lines are effectively at a stalemate as both forces hold along the pre-war borders. Persian Forces capture between 30-40,000 Ottoman Soldiers as the clear Ottoman pockets of resistance.
August 19th to September 25th 1972.
Persian Forces push into Ottoman Iraq alongside the JEF (Japanese Expeditionary Force). Arab Rioters take control of pockets across the levant.
September 26th 1972.
Ottoman Government in Istanbul seeing the writing on the wall sues for peace after a successful coup by members of the Ottoman Armed Forces.
September 30th to October 15th 1972.
Ottoman-Persian Delegates meet in Athens to discuss peace-terms. Ottomans pay severe reparations to the Persian Government. Two Mandates are created to govern the former Ottoman Arabia which would last till 1974 with the formation of the Kingdom of Iraq and the United Arabian States in the West. The City State of Jerusalem is created as a world city with the LoN using as a 5th Host City.
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The Ottoman-Persian War of 1972 would see the end of the Ottoman Empire. By the end the once great empire would be reduced to its control over Anatolia, with the Ottoman Royal Family abdicating in early 1973 thus creating the Republic of Turkey.
It was the hubris of the Ottoman Military that saw its defeat. It had grown proud and arrogant on the back of its Oil exports. They had wanted a quick war, using their western brought equipment to subdue Persia however it was the confusing actions by those higher up that drew the nation closer to defeat.
The conflict was the first major instance of the LoNSC acting in a crisis. Though many saw it as a success many saw the role that Japan had played, effectively pushing the Ottoman Forces into engaging them and becoming increasingly concerned over the continued aggressiveness of the Japanese Government which had not been seen since their expansion in the 1930/40’s.
Once again, the hopes of a united Arabian State would be dashed with the politics of higher powers though for many two states were better than none. The United States of Arabia and the Kingdom of Iraq however would be pulled quickly into the respective spheres of Britain and Japan.
--------------------------------------------------------------Just something I've been creating with a rough backstory. Set in my "Calverse" which I've been constructing off and on for a number of years - I've just never had time to create a set timeline and have been enjoying creating one-off scenarios from the world.
If you have any questions please do let me know and I'll be happy to answer them.
Apologies for any spelling/grammer mistakes - it's quite late where I am and a bit too excited to share.
- Jordi
I really liked this. A well thought out backstory and a 'simple' map that really fits a school textbook aesthetic.
Are you wanting any spelling/grammar mistakes pointing out so you can tidy it up even more?
Northstar
Crossposted from the 7th edition of @CourageousLife's Telephone Map Game. I don't think it's too bad for a first attempt considering I pulled it together in 48 hours. Looking forward to the next edition!