Medieval Nubia

The kingdom of Nubia (Dongola) manages to resist Islamization in the 14th century. Future developments, western relations, and effects on the region?
 
Well...The better POD is a Crusader Egypt, far less unlikely that it sounds.

So, a christian Nubia would be likely sort of African "Armenia" towards west, quite friendly and even the possibility of matrimonial alliance with metis rulers.
Coptism in Egypt would be likely reinforced, by that AND by Crusader rule as oriental churches in Palestine OTL.

The slave trade would still exist in eastern Africa, thanks to arabic harbours but would know certain difficulties. Possibility to have a christian reprobabtion of slavery, but unlikely.

Certainly the Arab rulers would be realy pissed of having a christian side on Red Coast and it would be likely often piraced and raided up to the abandon of the coast.

Still, early decline of eastern african arab-controlled coast.
 
Africa won't stay the "Dark Continent" and there might be less at least large scale colonization.
 
Well...The better POD is a Crusader Egypt, far less unlikely that it sounds.

So, a christian Nubia would be likely sort of African "Armenia" towards west, quite friendly and even the possibility of matrimonial alliance with metis rulers.
Coptism in Egypt would be likely reinforced, by that AND by Crusader rule as oriental churches in Palestine OTL.

The slave trade would still exist in eastern Africa, thanks to arabic harbours but would know certain difficulties. Possibility to have a christian reprobabtion of slavery, but unlikely.

Certainly the Arab rulers would be realy pissed of having a christian side on Red Coast and it would be likely often piraced and raided up to the abandon of the coast.

Still, early decline of eastern african arab-controlled coast.

Africa won't stay the "Dark Continent" and there might be less at least large scale colonization.

That was my thought as well... everybody says what I'm about to say better and before I can. :p

Considering none of this happened IOTL while Ethiopia was a christian hold-out surrounded by islamic states, I'm going to have to call shenanigans.
 
Considering none of this happened IOTL while Ethiopia was a christian hold-out surrounded by islamic states, I'm going to have to call shenanigans.

What do you think would happen if Nubia stayed Christian, locally or in the broader scheme of things?

Or for that matter, what it would take for that to happen.
 
Considering none of this happened IOTL while Ethiopia was a christian hold-out surrounded by islamic states, I'm going to have to call shenanigans.

I didn't know that OTL Egypt was conquered by Crusaders enough long to became an actual state.
If you look closely, that was a needed POD.
 
What I'm saying is that I don't think your conclusions spring forth from your POD.

The thing with Ethiopia was it was an isolated christian pocket surrounded by quite strong islamic states.

With a Crusader Egypt (that's going to last more than OTL Latin States, as one of the biggest threats was Egypt), Nubia would have a convenient and quite friendly neighbour at his side, and whom the survival would be kind of tied.
 
Is there a way for Fatimid Egypt to survive somewhat longer - or, better yet, to use the Nubians rather than the mamelukes as soldiers? The Fatimids seem to have been fairly friendly with the Christian Nubian kingdoms; maybe a longer-lasting Fatimid dynasty could give them more of a chance to survive.

It might also help to keep Christian Nubia from fragmenting into three states (the southernmost one didn't become Islamized until the 16th century, and a united kingdom might resist longer), but I have no idea how it got to be three kingdoms in the first place, so I can't really suggest a POD for this.
 
If Nuba is the successor of Meroe then have it break up when there is a folk migration from the Sahel during say a civil war .
 
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