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Bleh my attempt at a TL where Alexander the Great dies at the battle of Granicus River. The (*) is the POD. It includes state known as the Athenian Republic which controls most of southern Greece for some time until defeated by the Olympan Confederation, which later becomes a unified Kingdom called the Olympan Kingdom. Macedonia survives as a minor ally to the Olympan Kingdom.

Here it is...

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334 BC

During the battle of Granicus River, in Northwestern Anatolia, Alexander the Great is struck in the head a second time by a Persian warrior killing him. The man is speared by one of Alexander’s men, however it has been done. The battle soon becomes one for Alexander’s body. (*)

334 BC - 300 BC

Macedonia falls into civil war, as factions try to take control. In Greece, With Sparta out of the picture due to Thebes, and Thebes out due to Macedonia, and Macedonia out due to civil war, Athens becomes the sole power of Greece. Persia goes on a conquest of the Anatolian coast, going into Macedonia as well taking advantage of the Civil Unrest.

Athens seeks unification of the surrounding city-states under its banner, colonization is stopped slightly, and Carthage takes a lead in Colonization of the Western Med. At the same time Thebes begins to bounce back.

Carthage wins decisively against the Greeks in Sicily, and sack Syracuse by 321 BC. It is said this is due to great planning, and a storm which is said to have sickened the Syracuse men.

Gisco, King of Carthage succeeds in de-establishing the Council of Elders and fully restoring the Monarchy.

The Athenian Republic comes to power in 301 BC, a nation no longer a city-state, Athens has grown to encompass a slightly large area in central Greece. It has practically no opposition. Many remaining city-states in the south either join Athens, or are forced to join. In the north, Macedonia re-unites as a small kingdom.

By 300 BC, Persia is still united, and largely at peace. Zoroastrian faith expands slightly in this time.

Also by 300 BC, Carthigian colonies have taken control of Sicily, and parts of the western boot, sparking Athenian and Greek rage. War looms. The young Roman Republic has continued to struggle, however it has grown to encompass most of the Italian Peninsula.

300 BC - 250 BC

In 299 BC the Kingdom of Carthage comes into full conflict with the Athenian Republic starting the Mediterranean Disorder. The Athenian Republic, which had taken control of southern Greece, begins the war with decisive victories at sea. However, the northern city-states had formed a loose confederation, with the city-state of Thebes and the small Kingdom of Macedonia backing it. Waiting for most of the navy to be out attacking and raiding Carthage, they launched an attack on the lands controlled by the Athenian Republic in 284 BC. Athens was left surprised, and wounded. However they where persistent in temporarily resisting the Olympan Confederations advances.

However fighting two fronts, the Carthigian navy began to win small skirmishes, and avoided larger ones. Having to keep troops at Greece to protect from the Olympan Confederation, any Greek forces in Italy where defeated slowly but swiftly by a growing number of Carthigian troops, and in 268 BC war between Carthage and the Athenian Republic was largely over, with Carthage controlling the Italian boot, and many Greek city states in the Med.

The Mediterranean Disorder over, the Athenian Republic brought a weekend navy back to Greece, however the Olympan Confederation was beginning to unite more and more, and it was only the beginning’s of the Greco Wars of Unification. Olympan Union was obvious when, in 251 BC, Aluxius, a general from Thebe’s, was “elected” Monarch of the Olympan Confederation, changing it into the Olympan Kingdom. The small Macedonian Kingdom remained independent, though an ally. Most city-states in the Olympan Confederation joined the new Kingdom. In 250 BC Aluxius sacked Megara, Athens, and Corinth. This ultimately ended the war, and for the first time, the larger portion of the Greek city states where united under one banner, one largely influenced by Thebes.

Besides Greece, Persia expanded however kept a peaceful reign over conquered lands, and the Zoroastrian faith had largely spread throughout its lands. By 250 BC Persia controls the Middle east.

The Roman Republic has, by 250 BC taken all of the Italian Peninsula except for the boot. However, internal unrest was spreading in the north. The Roman Republic none-the-less was keen on taking the boot from the Carthigians. However, by 250 BC Carthage holds the largest size in the Med.

The Mauryans had fallen and led to the takeover by the Majaptans in India. The had expanded right up to the Persian border by 250 BC, and was becoming a thorn on Persia’s butt.

China had united and found a new dynasty ruling it, the Koa Dynasty. For now it is flourishing.


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