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In a scenario where Zagwe / Ethiopia (or other kingdoms) are not isolated from the rest of Christendom, how large could they realistically become by the present?

Essentially the PODs beyond the Horn of Africa would be a successful Byzantine invasion of the Levant and Egypt (as mentioned here), Crusaders dominating the Maghreb and Zoroastrianism being restored in Persia via the Ziyarid Empire. Taken together it should in theory at least roughly resemble the Byzantine-Persian status quo that existed prior to the earlier Arab invasions, with a few exceptions here and there (such as parts of Mesopotamia) but just enough to end the isolation of Zagwe / Ethiopia (or other kingdoms).

Otherwise unsure where the Nubian Kingdoms of Aloadia, Makuria and Nobatia would fit into this ATL.
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