very interesting
good, lets see the portuguese and spanish conquer all north africa and then south
good, lets see the portuguese and spanish conquer all north africa and then south
spanish north africia
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That doesn't work well as a TL update. Wait til you have more material and use paragraphs.
How navarra is able to expand into OTL southern France.
840 Death of Louis the Pious. His sons fight among themselves as they do on the OTL,but with Charles the Bald beating wining sooner and bigger. He still is crowned Emperor of the Romans, so the Holy Roman will exist in this time line. With the death of his brother Lother, Charles's interest is focused further northeast as he schemes to grab all of his Grandfather's empire.
Duke Godegisel of Burgundy and Duke Gerard of Provence make common cause with Carloman. They beat Charles, who dies at the Battle of Strasbourg in the year 853. Carloman per his agreement with Godegisel and Gerard leaves them southern Gaul and wages war against the pagan N. Southwestern Gaul becomes an ignored area and is slowly taken over by the expanding kingdom of Navarra.
840 Death of Louis the Pious. His sons fight among themselves as they do on the OTL,but with Charles the Bald beating wining sooner and bigger. He still is crowned Emperor of the Romans, so the Holy Roman will exist in this time line. With the death of his brother Lother, Charles's interest is focused further northeast as he schemes to grab all of his Grandfather's empire.
Duke Godegisel of Burgundy and Duke Gerard of Provence make common cause with Carloman. They beat Charles, who dies at the Battle of Strasbourg in the year 853. Carloman per his agreement with Godegisel and Gerard leaves them southern Gaul and wages war against the pagan N. Southwestern Gaul becomes an ignored area and is slowly taken over by the expanding kingdom of Navarra.
Meanwhile in Northwest Africa
The Iberians slowly push through the passes of the Atlas mountains eager to find more gold. After several attempts at looting Berber Villages in the High Atlas the adventures decide that they are not worth the effort and head south,all the while being fed tales of the Golden city of Timbuktu. Regrouping at Bulma Oasis they head further south and "discover" the Songay Empire
Further east the Navarrians move south from Carthage,which they are rebuilding, and occupy the fertile plains to the South and east of the Atlas Mountain. They move South much faster that either the Portuguese or the Asturians. Discovering and exploring the trade route to the south east leading to Ethiopia.
Egypt under its new King and without the Crusaders is doing well. The ancient Cannel through Wadi Tumilet to the bitter lakes is re dug ,giving Egypt access to the Red Sea.
The Iberians slowly push through the passes of the Atlas mountains eager to find more gold. After several attempts at looting Berber Villages in the High Atlas the adventures decide that they are not worth the effort and head south,all the while being fed tales of the Golden city of Timbuktu. Regrouping at Bulma Oasis they head further south and "discover" the Songay Empire
Further east the Navarrians move south from Carthage,which they are rebuilding, and occupy the fertile plains to the South and east of the Atlas Mountain. They move South much faster that either the Portuguese or the Asturians. Discovering and exploring the trade route to the south east leading to Ethiopia.
Egypt under its new King and without the Crusaders is doing well. The ancient Cannel through Wadi Tumilet to the bitter lakes is re dug ,giving Egypt access to the Red Sea.
1505 crusader states formed.
The crusader army sweeps north through Palestine, part of the army invests Jerusalem and the rest of the army continue to move north and east. meeting the ottomans on the north side of the golan heights.
The Ottomans rush an Army to Syria to Stabilize the border. After the Sultan died during the Siege of Constantinople forty years earlier, his heir decided to ignore the rump empire of the Greeks and expand into Persia and hopefully into India.
the border quickly formed along the Golan,leaving Syria and Iraq in the Ottoman fold.
Duke Lucien of Mont Alba in Provence is elected King of Palestine and styles himself Baldwin the First .
The crusader army sweeps north through Palestine, part of the army invests Jerusalem and the rest of the army continue to move north and east. meeting the ottomans on the north side of the golan heights.
The Ottomans rush an Army to Syria to Stabilize the border. After the Sultan died during the Siege of Constantinople forty years earlier, his heir decided to ignore the rump empire of the Greeks and expand into Persia and hopefully into India.
the border quickly formed along the Golan,leaving Syria and Iraq in the Ottoman fold.
Duke Lucien of Mont Alba in Provence is elected King of Palestine and styles himself Baldwin the First .
840 the Navarra expansion
Navarra under the Aritza's expands slowly south into the disputed lands, east until the meet the newly independent duchy of Catalonia and north into Gascony absorbing southern Aquitaine only to be stopped by the costal Duchy os Ostira, ruled by Theomund the Fox. For the next several hundred years Navarra slowly expand south at the expense of Granada.
By the mid 1400's there are fourth Kingdoms,one Grand duchy and one Emirate on the Iberian Peninsula. Three are Romance speaking, one is basque speaking, one Galicia is Celtoromance speaking and Granada speaks a heavily berber influenced Arabic.
1482 The Iberian league is formed with the blessing of the pope, who sees this as the best hope for a Christian Iberia. By 1492 Granada has fallen,but at the price of the Heirs of Asturias. King Rodigo IV of Asturias considers marring his daughter to the Heir of the Portuguese throne.
1494 Pope Alexander Calls for a crusade against the Moslem's in north africa. The response was greater than he had hoped for. The Crusaders are mostly from western Europe as the Holy Roman Empire is worried about the newly energized Byzantium's.
a crusader fleet leaves from the ports of Provence. They are meet by the Iberians sweeping east and soon control a swath across the costal plain of North Africa to the Egyptian border.
1495 The Manluks collapse.
The manluks collapse with the remnants fleeing south along the Nile. General Bixintxo Aritza, brother of the King of Navarre, proclaims himself King, by the grace of God, of Egypt. He is acclaimed by the crusader army,the Pope and most of all by his elder brother,who is happy to have him out of the country.
Soon after the Conquest the country is flooded with Iberian clergy. This causes conflict with the Coptic Church and several minor revolts among the general population. Pope Alexander quickly issues a Papal Bull confirming that the Coptic Church is a separate Rite under the Pope and that they are not Heretics. The Inquisition is not happy.
1500. Henry the Fair, Heir of the Portuguese throne marries Maria Consula daughter of Rodigo King of Asturias forming the Kingdom of Porto de la Asturias.
King Bixintxo urges the crusader army to move into palestine, urging them to "free" Jerusalem before the Ottomans arrive. he is happy to see them go.
Don Hernando de la santa Marie y Rodrigo hearing roomers of gold leads an expedition south over the Atlas mountains, most die but a few return rich with gold from ambushing Tourag caravans.
Don Hernando returns the next year, having learned not to harass the Berbers of the high Atlas. He conquers the closest Oases which he renames Aguars de la Reins los Angles.
Several years of war have decimated the North African population by 1/3 to 1/2, especially in the areas which the crusaders went through. Immigration from Iberia is encouraged.
Navarra under the Aritza's expands slowly south into the disputed lands, east until the meet the newly independent duchy of Catalonia and north into Gascony absorbing southern Aquitaine only to be stopped by the costal Duchy os Ostira, ruled by Theomund the Fox. For the next several hundred years Navarra slowly expand south at the expense of Granada.
By the mid 1400's there are fourth Kingdoms,one Grand duchy and one Emirate on the Iberian Peninsula. Three are Romance speaking, one is basque speaking, one Galicia is Celtoromance speaking and Granada speaks a heavily berber influenced Arabic.
1482 The Iberian league is formed with the blessing of the pope, who sees this as the best hope for a Christian Iberia. By 1492 Granada has fallen,but at the price of the Heirs of Asturias. King Rodigo IV of Asturias considers marring his daughter to the Heir of the Portuguese throne.
1494 Pope Alexander Calls for a crusade against the Moslem's in north africa. The response was greater than he had hoped for. The Crusaders are mostly from western Europe as the Holy Roman Empire is worried about the newly energized Byzantium's.
a crusader fleet leaves from the ports of Provence. They are meet by the Iberians sweeping east and soon control a swath across the costal plain of North Africa to the Egyptian border.
1495 The Manluks collapse.
The manluks collapse with the remnants fleeing south along the Nile. General Bixintxo Aritza, brother of the King of Navarre, proclaims himself King, by the grace of God, of Egypt. He is acclaimed by the crusader army,the Pope and most of all by his elder brother,who is happy to have him out of the country.
Soon after the Conquest the country is flooded with Iberian clergy. This causes conflict with the Coptic Church and several minor revolts among the general population. Pope Alexander quickly issues a Papal Bull confirming that the Coptic Church is a separate Rite under the Pope and that they are not Heretics. The Inquisition is not happy.
1500. Henry the Fair, Heir of the Portuguese throne marries Maria Consula daughter of Rodigo King of Asturias forming the Kingdom of Porto de la Asturias.
King Bixintxo urges the crusader army to move into palestine, urging them to "free" Jerusalem before the Ottomans arrive. he is happy to see them go.
Don Hernando de la santa Marie y Rodrigo hearing roomers of gold leads an expedition south over the Atlas mountains, most die but a few return rich with gold from ambushing Tourag caravans.
Don Hernando returns the next year, having learned not to harass the Berbers of the high Atlas. He conquers the closest Oases which he renames Aguars de la Reins los Angles.
Several years of war have decimated the North African population by 1/3 to 1/2, especially in the areas which the crusaders went through. Immigration from Iberia is encouraged.
500 A Breton fishing boat on the George's Bank gets hit by a whale. The crew manages to keep the boat afloat landing on Sable Island of of the coast of Nova Scotia. The crew survives on fish and Dulse. They repair the boat and return to Europe the following fall.
1502 Several families from the Kingdom of Greater Brittany, under the leadership of Arzhur the Breton settle on several islands off the coast in the Gulf of Maine. Trade starts with the Micmacs. The Bretons trade iron tools for furs.
1510 A drunken breton fisherman spills the beans about a vast rich land across the ocean.
Fergu high Ri of Kelkerrie on the west coast of Ireland hears these rumors and remembers the stories of St Brendan. Western Ireland which is having an increasing problem with raid from the Dublin enclave of the kingdom of Yorvik, sends four ships across the Atlantic
The Irish start several small settlements and trade increases.
The trickle of fur form the new world slowly increases causing a stir in the courts of Northern europe from Friesland in the west to Constantinople in the east.
finely a storm wracked ship loaded with fur is blown into Reykjavik harbor. The Icelanders remembering Erikurssaga think Vinland.
1502 Several families from the Kingdom of Greater Brittany, under the leadership of Arzhur the Breton settle on several islands off the coast in the Gulf of Maine. Trade starts with the Micmacs. The Bretons trade iron tools for furs.
1510 A drunken breton fisherman spills the beans about a vast rich land across the ocean.
Fergu high Ri of Kelkerrie on the west coast of Ireland hears these rumors and remembers the stories of St Brendan. Western Ireland which is having an increasing problem with raid from the Dublin enclave of the kingdom of Yorvik, sends four ships across the Atlantic
The Irish start several small settlements and trade increases.
The trickle of fur form the new world slowly increases causing a stir in the courts of Northern europe from Friesland in the west to Constantinople in the east.
finely a storm wracked ship loaded with fur is blown into Reykjavik harbor. The Icelanders remembering Erikurssaga think Vinland.
1505 crusader states formed.
The crusader army sweeps north through Palestine, part of the army invests Jerusalem and the rest of the army continue to move north and east. meeting the ottomans on the north side of the golan heights.
The Ottomans rush an Army to Syria to Stabilize the border. After the Sultan died during the Siege of Constantinople forty years earlier, his heir decided to ignore the rump empire of the Greeks and expand into Persia and hopefully into India.
the border quickly formed along the Golan,leaving Syria and Iraq in the Ottoman fold.
Duke Lucien of Mont Alba in Provence is elected King of Palestine and styles himself Baldwin the First .
1506 The Ottoman Marches. After most of a year of skirmishes, Mechmid the third and Baldwin meet and fix the border alone the north edge of the Golan eastward.
Mechmid leaving the smaller part of his army ,sweeps down the Euphrates River to Basra conquering the land between the Rivers.
The crusader army sweeps north through Palestine, part of the army invests Jerusalem and the rest of the army continue to move north and east. meeting the ottomans on the north side of the golan heights.
The Ottomans rush an Army to Syria to Stabilize the border. After the Sultan died during the Siege of Constantinople forty years earlier, his heir decided to ignore the rump empire of the Greeks and expand into Persia and hopefully into India.
the border quickly formed along the Golan,leaving Syria and Iraq in the Ottoman fold.
Duke Lucien of Mont Alba in Provence is elected King of Palestine and styles himself Baldwin the First .
1506 The Ottoman Marches. After most of a year of skirmishes, Mechmid the third and Baldwin meet and fix the border alone the north edge of the Golan eastward.
Mechmid leaving the smaller part of his army ,sweeps down the Euphrates River to Basra conquering the land between the Rivers.
1505 To the Red Sea
Bixintxo king of Egypt hears of the old canal linking the Nile to the Sea of Reeds and then to the Red Sea. he summons his scholars, who eventually discover the cannel, which is cleaned out and usable in about three years. Bixintxo sends an exposition. They encounter a battle between the Ethiopia and the Sultans of Yemen. They decide to help the Ethiopians , sinking the Yemen fleet. Bixintxo sends a younger brother, who was sent to help him by theirs older brother the King of Navarre.
A treaty is made and a joint Ethopean/Egyptian army attacks and conquers Yemen, The younger scion of the Aritza is made Count of Yemen after marrying a daughter of the Melek of Ethiopia.
Bixintxo king of Egypt hears of the old canal linking the Nile to the Sea of Reeds and then to the Red Sea. he summons his scholars, who eventually discover the cannel, which is cleaned out and usable in about three years. Bixintxo sends an exposition. They encounter a battle between the Ethiopia and the Sultans of Yemen. They decide to help the Ethiopians , sinking the Yemen fleet. Bixintxo sends a younger brother, who was sent to help him by theirs older brother the King of Navarre.
A treaty is made and a joint Ethopean/Egyptian army attacks and conquers Yemen, The younger scion of the Aritza is made Count of Yemen after marrying a daughter of the Melek of Ethiopia.