Euskadi Herria
Banned
I've started planning a TL in which the Maghreb is part of the Islamic world but culturally western with a Romance language being the primary language alongside Berber and to a lesser extent, Arabic.
The POD would be in the 1000s with the Almoravids crushed early on by an upstart Berber tribe from Algeria which then goes on to seize the entirety of the Maghreb before involving itself in Iberia. Due to the reforms of the first king, the nation would go on to be part of the western world despite being also part of the Islamic world.
So what ideas have you guys got? Also, what would be the results of such an event happening?
[EDIT]: Ideas thought up:
The POD would be in the 1000s with the Almoravids crushed early on by an upstart Berber tribe from Algeria which then goes on to seize the entirety of the Maghreb before involving itself in Iberia. Due to the reforms of the first king, the nation would go on to be part of the western world despite being also part of the Islamic world.
So what ideas have you guys got? Also, what would be the results of such an event happening?
[EDIT]: Ideas thought up:
- The Berbers follow an extremely heterodox form of Islam that causes them to be spat on by the rest of the Islamic community injuring the ties of the Maghreb to the Middle East severely.
- The Berber religion is very egalitarian but also very zealous and logical/reasonable.
- The founder of the movement is a former shepherd who would be convinced to lead the movement by a woman who would claim to be a prophet.
- The movement saw figures gain prominence amongst the Almoravids infiltrating the system from the inside before launching a series of assassinations that would spark a peasant rebellion which would be led by the shepherd in overthrowing the Almoravids.
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