This question is not for a timeline, but just a pure WI question based on a timeline I read long ago & my own thoughts.
I remember reading a timeline where when China events gunpowder (or whatever it was called), it did not take long for them to realize it could be used in weapons and not just fireworks. This allowed them and their neighbors to take the role the west did in world history. Part of this included controlling the holy city, and when Muslims started to give the Dynasty at the time trouble, either destroyed the stone and it's mosque or destroyed/severely wrecked the city to show how sever they were willing to be. This was presented as one of the major reasons that followers were so minor in the 'present'
So my first question is that regardless of how, do you think this can written as a believable outcome? From what I read of China, their dynasty's were not kind to those that caused trouble. Hell, a stranded response seemed to have be if you caused trouble, you, your family, and half the time the extended family, were dead.
My second question is that did Islam get lucky in it's early spread that it either didn't encounter a ruler of a non-Islamic region or have Muslims and it's holy cities under the control of a government that was willing to take such...extreme and harsh measures to keep the status quo? (like the ones China was willing to in the timeline)
I remember reading a timeline where when China events gunpowder (or whatever it was called), it did not take long for them to realize it could be used in weapons and not just fireworks. This allowed them and their neighbors to take the role the west did in world history. Part of this included controlling the holy city, and when Muslims started to give the Dynasty at the time trouble, either destroyed the stone and it's mosque or destroyed/severely wrecked the city to show how sever they were willing to be. This was presented as one of the major reasons that followers were so minor in the 'present'
So my first question is that regardless of how, do you think this can written as a believable outcome? From what I read of China, their dynasty's were not kind to those that caused trouble. Hell, a stranded response seemed to have be if you caused trouble, you, your family, and half the time the extended family, were dead.
My second question is that did Islam get lucky in it's early spread that it either didn't encounter a ruler of a non-Islamic region or have Muslims and it's holy cities under the control of a government that was willing to take such...extreme and harsh measures to keep the status quo? (like the ones China was willing to in the timeline)