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Ah you mean Justinian II... (above image from http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Roman-Coins.asp?e=Justinian_II&par=819&pos=1&target=99 ) Note: The image of Jesus is meant to be based on a life portrait, unlike the commons 'Zeus' version of today...

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Yes, I notice a plethora of 'what if China colonised the Americas' threads... Director-General of Virginia, I wonder what could make you think that the idea of the Chinese finding the Americas belongs in ASB....;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

Saving threads Just thought to post this here rather than make a thread for it... If Spain had remianedunited with Portugal... And if the Chinese Ming dynasty had continued its global exploration would the Americas look like this? Key: Khaki=Russian Gold=Chinese/client states...

The bigger picture... And let us not neglect the other major factor that would have lowered the prospects of a Gothic regime surviving in Hispania, the Roman (Byzantine) Empire. If the Emperor Maurice was not murdered, and peaceful relations were thus maintained between Rome and Persia, that...

It is an interesting what if.... Survival of the Gothic regime in Hispania depends on Islam never conquering north Africa, and that depends on a fit Byzantine Empire to hold the Islamic armies of. As we know, the disasterous Persian-Byzantine war of 600-628 AD ruined both Empires and 'left the...

Personally I do not Rate Alexander III, to me he was a wonton looter, who took advantage of an ossified Persian Empire that increasingly relied on gold to win its wars rather than military prowess. Of course, what he did, in many historical records, accounts to genocide. For example, when he...

Check this informative site for the lists of Armenian dynasties.. http://www.friesian.com/armenia.htm#armenia1

Certianly the Armenian church played a big role is propping up Christianity in Armenia. However this did not stop some self-seeking Armenians from converting for gain. Some prominent members of the Armenian community in Egypt converted to Islam, especially during the Fatimid Caliphate, Cairo...

Essentialy what happened from 410 AD onwards would have happened from 270 AD instead. Western regions taken over by pretenders to the throne. Italy probably ruled by a Gothic regime, like that of Theodoric in 490 AD. The east would have survived.

Exactly. It is a great 'what if' but looking at the situation, the ods were so against the Scots. Hostile English government, Spain wishing to keep its monopoly/grip on 'New Spain' and hostile natives stacked up the odds. If I recall rightly, the failure of this scheme so backrupted Scotland...

If you type 'king alexander III of macedon' into a search engine you will see his more comon name 'Alexander the Great' Not so much 'sit by' more...being utterly defeated militarily. Hellonophile means 'a lover of Greek culture' wheras 'Hellenic' means a Greek, Dacia and Nubia being...

Moving into '1926'... The Basues and Catalans have declared independence. The Italians have occupied some ports in Dalmatia and secured the borders of Albania to include Kosovo. Now the Albanians turn to northern Greece... In the east the Communists have defeated the Republicans. Sweden...

Here is a what the world would have looked liked if things had run smoothly for king Alexander III after his conquest/ransack of the Persian Empire. He had planned to colonise the Arabian coast and to build a road along the north African coast, obviously to annex the Phonecian Empire of...