Fantastic POD!!!
Mehmed living to the same age as Augustus would mean him surviving until 1508.
This might allow for bypassing the mediocrity of Bayezid II. With the following successions
1) Mehmed the Conqueror (1451 to 1508)
2) Selim the Grim (1508 to 1520)
3) Suleiman the Magnificent (1520...
Many thanks to @Idzni_Hezrin05 for the links!
Hadn't seen these before. Unfortunately, the "Islam" tag here is mostly co-opted by authors writing "No Islam" or "No Muslims in Europe" type fics.
Thanks also to @Ursogulos for the OP!
The vast majority of AH timelines have the Ottoman Empire's...
Thanks for the quick response.
I used a VPN to get a US address and the map works now.
Will still keep my original post up in case anyone else has the same issue with imgur.
Love to see an update for this god-tier fic!
@Planet of Hats
The last map
(https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/moonlight-in-a-jar-an-al-andalus-timeline.396342/page-217#post-22447441)
seems to be broken. Can you please look into it?
Really love your fic, and hope you win the Turtledove!
OTL Ottoman Empire had to deal with the troublesome - and apparently barren - Arab territory for 400 years.
Immediately after the Empire disintegrates, we find out that about the oil and immense amount of natural resources in there. The...
Would love to see this TL. However it would play better with Selim the Grim coming into the throne much earlier. Bayezid II has the unfortunate distinction of being a worse monarch than his father (Mehmed the Conqueror), his son (Selim the Grim), and his grandson (Suleiman the Magnificent)...