World of Empires

This Alternative Hidtory timeline features world switch to completely different, yet perfectly plausible courses. In early Middle-Ages, The Caliphate manged to hold onto many European territories, which caused Islam to be dominant religion of Europe for a long time. Even though European powers succeded in colonising Americas, India, Persia and Japan, African nations defeated invaders. So did the Aborigens, and Indonesians. Now the world is divided into 25 large states, heach very different politically, culturally and geographically.

Points of divergence

 * Rome never becomes an expansionist empire and thus it never falls.


 * Slavs defeated Germanic tribes and forced them to move north.


 * The Caliphate overextends and separates into 3 states: Arabia, Greece, Almohads.


 * Norman never attack England and thus it is a Germanic state.


 * Spain is not fully conquered by Christians, part of Spain is controlled by christian state - Catalonia.


 * Mongol nation - Golden Horde accepts settled ways of thier neighbours and westernises.


 * England doesn't conquer Celtic nations. They unite in 19th centure.


 * Union of Scandinavian nations called Kalmar Union is dissolved in 1523 but recreated 10 years later, this time lead by Sweden.


 * America is discovered by a Muslim explorer. It is partitioned between Almohads, England, Scandinavia, Catalonia, England, Celtia and France. In 17th and 18th century most of colonial nations declare independance.


 * Harsh conditions and centralised empires never allowed western power to clonise Africa. Instead, most African nations united in 20th century.


 * India was colonised by England and Celtia, but regained indeoendce in 19th century.


 * Japan was colonised by Scandinavia, but was peacefully released in 20th century.


 * People of Indonesia modernised through contacts with Arabic and Greek diplomats.


 * Australia was put under international protection and westernised.