Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-4923787-20131005001125/@comment-32656-20131005050234

John was 55 when he died - had he not died like otl, he'd have still not lived all that much longer. Very doubtful that he could have managed that.

Doubtful that Manuel not fighting at Myriokephalon would make all that much difference. They recovered very well otl afterwards, remember.

Fourth Crusade going as planned would have unquestionably helped.

Not impossible for them to retake many of those areas in a Mongol power vacuum, though Egypt would be too much, as they fought the Mongols off.

Yes.