Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-4923787-20130202175501/@comment-4923787-20130511224454

But if Timur took parts of the Balkans, wouldn't that just weaken the Byzantines further?

Supposedly a major contributor to the taking of Anatolia by the Turks was done by the civil wars and general chaos. If Isaac I Komnenos hadn't abdicated, and he continues the reformation of the military and economy, could the chaos be avoided to the point were they have more power to deal with the Turks?

For battles, could fighting in the daylight at Kapetron or catching the Turks at Caesarea work? I'm not going to mention Manzikert, though a role reversal would'nt hurt.

Okay, but what about the Burgundians? Didn't they try to restore their familiy's claim to the Italian throne? If they succeed in overthrowing Berengar, could the Papacy nominate Conrad as Holy Roman Emperor?

Well, could Otto be made Emperor of Germany, and the German Empire is more or less a loose federation of kingdoms like the HRE?

So the HRE could be in Italy?

Darn. I really wanted a united India, akin to China. Unless Timur's campaigns failed miserably in India. It is said that the Sultan hadn't made attempts to stop him, despite alliances with the Ahirs and Jats, so if he had, could Timur say, have been killed in battle? That could also provide an opportunity for the Byzantines, if they had been fighting after Timur conquered the Anatolian Turkish states. Perhaps the Mughals succeed in uniting India completely?

Okay,

Jin is the only good one that pops up, but of a Jin dynasty already has existed, that's not very useful. Unless some people would want to say revive past dynasties like the Yuan and Ming, so it'd be like the Second Ming or Second Yuan. Maybe some people would want a new Yuan dynasty, and dismiss the old Yuan as say just an era of foreign domination, though I find this unlikely.