Fall of Constantinople 675AD

This timeline is based on the supposition that the Umayyads didn't focused on the northern African regions if not in the rich Byzantine Empire core, Greece and Anatolia, taking this as the base, the Umayyads through a great force to an empire that has faced defeat 40 years before, and despite The Roman empire remnants fight hard it ends up with an utter defeat taking Anatolia and Most of Greece, Only Remaining Independent Crete, Cyprus and Byzantine Italy and North Africa (as the war would have been in the Core of the Empire).



Consequences
Beyond what any nation could do again the Byzantium at this moment were the protectors of Roman Catholicism, with them out of the Picture the Roman Italy or the Exarchate of Ravenna would have taken that title and as first Measure launched a Campaign to Regain as much of the Adriatic Coast from the Muslims, and then Focus on the Italian Peninsula, with this its likely that  the HRE didn't arise.

675

 * -  Colgu mac Failbe, king of Munster declares war on Connacht, seeking Irish unification;
 * The Emperor Justinian II or the Rhinotmetus flees the Empire to Crimea under Byzantine control, with it it takes what remains of the Anatolian army, and Fortifies the New Kingdom of Crimea.
 * In Italy the Fleeing Balkan armies of the Eastern Empire and the troops from Carthage Met with the Hope of Holding the Italy under Christian control, the troops of the Duchy of Benevento Join their Fight in fear of the Islamic Onslaught on Europe, Reaching them.
 * The Christian troops Meet on Venetia (Venice) where they depart to reach southern Dalmatia under Islamic control, the troops manage to Gain some lands but the armies of Muawiya I ibn Abu Sufyan manage to Capture some of the Soldiers who reveal the Roman Plan of Attacking Sirmium referred by the Muslims as Al-sirmiya, they army is Ambushed yet what the Muslims find is just a few troops marching.

676

 * -The Roman Army In Pannonia continues forcing the Muslims army to pursue them in the Balkans.
 * The Emperor Justinian II crowns himself as King of Taurica and Cherson in Sebastopolis (Sevastopol) and what Remains of the Byzantine fleet on the Black sea begins defending it from the Muslim Caliphate's fleet
 * The Pope Deodatus II Dies, the Pope Tittle is given to the the Pope Donus (as in OTL), Who Crown Lucius Mauritius Flavius Emperor of Rome (Ruler of Italy and North Africa).
 * The Roman Army Inflicts the Last Defeat in greece to the Muslims, in the Battle of Hadrianopolis after the city is Sacked and many Christian Gold artifacts and Relics are taken with the Army back to Rome.
 * In Britain the East Saxon begin to Fully Organize the kingdom to some small extent in Roman Infrastructure.

677

 * The Pope Donus Dies Earlier after Getting Pneumonia While traveling North to Meet with Some Frankish Monks, He Succeeded by Leo II a Priest from Carthage (ITTL).
 * The Roman Are Defeated in the Battle of Dirrachium Which is the Last Battle the Roman Army Faces in Greece.
 * Finally after three years of War the Muslims and Romans Reach a Concensus, in which the Romans Keep Dalmatia And parts of Pannonia while the Muslims keep most of the Roman Balkans and Anatolia.
 * Aquitaine and Burgundy enter into Dynastic Union as the King of Burgundy seeks to stabilize his kingdom forming the Kingdom of Occitania Centered in Toulouse.
 * The Caliphate Continues Converting Persians Zoroastrians to Islam, facing greater Resistance in this timeline.

678

 * Leo II The Pope agrees to the decree of Constant II giving the Ravennian Bishops Some degree of independence from the Papacy in Rome.
 * The Kingdom of Occitania East in Disarray and west Ordered begins to Order the Kingdom western Regions
 * A Revolt Breaks in Northern Persia, by Zoroastrian Persians Tired of the Muslim occupation and the Islamic advance in their territory, the Caliph Ibn sufyan orders to Quell it, Initiating the Persian Uprising, who will be followed by the Copts Uprising in Egypt that same year.

679

 * The Mauretanian tribes from the South of OTL Morocco begin Occupying Roman territories loyal to the Romans
 * The Emperor Mauritius Leads the Carthagian Army towards Mauretania with the Remnants of the Mediterranean Fleet of the East Roman Empire, Landing in Septem (Ceuta) and Attacking unexpectedly the Moors.
 * The Coptic Revolts in Egypt Now Have seized most of Egypt but In Persia the news are not so good as the most of territories that remain under Zoroastrian territories are deserts and isolated regions.
 * The Visigoths, Wamba is killed by one of His Generals, bringing the Civil upon Spain and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Malaga (Regnum Malacanum).

680 - 700

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 * The Visigoth Kingdom falls into disarray dividing further as dukes claim the title of King of the Visigoths, the most notable Kingdoms being Malacca, Legio, Narbona, Emerita and Barcino.
 * The Frankish Manage to Reunify Northern France but By 704 when they try to Recover Occitania the Aquitanian and Burgundian forces are now stable and capable to fight them out of their territories.
 * The Roman army managed to Recover Great Patches of territory from the Mauretanians and Leaded Several Wars to Retake North africa's West Coast imposing Its Ruling over Africa, but in the North the Lombards still pose a threat to the Romans as their Constant Presence and Sackings from the Northern Cities like Venice, the Emperor Mauritius Dies from Pneumonia in a Campaign at the Slavs in Pannonia his Son Arcadius succeeds him as Emperor and Protector of the Pope.
 * The Muslim Rebellions in Persia Are Put Down in most of its Territories but a great Desert Path Known as Parthava  in Which the Persians Zoroastrian Still dominate. While in Egypt, the Last Stronghold of the Copts is Alexandria Known as the Kingdom Alexandria with the Patriarch being its Ruler, Yazid Ibn Muawiyah Rules Longer than In OTL pUtting down the Zoroastrian Revolt and Dying in 695 followed by The Caliph Ummar Ibn Muawiyah (ATL son of the Caliph).

700 - 720

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 * The Visigoth King is Finally Deposed in Toletum Marking the End of the Regnum Visigothorum, by 705 the Last Remnants loyal to them are Occupied by several lords.
 * Colgu mac Failbe, King of Munster, has united the rest of Ireland under one flag during his campaign, and now goes to solidify his rule.
 * In Smirna a Greek Christian revolt occurs as the taxes from the caliphate  Government, the Revolt Manages to Seize parts of Western Anatolia and Southern Greece.
 * In Gaul, France unifies as the Kingdom of Aquitaine and The Kingdom of Austrasia join into royal union by the end of the 709, and the Sudden death of the King in 716 Bringing the Kingdom of Burgundy-Aquitaine into France - now Called the Regnum Francorum, with this The last Kings of the Merovingian dynasty Set their Capital at Aurelianum (Orleans).
 * The Duchies of Benevento and Salerno are Conquered by Rome in a Quick Campaign establishing Southern Italy under Roman rule, while this Roman North Africa is Organized into three Main Provinces, Mauretania, Africa and Cirenaica, Divided each into Three Smaller, by 715 the Province of Mauretania Poniente is Invaded by Muslim Pirates who Shortly after wards Take Parts of the Kingdom of Extremadura, and the Kingdom of Malacca and imposing Islam in it founding the Emirate of Al-Maghrib.
 * In Persia, Zoroastrianism continues thriving though its obviously outnumbered by Islam, but the Zoroastrianism gets boosted as small leaders in the Central Asian territories under the Khans.

720 - 740

 * 720AD.png Spanish peoples Meet, all in Toletum, in 721 as most of them Fear the Emirate of Al-Maghrib expanding over their territories, with this forming the Coalition of Christian Nations Against the Muslims, Aided by the Romans who want to recover their territories on Mauretania.
 * The French, Begin Seeing Westwards as Under Control of the Newly Named king by 725 Charles Martel, Who Stopped a Small German intrusion towards the City of Trevera Augusta, he Seeks for the Roman And Papal Alliance to gain Power among the Royal Family, and with this the Pope and Emperors of Rome ask them, to aid the Empire in the War against the Lombards Started in 723.
 * In a fervor to unite all Celtic lands, Colgu mac Failbe attacks the Welsh lords, trying to unify them under his flag.
 * The Maghrebi Emirate Expands towards the center of Spain as the Small states can fight a bigger state even with help of Malacca and Emerita, Son they Are surrounded by the Emirate,yet they face a Great foe, the Romans Seeking to retake their lands launch their own campaign, Taking a lot of the Mauretanian Lands taken by the Arabian Pirates,Reestablishing a Port to the Atlantic, though Gades and Septem are Not taken, and Septem is Made the Capital of the Emirate, now called the Emirate of Sebta (Ceuta), the Armies in Spain continue Sacking the Latin Kingdoms with Great Success and Little opposition from them.
 * The Roman Empire aided by the Frankish manage to Take a lot of lands from the Lombards taken Mediolanum by the end of the Year 713 though to lose it in 714 with an Onslaught from the Lombards, yet the Emperor Arcadius Flavius Manage to Push them from The coasts Claiming several Cities previously under Lombard control, he also makes contact with the Bulgars now Beyond the Danube River, Requesting them To convert to Christendom.
 * The Basileus of Cherson Rhinotmethos or Justinian II Of the Byzantium dies after 30 years of rule. His son, Tiberius is Crowned basileus of the Chersonese, he sons after contacts the Bulgars in the Danube and in the Volga to Christianize them, both Answering violently but intrigued at the same time.

740 - 750

 * 740AD.png Spanish Coalitions manages to Hold the Islamic Hordes but with little success, yet the manage to take several of the Previously taken territories as most of them Rejec. ,Rebel or fight the Islamic Occupation of their lands and Join the Kingdoms of Malacca, Emerita, and Olisipo in order to remain outside of the Muslim control.
 * The Frankish under Charles Martel Manage to Fully unify the Frankish Kingdoms by this era. Making the Frankish Territories the more stable and Powerfull Kingdom in western Europe as there was no real threatning presence in the whole western Europe. Yet due to its Presence bordering the Great Wilderness in Germania, it was Forced to Act as the current only State Capable of Defending the west Romance nations,though by this time there's no concern from the German and other tribes as most of the tribes fear the answer that they might receive from the Frankish under Martel, Who Seeks to expand the Christianism through the World.
 * The Roman Empire Leads another Campaign Against the Emirate of Sebta,Eager to Retake the last Stronghold of the Emirate in northern Africa,and to fully have a stand in north Africa without anyone capable of Challenging th Empire's Situation in the western Mediterraneum. Yet the Imperator Falls ill as He Visits some of the lands gained from the Lombard Roman War, after 68 years of Life and 43 of Ruling over rome, the Emperor Arcadius I dies if the City of Ravenna in 742,His Son Iulius Antonius Maximus takes the Lead of the Empire under the title of Iulius Maximus I he sons Reorganizes the Imperial Army and Builds its Own fleet and Prepares his own campaign against the Sebtanii Emirate,Taking most of the Muslim territories In exception of the City of Sebta highly Protected by the Muslim Fleet, and the Armies of Ifriqqiya now in the city after fleeing the Roman Armies in the war the war ends in 747 after four years of a bloody campaign and several attempts to take the Hispanian territories of the Muslim Emirate,but the Armies always crushed by the Muslims, in Spain. but the success in North Africa was crushing, due to the lack of Military presence in the south until the Roman army crossed the border and besieged the several new cities of Islamic origin like al-jawjar, and ab-al-sadiq and easily taking it. By 744, most of the African territory of the Emirate was already under roman control but Sebta, and great parts of the Southern territories of Spain were being occupied between Roman and Sebtanii forces though the Roman presence didn't remain for too long in most of the cases.
 * The Emirate with the Defeat from the Spanish coalition forces and due to to the degradation of the Armies it possessed before begin to fall into decadence as many Saw the Emir Abd-al-Sadiq as rather an unable emir than anything this followed by the Roman Defeat and taking of Ab-al-sadiq (City founded by His father). His Son, afterward orders the occupation and forceful conversion of several Christian Communities in Hispania or al-Andaluz. Many of the Armies of the Emirate begin seeing him as an unable Emir, and many Conspiracies are said to be initiating as many wish to take control of the Emirate.
 * The Basileus of the Chersonese Tiberius I continues Pushing for the Bulgars both in the Danube as in the Volga to join Christendom, Mainly to gain allies or friendly Nation in the vicinity fearing an attempt of invasion by the hands of the Islamic Caliphate, Son after the King of the Bulgars of the Volga. Answers his Prayers and agrees to become Christian and offer the king Stephan, that his Daughter called by the Greeks as Sophia due to his High Interest on Knowledge and wisdom, Tiberius agrees in the marriage. By 743 he marries with the Princess of the Volghars as now the Chersonese Greeks call the Bulgars of the East,After this the Basileus Founds two cities to be the main centres of Commerce between the Khazars and the Chersonese, the Cities of Nea Tiberia, and Nea Sophia.
 * The Islamic Caliphate Finally Manages to put Down the Greek Rebellion that Started by 719 after 22 years of conflict and Continuously rebellions in the Region the Greek Anatolia and southern Balkans are pacified by the Caliph dies in 746 after 69 years of life, and 51 of Ruling. The Great Caliph dies leaving his son Ahmed Ali Muawiyah as the Sole Caliph of the Empire. Though His brother, Abbas Ibn Ummar Muawiyah seeks a greater status and power in the Caliphate, his son seeks to make His Own Islamic Nation and He seeks north in the Caucasus and East in the Central Asian Wild territories. He departs from northern Persia, towards central Asia. After choosing to make his Kingdom in Kazakh Territory, he Is followed by several Islamic wisemen and followers of his and founds the Sultanate of Qhusar. Due to a misinterpretation of the Name of the Central Asian inhabitants made by the Caliph in 748 though it only extends to a few thousand miles and it.s Heavily Dependent on the Caliphate.
 * The Persian Free territory under Zoroastrian Ruling divides into several Small Kingdom Though all of them Remain in a Small Alliance In order to Protect themselves from the Islamic Caliphate as many continue to fear the Previous presence and Forceful conversion of many of their peers in their lands,but now many seek for a new Persia many of them seeking  land for expansion and more people to aid them defend against the caliphate. With this, many of the Zoroastrian Clerics begin preaching to the Kazakh in Central Asia and Some expansion occurs in the area as some Kazakhs join the Persian Federation. While in the near the south in the border with India, one Small Persian state ruined by the Zoroastrian Clerics (Persian Papal States, Yay!) becomes the center of the federation, and its under Protection of the Baluchistani Kingdom to the south of it which controls most of the coast and most of the trade.

750 - 760

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