Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-4923787-20131005001125/@comment-4923787-20131118014710

A thoguht just occured to me, if they are not targeted by the Fourth Crusade, could they simply hold onto the western regions of Anatolia, and than collapse as described, and your additions?

Also, can the Byzantines repair relations with the nations they've estranged during the chaos of the transition from the Komnenoi to the Paloiologi?

In this scenario, what would become of the Ottomans? If they exist, could they unite the Turks and gain control of the Levant and Mesopotamia without taking the Balkans if major power players in the area get involved?

Also, if the assumption that, I'm not sure if I'll get this right, but the Greek phrase Is ton Polein became Istanbul, can another city become Istanbul in name?