Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-4923787-20130202175501/@comment-32656-20130510050843

If they hold onto western Anatolia, the east would be divided into various Turkish states, with the Ottomans probably still having one of the larger ones, if not the largest.

Given things, Timur's probably going to conduct campaigns in these Turkish states, most likely against them. I'd imagine that he'd actually attack the Byzantines - religion was entirely irrelevant to the man in that regard - afterwards.

Realistically, Timur would defeat them in battle, and they'd have to cross to the Balkans like the Ottomans had to otl. After Timur dies, they'd be in a very good position to retake the whole area, and more, like the Ottomans did. No further than eastern Anatolia, mind - Timurid power would still be in place east of there.

Have the Byzantines do better in early battles.

The ERE had competent generals right up until the day the city fell.

She would.

She did reach to them - but none of them did her any good. Burgundy was also ruled by her brother at the time.

He did not "unite" them - he just got them all to acknowledge him as overlord. A big difference, I assure you.

If one had tried to unify it, the others would all have fought them.

The position of Emperor existed prior to that, and included kings of all the HRE lands as emperor at one time or another. pope would just name the titular emperorship to the king of Italy, or of Burgundy.

Could not begin to guess when Catholicism would show changes.

Much too late for the Pala Empire.

Chinese words for soil and metal are both multiple characters.

Maybe the character for iron? Look more in that kind of direction.

Site looks accurate enough for a general idea of things. But only in that regard. Maps are too simple for more than that, I think.