We need more Jimmy and Cody lore, and we need it NOW.

@jeremyrossi2716

Жыл бұрын

YES!!!

@maciek_k.cichon

Жыл бұрын

It's not only althist, it's meta!

@Random-Ant

Жыл бұрын

Why does Jimmy give off Anarcho-Monarchism vibes?

@bathamsteryt

Жыл бұрын

​@Zelda Corner what?

@chris7263

Жыл бұрын

I'm so invested in this multiverse.

Considering French influences were heavy in Russia during peak Empire, I wouldn't be surprised if such a relationship would also exist between the French and the Northern Slavs (Novgorod). French philosophy would flourish in a similar way I'd imagine.

@c.i.a.932

Жыл бұрын

How? French influences came because Russia was extremely backward for a long time, then when Peter and Catherine reformed Russia, they used France as a blueprint. That’s not going to happen in this scenario as it’s completely unrelated.

@xanderalaniz2298

Жыл бұрын

@hereisthefullclip I am confused... but not disengaged.

@iiw2606

Жыл бұрын

​@@c.i.a.932Catherine was not yhat much of a reformator and she was born long after Peter. And Peter was more fond of Netherlands than France, though he was an autocratic piece of shit that completely enslaved russian peasants and enforced social segregation. Even it was not him who started all the reformes. It was his father.

@monokumaxd1943

Жыл бұрын

@@c.i.a.932 Ideas originating in France and spreading across Europe would be exported to Novgorod through trade and travel

@jacekwojciechowski3679

Жыл бұрын

Then expect not Lutheran but Calvinist Novgorod or maybe other unique protestant denomination, combination of many different elements. Calvinism was strong in central duchy of Lithuania so it also would possibly backing idea of Calvinistic at least in part Novgorod.

A vid on if the Sino-Soviet split never happened or was patched up in the 70s would be super duper

@sergioventura2595

Жыл бұрын

Sup my man

@ooonyxxx

Жыл бұрын

That means either the Soviet Union rolled back on Kruschevite reforms or Mao agreed to reform, firstly....that already creates an infinite amount of possibilities in both directions...

@conserva-chan2735

Жыл бұрын

@O N Y X Kosygin probably, which would permanently change the USSR and Cold War

@concept5631

Жыл бұрын

​@@ooonyxxx Alternate history in a nutshell

@tommurphy4770

Жыл бұрын

@@concept5631 was gonna say same thing 😂

I love how the characters have been slowly devolving into insanity with each video that gets released Last time, Jimmy had an existential crisis. Today, Cody is having his own existential crisis!

@warlordofbritannia

Жыл бұрын

Just like Game of Thrones

@JohnDoe-sd8nb

10 ай бұрын

Wait, its not all the same guy...?

We are simple, we see an AH video we become happy

@just-some-muslim

Жыл бұрын

That pfp ain't simple bro 💀

@concept5631

Жыл бұрын

Agree

@mongolhorde5827

Жыл бұрын

shut up SHUT UP

@socialistrepublicofvietnam1500

Жыл бұрын

No dopamine ➡ AHH uploads ➡ More dopamine

@NA-AN

Жыл бұрын

@@just-some-muslim It's either showing a black person-in which case that would make this persons user name awfully racist-OR I pay attention to things that don't matter and I need to touch grass asap.

1:16 The reason this moment resonated so strongly in the Muslim world is because it fulfilled a prophecy

@oilybat3269

Жыл бұрын

that prophecy being?

@thecpt6265

Жыл бұрын

nah it didn't that's a false narration people spread around, the real prophecy was about conquering constantinople in the end times without any fighting at all.

@baird5682

Жыл бұрын

What propecy?

@just-some-muslim

Жыл бұрын

Prophet Muhammad have said, *“Soon Constantinople will be defeated, how wonderful will be the leader and the army (that conquers Constantinople).”* - Musnad Ahmad, vol. 4 pg. 335

@concept5631

Жыл бұрын

​@@just-some-muslim Interesting

If the Russians get culturally closer with Persia, they might have neither a Sultan nor a Tsar. Instead Russia could have a Muhammad Vladimir, Shahanshah of Russia

@gwest3644

2 ай бұрын

I think they'd more likely just use Sultan, or even Khan from all that Central Asian influence. They might even use both like some places did: Moxammed Vladimir Khan, Sultan of all Rus

As soon as you said "russia might have gotten to the Pacific coast a century earlier" the idea of Muslim Russians colonizing the pacific north west sounds so cool.

@jared_bowden

Жыл бұрын

There was only ever like 300 Russians max at any given time in America; despite that, in those regions the Natives are mostly still Orthodox. Under Muslim rule + 100 more years, I wonder if you'd see more influence (100 more years of expansion = bigger Alaska) or less (a big reason Orthodoxy stuck is it got mixed up with the local culture - might be harder to do with a religion that comes from a Desert).

@myscreen2urs

Жыл бұрын

Would they still have sold Alaska to the Americans? Would they have completely hunted the otters into extinction? What would their influence over the new world have been? 🤔🤔🤔

@beb6c2a

Жыл бұрын

Ikr? Imagine Islamic Cascadia stretching from Alaska all the way to Oregon and norther California.

@gutyhuy3817

Жыл бұрын

Realistically a Muslim Russia wouldn’t be able to take on the Qing in their homeland, who already put up a good fight to begin with, especially if they fought 100 years early near the height of Qing power. Russia reaches the pacific, but has no warm water port. Also the Chinese maintain ports on the sea of Japan, would could lead to some interesting situations during the Sino-Japanese wars.

@pocketmarcy6990

Жыл бұрын

@@gutyhuy3817 didn’t Russia take Vladivostok much later in the mid 1800s though?

That image you used at 12:21 is a painting of a historic Circassian tradition whereby a woman can stop two fighting parties by taking off her scarf and throwing it in between them, the rival parties would then be forced to stop out of respect for the woman and her wishes by her plea of sacrificing her modesty to stop bloodshed.

@jared_bowden

Жыл бұрын

interesting. The one at 9:43 is a famous Old Believer (Feodosia Morozova) sticking two fingers up to the church as she sleds by: the old rite uses two fingers to make the cross, and the new rite uses three.

@harshjain3122

Жыл бұрын

That's very interesting. Thanks

@ibroplatin4915

5 ай бұрын

I love my Circassian brothers

I thought I'd never see the day when Althist finally decided to do a "part 2" for any one of his previous videos.

@Fortzon

Жыл бұрын

Part 2, now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

@tigremc

Жыл бұрын

He also did a part 2 on Muslim Iberia.

@NA-AN

Жыл бұрын

@@tigremc Still waiting on part 3.

@macdeus2601

Жыл бұрын

His "Nazis win WW2" scenario was a 4-episode series, wasn't it? This definitely isn't the first time. I'm a bit surprised that he thought the "Muslim Russia" topic needed two episodes, but splitting up a topic he views as complicated and in need of a lot of discussion is not at all new to the channel as a general concept.

@cybr69lol

Жыл бұрын

@@tigremc still waiting on part 3

This title popping up in my notifications was hilarious. I was watching an emotional part of the show and all the sudden. “WHAT IF RUSSIA WAS MUSLIM!?!?!?”

@user-op8fg3ny3j

Жыл бұрын

What show?

@Wehrnobyl

Жыл бұрын

@@user-op8fg3ny3j the expanse

@missk1697

Жыл бұрын

*Kadyrov wants to know your location*

@warlordofbritannia

Жыл бұрын

@@missk1697 *Kadyrov-al*

@SumeriyaYaxlaka

3 ай бұрын

How my intrusive thoughts work😂

You're truly one of the rare KZreadrs which I love watching their sponsorship clips. That says a lot about how good the quality of the content is.

@GmodPlusWoW

Жыл бұрын

It's like how Please Stop Talking had a bizarre thriller arc for their ad-reads, back when Shammy (is it still ok to call her that?) was still part of the podcast.

The “wait that’s not you?” Line made me laugh irl, that rarely happens with KZread videos. I loved the whole ad segment that was great haha I hope we get more wacky lore in the future

It is great to consider that, regardless of whether RU would've become Sunni or Shia, it still would've been changed considerably with eastern Slavic and cold climate cultures

@manofwar2354

Жыл бұрын

This culture already existed with tatars bashkirs and caucasian muslims

@rizkyadiyanto7922

6 ай бұрын

southeast asian muslims live in jungle instead of dry desert yet theyre just not that different than any other muslim.

I'd really like to see a future episode of "What if Mongolia permanently annexed the Keivan Reus."

@snomcultist189

Жыл бұрын

Mongolia... permanent... you shouldn’t use those two words in the same sentence

@rezajafari6395

Жыл бұрын

Wouldn't have happened, this just wasn't how the Mongol Empire worked

@Dezzyyy

Жыл бұрын

@Reza Jafari exactly. A nomadic culture/empire would've never been "permanent," they eventually would've shrunk or adopted aspects of other cultures.

@UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana

Жыл бұрын

They would just have been converted from within 😂.

@UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana

Жыл бұрын

@@Dezzyyy The Ottomans lasted pretty long. Obvs abandoned their nomadic lifestyle.

Without Russia becoming orthodox and adopting Cyrillic would Novgorod use Latin alphabet?

@morriskaller3549

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, cyrillic is heavily connect to orthodoxy

@rizkyadiyanto7922

6 ай бұрын

they would use arabic instead.

I would really like to see a video on Poland-lithuania in this timeline as well. Like what important changes would happen or not happen to the Commonwealth. Would they win during the swedish flood( mid XVII century) which caused them to give prussia independence and seal their fate by doing that, or maybe they could colonize America , since livonia( today latvia) as a vassal of Poland-Lithuania took a few Islands that the dutch later occupied in the carribean so that is a possibility. And also later if we assume they won the wars with sweden what if the King of the Commonwealth used his claim as a member of the swedish dynasty(Vasa) to take sweden into a personal Union, would a Polish-Lithuanian-swedish Commonwealth, around the entire baltic sea be a possibility? And during napoleon, what would be the changes seeing as prussia and Austria as well as russian empire wouldn't really exist, so this would also change how it turned out. In short i would like to see the perspective of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in this timeline. Ending my monologue, Thanks for another great video Cody. I like to often think about the different possibilities we could have ended up with during major events in history, and that is why i love this Channel so much for 4 years now :D

@anvos658

Жыл бұрын

I really can't see Poland becoming a major colonial power, since their position on the map just makes it too easy for naval trade to be disrupted and their primary concerns would be in Europe and the Middle East, meaning if they want to expand why not bring some Islamic Russia or Ottoman lands into Poland.

@C.R.A.B

Жыл бұрын

@@anvos658 true, probably the ottoman lands part would be most likely since Commonwealth and turkish forces fought eachother in vienna and there were many conflicts in moldova as well, just like the tsars against sultans fought later for the same lands , so i think the same kind of power struggle for the black sea would occur as in our timeline but instead of the russian Empire against ottoman Empire it would be the Commonwealth forces contesting the turks. overall in the later years of even the first dynasty of the commonwealth most of their interests was in the south like kingdoms of hungary and Bohemia with jagiellonian dynasty or moldova and the black sea later in the years of kings from the Sobieski or Wiśniowiecki dynasties.

@rebelgaming1.5.14

Жыл бұрын

I think Prussia still eventually gains independence. The Hohenzollerns were already becoming a major power in Northern Germany and were quickly becoming a rival to Austria. The Hohenzollerns were also elected dukes of Prussia when it was established as a Polish Vassal state which contributed to its eventual independence. I could see a potential Swedo-Brandenburger alliance invading the Poles instead of Sweden and Russia in this period. The result is likely land lost in Livonia and the West instead of the East. Perhaps East Prussia is connected to Brandenburg much earlier, leaving Poland-Lithuania almost entirely landlocked to the Northwest. They still almost certainly have a Black Sea Coast. An important thing though is that Poland likely doesn't get entirely partitioned. That was Frederick the Great's idea but with an Islamic Russia he would likely think twice and would rather have a Polish-Lithuanian buffer to the Muslims. Austria, considering their wars with the Ottomans, likely backs a Polish state's continued existence. Chances are Courland and Lithuania remain in Polish hands along with Ukraine and Belarus, but chunks of the West will likely be lost in early wars with Brandenburg-Prussia. In the end, However, Poland-Lithuania survives as a state. Sweden probably holds on to Finland, but probably loses Estonia and Livonia in wars with Novgorod. TLDR: Poland Lithuania doesn't get partitioned but Prussia still gains independence.

@compatriot852

Жыл бұрын

A Commonwealth would probably not happen in this timeline. Remember, the whole union occurred because of very specific political situations involving Jogaila and the Gediminds dynastic feuds People like to act as if it was pre destined for some reason despite Lithuanian history showing it to not be so.

@Pedro_Colicigno

Жыл бұрын

What i find more interesting, is the chance the HRE surviving the napoleonic era... Imagine the HRE during industrialization... Would they be a big state eventually centralized? Or would they be a proto EU (but with only germans)

You should do a video on what if the Qing Industrialized.

@peterwindhorst5775

Жыл бұрын

Most likely the Taipings would be more successful - which is a horrid thought in itself.

@juanitoarcoiris5824

Жыл бұрын

That would be china buffed

@Arkantos1900

Жыл бұрын

faster to divide

@rachard

Жыл бұрын

@@peterwindhorst5775 CHINESE BROTHER OF JESUS CHRIST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW UR LOCATION *HEAVENLY KINGS ORDAR*

20:00 The Corporations have found a way to transport floating heads, like Nixon in Futurama, solely to project commercials. Similar to drone sky ads, we are now truly living in the world of 1984.

It's not often the sponsor spots make me laugh out loud. This one did.

What if Zambia won the space race

@arsray7285

Жыл бұрын

Content we didn't know we needed

@nearhos3106

Жыл бұрын

But they did

@sircatangry5864

Жыл бұрын

They already did.

@mrmap4875

Жыл бұрын

That's the reality just accept it

I liked how you portrayed both Russia's though I think you were just a bit wester centric. I know that most of the viewers are from the west but it could have given a fuller picture showing its effects across Asia and middle east. That may even change the way you see this timeline. If you agree I would like to even add to this video by making one about the effects in other parts of the globe!

I would love to see a video where you cover. What if the Anglo-Saxons won at the Battle of Hastings?

13:04 that caught me off guard and made me die laughing LMAO

I really hope you make a part 3 this is a very deep theme, and the ads are quite good, good vid bro

This is really interesting! I hope a third Episode is coming

Uhm, I dont wanna nitpick or anything but your Novgorod from this timeline would have a majority finnic people in it, not slavs especially when they would accept protesthantism which they would. The finnic peoples around petrograd only started fading in the 18th century so I think in this case Novogorod might even abandon its slavic roots and integrate with the finnic people of the region creating a meld between those people. Also you have painted Estonia and Livonia as Novgorod territories much earlier than Russia really conquered them which further indicates that it would probably evolve into something unimaginable for us. So what I am saying is Novgorod might form into a finnic/slavic union uniting Finland, Karelia, Ingria, Estonia, Livonia and Novgorod lands under one banner without the russian finns dyeing out.

@Vellerize

Жыл бұрын

This. Novgorod being independent would most certainly lead to a much larger uralic influence upon it.

@concept5631

Жыл бұрын

Interesting

@jacekwojciechowski3679

Жыл бұрын

Sensible is to think that the process of acculturation of Finnic people there would occur, similar to what in our timeline happened in Vilnius Land where first nobles & aristocracy then town dwellers slowly acquired Polish language and culture whilst rejecting Ruthenian and/or Lithuanian

@memoria8732

Жыл бұрын

While this might be true, it’s safe to assume it’d probably turn out into a Poland Lithuanian esque type of situation. Russians (or Slavs) in general would still have more control and the Uralic people would slowly adopt and mold into said Slavic culture.

@henrikonsap1918

Жыл бұрын

@@memoria8732 well yes and no. Ofcourse the high class and city people would be speaking russian and melding into slavic culture but the peasantry probably wouldn't especially if prothestant scholars begin sermons in the local language. The same dynamic happened both in finland and estonia where high class and cityfolk spoke a different language from the peasantry. Now without Moscows russification of the eastern finnic people, they wouldn't fade into slavic cultures because it would have very little merit for them. Using west finnic people from our time period as an example is better than lithuanians/poles atleast imo because of the similarties in the cultures.

Please make a "What if stronger Poland?" video. Let me have some hope

Not sure why you assume Poland Lithuania would unite in this timeline or why an Islamic Rus would still maintain control when a Pagan Lithuania would probably conquer a large portion of that previously Rus land like in our timeline

@manofwar2354

Жыл бұрын

Maybe both muslim and luthanian unite Because muslims have free religion practise policy unlike crusaders And slowly they convert to islam

@dinohermann1887

Жыл бұрын

​@@manofwar2354 Muslims despised pagans (or polytheists in general) just as much as Christians did. For them only the "book faiths" like their own religion, Christianity and Judaism mattered, the rest wasn't treated as equal subjects.

@manofwar2354

Жыл бұрын

@@dinohermann1887 muslims despised polytheist yes But did not forcibly convert them like catholic You can find many religion in muslim lands exist but not in christian lands

@dinohermann1887

Жыл бұрын

@@manofwar2354 However, these faiths, that still survive in the middle east to this day, are subjects of discrimination and sometimes even prosecution by their states they live in, unfortunately (like the Yazidis or the Druze).

@manofwar2354

Жыл бұрын

@@dinohermann1887 no they get more rights in goverments loooool U never lived in middle east each discremenate the other Yezidi and druze are offshot of islam Christian and jews nobody care about them

I feel like half of this video is just what if Novgorod didn't die and I love it. It was such a unique country with an almost futuristic form of government compared to their contemporaries. I think I could see Novgorod taking a similar role to the Republic of Venice, becoming the de facto trading republic of the baltic and arctic seas. One thing that would be an almost permanent problem for Novgorod, would be sea access, like for Russia in our timeline, but with no way to get even close to the Black Sea or the Pacific, I could imagine Novgorod being much more focused on conquering or gaining access to various baltic and scandinavian ports.

Why is the music in this so freaking amazing? Especially in the Christian Russia chapter.

Regarding the sect Russia could've follow in this alternate timeline, Russia would probably follow the sect of the place where Vlad sent his voyagers to learn about islam. Idk where envoys were sent though.

@Dezzyyy

Жыл бұрын

That's if vlad even existed in this timeline considering the sultanate would've probably led to different leaders than the Tsardom

What if Mary Queen of Scots had son with the King of France resulting in a King of England, Ireland, Scotland and France.

@thegreatestchigone5813

Жыл бұрын

Since Henry VIII Wales was part of England (this is why Wales isn’t on the flag)

Idea for part 3: where does Galicia-Volhynia fit in all of this? It was the westernmost Rus' successor state and the one that influenced modern-day Ukraine. To defend against the Golden Horde Galicia (later Ruthenia) formed strong relations with the Papal States and at one point considered adopting catholicism so that the Pope protects the kingdom and declares a crusade on the Mongols. That never happened, of course, but if much of the Rus' is muslim and Halych and Volyn' still were influenced by western European culture and Philosophy, Galicia would adopt catholicism and a crusade would happen, but it would just be in northern Ukraine and Belarus. There would be a 3-way divide in the Rus', and neither Poland nor Lithuania would dare touch Ruthenia, even if it was in a civil war as brutal as the Galicia-Volhynia war of 1340-1392. Wars between Russia and Ruthenia would still happen but one would never conquer the other, and it would quickly devolve into a cold war.

@jacekwojciechowski3679

Жыл бұрын

Many depends on outcome of the Polish-Teutonic War (1326-1332) and if Casimir would be a king only for Poland's east or for West too. Dukes of Glogow also wanted the royal crown for themselves and were related to Teutonic Grand Master. Secondary what also would play a role in scenario is if Galician ruler George II Boleslaus - Polish Piast relative survived and ruled the realm.

@WatermelonVodka69

Жыл бұрын

@@jacekwojciechowski3679 Poland only became interested in the lan after Piast rule fell in Galicia and most local nobles fighting for power were mongolophillic. Even before that royal marriages happened between the 2 states and they were fairly close allies most of the time.

I appreciate the work you put into these videos.

Tbh I was way more interested in hearing about how things were going to be past the Urals

@concept5631

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@slaviansky

Жыл бұрын

Probably more Islam in China and Japan given how well it spreads

@Game_Hero

Жыл бұрын

the sakhas and tuvans would be free!

@Trotilov14-88

Жыл бұрын

​@@Game_Hero they are already free

@Game_Hero

Жыл бұрын

@@Trotilov14-88 Like, really free, sovereign nations.

Let's not forget the "reign" of the Rashidun Sultanate -because the Sultan in Cairo still recognized Aleppo as The Caliph- which was defeated & annexed by the Sublime Porte. It was not necessarily "Al-Musku" & the Sublime Porte against Poland and the Habsburgs, even if they were both Sunni.

@user-dr7ru8pm3d

Жыл бұрын

u mean The Rashidun caliphate, because the caliph is the leader of all Muslims, not just a sultan.

Now I need a stronger Poland episode

I'm surprised you haven't talked about the romanovs and how they would end up in this alt world of Muslim Russia, I really would hope you would make a part 3 on this discussion 🙏

@inspector_beyond

11 ай бұрын

Given the fertility of Muslim Sultans, ROmanovs could've never been installed on the throne. Rurikids would've still ruled over the lands. Who knows, maybe so it happens that Ivan the Terrible is still born and came to power, but with a large number of brothers and half-brothers and large number of sons he would have comapred to what he had in out history. Again, this aspect comes into how courtly life and royal marriage would work in Muslim Rus - like in out history or more Ottoman-like, with concubines and etc. (I say Ottoman-like, because i have almost no knowledge on how actually Arab, Persian and Egyptian Sultanates worked in this aspect. I only know th basis of Ottoman court life.)

I can't wait for the further stories of Jimmy!

Fun fact: "the Monomachus' hat", as they call the crown of the Great-Prince of Moscow, looks quite similar to the crown of the Khan, as shown on Kazan coins.Theyjust added a cross on the top. This is quite symptomatic of how much Rus' borrowed from their former Asian overlords. Yes, a Protestant Novgorod close to Germany and Scandinavia is quite probable! About Poland, I'd see its binational republic evolving in a federation of three entities, the third one being Ukraine. And about the shi'a/sunni schism, in spite of Persian influence, all the Turcic emirates stayed Sunni, with a multitude of Sufic sects, so I guess the emirate of Moscow would be the same.

I love your sponsorship ads, this says alot cause I avoid ads purposefully with YT premium

@flazzorb

Жыл бұрын

_"Oh god is that my floating head?!"_

Has anyone ever heard of the Chinese Admiral, Zheng He? This isn’t relevant to this video but he explored everything from Eastern Africa to China and right as China became isolationist, he was petitioning to go around the Horn of Africa or cross the pacific and he was denied because of the new Chinese regime and this was all decades before Columbus? Can we get an alternate history video on “what if China didn’t become isolationist” featuring Zeng He!!!

There are two Novgorods in Russia and all the videos with the city are from the wrong one

Holy cow you actually got me to laugh out loud at the end. Good job Cody love the videos lol

@bigtex5930

Жыл бұрын

I’ll pray for your mental health as you continue to read KZread comments 😂

Is there anyway you’d consider doing your map bits in colors that are more easy to deviate from land and water? I feel like a lot of times I find it hard to tell exactly what I’m looking at, love the videos though. Please keep them coming😎

@EvilParagon4

Жыл бұрын

Stare at maps long enough until the obscure shapes of coastlines and borders are so thoroughly burned into your brain that you will instantly be able to recognise any land no matter how flipped, rotated, or squashed. Trust me, it works.

@fortcraftpodcast6589

Жыл бұрын

@@EvilParagon4 true that. I don’t know I think the light colored land and dark colored water is what throws me off (I think that’s it, I forget since yesterday haha) maybe im pea brained, but I’ll try your suggestion for sure! Appreciate it!

The way you catch our attention in the money time it's always as good as the mainly part of the video.

The Luther Rose was the last thing I expected to see in this thumbnail lol

@GG-43

Жыл бұрын

/joke lutheranism is the TRUE way of islam inshallah /joke

Great video!

So, you are telling me Poland CAN into space?!

I was really looking forward to this video!!

@Alec_Reaper

Жыл бұрын

Uh no you weren't, you have only been subscribed to Alternative History Hub for 5 seconds. Tsk Tsk

@VolumeCheese

Жыл бұрын

@@Alec_Reaper bro what

@user-op8fg3ny3j

Жыл бұрын

@@Alec_Reaper how do u know?

@Alec_Reaper

Жыл бұрын

​@@user-op8fg3ny3j my dad works at Google

@sapphoschild3019

Жыл бұрын

​@@VolumeCheese sorry mate, alec has spoken. i dont make the rules

I would like a video on japan becoming muslim. "In the late Meiji period, close relations were forged between Japanese military elites with an Asianist agenda and Muslims to find a common cause with those suffering under the yoke of Western hegemony. In 1906, widespread propaganda campaigns were aimed at Muslim nations with journals reporting that a Congress of religions was to be held in Japan where the Japanese would seriously consider adopting Islam as the national religion and that the Emperor was at the point of becoming a Muslim"

I'd like to see an expansion on what if the Norse hadn't called it quits on Canada. A Norse/Algonquian nation-state starting up during the Middle Ages would be very interesting to see, and it could conceivably have happened had the Norse not left Canada. Ditto the ripple effects that such a settlement and country could have had on other Amerindian polities. The tribes could have easily adopted ironworking from the Norse and perhaps horses and other Old World livestock as well. And how would such a country play out in matters of world affairs? Ditto if the Nordic countries had stayed pagan instead of adopting Christianity. What if the Norse never converted to Christianity but instead kept worshiping Odin, Thor, Freyja, and them?

@nwefie_

Жыл бұрын

or if the norse kept paegenism

I hope Jimmy enjoys his time in the Philippines

Love the videos, man. Keep it up!!!

Awesome video!

I wonder if you'll do one on the Yugoslavia never breaking up, or the Great Recession never Happening

@Captain_Ender

Жыл бұрын

That would be good yeah!

@rezajafari6395

Жыл бұрын

Hm. I think one consequence of Yugoslavia never breaking up (assuming that Milošević is out of the picture) is a much more pro-Western Russia. The NATO bombing of Serbia was very unpopular in Russia and pushed it towards greater anti-Americanism. So we would likely either have a Russia that is still democratic, or if we are going to see it slip back into authoritarianism, it would probably be very different - much more aligned with the West, something along the lines of the Philippines under Ferdinand Marcos.

@EastGermany-pc2lw

Жыл бұрын

for the second one, its impossible. thats how capitalism works

@Juan-qu4oj

Жыл бұрын

It would probably be Pro-Russia and a Chinese ally today

@Juan-qu4oj

Жыл бұрын

@@rezajafari6395 the NATO bombings could still happen because the Yugoslav Wars can still happen but Yugoslavia (Serbia) would just have to win.

Just gonna throw this out there, but one other thing I think could happen in this scenario is the Teutonic Order ends up packing up and moving into Livonia. I mean, in our timeline the Teutonic Knights came into Prussia and Livonia specifically to fight the Pagan Livs, Lets, Samagallians, etc. and later also the city of Novgorod. In our timeline, the conversion of Lithuania to Catholicism kinda hits the Teutonic Order in Prussia hard cuz, well, their whole purpose there was to fight the pagans, who are now Christian. This is further exasperated following the Battle of Tannenburg and later the 13 Years War. So what I’m saying is maybe, just maybe, the Teutonic Order adapts to this shift and moves it’s headquarters from Marienburg to Riga as the new center for crusading activities… possibly this takes place after they lose Marienburg in the 13 Years war (instead of moving to Königsberg like in our timeline). Possibly they just immediately accept Lithuania’s conversion to Catholicism in the 1380’s and somehow maintain friendly relations with Poland and Lithuania (a bit far fetched, but maybe). You know, this whole scenario is just kinda fun to play around with.

Amazing ad Cody and amazing video as always :D

Just a side note: Persia was predominantly Sunni (the north following Hanafi, the south Shafi'i school) before Safavid conquest of Persia. Twelver Shias were a tiny minority back at Vladimirs time, and Ismaili, aka Sevener Shias were in far away in Egypt. So a conversion to Sunni islam, that said a "Drinking is allowed" Sunni Islam is more "realistic".😂

Fun Fact: The Volga Bulgars offered the leader of the Kievan Rus to convert to Islam, but the Rus' ruler refused this because the religion of Islam forbade them to have fun with women and alcholic drinks.

@hussienbintalal91

Жыл бұрын

What you said about alcohol is true, it's forbidden, but i disagree with the woman part, You can have 4 wifes in islam, how is that forbeding you from having fun with wemen?

@greygaston1263

Жыл бұрын

Didn’t Cody already pointed that out during the part 1?

@louisduarte8763

Жыл бұрын

@@hussienbintalal91 I think "fun with women" translated to "sex with prostitutes".

@milanvitu3963

Жыл бұрын

Orthodox Girls have to be virgin,contra..muslim men can have 4 wives to play with...why this statement about woman?

@lukaswilhelm9290

Жыл бұрын

@@louisduarte8763 all abrahamic religions forbid you to have fun with prostitute.

As fascinating as this hypothetical is, the idea of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth becoming more and more dominant sounds interesting! Is there a chance you could make a video about that? I'd love to see it!

@eternakrokodilanto5263

6 ай бұрын

The great Duchy of Lithuania could stay an independent state, if the theuthons wouldn’t be a minacion

This is by far the best ad read so far. Definitely got me.

Man, I love your ad reads.

Thank you for inspiring my next EU4 campaign, Cody!

@ortherner

10 ай бұрын

lol

Honestly I'm surprised that there's a part two.

I love the deep lore that's developing in Cody's ad reads

Looking forward for part 3

Just came and there are already people saying how awesome the video is... 1 minute after upload.

Good video Cody. Now that you've finished this scenario, how about this one? Since the Walt Disney company is going to celebrate its 100th anniversary, how do you try this for a future video of yours, "What if Walter Elias Disney didn't die in 1966"?

@Game_Hero

Жыл бұрын

he died in 1967 instead! Frankly, there wouldn't be much of a difference, he was not really involved in movies at that point and preffered imagining Epcot which probably wouldn't have worked anyway.

Hey, Cody shouted me out with the Siege of Vienna comment! And he accurately depicted me in a dumpster on fire! Impressive!

That sponsorship ad was priceless!

I'm sure by now you've heard of the infamous ChatGPT and all the rumors of AI becoming our robotic overlords by the year circa 3069 but coming back in into frame, I think it would be interesting if you had made say like a series where you input a simple alternate scenario and interpret the response and make that into a video?

The lore of the ad reads just got really interesting

cody where is our proto finnic-korean hyperwar episode

get boxed jimmy!! the lore expands, thanks for vid and entertaining ad

it would be interesting to see how Mennonite migration would be affected in this scenario. Mennonites settled in the Volga region of Russia in the late 18th century because they were offered religious protections by Catherine the Great. (namely, they were offered religious exemptions to military service and were allowed to conduct their schooling in low German.) almost a century later, those protections were revoked, resulting in a wave of Mennonite migration through the Americas. in an alternate timeline, would those protections have been offered? if they had, would they ever have been revoked?

@petergershon4734

11 ай бұрын

Heck maybe in this timeline Eastern Armenia(which in our timeline is the modern day Republic of Armenia) would be predominantly Mennonite do it being an isolated region of the empire with a relatively hostile environment that the Russian government would most likely struggle to get most normies to settle

im a simple man. When althisthub uploads i dro everything im doin and watches the video.

That ending ad was gold!

That was one of the best ad read I have ever seen, like we are talking internet historian level of good

You should do a video on the nish alt historie vinyl the new first family 68 that would be a crazy video but an intreassting one or just a quick mention in another video

If Poland had a much greater influence the Eastern Slavic Group could split into Central and Eastern Slavic Groups

Pretty late to the party but the Persian influence and motivation towards the drink might cause an Islamic Russia to adopt Alevism or Alihwism. Alevis and Alawites both permit drinking, and the Alawites in particular practice many of the same traditions as Christians. If Russia were to go in this direction it'd reasonably give them some play with cultural connection to Persia, and also a helpful minority in the Ottoman Empire to say they're the protectors of whenever they decide they wanna beat on them. I think the most interesting effect this would have would be to give Persia a big buddy to the North they can call in whenever the Turks try to "reconquer their lost lands" from when they controlled Persia. This might motivate the Ottomans more towards looking towards Europe where there are less gigantic empires with other gigantic empires as allies, opening up the possibility of the Ottoman Sultans deciding to put that extra bit more attention on taking the last pentarchal city within Christendom, Rome, and the Golden Apple of Vienna.

"WAIT, THAT ISNT YOU?!" Your sponsorship segment took an unexpected turn.

He finally made a 2nd one

I've always liked the idea of a Novgorod unified Russia, so this is very interesting!

@chasinthesunset8801

Жыл бұрын

The principal idea of Novgorod was an electional representative government. The principal idea of Moscovia was and still remains the total subordination to the government. That's one of the reasons Moscow is widely hated troughout Russia. Let alone the accumulation of the income from the selling natural resources in the metropoly.

@shzarmai

11 ай бұрын

same ngl

The floating Cody sponsor head case lore thickens further.

Bro that sponsorship was hilarious!

You could make a video on brazil next time!

@concept5631

Жыл бұрын

What would the topic be?

@fork-centraldaseleicoes3729

Жыл бұрын

@@concept5631 maybe if the 1964 dictatorship never happened or sumthin' or if it was a global power

@concept5631

Жыл бұрын

@@fork-centraldaseleicoes3729 Or if the Brazilian Empire survived.

@Game_Hero

Жыл бұрын

In other words, come to Brazil!

19:30 THE LORE THICKENS!

That was an ingenius advert!

I hope you'll do a part 3

If part 3 happened, I can see how it will go for Islamized Alaska in this scenario. While no immediate effect at first aside from Islam arrived in the Western Hemisphere a lot sooner than in our timeline, the fact that it is located so far away from the Islamic Russian Tsardom will definitely given the land a unique position. Heck, it might become an independent polity if the Muslim Tsar is focusing on holding the western front at the moment. If that is the case, I can see that the proposed Mormon state, the State of Deseret, might become a thing in this timeline because if the Mormons heard of an independent Islamic Alaskan state, they might appealed to the ulama and the Muslim Emir of Alaska for help to preserve Deseret as an independent polity due to how much they have in common with one another. And as a result, the Mormon State and the U.S might be in competition with one another about the expansion to reach the West Coasts and also to try to establish political connections and diplomatic relations with this Emirate of Alaska between both countries as well.

@Kissingerzones1311

Жыл бұрын

Bruh if that happened they would just be invaded by Canada

@jhonklan3794

Жыл бұрын

Alaska never had a significant Russian presence, and was always overwhelmingly native. They did convert sizable portion to orthodoxy (though not a majority). Its possible that Islamic Alaska would have a significant Native Muslim population in an alternate timeline, but I doubt it would emerge as an independent emirate.

the epic ending

I could’ve a wrote it was a different video you said you would do a part 2 for

Love the sponsorships.

18:03 This is something I always think about. When the Europeans feel that they are losing an Islamic or Asian power. They make the continent of Europe smaller so that it looks like they haven't even entered Europe's borders. In the past, Anatolia was considered a European region and Europe extended to Jerusalem and even the Caucasus to the borders of the Persian Empire. But the continent with the passage of time began to shrink little by little. This gives you a hint that the continents are not divided geographically. But culturally.

@user-cg2tw8pw7j

Жыл бұрын

The Europeans lied, considering them slaves of the Romans, and the Europeans did not change that they are like their most recent barbarians

@i_likemen5614

Жыл бұрын

Anatolia wasn't considered Europe back then. Only Catholic areas were considered to be "European"

@user-cg2tw8pw7j

Жыл бұрын

@@i_likemen5614 The Romans, then why did the Gauls, the original inhabitants of France, migrate to the Balkans and Anatolia when we were slaughtering them?

@i_likemen5614

Жыл бұрын

​@@user-cg2tw8pw7j The idea of Europe didn't really exist during classical Rome. And the Gauls had no idea of "Europe either"

Hey Cody, when are we getting "What if Japan had remained neutral in WW2?" or "What if Japan had been part of the Allies in WW2?" It's very much needed and would be really nice to watch.

@enisra_bowman

Жыл бұрын

i would doubt that, even if Japan did not poke the sleeping Tiger at Pearl Harbour, they have been in conflict with the USA in the Pacific already do their imperial ambitions and the conflict with britain and france in south east Asia, that they would be joining the allied side. for that we would have to go more the different route and ask: what have to change so Imperial Japan would join the Allied Forces and not the Axis Powers? And for that, idk. Lindbergh would need to run for President and win and join the Axis, maybe backed by Ford

@HenryMidfields

10 ай бұрын

I would have liked to have seen what if: Japan either fared worse during the Russo-Japanese War, or even outright lost? Hirobumi Ito was either never assassinated, or at least survived the attempt from An. Japan never becomes fascist (and what needs to change). Too many cases of alternate history with Japan still going fascist, I want to see something similar to the latest game of Sakura Wars where Japan remains somewhat democratic (or at least nowhere near as facist and xenophobic as RL), darnit!

2 videos in one month? Cody, you're applying us!

Yes part 2 awesome