What if Islam Never Existed?

I'm tired of writing these introductions that no one reads. So I didn't.

[jacobloft]

Anyone else watch this video just to read the comments?

[blaz]

There was likely a North African Romance language. In this timeline, it would probably survive. Same goes for Dalmatian, a Romance language from what was Yugoslavia.

[someguyontheinternet]

this sounds like a great scenario for a really good eu4 mod

[straydog]

One beef I have: his assessment of Zoroastrianism. Zoroastrianism had a thousand year run as the state religion of Persia, going back to the days of Cyrus the Great. The religion is actually still around today, with largest representation in the Parsi community of India. Parsis are known for their charity, to the point where some of the largest charities in India are actually Zoroastrian run. While I'm still researching it, it seems to be based around being cool to each other (Good thoughts, good words, good deeds is a credo that I've heard), such as with Cyrus freeing the Jews from Babylonian captivity, something that was unheard of for the age.

[spaghettimeatballs]

2:42 I love how he mentions that the Byzantines suffered the most, yet the Sassanian Empire was conquered completely. At least the Byzantines still had land, unlike the Persians who lost their land and religion.

[alexanderlehigh]

The Europeans began the Age of Discovery so they could find a quicker route to East Asian markets, without having to pass through routes conquered by the Muslims, like Constantinople. The absence of this drive for a better route, would certainly delay important European discoveries in the Atlantic.

[toprakylmaz]

The Comment Section:


%86 The World Would be a better place


%13 The Same Thing As Above, But Saying it differently.


%1 other Comments

[callummurrayofficialyoutub]

If Western Africa was catholic then that could see a massive decrease in the duration of the slave trade with abolitionism especially in Catholic states

[sauron]

I bet you thought my comments wouldn't appear in older videos, but you'd be wrong!

*WHAT IF JAPAN BECAME CATHOLIC IN THE 16TH CENTURY?*

[hazzmati]

I'm sure most people didn't even watch the video

[abiku]

"I'm tired of writing these introductions that no one reads. So I didn't."
LOL

[wires-slgs]

Actually, without the ottomans blocking or taxing trade to east Asia, the Europeans would have no reason to go out exploring, they were just trying to find alternative trade routes and stumbled onto the new world. Not to mention they might or might not have the right mindset for colonization, Anything is possible.

[mzrohan]

The world would've been a much better place

[blitzkrieg]

It would be a nice timeline:
-No persecution for Zoroastrians
-Persia remains Zoroastrian
-Sassanids are succeded by another persian dynasty until they get conquered by turks/mongols
-Byzantium is much stronger, and still holds the near east
-Visigoths would last longer (i wish the vandals held north africa but well, can't argue with Belisarrius and Justinian)
-Ethiopia would have a better trade/culture relation with the felow christian states through Byzantine Egypt.
-And in our timeline : No economic migrants/war on terror etc (or worst case scenario another sect/religion takes its place)

[nabeelahmedkhanofficial]

From the thumbnail it looked like "What if Pakistan never existed?"

[jovegajo]

The turks would more likely follow Nestorian Christianity, especially when you consider that the Sassanids were on a trend towards Nestorianism.

This could in fact set a stage for Orthodox-Nestorian wars in the future.

[faristaj]

This comment section is so edgy

Let me get my popcorn

[Grand.R.R]

For the "Religion of Peace" we'd actually have a lot more world peace if it left.

[იოსებხანუკაშვილი]

But what about the Church of the East (Nestorian) which was based in Ctesiphon and was supported by the Sassanids?
The Assyrians, as well as sedentary Arabs of Mesopotamia practiced this confession, which by the way still exists as a big religion in Kerala 😉

[Bazinga]

Central Asia was not mainly Buddhist. They were mainly Zoroastrian but later on many converted to Buddhism, so some where Zoroastrians and some buddhist. But their native religion was Zoroastrianism since Zarathustra was also from Central Asia (Bactria, modern day Afghanistan).