Albert the Singularity
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Hello, everyone.
I was writing a timeline back in November 2019, about a Near Eastern Scenario, about a Mitanni-Anatolian treaty. I am planning to redo the same in a more grander and detailed manner.
I would like some opinions about an Indo-European Anatolian expansion into the Middle East, or a Greater Caucasian expansion (Middle East already has a huge component of ancestry from this), from the Kura-Araxes Culture, which would contain various Caucasian peoples like the Hatti, Kaskians, Hurro-Urartians, Kartivelans, possibly Northeast and Northwest Caucasian peoples (Kaskians are thought to be related to the NW Caucasian Circassians) and possibly some exotic and lost families of other languages and even a branch of a very old and rare Indo-European one. Kura-Araxes culture stretched into Modern Day Israel and Lebanon, so this is a very easy thing to happen.
I would like your comments about how such a World's History would be affected. For one, Afro-Asiatic expansion outside Arabian peninsula might not happen, and Semitic peoples might be limited around their birthplace (North Arabian Peninsula), and East Africa.
A possibility of a Caucasian Egypt reigns high. Ancient Egypt already had close relations to an OTL Caucasian Kingdom of Mitanni. I suppose of the Kura-Araxes expansion happens before the Afro-Asiatic one, Egypt and North Africa might be a Caucasian, as well (Anatolians have no chance of populating Egypt, as they are late entrants, from the steppe).
A lot of Old Iranian Civilizations might get butterflied and replaced, with such a large and early expansion of the Kura-Araxes. Elamites, Gutians and BMAC (all with West Asian and North African origins), might not exist. This in turn might effect the Steppes being Nomadic and the Indo-Iranian expansion to the South. They might be a large agricultural group on the Pontus and Volga. Europe gets an additional Language family.
The vacuum left due to the non existence of Phoenicians or an equal, and a less expansive Greece, could lead to Celtic, Iberian and Basque Civilizations arising in the Western Europe.
Edit: Thracians and Greeks might end up in a slightly weaker position, as such a strong and unified Anatolia and West Asia might prevent their expansions into the East. The Bithyni might be limited to Europe. As for Phrygians, if they are an early entrant, they are probably a part of the Anatolian confederation and flourish, but if they are a later entrant, they might be limited to the Balkans. Either way, Balkans will be diverse and might see City states and kingdoms on the river basins.
Edit2: Oops! Forgot the biggest one! The OTL religions, originating mostly from the Middle East or from a Roman influenced territory, might not exist, as all regions of Europe and West/Central Asia have their own stable kingdoms/empires/states. Indo-Iranians staying up North means no Zoroastrianism and Hinduism, either. Modern World might be more free, decentralised and advanced, IATL. This is actually the reason that led me to start this timeline in October 2019. I can link that for reference but not sure about this website's rules (that's on Alternatehistory.com).
Other details: In the Timeline. I want your opinions for the discussed aspects.
I was writing a timeline back in November 2019, about a Near Eastern Scenario, about a Mitanni-Anatolian treaty. I am planning to redo the same in a more grander and detailed manner.
I would like some opinions about an Indo-European Anatolian expansion into the Middle East, or a Greater Caucasian expansion (Middle East already has a huge component of ancestry from this), from the Kura-Araxes Culture, which would contain various Caucasian peoples like the Hatti, Kaskians, Hurro-Urartians, Kartivelans, possibly Northeast and Northwest Caucasian peoples (Kaskians are thought to be related to the NW Caucasian Circassians) and possibly some exotic and lost families of other languages and even a branch of a very old and rare Indo-European one. Kura-Araxes culture stretched into Modern Day Israel and Lebanon, so this is a very easy thing to happen.
I would like your comments about how such a World's History would be affected. For one, Afro-Asiatic expansion outside Arabian peninsula might not happen, and Semitic peoples might be limited around their birthplace (North Arabian Peninsula), and East Africa.
A possibility of a Caucasian Egypt reigns high. Ancient Egypt already had close relations to an OTL Caucasian Kingdom of Mitanni. I suppose of the Kura-Araxes expansion happens before the Afro-Asiatic one, Egypt and North Africa might be a Caucasian, as well (Anatolians have no chance of populating Egypt, as they are late entrants, from the steppe).
A lot of Old Iranian Civilizations might get butterflied and replaced, with such a large and early expansion of the Kura-Araxes. Elamites, Gutians and BMAC (all with West Asian and North African origins), might not exist. This in turn might effect the Steppes being Nomadic and the Indo-Iranian expansion to the South. They might be a large agricultural group on the Pontus and Volga. Europe gets an additional Language family.
The vacuum left due to the non existence of Phoenicians or an equal, and a less expansive Greece, could lead to Celtic, Iberian and Basque Civilizations arising in the Western Europe.
Edit: Thracians and Greeks might end up in a slightly weaker position, as such a strong and unified Anatolia and West Asia might prevent their expansions into the East. The Bithyni might be limited to Europe. As for Phrygians, if they are an early entrant, they are probably a part of the Anatolian confederation and flourish, but if they are a later entrant, they might be limited to the Balkans. Either way, Balkans will be diverse and might see City states and kingdoms on the river basins.
Edit2: Oops! Forgot the biggest one! The OTL religions, originating mostly from the Middle East or from a Roman influenced territory, might not exist, as all regions of Europe and West/Central Asia have their own stable kingdoms/empires/states. Indo-Iranians staying up North means no Zoroastrianism and Hinduism, either. Modern World might be more free, decentralised and advanced, IATL. This is actually the reason that led me to start this timeline in October 2019. I can link that for reference but not sure about this website's rules (that's on Alternatehistory.com).
Other details: In the Timeline. I want your opinions for the discussed aspects.
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