[Astromancer]

Byzantium-7

This world diverges in the reign of Justinian II, basically Justinian is lost at sea with no tears shed. Tiberius III founds a stable dynasty which holds the line against the Arabs and later the Turks. In the 12th century, with an ecconomically revived West seeking new learning the Byzantine Emperor offers a prize of a chest of rubies for anyone who can come up with a faster and more accurate way to copy books. A form of the Chinese printing press won the prize.

Later moblie type and other innovations were added. In this world the scientific revolution took place in the 15th century. America is discovered (and named Atlantis) in 1387. Northwestern Europe soon enters a long boom as the Mediterrian becomes a backwater.

The local year on this TL5 Q6 world is 1507. The Byzantines allied with Venice are trying to conquer Egypt in order to build a cannal and recover their trade dominance.


Note: I might need to move the year back a bit to allow less ecconomic degradation of the Mediterrian Basin nations. Still this should be a good Swashers/Arabian Nights crossover world.