I wouldn't say "never" but the idea does need to be fleshed out more. Here's a couple ideas:
-US troops end up occupying Haiti longer than they did OTL with communists taking an increasingly bigger share of the resistance movement and anti-US sentiment becoming nearly universal. Independence not...
Instead of adding new states, divide new territory between the original 13. Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia have favorable geographical positions for acquiring more land (and by extension getting more population as white settlers seek out land in the west). This population...
It's a stretch, but if the Mughal Empire is collapsing into revolts and civil war, a Mughal Prince in a predominately Hindu area might consider converting to Hinduism or producing some sort of new syncretic religion in order to appease the local populace. He wouldn't be able to win the civil war...
The most technologically advanced areas get Western Tech, the next most get Eastern, then Ottoman, then Muslim, then Indian. It would be nice if they renamed the tech groups or something but I think the current system is better than giving impoverished, underdeveloped, vikings Western Tech...
I'm pretty sure most scholars just think its a crap theory.
I agree.
Sorry for misunderstanding.
When does Jesus start advocate abolitionism or feminism? Never.
Islam also spread to many regions without conquest.
The ruling class wasn't already Muslim.
People won't go to your court unless they have claims (or they really hate their liege and like you, this is rare), lowborns never have claims.
That's an idea.
That theory is not accepted by most scholars.
Islam arose from the specific social conditions in Arabia at that time, if the Romans controlled Arabia, it simply wouldn't exist.
Islam lacks things that appealed to early Christians and Christianity lacks things that appealed to early Muslims...
Click on "Find Characters", search for: Men, Your Religion Group, Not Ruler, Great House = Yes and organize by diplomacy score. Find someone who'll accept your invitation to court, make them your chancellor. They should be able to fabricate claims fairly quickly.
If your republican tradition is low (I think under 30, I could be misremembering) and you reelect you leader you turn into a Republican Dictatorship. Once your dictator dies, if your Republican Tradition is still low, you turn into a monarchy.
Ottomans don't involve themselves in WWI. Nationalists still rise up throughout the Ottoman empire but they don't receive backing from any great powers. The nationalists win (I don't think this is too ASB, even without WWI the Ottomans still were facing a lot of structural problems) and an...