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In the interest of avoiding derailing this thread into a discussion of Genghis' merits when the POD is that he dies before accomplishing much, I'll leave this as my final statement on the subject: I don't agree that the Jin dynasty or even Muhammad II's Khwarazm could be described as 'third...

That stance ignores the Mongols' other strengths, particularly their versatility in manipulating the strengths of conquered peoples to augment & cover the weaknesses of their forces. They obviously could forcefully take strong fortresses (as places from Baghdad to Alamut & the other Hashashin...

I think that's way too optimistic an assessment of Khwarezm's future. Jalal al-Din was very capable but not a Baibars or Frederick II, as evidenced by his fair share of defeats at not only Mongol but also non-Mongol hands (he was ultimately finished off not by Mongols but by the Seljuks at...

Well, obviously the crusaders were strong enough to take a reasonably well-defended Constantinople, so they aren't a force to be taken lightly. The Ayyubids are in a critical phase of consolidation after several natural disasters and a civil war between Saladin's son al-Afdal & brother al-Adil...

I've expressed opinions on what could happen with China and some other places with this POD in the AH Ideas thread, but (now that I finally have got a fully functional computer of my own back up & running) I'd also like to add that Russia probably won't evolve the way it did historically without...