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2026-05-18Add 1375 checkpoint: Novgorod crushed, Germany independent, global ↵haoyuren
industrialization spectrum - Novgorod: autonomy attempt crushed, veche abolished, Mongol prince installed - Greater Germany: formal independence from Great Khanate (~1360s-1370s) - Industrialization spectrum: Song leading, Ilkhanate/Germany/Italy importing, Great Khanate blocked by serfdom - Levant triangle: Byzantine-Ilkhanate-Egypt proxy conflict over Syria - Kalmar Union formally established (earlier than historical 1397) - Plantagenet France: recovering, Scotland de facto independent - Song: North-South crisis building toward ~1450-1500 eruption Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-18Add 1350 checkpoint and Great Khanate internal fractureshaoyuren
1350 Black Death consequences: - Song: moderate demographic hit but severe political "Mandate" crisis - SE Asia: catastrophic depopulation, Chinese settlers fill vacuum - Great Khanate: economic crisis → disastrous policies → northern Silk Road dies - Germany: independence movement triggered by tribute demands - Ilkhanate: survives, gains trade monopoly as routes shift south - Italy: becomes Europe's new eastern trade gateway Great Khanate internal fractures (new section): - Post-plague economic transformation: trade empire → serfdom empire - Rus identity fragments into 5+ distinct groups - Novgorod divergence: economic reorientation toward Germany, religious split - Religious schism: Volga Mongolized Orthodoxy vs Constantinople Orthodoxy - Agricultural pivot: Mongol landlords + Slavic serfs in Ukraine/Hungary Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-18Add 1325 developments: trade routes, India, Tibet, Japan, SE Asiahaoyuren
- Hexi Corridor confirmed as Song territory (direct Silk Road access) - Complete trade route map: 4 routes, Ilkhanate profits from 3, Mongol Khanate excluded from all - Song SE Asian colonization: layered system (xuanweisi → trading posts → settler polities → tributaries) - Japan: silver island, no Mongol invasion, less centralized but economically important - Korea: Song tributary state - India: Delhi Sultanate, Chagatai pressure manageable, Song economic penetration beginning - Tibet: independent, low Song priority - Mongol Khanate: fully marginalized, future economic semi-colony - Great Khanate Orthodoxy: Mongolized sect, rejects Constantinople authority - Little Ice Age effects: accelerates Song southern crisis and SE Asian colonization Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-18Rename successor states: Great Khanate (Yeke Ulus) and Mongol Khanate ↵haoyuren
(Mongol Ulus) - Volga-centered empire: Great Khanate (大汗国), claiming supreme authority - Mongolia homeland state (Tolui line): Mongol Khanate (蒙古汗国), claiming Genghis Khan's legitimate succession - Updated all references throughout the document Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-18Complete 1300 snapshot: Ilkhanate, Egypt, Islamic world, North Africahaoyuren
- Ilkhanate: Islamicized by 1300, Persian bureaucratic backbone - Egypt: Mongol military elite replaces Turkic Mamluks, part of Ilkhanate - Islamic world: decentralized, no caliphate, Hafsid Tunisia as potential Sunni center - Shia Islam gains space under indifferent Mongol rule - Added complete 1300 world powers summary table - All regions now defined at 1300 checkpoint Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-18Add France partition, Burgundy, Iberia, Italy to worldbuildinghaoyuren
- Plantagenet France: England claims French crown, capital moves to Paris - Burgundy: independent French-speaking state (Capetian cadet branch) - Iberia split: Aragon (Mediterranean + Languedoc), Castile (Atlantic), Portugal - Granada survives as Castilian tributary - Italy: no divergence yet at 1300 - Reorganized open questions by timeline phase Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-18Initial worldbuilding document for alternate history V3 modhaoyuren
Song Dynasty avoids Jingkang Incident, industrializes northern frontier. Mongols redirected westward, creating Mongol-Rus Empire centered on Volga. Covers: Mongol conquests, empire structure, succession crisis, vassal states, Western Europe, trade routes, religion, and open questions for further discussion. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>