AH - Nestorian Mongolian Empire

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It's time for an alternate history map again.
Inspired by an article about the Mongols in general and their believes in special I did some research (well, that means Google). Apparently a considerable part of the Mongols were Nestorian Christians (nothing new for me, but I was surprised about the extent).
So I thought about some PODs which could strengthen this fact:

• Temujin converts to Nestorianism (maybe saved by some wandering monk or a 'vision' before a battle (like Constantine) )

• Nestorianism is a more developed and structured faith than in history and gains more strength

• Möngke Khan dies later so Hülegü doesn't return to Mongolia in 1259
• Möngke Khan dies in 1259 (as in OTL) but Hülegü leaves a much larger force in Syria

I think the most interesting PODs are the 3 and 4, but I think also a combination of 2 and 3 has its charm.

I will use a map from the CIA factbook as base.


That's the map after some editing.