The Earthpedia · 800

What if the Byzantine Empire never fell?

Byzantine Empire survived, just: 0.5% of the world, down from 0.6%.

In 800, Constantinople is the last Roman capital standing. Here it gets a golden age and 700 years to use it. We started on the real borders of 800 and let the world run for 700 years.

Its share of the world

800: 0.6%
810: 0.6%
825: 0.7%
850: 0.8%
900: 1%
950: 1%
1000: 1%
1100: 0.9%
1200: 0.9%
1300: 0.8%
1500: 0.5%

Year by year

800: a golden age began.
800: Bulgars attacked.
809: Lombard duchies attacked.
832: Lombard duchies attacked.
889: took Lombard duchies.
891: took Bulgars.

At its height, in 882, it held 1% of the world.

The world in 1500

In 1500, Siberian Peoples ruled 11.4% of the Earth, ahead of Arctic Peoples and Bantu peoples. 63 nations were left standing.

"Smaller, but still on the map. Some days that is the job." Max, for the record

Run it yourself

Play this world

The same borders, the same seed, the same start. Then you are God: change anything.

More what-ifs from 800

What if the Abbasid Caliphate never fell?What if the Tibetan Empire had kept growing?

More what-ifs from history

What if the Roman Empire never fell?What if the whole world declared war on Rome?What if Han China never fell?What if Alexander the Great had lived?What if Carthage had beaten Rome?What if the Mongols conquered the whole world?What if the whole world united against the Mongols?What if the Aztec Empire survived?

Is this what would really happen?

No one can know. This is one run of a game engine that simulates every country on the real map: wars by temperament, armies from land and people, civil wars, golden ages. Same seed, same result, every time.

Can I try it myself?

Yes. Press Play this world: the same seed opens in your browser, free, and unfolds the same way until you change something.

Every page is a real run of the Play God on Earth engine (deterministic: same seed, same result). Historical facts are not implied; this is a game. Historical borders: historical-basemaps by Andre Ourednik.