Interestingly Turks are not from Central Asia but from the far East of Russia. During the Mongol Empire they conquered Anatolia which is present day Turkey converted to Islam started imposing their own language and culture upon the original residents. So, true Turkish origin may actually be a minority in the nation.
Moreover, in his past life, he had heard a rumour that Muslims in the Arabian subcontinent were completely different from Muslims in Central Asia. They were much more tolerant of others since legend says that they remember their own paganistic roots. It is said that this is one of the reasons why pagan idols within their holy Mecca had not been removed.
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History · Mithun_ReddyGaru
What about those airships?
Technically speaking, with the fastest ships of the era, traveling from Germany to Japan was itself a month-and-a-half-long journey. Aircraft were currently in their infancy, and there were still many decades to go before commercial aircraft were invented, let alone used as the primary means of passenger travel internationally.
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War · Zentmeister
It was this reason why Pav Bhaji became so popular. It is delicious and above all less time consuming to eat for the mill workers in the then city of Bombay.
The brothers became an instant success with the dockworkers, as their roti roll was convenient for the workers to eat on the go and, most of all, it wasn't too expensive.
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History · Mithun_ReddyGaru
It did came to India by the Portuguese merchants but it was a luxury food
"What is this potato palya, sister?" Girija, the wife of Masthan, curiously enquired.
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History · Mithun_ReddyGaru
What the hell? Potato being readily available to people and to boot middle class farmer family in those times? For those who don't understand potato is native to Americas and Europeans introduced it with chillies, corn, etc. to the Old World countries. So potato was a luxury for the Old World people up until 19th century when it became the poor man's crop and that too confining to Europe. By the late 19th century it spread worldwide.
"What is this potato palya, sister?" Girija, the wife of Masthan, curiously enquired.
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History · Mithun_ReddyGaru
Most probably author took somewhat a middle ground and didn't thought much about those aspects when writing. But if you want you can think of it as an alternate universe given that there were many historical inaccuracies.
'That's right, I'm not in India anymore. I'm in Bharat, a gigantic empire spanning four million square kilometres, with a massive population of 190 million people. A war machine of two million soldiers, every one of them ready for battle, waiting for the command to trample anyone in its path. Its naval fleet, monstrous, cuts the waves like a group of relentless bloodthirsty orcas, taking the Indian Ocean as its own hunting ground, daring anyone to challenge its reign. As for wealth? Heh, in an age where agriculture is the main deciding factor of the economy, I'm in the empire with the most fertile land in the world, harvesting wealth like a tireless machine.'
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History · Mithun_ReddyGaru
No he is somewhat correct. Search the population of South Asia in 17th century.
'That's right, I'm not in India anymore. I'm in Bharat, a gigantic empire spanning four million square kilometres, with a massive population of 190 million people. A war machine of two million soldiers, every one of them ready for battle, waiting for the command to trample anyone in its path. Its naval fleet, monstrous, cuts the waves like a group of relentless bloodthirsty orcas, taking the Indian Ocean as its own hunting ground, daring anyone to challenge its reign. As for wealth? Heh, in an age where agriculture is the main deciding factor of the economy, I'm in the empire with the most fertile land in the world, harvesting wealth like a tireless machine.'
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History · Mithun_ReddyGaru
America won the both the wars because of it's monster of a industrial complex. German although having the technological edge and even to some extent Japan, the moment America joined the war Allies have already won. The wars in a way helped America become a major technological powerhouse due the influx of scientific community their. At the peak of the war US produced more weapons than it's entire of the Allied members combined.
Because Bruno was of German stock and spoke damn near perfect English, he blended in quite well with the American population, walking through its streets and taking in the sights of the sleeping giant and its current progress as he made his way towards his ultimate goal: meeting with Nikola Tesla in one of his current offices based out of Manhattan.
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War · Zentmeister
It's actually pretty interesting that long before the the Frankish tribes invasion on the Europe's mainland most of the lands were Germanic. And even now a considerable population in Europe or US is of German descent.
As was only common courtesy, Bruno was given a full tour of the Romanian King's estate, as well as a lengthy, albeit interesting, explanation of his family's history. The Kingdom of Romania was young, established as a kingdom as far back as 1881. But the family's house was naturally much older, being the Swabian Branch of the House of Hohenzollern, which now ruled over the German Reich.
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War · Zentmeister
If the militants are able to control the Suez Canal it will definitely be a big blow for the British as it would drastically slow down their shipments of men and resources from India. Similarly, like the Arab revolt German should instigate armed revolution against the British in India which was actually a full fledged plan in the original timeline.
Maximilian ultimately decided to remain as an attaché to Faisal, acting as an advisor of sorts on a variety of topics. As for their first attack, it was swift and sudden. Thoroughly decimating the infrastructure of the Ottoman Railway which led from British Egypt into their territory.
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