Arabs
From Turtledove
The Arabs are a semitic people from the Middle East. The majority of Arabs, especially those in the region, practice Islam.
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[edit] Arabs in In High Places
In an alternate where the Great Black Deaths wiped out 4/5 of the population of Europe, the Arab world soon came to dominate international trade and culture, physically controlling the Middle East, North Africa and Southern Europe, including Italy, Spain, Portugal and southern France. Arabic was the lingua franca. As Islam also was the dominate religion, technology and scientific exploration remained stunted into the late 21st century.
[edit] Arabs in In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Following the Axis victory in World War II, the Greater German Reich and Italy initiated a large scale genocide of Arabs in the Middle East since Arabs were considered by the Nazis as "semitic as the Jews". The Reich pushed its ally Italy into helping with this program.
The remaining handful of Arabs were enslaved by the Reich as they had done earlier to the Slavs. The Middle East was divided between the Reich and Italy.
Arabs were used along with Russian, Ukrainian, Polish and Serb slave laborers by German industry for "dirty" or dangerous work.
[edit] Arabs in Southern Victory
The Arabs were subjects of the Ottoman Empire. They tended to be restive subjects.
[edit] Arabs in Worldwar
The Arabs became unwilling subjects of the Race when its Conquest Fleet invaded and conquered the Middle East along with Africa, Australia, South America and much of Asia. The Race set up its capital in Cairo, Egypt.
Tosevites opposed the Race militantly for a combination of reasons that included religion nationalism, and bigotry against Jews. When Atvar attempted to impose the cult of emperor-worship on his Tosevite subjects, much of the Middle East rebelled under the leadership of Ruhollah Khomeini (ironically, himself not an Arab). However, the rebellion was crushed and the Ayatollah was banished to Argentina.
