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"Islands in the Sea" is a short story of alternate history, written by Harry Turtledove. It originally appeared in Alternatives, edited by Robert Adams, in 1989. It was reprinted in Departures and The Best Alternate History Stories of the Twentieth Century. The story is based in part on the Khazars, who are believed to have converted en masse to Judaism following a similar debate. In "Islands in the Sea," Constantinople and thus the Byzantine Empire fell rapidly to Muslim invasions in the 8th Century, leaving Western Europe without a buffer state.

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rdf:type	Short Story
rdfs:label	Islands in the Sea
rdfs:comment	"Islands in the Sea" is a short story of alternate history, written by Harry Turtledove. It originally appeared in Alternatives, edited by Robert Adams, in 1989. It was reprinted in Departures and The Best Alternate History Stories of the Twentieth Century. The story is based in part on the Khazars, who are believed to have converted en masse to Judaism following a similar debate. In "Islands in the Sea," Constantinople and thus the Byzantine Empire fell rapidly to Muslim invasions in the 8th Century, leaving Western Europe without a buffer state.
dcterms:subject	Alternate History Short Stories Short Stories First Published in an Anthology Departures Works Set in the 8th Century 1989 Works Islands in the Sea Works Set in Bulgaria
Collected	Departures (collection)
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pub date	1989(xsd:integer)
First Appearance	Alternatives
Genre	Alternate History
ImageSize	180(xsd:integer)
Author	Harry Turtledove
Illustrator	Ken Kelly
abstract	"Islands in the Sea" is a short story of alternate history, written by Harry Turtledove. It originally appeared in Alternatives, edited by Robert Adams, in 1989. It was reprinted in Departures and The Best Alternate History Stories of the Twentieth Century. The story is based in part on the Khazars, who are believed to have converted en masse to Judaism following a similar debate. In "Islands in the Sea," Constantinople and thus the Byzantine Empire fell rapidly to Muslim invasions in the 8th Century, leaving Western Europe without a buffer state. Half a century later, Muslim and Catholic emissaries visit a heathen Bulgar Khan named Telerikh, whose land lies between both religions, in an attempt to convert him to their respective religions. The Catholic delegation includes Niketas, a priest of Byzantine origins, one of the many Greek refugees now in communion with the Pope. After much proselytizing, Telerikh converts to Islam, in part because the Caliphate commands a stronger empire than the Pope (although Islam's tolerance of polygyny doesn't hurt). The participants realize that Christianity is doomed to remain in an isolated part of the world without a powerful empire to support it. The Muslim success in converting Bulgaria without needing to send an army to conquer it creates an ominous precedent for the Christians: Muslim missionaries might follow through and penetrate deeper into Eastern, Central and Northern Europe, seeking to convert the many pagan peoples and fledgling kingdoms there. Should they succeed, Christian lands in Western Europe will remain isolated enclaves, Christian islands in a Muslim sea.

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