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b"This episode is third in our Alternate History Week series, where I\\xa0look\\xa0at famous books of alternate history\\xa0and\\xa0discuss why I think their alternate timelines aren't plausible. Today's book is Harry Turtledove's wonderful book\\xa0Agent of Byzantium. In this book, Turtledove imagines that the Prophet Muhammed, instead of\\xa0developing Islam, converted to Christianity \\xa0and became a celebrated prelate and saint. Without the Muslim conquests,\\xa0the Eastern Roman Empire remained the pre-eminent power in the Mediterranean and remains locked in a centuries-long cold war with Zoroastrian Persia to the East. I don't think Persia would have remained Zoroastrian that long. I explain why in this episode. \\xa0 TO HELP OUT THE SHOW Leave an honest review on\\xa0iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe on\\xa0iTunes\\xa0or\\xa0Stitcher"