CHRISTIAN RECONQUEST OF CONSTANTINOPLE
"If the Earth were a single state, Istanbul would be its capital."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Al-Qistantinia(Constantinople), Thrace
The Abbasid Caliphate and Sultanate of Qahira
Seeking to liberate Constantinople from the rule of the Abbasid Caliphate and Sultanate of Qahira, various Christian nations rise up to the task. Though the Fall of Byzantium was centuries ago, there come those among the Christians who still see the city as their rightful possession. While the modern day Muslim-majority Constantinopolitans never asked for liberation, their Christian ancestors cry out for Christendom to avenge them. Despite this however, the Orthodox Church of Constantinople has officially sided with their Arabian overlords; either implying that they see liberation a lost cause, or that they have been coerced into supporting the caliphate.
The Christian world now seeks to re-establish Christian domination in Thrace. Constantinople was once the heart of Christendom for many centuries before 1453. It remains the heart of the Orthodox Catholic Church despite Islamic rule, and is home to what had once been the greatest cathedral in Christendom; the Hagia Sophia, now the Ayasofya Grand Masjid. Despite its deep-seated importance in Christendom, it is now Muslim dominated; as over the centuries most of its Greek inhabitants have converted to Islam and now mostly speak Arabic, a testament to Islam's victory over Christianity.
To push back Islam from what they see as Christian lands, Christians embark upon this new crusade. Stretching across the Sahara all the way to the Zagros, Arabia stands a world power. And as the one true Caliphate, successor to the leadership of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH; the Abbasid Caliphate and Sultanate of Qahira extends its power and influence over the entire Islamic World. With almost 2 billion adherents of Islam and rapidly growing while Christian growth rates go stagnant, it seems unless something is done Christianity will be overtaken by Islam; and by extension the Western World by the Islamic World.
With its deep-seated importance in Christendom, Christians now seek to reconquer the capital they had lost so long ago. In this effort, a coalition of Christian nations have embarked upon a new crusade to re-establish Constantinople a bastion of Christendom. By the will of God, only the righteous shall emerge victorious. Will you be the liberator of Constantinople, or the defender of Al-Qistantinia?