1. You’ll have all of Andronikos’ knowledge and memories as well as your own (you’ll be able to speak greek, you’ll know how to speak to everyone at court etc)

2. Andronikos III lives to 60 instead of 44 (to spice up the scenario a bit)

What would their geopolitics be in the world, in each sector: Africa, the Indo-Pacific, everywhere?

What do you think about this video? Imagine how much more interesting it would be if Byzantine empire has survivor facing Napoleon and evolved with that time what do you think?

What do you think about this idea as they evolved through the medieval ages? What could they have become learning from their mistakes of becoming too

With Epirus recently conquered and most of anotolia lost except for a thin strip of costline. How are you gonna turn the ship around or prolonge the demise ?

Russia and Austria were strong allies from the the end of the XVII century to the Crimean War: the first alliance dates back to 1489/1490.

But have Russians ever tried to form an alliance or to establish friendly contacts with the Holy Roman Emperor in the previous decades/centuries?

Would Constantinople fit in Among the great European capitals, such as London, Paris, Rome, Madrid? Would the cities have rennaisance style older cores or would they be scarred by rapid industrialisation like modern Greece and Turkey? What regional variations would be present?

They win the 980s and split the empire like this with Constantine as the figurehead over all but only really controlling Constantinople
What happens next?

(If Constantine dies then Constantinople goes to bardas 1)

In 970 an 971 John ztmiskes fought the rus after the rus totally crush the Bulgarians what if that failed and they only thing that keeps them in check is a failed seige on Constantinople in 972 and the Bulgarian rump state that is now allied to Byzantium
What happens next in ur mind ?

(It’s up to you wether John dies in the senario or lives )