The printing press was invented in Baghdad in 796, prompting an Islamic Industrial Revolution. The world is dominated by a Muslim caliphate, though it's recently been attacked by radical secularists in the Americas. The secularists shocked the caliphate by conquering almost a third of the planet, and caused offworld colonies under corporate rule to declare independence. These colonies are apparently building a 'stargate' in trans-Neptunian orbit and claim to have made contact with an alien species.
Sidebars[]
- Other Muslim Worlds
- The Abbasids
- The Calendar
- Lesser Breeds Without the Shari’a
- Why is This Map Upside Down?
- Science and the Faith
- First Contact
- Personal Names
- Who is a Muslim?
- Cities of Diamond and Dreams
- The Fronts
- Humanity in Space
- Colony Planets
- Legends of Far Worlds
- Lifestyles
- Tech Level
- Robofacs and Strategy
- Readers
- Artificial Intelligence and Djinn
- Longevity and Society
- The Infowar
- Biotechnology
- Xenotech
- Science Fiction and the Arabian Nights
- Outcomes of the War
- Alien PCs
- Which Aliens?
- Speed of Advance
- Caliph’s World of the Mind
- Outtimers in Caliph
- Psionics
Other Versions of This Caliph[]
- Caliph-1B: The Caliph of Classic: Alternate Earths 2 which had colony worlds that were (implied) to be in other solar systems and named Falaq (18 million), Pishon (31 million), Ahqaf (5 million) and Thule (3 million).[1] FTL travel was through the Tokati-Bandih Induced Wormhole Function (Stargate) near the orbit of Neptune for which they have sent stargate construction probes as far away as 80 lightyears.
- Epsilon: The 23 Skidoo precursor, expressly states that planets in other solar systems have been colonized.
References[]
- Classic: Alternate Earths 2 pg 70-89
- GURPS Infinite Worlds pg 117-8
- ↑ Classic: Alternate Earths 2 pg 75