"The Dark Ages Made Lighter" by Barry S. Strauss What if the battles of Adrianople in 378 and Poitiers in 732 had been won by the Romans and the Muslims, respectively? "The Death That Saved Europe" by Cecelia Holland What if Ogadai Khan had not died in 1241 on the eve of the Mongol siege of Vienna? "If Only It Had Not Been Such a Wet Summer" by Theodore K. Rabb What if Suleiman the Magnificent had begun his 1529 siege of Vienna earlier in the year?