How Would Human History be Affected?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic_languages
How would this have affected history, politics/geopolitics, languages, demographics, cultures, religions, technological developments, borders, fashion, cuisines, art including literature/dance/paintings and music, social dynamics, the media (later on in history), ceramics, mythologies & legends/folktales, writing systems, economics, numeral systems, architecture, philosophy, legal systems, etc??
I presume that the Amazigh (Berber) Languages would be more widespread of course across North Africa and Egyptian civilization would still exist as it spoke a Non-Semitic language. Anyways, Arabs, Canaanites, Akkadians, Assyrians, Suteans, speakers of Old South Arabian languages/South Arabian civilizations like Saba, Babylonians, Phoenicians, Jewish people, Arameans, etc. would not exist which has huge implications for history since the Akkadian Empire would not exist and the Abrahamic religions would not exist at all and Carthage for example would never have been created. So we might have seen a larger and more powerful Numidia. I also assume that Sumer, for instance, would be confronted by a people from the Zagros Mountains or by another group of Afroasiatic people such as a Cushitic state (imagine a Cushitic version of the Akkadian Empire) which brings me to another point, i.e. that the Arabian Peninsula would likely be inhabited by Cushitic ethnic groups and some Omotic people so the Horn of Africa could be dominated by Nilo-Saharan speaking Peoples and some Niger-Congo-speaking ethnicities instead. Since a state society like Aksum would not have been created, I think a Nilo-Saharan civilization would have taken it's place in Ethiopia and modern-day Yemen. Also, Chadic Languages such as Hausa would likely have proliferated all over the Sahel perhaps containing the expansion of some* Nilo-Saharan speakers too. In addition, the Hittites, Elamites, Egyptians, Hurrian kingdoms like Mitanni, Mycenaean Greeks, Sumerians, Urartians, and others would interact with the Cushitic peoples of the Levant in the Bronze Age and perhaps in the future Cushitic Religions might have become quite influential like the Semitic Abrahamic religions did OR on the other hand, maybe Amazigh Religion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Berber_religion ) or alternate Berber Religions might have thrived more and perhaps absorbed some influence from the Iberians, Greece, Nilo-Saharan speaking peoples and Cushitic civilizations (or not, they could have dominated the religious landscape of Iberia and North Africa with an influential Amazigh Empire replicating what the Early Muslim Conquests did with an Islam-like Monotheistic Berber Religion that say worshipped the Sun or stars in general.....). Alternatively, the Berber pantheon could have been consolidated and further institutionalized by an alternate Amazigh Prophet into a more cohesive and significant Polytheistic Amazigh faith (thus unifying all Amazigh peoples in North Africa at least) with possibly a holy book similar to the Quran and Bible in our timeline and become a major ''Axial Age'' religion in the 8th century BCE to 3rd century BCE. (Honestly, a codified Polytheistic Amazigh Religion that thrived and spread widely would be more interesting in my opinion than a Monotheistic one.) If an alternate Star worshipping or sun-worshipping Amazigh religion was predominant then this would help theologians and students of religion, in general, to better understand Astrotheology and in the far future, in the modern-day (21st century) of this alternate timeline, an ''Amazigh Union of Cooperation'' would exist instead of the currently-dormant Arab Maghreb Union in an Alternate Northwest Africa which would serve as a Supranational Berber political and economic union with a common market. The Iberian Peninsula might have been an integral part of the ''Amazigh World'' if it was successfully settled and conquered by Amazigh People(s) and be part of this Amazigh Union of Cooperation (or ''Greater Imazighen Union'').
Somalis and Oromo people may have replaced Arabs in various ways e.g. the Hindu-Arab numerals wouldn't exist, instead ''Hindu-Somali numerals'' may exist instead and Somali Mathematics would take over. A monotheistic Cushitic religion like the Oromo ethnic religion of Waaqeffana based on worshipping the Sky Deity ''Waaq'' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waaq) who was associated in Somali mythology with fertility, sacred trees, animals, nature, peace, harmony, and water/rain instead of the Semitic Allah could take over this alternate Arabian Peninsula. A Cushitic prophet may exist similar to the Prophet Muhammad or Abraham, I believe this is quite possible since the Cushitic ethnic groups seem more likely to create a monotheistic world religion in some ways than the Amazigh peoples. And in terms of Skin Colour, the Cushitic ethnic groups in an alternate Arabia would have lighter skin tones than in our timeline (OTL) sort of like the Arsi (an Oromo branch of people- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsi_people) I imagine but then again I could be wrong. Just a brief tangent, but ''Amazighification'' would be an important force in driving cultural assimilation and social integration including language shift like Arabization was in North Africa in this alternate history timeline. I think a strong Beja Kingdom would emerge also at some point in the Arabian Peninsula (or ''Cushitic Peninsula''? or ''Oromo Peninsula''?) and fascinating Nilotic states would emerge in the Horn of Africa most likely influenced by Egypt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilotic_peoples
Furthermore, if an expansionist Amazigh Empire emerged with a Monotheistic Berber religion or a codified Polytheistic Amazigh Religion then I think it would have invaded the Iberian Peninsula, Egypt and the Levant plus spread the religion downwards in the Sahara converting the Nilo-Saharan Peoples there and speakers of Chadic Languages. Moreover, some Amazigh People might actually migrate to the Arabian Peninsula as well in the late Chalcolithic (late Copper Age) or Early Bronze Age. In general, the Amazigh Peoples and Cushitic ethnic groups plus their languages would be more Populous changing all of history as we know it in the process. An Amazigh gunpowder empire could exist in this timeline and also Zoroastrianism would thrive in a world without Islam and Christianity I believe so Iran and Central Asia would be Zoroastrian for example, maybe Armenia and Georgia would be Zoroastrian too or the Caucasus would be a mixture of Roman pagans and Zoroastrians. So we could have seen Zoroastrianism become a massive global religion like Islam and Christianity in our timeline with Afghanistan and Türkiye (Turkey) being possibly Zoroastrian or Buddhist (or a combination of both). It's also possible that the Turkey of this timeline might remain Tengrist but absorb more influence from Buddhism and Zoroastrianism plus maybe from Waaqeffana and Roman Paganism too. Also, there might be more Buddhists in South Asia and more Zoroastrians in the Indian Subcontinent as well as more of them in Southeast Asia. And there would be more Hindus in Southeast Asia as well. If European Colonization still happens then Roman Paganism would be the largest religion in the world followed by Zoroastrianism, an Amazigh religion (most likely a Polytheistic Amazigh religion), and Buddhism. Finally, there might be slightly more Chadic Languages in the timeline too. As for Roman Paganism, without Christianity and with Mithraism being a mystery religion I believe Sol Invictus worship would be the State Religion of Rome and become the Official Religion of most of Europe too. For example, take a look at this map - (but remove Christianity; and you have Zoroastrianism, Waaqeffana, the codified Amazigh religion, the Cult of Sol Invictus (roman paganism in this timeline), Buddhism and Hinduism as major World Religions).
Lastly, what do you guys think might have happened?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic_languages#Semitic-speaking_peoples
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilo-Saharan_languages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger–Congo_languages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maghreb
Omotic languages - Wikipedia
Somali mythology - Wikipedia
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