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[Babylon 5] What if the humans had defeated the Minbari during the Earth-Minbari War?

Canonically, this is extremely unlikely to have happened since the Minbari were so much more advanced.

However, what if the outcome of the war had been reversed, with Humankind solidly defeating the Minbari and nearly wiping them out?

The Minbari are only saved from total extinction by the Humans pulling a last-minute act of "mercy". 

How would this change the events of the series? Would the Minbari still be as powerful as they are in canon? Would the worlds be ready for the Shadow War in this timeline? What else might be different?
gpt
It would go completely differently and there's no way the situation would ever be reversed like you say.  The humans during their ways just fight until the enemy agrees to back off.  In this case, the humans hadn't wanted to fight to begin with.  The humans wipe out their warships, then force them to surrender and come to the negotiation table.  The results would mostly the same, except the Minbari fleet would be much weaker, likely resulting in the Shadow War going much more poorly.