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Arkenfolm
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Sea of Blood, Sea of Ice--The Mongol Conquest of Japan
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1. Possibly, but I'm not entirely sure on that part yet. 2. Some might try, but the only organised support comes from external powers...
Yesterday at 6:52 AM
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AHC: The wankest possible Madagascar
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It's about the size of Thailand and occupies a similar strategic position (at absolute best--there is nothing like the threat to...
Yesterday at 6:35 AM
Arkenfolm
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AHC: The wankest possible Madagascar
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Madagascar has a 0% chance of winning a war against Britain in the 19th century no matter how many reforms and industrialisation they go...
Yesterday at 1:06 AM
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AHC: A White Nationalist neopagan country.
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Only in a Nazi victory scenario. Maybe Norway eventually ends up like this by trying to out-Nazi the Nazis, like maybe after Quisling dies.
Yesterday at 12:03 AM
Arkenfolm
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Sea of Blood, Sea of Ice--The Mongol Conquest of Japan
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1. One Kagyu lineage, the Drikung Kagyu, has a weird relation with the Tibetan government in this era since they're politically opposed...
Saturday at 11:14 PM
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Good Vinland PODs?
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1. That's a stereotype. Plenty of strangers (i.e. people from Iceland, Norway, and Denmark) set foot in medieval Greenland and traded...
Saturday at 1:40 AM
Arkenfolm
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Good Vinland PODs?
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The Beothuk might have been a different case than Labrador given they were on an island and may have been more isolationist or more apt...
Thursday at 10:35 PM
Arkenfolm
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Sea of Blood, Sea of Ice--The Mongol Conquest of Japan
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I have not had a chance to complete the next entry this week, but did recently come across The Cambridge History of the Mongol Empire...
Thursday at 9:30 PM
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Not so invincible after all: Fastest declines of powerful dynasties and noble houses 1200-1500AD
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The Ilkhanate is also a great example since they imploded into constant civil war after Abu Said Bahadur Khan died without a clear...
Thursday at 6:27 AM
Arkenfolm
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Good Vinland PODs?
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I wonder if settling Labrador (Markland) first would have been the key to a successful Vinland. Labrador has a similar climate to...
Thursday at 12:39 AM
Arkenfolm
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Not so invincible after all: Fastest declines of powerful dynasties and noble houses 1200-1500AD
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In 1331, the Houjou clan dominated Japan as they had for over a century, with the power to name both shogun and emperor (and crown...
Wednesday at 11:30 AM
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Rubber as part of the Columbian exchange/early rubber boom
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Interestingly, Peter Martyr d'Anghiera notes that rubber was produced using juice from a specific vine, and his works were available in...
Wednesday at 5:32 AM
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Effects on Cryptocurrency with no credit crunch and reasonable US debt to GDP rate.
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Bitcoin was a revolutionary advancement in that field since it was both decentralized AND was the first major use of a blockchain. It...
May 7, 2024
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Rubber as part of the Columbian exchange/early rubber boom
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Alternate History Discussion: Before 1900
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Since there's been a few threads lately on this subject, I figured I'd start my own on some insights I found. Anyway, Rubber usage...
May 7, 2024
Arkenfolm
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Sea of Blood, Sea of Ice--The Mongol Conquest of Japan
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Thank you. I will extend it either this Thursday or next Thursday with the Chagatai's own civil war. That is correct. The Chagatai...
May 7, 2024
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