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Would it be possible for the Viking age to continue until the 19th century?
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Denmark and the formerly Norse Scottish islands maybe, but one could imagine a pagan Sweden/Norway/Finland/Baltic remaining a continual...
May 6, 2024
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Humanity II Ideas Thread
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I wonder how that would work. It's a giant swamp prone to severe hurricanes, but it's also an area rich in shellfish that permits...
May 6, 2024
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Sea of Blood, Sea of Ice--The Mongol Conquest of Japan
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Depends on a lot of factors. He's still alive for now. But many of his Sufi brethren have met their demise. That's certainly the case...
May 6, 2024
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Would it be possible for the Viking age to continue until the 19th century?
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Yes. Likely it would require a giant pagan Russia/Russia equivalent to the east. The Scandinavian market is too small for slave trading...
May 6, 2024
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WI: rice and rubber became cultivated in the Mediterrranean and Europe starting from Roman times?
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Which wasn't a problem in northern China or parts of Japan where wheat and millet were more common crops than rice. In medieval Japan...
May 5, 2024
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WI: rice and rubber became cultivated in the Mediterrranean and Europe starting from Roman times?
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Here's the problem--the natural rubber content in the Kazakh dandelion is about 8-10x lower than modern rubber trees. I am not certain...
May 5, 2024
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What would the Nuclear Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki 1945 If Nobunaga Oda Survived?
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For all we know, it might be the benevolent and democratic Japan dropping an atomic bomb on a city of the extremist and brutal United...
May 5, 2024
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What if a Papuan Civilization existed In history?
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You do have to consider that Majapahit was the product of 2,000+ years of Indian cultural development in terms of statecraft and...
May 5, 2024
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Joint Crusade/Jihad against an non Abrahamic/Anti-Abrahamic threat?
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The Prester John legend was dying quickly in the 13th century, and the common perception thanks to Mongol invasions in Hungary and...
May 5, 2024
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What if Japan was a colonial super power before the 19th century?
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I agree the Tokugawa would not, but Oda very possibly could, and maybe Toyotomi as well, although he'd have to quell his ambitions...
May 4, 2024
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What if Japan was a colonial super power before the 19th century?
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The New World would likely be a net drain in resources and projects only backed by certain merchants. It's certainly possible.
May 4, 2024
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What if Japan was a colonial super power before the 19th century?
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The thing is that while Sengoku era Japan did have the capacity in terms of naval tech and institutions to do so, a mostly unknown...
May 4, 2024
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What if a Papuan Civilization existed In history?
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They wouldn't so much "come into contact" with them as much as butterfly their migration to eastern Indonesia and the Pacific. Some...
May 4, 2024
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Sea of Blood, Sea of Ice--The Mongol Conquest of Japan
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-XLIII- "War of the Holy Men" Magadha, Lakhnauti Sultanate, November 1304 Ryouchuu gazed at the enemy army assembling in the plain by...
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