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Elfwine reacted to da Racontor's post in the thread Consequences of No Restoration of the French Parlements? with
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In reality, not much considering I'm sure most of the promises would be empty, however, the king isn't looking for allies in a conflict... -
Elfwine replied to the thread Consequences of No Restoration of the French Parlements?.This one raises a question as far as what could have been and what was not a possibility: What stops the bourgeoise from seeing the King...
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Elfwine replied to the thread WI: rice and rubber became cultivated in the Mediterrranean and Europe starting from Roman times?.The other thing is that no one knows if this is going to be worth the effort and expense in advance. Not to say that means they don't do...
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Elfwine reacted to Arkenfolm's post in the thread WI: rice and rubber became cultivated in the Mediterrranean and Europe starting from Roman times? with Like.
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...
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Elfwine reacted to Arkenfolm's post in the thread What would the Nuclear Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki 1945 If Nobunaga Oda Survived? with Like.
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...
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Elfwine reacted to DrakeRlugia's post in the thread WI: rice and rubber became cultivated in the Mediterrranean and Europe starting from Roman times? with Like.
IIRC, the Romans were aware of rice, but it was mostly a luxury import. They imported Oryza Sativa from India, and there's some proof...
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Elfwine replied to the thread WI: rice and rubber became cultivated in the Mediterrranean and Europe starting from Roman times?.What Nivek said, pretty much. If it's just some random thing that people grow purely because the rich have the money to waste, it's...
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Elfwine reacted to Augenis's post in the thread Why did Poland-Lithuania not splinter in a similar way to the HRE with Like.
The comparisons between HRE and the Republic (Poland-Lithuania) are superficial. Probably the biggest difference is that Polish and...
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Elfwine reacted to pompejus's post in the thread WI: rice and rubber became cultivated in the Mediterrranean and Europe starting from Roman times? with Like.
First of all, I don't think rubber will be that useful bfore the invention of vulcanisation. Basicly, if you want to use rubber the way...
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Elfwine replied to the thread WI: rice and rubber became cultivated in the Mediterrranean and Europe starting from Roman times?.What, in this time period, do you see rubber as doing that other materials would not do better?
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Elfwine replied to the thread What if the German Empire had no colonies -> Better performance in WWI?.Not helped by him bouncing between awkwardly Anglophilic and awkwardly Anglophobic as far as his personal behavior. Without getting...
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Elfwine reacted to Hastings's post in the thread Without Manzikert would the Crusades still happen? with Like.
I think much more than a get-rich-scheme generally speaking non-religious motives would have been prestige. It makes you look good in...
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Elfwine replied to the thread No recapture of Constantinople in 1261.It probably falls within another few years barring some shocking twist (Michael VIII being killed/usurped, say). John IV is all of...
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Elfwine replied to the thread Warwolf against Constantinople and a Revolutionary Weapon in Warfare.Apart from neither ever getting in a position to besiege Constantinople in the first place (OTL), I'm not sure the technology had been...
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Elfwine replied to the thread WI: Manuel I Komnenos Didn't Make Peace With the Turks and Kept Up the Pressure?.I am sure that Conrad's army would pillage everything in its path Just not sure that it means destroying the Seljuks as a power without...