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the monotheistic traditions of today all derive from the Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition - but I wonder were there other monotheistic impulses in other parts of the world? Something not related to the J-C-I tradition? if such a religion (or religions) survived and thrived, how would the...

Coolness!! Thanks for that, Diamond.

I had a funny thought while perusing throught my Draka collection again... what if the complete inverse of the Draka universe occurred - meaning that the colony of Drakia becomes the defender of democracy and freedom and the American colonies become the meglomanical, hyper aggressive slvae...

what if some or all of the crusader states survived into the 20th century? Into shat form would they have evolved, and what effect would they have had in the development of history?

During the Korean 3 Kingdoms period, the South-western kingdom of Baekjae established and maintained good relations with Yamato-era Japan. There was a great deal of two-exchange of ideas, trade, people, etc. This culminated in and ended when Silla ended up unifying the peninsula and some...

Let's say that in the early years of the ACW, the CSA wins independence. Flash forward a decade or so, and let's say again that the CSA breaks apart into smaller regional entities or independent states. The Union may or may not make a try at trying to integrate some of these breakaway states...

What if our timeline was someone else's ATL? In particular, caused by time travel from the other timeline? Can you think of actual historical examples in our own timeline that if you had read in an AH book you would say looked obviously (or not-so obviously) like results of manipulations by...

The Threa" Alexander goes west" got me thinking... What if Alexander had lived just long enough to secure and stabilize his empire (maybe he got persuaded finally to hold off on his world conquests schemes until his holdings were stable) as well as secure a successor. Let's assume that his...

Great timeline. I'm eating this stuff up! A couple of questions: 1. Given that Korea has always been between China and Japan and now that after the big war Korea is an independent (albeit vassalized to China) nation of its own without a civil war, how are its relations to this new China...

In OTL: In the 1590s, after Hideyoshi had consolidated his power, he invaded Korea. There were actually two invasions, spaced about 5 years apart. His goal was to subjugate Korea (enough to pass through it) and challenge China. Korea fought back, and eventually so did Ming China. Eventually...

OK, usually we ATLers deal with massive, world spanning things, so let's shrink down our perspective a little. How do we change the status of an OTL city that is in decline into one of world prominence. For example, we all know NYC and LA to be mega cities, rich, influential, etc. But other...

One other thing is that (West) Germany actually owned up to what they did in WW2, so its neighbors were not too upset about Germany rearming itself - whatever manner and form that rearmament may be. Japan, AFAIK, even now, as not fully owned up to its acts in WW2 and before, so they are going...

What if Constantine didn't convert to Christianity? Let's say that he does well like in OTL, but instead of becoming a full fledged convert, he concedes to simply not prosecuting the CHrsitians. So they don't have Rome on their case anymore, but neither do the Chrsitians have official sanction...

What kind of POD would be needed to have an independent USA (that is, a successful AR) but one where the government is not the two-house congressional system we have now, but a parlimentary one not unlike the British model. I would assume it would have to be a POD that takes place during the...

Here's an idea: how can we have an ATL where the dominant religious/philosophical divisions is between a monotheistic religion where the deity is portrayed as a male and in a male-like way (like in OTL) vs. one where the monotheistic deity is portrayed as a female or a female like manner? I'm...