An American novel from 2024 condemning the "exercise movement" of that period by an author who would only disclose their pseudonym, "Yeti Adams". Those who bought into the new craze of exercising and being in peak physical condition were described as "bigfoots", essentially witless people...
A musical composition written by an anonymous citizen of Paris on his deathbed in 1958, he apparently had a plain life, no regrets and found his eminent end untroubling. He claims in a footnote that one's life determines the circumstances of his death; just as Napoleon's proud life ended proudly...
I get that they shelled it because of the powder stockpile, but it was also a shelter for civilians and a monumentally important historical landmark. If we were to add Christian place of worship to that list, I feel it may have some impact on the decision to attack it.
A painting of a California beach after a Japanese nuclear bomb detonated over San Francisco in 2079. The "shadows" of palm trees and seabirds are left behind on the ground with debris from the city sitting in various places on the beach and in the water. A school of dead fish and two dolphins...
The Ottomans, if I understand correctly, didn't normally do that sort of thing(during this point in history), barring Constantinople. They were arguably the most culturally tolerant power in Europe. The leading suggestion for why it was done was as punishment after the Ottomans discovered plans...
Early 1460s OTL the Ottoman Empire converted the Parthenon (which was a Christian church at the time) into a mosque. The reasons for this are still not confirmed, however it caused a bit of a stir with the local Greeks (on top of the already unhealthy relationship between them).
What if this...
In 1750, Britain and France agree to send a combined force to attack and take China, what happens next? How does the invasion play out, how do other powers react, etc.
Make the Russian colonies in Northwestern America last as long as you can think plausible, make sure to go through relations with other countries as they do this.
I was a bit confused on where it would go. I had meant that the PoD could be anywhere in history, but the time period Indonesia (or a country with another name, the center just needs to be somewhere in present day Indonesia) had to be a superpower during was after 1900, so I assumed it would...