Recent content by Phoenix

  1. WI: Hypatia of Alexandria and the Church

    I think it's because I forgot how political religion was pre-Christianity, especially in Rome.
  2. WI: Hypatia of Alexandria and the Church

    It's disheartening to see ideas shot down by such logically thought out arguments. Is it at all possible to establish or modify the church such that it doesn't take such powerful interests in day to day politics and stays much more in the spiritual sphere?
  3. WI: Hypatia of Alexandria and the Church

    Had a thought and wondered how it would effect the development of Christianity. Hypatia being murdered by a Christian mob in Alexandria is seen as a result of the feud between the Bishop Cyril and the Governor Orestes. The Bishop was seen by the Governor as over stepping his bounds and...
  4. Lollardy successful

    Been reading about the Peasant's Revolt and its effect upon the Lollard movement. What would it have taken for the 12 Conclusions given to Parliament and nailed to St. Paul's Cross (a la 95 Theses) to be acted upon? A bankrupt government, broke from fighting in France? What would be the...
  5. Internal Combustion Engine Development Delayed 10 Years

    There goes that whole idea. My original thought was that everything was put back 10 years, and how much would that have affected the first half of the 20th century. Like as was mentioned steam powered tanks. And would that have affected powered flight before WWI? Would it be sufficiently...
  6. Internal Combustion Engine Development Delayed 10 Years

    What would be the out come of early 20th century development if i.c. engines were delayed 10 years? Would powered flight still happen in 1904, or would it be delayed several years? Would tanks make an appearance on the Western Front? Would we see more interest in steam and electric...
  7. A Really rich Canada?

    It's making the oil companies a hell of a lot of money. And that money is all leaving Canada, making the US richer. Also, the governments aren't taxing the resource, instead they're giving the oil companies billions. Less money for Canadians, more for the rich bastards on Wall St.
  8. German HSF Sortie March 1918 ~ V.III ~

    Interesting. About radio signals, etc. The Germans never believed that the British had cracked their code until after WW2, they happily continued using wireless to signal each other. They believed that the reason the British sortied for Jutland was a spy in the harbour. Ammunition...
  9. WI: British Keep Philippines in 1763

    What if the British keep the Philippines, and do not trade them for Minorca at the Treaty of Paris? Or Britain is more successful in the Seven Years War against Spain and keeps both territories? What would be the effects on the American Revolution? Would the increased revenue from the new...
  10. An Unfortunate Event: The Trent War

    As part of the mobilisation in Canada, work on the Intercolonial Railway should begin. Large numbers of navvies could be brought over with supplies from Britain, at the same time as troops. Enough material could be stockpiled at St. John over the winter to really quickly lay out a rough...
  11. No Harrying of the North

    What would the north of England be like if William never destroyed the north in the winter of 1069-70. It was estimated that 150,000 plus people were killed, and a majority of villages were laid waste. Food stocks and live stocks were destroyed, land was salted.
  12. AH Challenge: SSTs become the norm

    Have the Avro Canada designs from the laste 1950's be built. 15-20 years of SST travel before the oil crisis. I'd imagine by that time, SST travel would be ingrained in the industry. Also, Avro Canada had designs for planes that could cruise at Mach 1.2 without creating a sonic boom...
  13. Anglo-Scottish Parliamentary Union 100 years earlier - 1606

    I repeat: Why couldn't Westminster propose their own Act of Union, keeping the English constitution, and limiting James even more?
  14. Anglo-Scottish Parliamentary Union 100 years earlier - 1606

    What prevented Westminster from proposing their version of Union, with the Scottish parliament absorbed into Westminster, as was done 100 years later?
  15. Operation Compass succeeds

    It's not Admiral Pound in command in the Med, it was ABC: Admiral Andrew Cunningham. Pound was the First Sea Lord in London.
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