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  1. Nassirisimo

    WI/Challenge - Delayed Age of Discovery

    It's been a long time since I posted something like this! So the European Age of Discovery was one of the most impactful epochs in world history. The fragmented world systems which had previously existed were gradually brought together over the centuries by the European discoveries of new lands...
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    With the Crescent Above Us 2.0: An Ottoman Timeline
    Threadmarks: The Crisis of the 1870s

    Fadıl Necmi; The Sublime Ottoman State: A History of the Ottoman Empire: Istanbul University Press The Crisis of the 1870s For all the wrong reasons it seemed, 1873 would be a turning point for the Ottoman Empire. It had been almost a half-century since the destruction of the Janissary Corps...
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    WI: Musket Wars lead to State consolidation in New Zealand

    The Musket Wars between various Maori tribes in the first half of the 19th century had enormous consequences for New Zealand, reducing the Maori population as well as causing territorial changes and migrations. In other parts of the world though, muskets had led to the consolidation of larger...
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    A Destiny Realized: A Timeline of Afsharid Iran and Beyond
    Threadmarks: Prologue

    Isfahan, 1715 Iranian History is dominated by tales of the “Rusul-u-Muluk”, or Prophets and Princes. From Zoroaster to Cyrus the Great, heroic figures bringing revelation or the sword have not only shaped the history of the Iranian people, but have inspired folk-stories and literature focusing...
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    Down the Parallel Road: An Afsharid Persia Timeline
    Threadmarks: Introduction

    Down the Parallel Road: A Timeline From the 18th Century and Beyond! Author's Foreword I first started thinking about starting a new timeline around the beginning of this year. It was originally intended to focus on making Napoleon great again, or something along those lines. However, Napoleon...
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    WI India without the Durranis

    Based on my own limited understanding of Indian history, the Afghan invasion of India under the Durranis broke Maratha control of Northern India while leaving something of a power vacuum that spawned entities such as the Sikh states. However, I do remember reading the case on the forum that...
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    Dream of the Poison King: A History of the Pontic Empire

    Sinope, Pontus. Around 396 AC [1] It was cloudless sky over Sinope, on a warm summer’s night when the great king of king Mithradates was born. While the seas that surround the city were unusually calm, the sky was lit by a fantastic comet. Seen from the shores of the Aegean into the heart of...
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    The Northern Colossus: A Manchester-wank CFTL

    Foreword This is my humble attempt at a different kind of TL. Those who are familiar with my previous Timelines, A History of the Pontic Empire and With The Crescent Above Us will be aware that they went for a broad stroke, and did indeed concentrate considerably on war. While I had lots of fun...
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    Bismarck's Folly - A Short TL

    Paris, 16th August 1869 An ordinance for sewer improvements in Marseilles. Extra provision for maintenance facilities on the Paris-Lyon railway. Paperwork is almost never an exciting activity by any stretch of the imagination, but every day, the mounds of paperwork seemed duller than ever for...
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    WI No Surrender at Pruth River Campaign

    The Pruth River Campaign was one of the most successful conflicts that the Ottomans had against the Russians. The Ottomans had managed to defeat a Russian force headed by Tsar Peter the Great. However, the Ottomans allowed the Russian force to retreat after wringing a relatively light treaty...
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    TLIAD: The Triumph of the March Intifada

    The National Union Committee of Bahrain, a key force in the 1950's in Bahrain Bahrain had been festering since the suppression of the 1956 protests. Although it had taken on the appearance of normality, dissent had been building up. The original demands for a small amount of representation in...
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    With The Crescent Above Us

    With The Crescent Above Us An Alternate History of the Ottoman Empire Kostantiniyye: 15th of June, 1876 It had been a long day already for Hassan. He had been released from prison during the morning by a particularly negligent jail master. His only concern upon leaving was vengeance. He...
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    Reviving the Idea of an Ottoman Victory in 1877-78

    Many of you who have been on this board for a while may remember Abdul Hadi Pasha's idea and subsequent development of a scenario where the Ottomans had managed to fend off the Russians in the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-78. Its a scenario I've had a lot of interest in myself, and with the...
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    WI Sadat does not interfere in the October War

    The October War is often said to have been the closest the Arabs have come to securing at least a limited victory over Israel. This was partially due to the realistic Egyptian (though not Syrian) assessment of their capabilities and proper planning around this. However, the tide turned against...
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    WI: No Plevna?

    The Battle of Plevna was perhaps the most important battle in the Russo-Turkish war of 1877/78. Ottoman forces managed to hold the Russian army for several months and managed to win back some of the public opinion in the West the Ottomans had lost with their suppression of the Bulgarian revolt a...
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    Would an Muhammad Ali dominated Ottoman Empire be stronger than OTL's?

    Many historians have often argued that because of the strength of Muhammad Ali's Egypt relative to the Ottomans in the 1820's and 1830's, that an Ottoman Empire dominated by him (or an Empire of his own) would be more vigorous and successful then the one we saw OTL. But is this actually...
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    WI No King Ashurbanipal

    For those of you who aren't quite sure, Ashurbanipal was the last great king of the Assyrian Empire. In addition to a huge library and various military expeditions around the Middle East, he was also known for destroying the kingdom of Elam (and so it is implied by some, strengthening the...
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    WI Early Ottoman Peace WW1

    Historically, the Ottomans stayed in World War 1 more or less until the end, signing an armistice only a few weeks before the Germans themselves. This was despite the massive amount of strain this was putting upon the state and upon civilians within the Empire. So say that the Ottoman government...
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    AHC - World Class City in Modern Iraq

    As we all know, Mesopotamia may very well have been where the first cities in the world emerged, but since then, many cities around the world have overtook those between the two rivers. So the challenge is, make a city within the land area of Modern day Iraq (or the Syrian part of the Euphrates)...
  20. Nassirisimo

    A History of the Pontic Empire

    A History of the Pontic Empire - A Pontus/Roman TL Chapter One - The Ascension of Mithridates the Great When Mithridates VI ascended the throne in 120 BC, his kingdom was almost unrecognizable from the empire he left when he died. A small but prosperous kingdom on the shore of the Black sea...
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