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  1. Most important invention/innovation in the Middle Ages

    In your opinion, what is the most important invention/innovation in the middle ages? For discussion purposes I will define the period as 500-1700. For me it would have to be the advent of the movable printing press; for it allowed for an explosion of education and communication, in addition...

  2. Challenge: restore China's gender ratio

    The title says it all, we all know that an excess of males are detrimental to social stability so how can one propose to fix this? Now in the interest of discussion let's stay away from obvious and possibly kick worthy methods like mass culling ,a giant war, or mass sterilization.

  3. Avoid the Balance of Power Idea

    Simple idea: avoid the rise of the balance of power idea within the elites of Europe. Why? More likelihood of French or Hapsburg dominance, but more importantly more trouble for the British who benefited disproportionally from this.

  4. Challenge: Save the Roman Empire, tame it's militarism

    Simple premise, while yes there were a lot of things wrong with the Roman empire the cultural dominance of the militarism and the physical military dominance within the state were one of the biggest aggravates and incentives for needless conquest, civil wars, slavery, and so on... Things that...

  5. Risk?

    So I had a nostalgia attack today and I remembered a PC risk game from my childhood (mid 90's?). It was based on Napoleonic times and instead of rolling like risk you had tactics cards you had to choose from (flank right, echelon, defend flanks while mounting a frontal assault). Does anyone know...

  6. Choose your own adventure

    Simple premise: is there a way for CYOA (choose your own adventure) books to become popular in pre-modern times. Or rather what conditions would be required for non-linear story books to become popular?

  7. WI no slave trade: effects on Africa

    So I was doing research on my TL:Romans in the New World (yes once again shameless advertising :D) I was wondering the implications of a New World that did not need slaves and hence a much smaller slave trade in Africa. Specifically the demographic development of Africa given the pretense of...

  8. Can someone help me? A virus TL

    Can someone help me find a TL? I remember it as a virus called "horse-something" and it takes place around the 1500s, due to the chaos resulting from the disease Spanish colonists migrates back to Tortuga, Portuguese ships are left unsupported in the Indian ocean and their seafaring knowledge is...

  9. America Nuclear Sub Defecting to the USSR

    I was reading a book on Cold-War defectors, and I'm curious: what if a top of the line American Nuclear Sub defected to the USSR? I'll start off, the scenario can have several possibilities Intel: No American Knowledge during the defection or after No American Knowledge during the defection...

  10. Professional Roman Army Vs Gunpowder Army

    This is part curiosity and part brainstorming for my TL Terra Nova Viridis (A Roman New World) yes shameless advertising, I know :D. So the question is how would a professional Iron Age army stand against a 15th century European gunpowder army? Given that: the battle is inland where sea power...

  11. Terra Nova Viridis (Roman New World)

    He stood at the aft of the ship, his eyes constantly on the alert for deceit , his hands never far from his sword hilt always at the ready. His kept note of everyone on the deck and only moved from his spot when someone was gone too long. Usually he found them slacking off, drinking, gambling...

  12. The fate of 7-11 had 9-11 occured 2 monthes eariler

    Well the basic mention of those two numbers will invoke a lot of emotions and opinions for Americans and those overseas. Due to this event a lot of words such as jihad become commonplace in the English language practically overnight. I'm more curious about the effects of the whole War-on Terror...

  13. Challenge : Proletariat revolution/election in China

    Now we all heard the smart remark about how "communist" the Communist Party of China really is today. So my challeng is as follows: make a real communist/socialist China that lasts or comes into existence at the present. Conditions: China must be intact, there will be no freak disaster or...

  14. One second later

    So I just read "One Second Later" a novel by William R. Forstchen. It's a fictional novel about 3 EMPs launched from mysterious...

  15. Challenge :Create the best disaster relief force.

    The idea is simple, create the most capable disaster relief and prevention organization. Assume that it has international backing from many nations and most of the major ones. Contribution to the organization will be weighted by economic power and manpower contributions of member nations...

  16. Question about Anglo Relations in WWII

    I'm trying to settle an argument between me and my friend here, and short of finding our history prof on campus on a Saturday we don't have a reliable source to arbitrate. My friend is arguing that the main focus of the Anglo relationships for Canada was to assert Canada's status as an equal...

  17. Characteristics of a male-heavy society?

    Suppose somehow a particular tribe has a genetic predisposition towards males, how would the gender imbalance affect the society. Condition: this tribe has access to other clans with normal gender ratios.

  18. WI no Spanish gold

    What would be the effects on the world if Spanish gold was never looted in bulk from the New World? Not to say that North America doesn't get colonized but that the Aztecs and Incas have some degree of success resisting as opposed to OTL's perfect storm. Personally I'm interested in the lack of...

  19. Roman technology in the New World

    I'm doing general background research and brainstorm for a TL where Roman technology and farming makes it to the New World around the 1st century, and I'd figure I'd get some feedback on how plausible the scenario is. Also I wish to maintain some sort of historical butterfly net/convergence in...

  20. WI Royal Fratricide in the Mongolian empire

    I just happened to come upon a little knickknack that stated that the Sultan Mehmet II introduced judicial royal fratricide to prevent the chances of civil wars in the Ottoman empire, although it was later replaced by internment at Kaffa the policy worked surprisingly well in preventing royal...
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