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  1. Why Russian cities didn't grew like Moscow and Saint Petersburg?

    I was watching just now a list of the most populated cities of Russia, and I noticed after the spanning metropolis of Moscow and Saint Petersburg, the third city for population - by a quite far distance from the first two - is the Siberian Novorsibirsk, site which besides was founded at the very...

  2. Why the Commonwealth realms don't flaunt officially their monarchic status?

    Aside the United Kingdom of course, the official names of the nations which have the British monarch as head of state don't have any mention of their status of Kingdoms. Especially Canada and Australia, who officially are the Commonwealths of Canada and Australia, but shouldn't be more right to...

  3. Without related KOEI games, we would have talked of the 3 kingdoms age as today?

    Because I guess is safe to assume that Total War: Three Kingdoms is a balancing act between Romance and Dynasty Warriors KOEI series, I am wondering: if the same KOEI would have never started to make 3 kingdoms games in first place (but also Nintendo's will to make translated english versions...

  4. WI: Early Ottomans converting to Orthodoxy

    As the title says. There may be a possibility, helped by certain events of course, for the first Ottoman beys to become Christian Orthodox? If yes, how they would fare? They would have the energy to unify Anatolia, conquering the Balkans, building their Empire - likely a Roman Empire, not...

  5. Mao dying in the Yangtze in '66, what would happen in China?

    As the title says: if Mao would for whatever reason die the 16th of July 1966 while swimming on the Yangtze on Wuhan, what would have been the possible scenaries on China at the start of the Cultural Revolution?

  6. What obstacled most to stop France becoming a fully parliamentary monarchy from 1815 to 1848?

    As the title says, what were the major mistakes, events, aptitudes, causes and whatever blocked France since the restauration for the next 30 years to become a democratic and effective parliamentary monarchy as for the UK? In 1815, the gap between France and Britain on this note wasn't too...

  7. Greek/Roman and Mediterranean paganism was really killed by human spiritual crisis in the West?

    Normally I always heard that the crisis of paganism (and polytheism) in the Roman Empire was generated by a sense of growing insatisfaction of various social strates towards the traditional religions, which allowed new ones (Christianity, but also Mithraism, and Zoroastrianism) to fill this lost...

  8. WI Denmark never sold Gold Coast?

    As the title says, for a reason or another the Danish never sold Osu Castle/Accra and surrounding outposts to the UK, they could have managed to realize a Danish Ghana colony, and eventually benefit from it? Or would be a task too much great for them?

  9. Why and how Wilhelm II managed to take and keep control of the German Imperial system?

    I was wondering, from 1871 to 1888, the German Kaisers were essentially monarchic presidents of a federation and substantially symbol of national unity and notaries of the political activities, but with Wilhelm II the Imperial institute became something of...different. I wouldn't arrive to say...

  10. Why the British were far more tolerant of the Second French Empire and Nappy III?

    I always wondered, why in Victorian age the various British governments not only closed an eye towards the rise of Napoleon III but also cooperate with France in several occasions (Crimea and Mexico as the most renown ones, but I can think of the French intervention in Italy of '59 as well as...

  11. Possible Italian/Greek barter over Ionians and Dodecanese?

    It could have been possible, let's say between the peace of Versailles and Ethiopian war, a settlement between Italy and Greece so the first would have gained the Ionian islands and the second the Dodecanese? Or this idea would be unthinkable since the start?

  12. Why alternate post WW2 US presidencies tend towards China screws?

    I couldn't stop myself to wonder how the tendency in writing US post World War timelines is usually going towards China being screwed. I just wish to inquire more in detail why. Events like Korean war, ideology/border war with the USSR, Vietnam wars and cultural revolution are sufficient...

  13. WI: If Roosevelt was killed in '33, Eleanor would have taken a more active political

    Let's imagine in '33 FDR was killed by Zangara, eventually Eleanor would have decided to react by launching herself in a political career, as for Senator or Governor of New York maybe? I would like to inquire over this particular, probably unnoticeable so far, aspect of the dead FDR pods. EDIT...

  14. For the love of a father, a nation will rise

    For a love of a father, a nation will rise AKA "What if Napoleon from Elba will turns towards Italy" Portoferraio, Island of Elba, May 1814 Napoleon Bonaparte, Former Emperor of the French and King of Italy, established few days ago its quarters in Villa dei Mulini, a Medician mansion towering...

  15. WI Tokugawa Iesato became Japanese first minister in 1914?

    I just read that Tokugawa Iesato, adopted heir of the last Shogun Yoshinobu, and then head of the dynasty, after managing during Meiji and Taisho eras to rebuild prestige and possessions of the family and even arriving to become President of the House of Peers of the Diet since 1901, was...

  16. Really China would have collapsed if Jiang Qing took the power?

    I read here in the past through comments and timelines (mostly dystopias, to be honest) if Jiang Qing and the civilian, "far-leftist" part of the CCP seized the power soon after the death of Mao, (let's say as simple POD Hua Guofeng hesitated too much to strike - as far I know, he was indeed...

  17. If Greece won the war of '19-'22, could realistically gain Constantinople?

    Aside from the interesting TLs read before on the matter, if Greece - avoiding all the mistakes did OTL (above all marching into Anatolia, but also snubbing France and Italy, and finally being more realistic in their ambitions), managed to achieve a victory or at least gaining a favourable...

  18. AHC: Let Churchill win the '45 elections

    As the title says, try to write down some ideas which could allow old Winston to remain first minister in 1945. Additional kudos if you manage also to imagine how this alternate term would be, and link it with the OTL 1951-55 term as well.

  19. WI Mordaunt trial ended with a divorce, possible consequences in Britain?

    In 1869, sir Charles Mordaunt started an injunction of divorce towards his wife Harriett after she confessed she was unfaithful with various men, above the Prince of Wales Edward, notorious playboy (besides the husband almost pratically caught him when he was coming out from their manor...

  20. AHC: Surviving ERE "micro/essential state" until today

    I am good and glad to see here stories of Byzantine resilience and re-wanking, but I want for once to ask the community if it could think of a scenario where the ERE survived after 1453 until now being surrounded for most of the time by the Ottoman behemoth with the scarce remains, so Morea...
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