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    Why are heraldic animals so weird/silly/derpy looking?

    There are some things I like about Euro heraldry, but some things I really don't get. Like, did someone think it would be intimidating or something? To have someone who has clearly never seen a lion paint on your shield a blue, spaghettified, reptilian looking "lion" with its purple tongue...
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    Hong Xiuquan the Christ of Hua

    Hong Xiuquan the Christ of Hua was a 19th century Hakka Chinese preacher and religious leader. He is a central figure of Taiping Christianity and is widely described as one of the most influential people in Chinese history. Most Taiping Christians believe he is the incarnation of God the Second...
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    Help: Any info at all about Luoyang and Xi'an during the 19th century

    I've been trying to find out anything at all about the state of these cities during the 19th century or the Qing period in general, but there seems to be an information black hole. I know these cities were in deep economic (and cultural?) decline during the Yuan, Ming and Qing periods, but they...
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    DBWI: Successful Red Turban Rebellion?

    The mid-14th century saw a major challenge to Mongol rule over China. Droughts, floods, and famine resulted in widespread dissatisfaction with the distant, ambivalent rule of the Yuan court. Factionalism between ministers and power struggles between the princes of the Yuan Dynasty caused neglect...
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    Plausibility Check: Shengwu Emperor of Great Yong?

    I've been working on a project lately centered mainly on China. The PoD is that Hong Xiuquan never finds his brother, and the southern rebellions are much less organized. A Han general and veteran of the successful defense of Beijing during the Second Opium War seizes power from the Xianfeng...
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    WI: Northern and Southern Dynasties After Three Feudatories Revolt

    Here is the first official court portrait commissioned by the Zhāowǔ Emperor of Southern Zhōu in early 1680, after his rebel state had taken Hángzhōu, renamed it Sháodū and stabilized the borders of the new empire; two years before the Rénxū Peace solidified the independence of South Huáxià. Wú...
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    Sources on the State of Nie

    I found a map depicting the Spring and Autumn Period. I notice in the north a state called Nie of which I can't find any other source. Can't even find what character it is. Does anyone have anything on this?
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    Kingdom of the Snake: Greater Ba Empire?

    https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-ahc-ba-and-shu-unite-the-sichuan-basin.401332/ This analysis of a unified pre-Qin Sichuan civilization is really interesting. More specifically, what if the Ba people had unified the basin, built a cohesive state incorporating the Shu, and then...
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    WI: China unified by Former Qin

    What if China had been unified by Fu Jian's Qin state? The Battle of the Fei River seems like an obvious source of divergence, where a victory could have helped bring about the collapse of the Jin. The point itself, however, probably has to be beforehand in the planning and execution of the...
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    Continuing Development of the Achaemenid Empire in the Absence of Alexander

    If the conquests of Alexander of Makedon had not taken place, or had been not nearly so extensive, and the Achaemenid Empire were to continue its development intact for the time being, what other fates might have come to the Persian state?
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    WI: The Chongzhen Emperor escapes?

    What if the last emperor of the Ming had escaped the Fall of Beijing in 1644 and fled southwards to Nanjing? Perhaps the Southern Ming might have had a surer foundation.
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    WI: Charles V folds to Marcel's demands?

    In 1357, the future Charles V of France was faced with the disaster of Poitiers and called the Estates-General to gather money for the country's defense. Popular disaffection with the nobility, due to the perception that they had betrayed the king during the battle, resulted in the dauphin and...
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    Why didn't the name Shāng get re-used?

    Just mildly curious. I've noticed that the great majority of early feudal states in China had their names re-used by later states whose founders either had them as titles or were consciously attempting to call up their meanings and associations. Xià, Zhōu, Qín, Chǔ, Jìn, etc., all the great...
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    One Potential Iteration: A Shun Dynasty Gone Wrong

    The period following the collapse of the Empire of the Great Ming 大明 was a time of apocalyptic destruction, disorder, and despair. Crops failed, weather became erratic, trade was interrupted, the imperial system collapsed and the social order had been thrown into turmoil. The rigid structures of...
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    Two Ming What-Ifs

    1) Ming avoids destruction in 1644 This could easily have happened, at least for the short term. Li Zicheng could have been defeated by the Ming at numerous critical junctures before he took Beijing IOTL. The question is, how long does Ming last after avoiding this fate? The problems rotting...
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    What If: Qing survives past 1911?

    I find this scenario fascinating for one reason in particular, namely the accounts of the early life of Puyi. If the Great Qing had survived long enough for him to reach majority, he might well have killed it off through his own actions. The little Xuantong Emperor was turning into quite the...
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    Historical Timeline of the Great Shun Empire

    XV Century - The great trading fleets of Zheng He, who mapped and opened political ties with the whole Indian Ocean from Malacca to East Africa, are deemed a gargantuan waste of state revenues by conservative officials and all future voyages are scrapped. The Ming Empire turns towards a road of...
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    How long can WWII last in Europe?

    In what case do you believe that the Second World War in Europe could have been prolonged to its maximal extent, given the war having begun as OTL with the German invasion of Poland in 1939?
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    Most Effective Monarch of France

    Throughout the Ancien Regime there were many colorful personalities on the throne, many of whom in turns either nearly destroyed their kingdom or built up its power and prosperity by way of foreign war, domestic war, diplomacy, finance, and civil reform. Here is a list of what I think are...
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    WI: United Kingdom of the British Isles?

    What if the Kingdom of Ireland had been at some point merged with the domains of Great Britain to form a single unified kingdom? Could this have happened? If so, how might it affect the reality and the perception of later times in regards to the political status of Ireland?
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