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  1. Alternate Names for California?

    If California was not discovered by the Spaniards first, then what would've California, and it's regions been called instead? By english explorers? By Russians or Japanese? Did the natives of California have a name for their homelands? (Also looking for alternate place names for regions such...

  2. If Native Americans developed Iron and Steel, what would their Armor look like?

    Hypothetical: If native americans (and lets say mesoamericans and south americans as well) had developed iron and steel metallurgy on their own, what would their weapons and armor look like? (This is a question mainly for the After the End mod for Crusader Kings 2)

  3. WI: The Seljuks Convert to Buddhism instead and Conquer Persia

    If the Seljuks had converted to Buddhism (instead of Islam) and had gone on their conquests as OTL, would they have had a chance of converting Central Asia and Persia to buddhism, especially if they twisted it into a more proselytant sect?

  4. WI: North American borders were more geographic?

    If the borders of states/provinces and countries within North America were defined by geological borders instead of by parallel lines, what would they look like?

  5. Great Northern War (Sweden Wins) Timeline?

    Could we get an alternate Great Northern Timeline rolling? One that involves Sweden somehow winning the Great Northern War and preventing Russia's ascension into a Great Power? Any members well versed in the subject?

  6. Where did all the Big Timelines go?

    Over the past few years I've been noticing a steady decline of new timelines and/or authors in this sub-forum. I miss the old threads for timelines such as Look to the West, or The Tudor Rose or A More Personal Union, or For want of a Hammer, and other goodies from the past. I've been seeing...

  7. Is a Maoist-US alliance Feasible?

    In December of 1945 George Marshall was sent by Truman to broker a compromise between the KMT under Chiang Kai-Shek and the CPC under Mao Zedong. Historically, he was able to reach an agreement with the two that lasted a mere six months or so before Chiang launched an attack on Mao that would...

  8. WI: Prevent the Czech Communist Coup in 1948?

    In 1948 a soviet-backed coup by the KSC (Czech Communists) succeeded in forcefully taking over the leftist coalition government in Prague. The move shocked the world, forced the US' hand in enforcing the Marshall Plan and the formation of NATO, leading to the rise of the Iron Curtain that would...

  9. WI: Could've Truman handled Stalin Better?

    In what ways could have Truman handled Stalin better than IOTL, given the start of the cold war, the lack of initial aggression over the formation of the eastern bloc, the massive Russian spy rings, leading to Soviet nukes, and of course, the Korean War? Would it have been feasible to...

  10. How could have Truman's Presidency gone better?

    I am not terrifically knowledgeable on the exact proceedings of Truman's two terms as POTUS, and I was wondering, besides a different handling of Korea, how Truman's presidency might have gone better. I was thinking of reading McCullough's book on Truman and start a CYOA of his Presidency on...

  11. Make Jimmy Carter's Presidency better

    So I've been told that Jimmy Carter had the political acumen of kelp. How did he fail so bad then? What could have been done differently, externally and/or internally, for Jimmy Carter to have been a much better president than OTL, thus preventing/stalling the rise of Reagan?

  12. AHC: The White Russian Movement wins the Russian Civil War

    Is it possible that the White Russian Movement could have won the Civil War in Russia against the Bolsheviks? What would have allowed this to be a possibility? Would have more Western intervention been necessary to achieve a lasting victory? Bonus: How could have the Provisional Government...

  13. WI: Zachary Taylor survives his First Term

    What would happen in American History were Zachary Taylor able to survive his stomach illness just 14 months into his Presidency, and continue on with his first term? How would he have addressed the issue of Slavery? Would his survival have affected the 1850 Compromise? Would have the Civil War...

  14. Were the Opium Wars Inevitable?

    Were the Opium Wars truly inevitable? Or was it only a matter of time with the rise of the western powers? How far back in time would one need to go in order to prevent the Opium Wars, or any trade war disadvantageous to China that would have reverted the Middle Kingdom into a semi-colonial state?

  15. WI: The Spanish Bourbon Reforms of Latin America are more Successful?

    When the Spanish Empire set about on reforms to it's administration both in Spain proper and abroad in the New World, during the 18th century, the Crown attempted to increase the efficiency and output of it's colonies...except that it was not enough in the end. France and England still managed...

  16. General No Islam Timeline Thread

    The General No Islam Timeline Thread A link to the World around 610 CE for Reference. Over the last few years I've been trying to support or start up timelines revolving around either the nerfing or absence of Islam, the Caliphate and all that other riffraff that assimilated the entire...

  17. Scots-Irish Centric TLs?

    Is it possible in the near future for somebody on these forums to start a thread centered around an Irish or Scottish POD?

  18. Homework: Augustine vs Thomas Aquinas - Politics

    I have an assignment for a political science paper (college level, 7-10 pages) that I'm trying to wrap my head around: The importance and identity of earthly politics (post-polis collapse) in the minds of Augustine of Hippo vs Thomas Aquinas. Specifically, where I would start, how I would set it...

  19. Writer's Block Pandemic

    I am somewhat concerned in recent months that our output of historical alternate timelines has been in constant wane. ASBs may take part of the blame, but I feel that so many good writers are suffering prolonged blocks in between educational cycles and/or are moving onward to 'other things.'...

  20. AHC: Religion of Eosphoros-Lucifer

    In the Lux Invicta mod for Crusader Kings II, there is a massive myriad of different religions, ancient, medieval or hypothetical, to worship in-game. One of these that struck out to me (and forms the basis of this thread) is one Mithraic-offshoot religion known as Eosphorism. I won't get too...
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