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  1. Apus of the Ocean: A Timeline Concept

    Consider the following: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Columbian_rafts If you read the article, there is plenty of evidence that Andean seafaring capabilities were much more developed than usually thought. In fact, the first contact between the Spanish and the Inca was with an ocean-going...

  2. WI: US joins the Axis

    FIRST THINGS FIRST: I am absolutely aware that the US joining the Axis is virtually an ASB scenario. My question here is mostly about logistics and tactics rather than politics. Assume the following: The US enters WWII in late 1941, much like OTL, but in the side of the Axis. That includes...

  3. Proposal: A Collaborative Science Fiction Universe

    Long ago, we had several Collaborative World Projects in this subforum. We built several (mostly) realistic worlds with all its geography, climate, enviroments, wildlife and history, though we often stopped short at the history part. It was a lot of fun. Back then I wanted also to do a science...

  4. China and a surviving USSR: WI a world with two *communist* superpowers?

    China is, by many if not most analysis, destined to become a superpower this century, comparable to the US. For a period between 1991 and a debatable date, the US was considered the only remaining superpower, with the USSR falling from its former ideological, symbolic, and of course material...

  5. Other 'Hong Kongs'

    When you think about it, Hong Kong is really a unique... and unlikely city. Before the Qing ceded Hong Kong Island to the British, it was a literally unknown piece of land. It was just an island with fishing villages and a few thousand people. In less than a century and a half, for various...

  6. What was Napoleon's ultimate plan for Europe/the World?

    So this started just as a question for fun, because I was doing a steampunk Napoleonic cold war (Napoleonic France vs. UK and allies) map... But I realized that my historical knowledge of the time is very poor beyond the basics and I need more accurate answers. So, my question is, assuming a...

  7. American Silk Road

    There is controversial evidence of contact between the two great pre-columbian centers of civilization: the Andes and Mesoamerica. Domesticated Maize is native to Mesoamerica yet it was farmed in the Andes. Cocoa might have evolved in Amazonia (where is still more diverse) but was introduced and...

  8. Earliest American-Eurasia/African sustained contact possible?

    By sustanied, I don't mean just some fishermen losing their way or ocassional exploration voyages with little results over time. I mean the Americas being recognized as a new continent and some sort of Columbian Exchange happening, or at the very least incorporated in Ancient/Medieval trade...

  9. WI: More countries in the International Space Station (China particulary)

    A question for the space buffs here; what if there are more countries participating in the ISS? China is barred from participating due to a US congress act in 2011, but it had previously expressed interest. Being perhaps the third or fourth largest space player right now, its participation...

  10. Oil/Gas powered Industrial Revolution?

    This is more of a technical question than anything else. One of the main drivers of the Industrial Revolution, was of course, the steam engine. Another one was the mass production of steel and railroads. Both of these inventions were powered by coal. By far, coal at the time was the most...

  11. WI: Plebians took over the Roman Republic? (and why they didn't?)

    So, I've become interested in Ancient Roman history lately. The Roman Republic's political system was very complicated, and I understand it wasn't a clear cut "poor plebians, powerful patricians" thing, but you could certainly notice a great conflict between those unrepresented by a complex...

  12. Space Race without WWII?

    What countries would be involved in a space race assuming no WWII? I know such a POD changes everything, but let's speculate that the Nazis either don't take power in Germany or it's a short dictatorship that fizzles out. There are conflicts, but not a total war involving the world's powers. By...

  13. New Worlda Biome Map

    The current biome worlda, while good for general use, is quite flawed. It had several unpainted islands/minor peninsulas, the placement of the biomes themselves is dubious, and most importantly, it's based on the Wikipedia map, which is poorly sourced -I still haven't found the original map...

  14. WI: No Hellenistic Period/No Alexander

    What if there just was no Alexander The Great? He dies young, and whoever succeeds Philip II just... isn't Alexander. I'm sure Macedon would be a strong power on its own, with or without him, but would it have the drive and ability to conquer Persia without him? More to the point, what if...

  15. Alternate partitions of Germany: How would they work?

    So, in OTL, the defeated Nazi Germany was partitioned into 4 occupation zones that eventually became the FRG and the GDR. This was mostly decided at the Yalta Conference. But in that same conference, there were alternate plans. Much discussed is the Morgenthau Plan, especially for the harsh...

  16. Successful Pan-Africanism (Union of African States, etc.)

    During decolonization, there were some unsuccessful attempts to make pan-national confederations. The Union of African States joined Ghana, Guinea and Mali between 1958-1963, and the Mali Federation joined Mali and Senegal for two months in 1960. I believe there were several more examples that...

  17. Can the USSR be democratic without collapsing?

    What it says in the tin, mostly. With any POD after WWII (earlier the better), could we have a democratic USSR that keeps it together? From my understanding there were serious obstacles to democratization. But could it happen? What would the USSR economy look like with a healthy (or...

  18. AHC: Italy as a major power

    With any POD after 1900, make Italy a major power and player in European and global economics and politics. Bonus points if it's after WWII.

  19. WI: No European colonization of India?

    The British colonization and occupation of India is taken as a given in many TLs. Many other timelines show India divided by European nations. But in truth, India had many powerful, rich nations with cultural roots stretching thousands of years. It was a snowballing series of events that...

  20. WI/AHC: Reverse Vasco Da Gama

    With a POD after Islam, make an expedition from a nation located on the other end of the Cape of Good Hope (so bordering the Indian or Pacific oceans) border Africa and reach Europe and dominate trade and the oceanic lanes there much like Portugal dominated the Indian Ocean during the early Age...
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