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  1. Infante Franciso de Paula of Spain, 1794-1865

    He was the yongest son of Carlos IV and thus the youngest brother of Ferdinand VII and Carlos (of Carlist fame). He was also the father of Francis, the King-Consort to Isabella II. He seems to have been considered as King of the United Kingdom of the Rio de la Plata, Chile, and Peru under a...

  2. TLC3: Brothers In Arms

    This is my entry for the 3rd Timeline Contest. [see thread here]. The POD is a defeat for Simon Bolivar at the Battle of Boyaca. OTL this was the key victory in Bolivar's creation of the Republic of Colombia and in ejecting the Spanish from New Granada. As Maverick has noted in his TL...

  3. AH Challenge: Manchuria - Korea as Rump Qing State

    This thread is one part AH challenge and one part floating my solution to that challenge. The Challenge: With a POD no sooner than 1790, have Manchuria and Korea ruled by the Qing dynasty as budding kingdom in personal union by 1865 or so. I offer my solution in part to explain just what I...

  4. Whither the East? -- WI Alexander never invaded Persia and India?

    If Alexander had never invaded Persia in 332 BC, what would happen to Persia and India? If you really need a POD to set up the scenario take the following: POD Philip II of Macedon is killed sometime in the 340s: he's started the Sacred War, but he doesn't unify Greece. None of the Greek...

  5. You Decide: The Ostracism of Hyperbolus (A PoD for a Victorious Athens)

    The stakes are simple: the future of democracy and Western Civilization. The choice: a young rogue or an aging coward? As with many things in the Peloponnesian War that Thucydides doesn't mention, we don't know the exact date of this event. I'm convinced (and I believe scholarly consensus...

  6. You Decide: The Ostracism of Hyperbolus (A PoD for a Victorious Athens)

    Please delete this thread. It is in error.

  7. A Less Presidential America

    This discussion follows on the heels of the that begun in Demosthenes' What kind of Government is Best for the US? Thread, as a preliminary to a full TL. Brief recap: Washington's early death results in frequently divided elections for President. The House ends up customarily picking the...
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