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  1. Hey, it's an American Civil War POD!

    Because we don't have enough of them already, I decided to throw this out there. At the Battle of Chancellorsville, Robert E. Lee's army was undermanned compared to its normal strength due to the fact that 15,000 men under James Longstreet were in southern Virginia seeking to eliminate the...

  2. Fire Kindled Anew - World War III in 1950

    So I've decided to take the plunge. Yes, after more than two years of membership and nearly five years of lurking, I've decided to go ahead with my first-ever attempt at a legitimate alternate history timeline. My reasoning for this is threefold - to expand my knowledge, to develop my writing...

  3. Could the PRC and DPRK have joined COMECON?

    I'm thinking about writing a timeline, and one of the key points would be China and North Korea cooperating more closely with the Soviet bloc. I'd like to have an explanation beyond a handwave for this level of cooperation, and one of the ways I figured this could be achieved would consist in...

  4. Another "successor of the Romans" poll

    Which state do you think did the best job of copying or imitating the Roman Empire in terms of society, government, and culture? Inspired by my term paper.

  5. No Hasmonean State

    So the Maccabee revolt was initiated when a Jewish priest, Mattathias, and his sons killed a Seleucid military officer and a Jew who were attempting to enforce a ban on Jewish religious practice. What will be the effects on the ancient Near East if Mattathias takes no action? Basically, if the...

  6. Implications of Gian Galeazzo Visconti's survival

    Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan, conquered large parts of Northern Italy starting in 1385. He had almost conquered Florence, the last city in Northern Italy to stand against him, before he died of fever in 1402. What are the implications if he avoids illness and survives for, say...

  7. How to Get a More Politically Active Varangian Guard

    So on this other forum I frequent, the question came up: why, historically, was the Varangian Guard so loyal to the Byzantine Emperors? It got the wheels turning, I haven't posted a decent AH here in eons, and I wondered, what would it take to get a Varangian Guard that behaves the way, say...

  8. Terminator Salvation

    New 4-minute trailer. I'm excited. This is the first movie since Prince Caspian that I've been explicitly interested in seeing in theaters. :) So what does everyone else think?

  9. Saddam invades during Desert Shield

    Suppose Saddam Hussein invades Saudi Arabia around September 1, 1990. What would be the result? How far could he get into Arabia? Would the Coalition be able to stop him at all?

  10. AH Challenge: Chinese Imperial Restoration

    Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to have one of the warlords of China during the period 1916-1928 successfully establish a new ruling imperial dynasty that has effective control over most of historical China at the very least. You may use any warlord and any POD you desire...

  11. AH Challenge: Christian Warrior Monks

    My first AH challenge, and it goes like this: Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to create a Shaolin monastery-like Christian monastic order whose primary purpose is to train its monks for and permit them to be deployed in combat using various forms of martial arts (armed and...

  12. Can the Crusaders hold on to Egypt?

    In OTL, there were a large number of invasions of Egypt, launched from France, the HRE, Byzantium, and the Kingdom of Jerusalem, aimed at conquering Egypt for Christendom. Some of these even experienced temporary success. These included the Fifth, Seventh, and Eighth Crusades, as well as the...

  13. Mongol Invasion of India

    What would it take to get the Mongols to invade India and hold it? I've got a timeline in my head where a strong Persian Empire is still standing, which would stop the Mongols from getting deep into the Middle East and result in them moving against India instead. Is that the kind of thing it...

  14. The Bulgars capture Constantinople

    To go with the other threads, and because I'm genuinely interested in whether it could have happened or not.

  15. WI no Chinese Examinations?`

    Very simple. Share your thoughts and opinions on how Chinese society may have developed had there never been an Imperial civil service examination system. What might be the effects on politics, society, or economics, or any other field?

  16. The Undeveloped Timeline Repository

    Hey all, since I'm new I decided to try something new. Have you ever had an idea for a timeline that you haven't been able to get off the ground? Maybe it's just an idea for a POD, maybe you've developed a synopsis of a timeline but have never detailed it or written a story for it. If any of...
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