Is there any PoD in the last 300 years, so that the positive feedback cycle of industrialization doesn't occur?
What happens to the balance of power across the world in that case?
If Germany didn't build its high seas fleet and instead concentrated on its army, then would it have made a difference in WWI? Could the central powers have won in this scenario?
Under Zheng He's admirality china's fleet was the greatest in the world and had the potential to rule the oceans undisputed.
What if the ming emperor did not order this fleet and its record of voyages to be burnt?
Would china have been the world's greatest colonial power, with its massive...
Would India and the world be a better place if India did not develop nuclear weapons?
Without the sanctions imposed, would India be better off today?
If India did not develop nukes, would Pakistan have gotten them or not?