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  1. AHC: More 'White Rajahs'

    India wouldn't be the same nation without the British. As in culturally. We have to remember how culturally distinct different regions of India were prior to the arrival of the British, and still is. They didn't naturally exist as one polity. Nothing about better/worse. Just different. I'd...

  2. AHC:The Roman Empire with at least Caracallas borders survives until 1600

    I have been caught out! Yes. Yes I have. Derp. (I'll go edit that)

  3. AHC:The Roman Empire with at least Caracallas borders survives until 1600

    Note : The challenge says 'Centred' which has a very open meaning. It doesn't mean administrative capital, it could very well be the ceremonial capital, or the centre of the most prominent religion. I'd argue we have leeway here. But yeah, give the Romans more taxable income, and increased food...

  4. PC: Charlemange Crowns a Roman as HRE

    The only way (and this is knife-edge barely) I can see that you could reconcile this is to 1) Have Charlemagne have Roman Wife. Ideally a member of the Imperial Family, or someone that can be claimed to descend from a Roman Emperor - particularly the WRE. 2) Name the firstborn son of this...

  5. What are some Eurocentric elements common in TLs?

    In my opinion, the language is the biggest thing, or more specifically, cultural familiarity. The more familiarity you have with a culture, or region, or period of history, the easier it is to enjoy it. So since this forum is mostly English-Speaking, it tends to be easily accessible to...

  6. Book suggestions to avoid Eurocentrism

    The Silk Roads by Frankopan is surpossed to be good for Asia and the Indian Ocean, but does receive some criticism for being anti-European. (Something about excruciating detail for European horrors, but a sentence for the Mongols.) In my experience there is a tendency for that in...

  7. WI : Post Mohammed Pro-Roman Rebellions

    What about them just being Christian uprisings then? I don't know what the Caliphate may need to do, but what if the rebellions are only Pro-Roman because they can provide additional protection. So they'd maintain religious autonomy, Levant under Antioch/Jerusalem and Egypt under Alexandria -...

  8. WI : Post Mohammed Pro-Roman Rebellions

    As title really, I was wondering what impacts that there would be if successful pro-Roman rebellions in Egypt and the Levant. So two seperate large rebellions in Syria and Egypt, whilst not endorsed by the Romans, or funded, but the rebellions seek to restore Roman Rule. Besides being...

  9. Remnant Roman territories/City States Middle Ages

    This ^^ Unless you are specificially looking for polities/institutions that are continued from the WRE itself, (or ERE), such as an Exarchate in Africa, or some sort of Federation of the Civitates Italiae. (I would love to see that personally, it'd be an interesting polity for Italy), or...

  10. 13 Colonies sort out differences with Britian peacefully

    The best way to achieve a long-term peaceful resolution will be an American Parliament as Benjamin Franklin pushed for, that handled local taxation, governance, etc - and sent a representative to the Kings privy council. Perhaps working in a Roman Consul model, two Americans, one year in the...

  11. General No Islam Timeline Thread

    I wouldn't assume the Turks, but fundamentally, yeah, the next migratory group is likely to originate there. Which could be really interesting - with the Tang in China expanding westward, could they overextend, leading to the Alt-Turks going East instead? I think that would be an interesting...

  12. General No Islam Timeline Thread

    I wish I new more than I did, but disease, or death in Aksum would serve as decent PoDs to get rid of Mohammed. As for unifying, and expansion - I think we need to know the balance between the other camp followings besides Mohammed. Since OTL Mohammed unified the Arabs, I'd want to know if it...

  13. AHC: Federal Roman Republic

    I think there may be a chance for serious reform if you look for Federalisation just after the Punic Wars. If we can avoid the destruction of Carthage, but instead see it colonised we see a large Roman Republic with more than a few significant cities, that whilst beaten, are significant to Rome...

  14. How strong/weak would a purely European Byzantine Empire?

    If there is a move to Sirmium, or away from Constantinople, I have little doubt that you're right that Slavicisation will happen. Maybe a Greek/Slavic hybrid will emerge (sort of in the way that English is a Saxon/French hybrid). "Roman" might not be a Latin language, there seems to be an irony...

  15. AHC : Christian Arabia

    Used to. Sadly unless I get good translations, I'm going to have to re-learn.

  16. AHC : Christian Arabia

    I can think of three reasons (maybe 4) that the Romans would be interested 1) No middleman on trade, making goods cheaper to import, and reducing losses to India. Once described as "That pernicious land that lacked for nothing and took all our gold". One day I'll find that quote again and...

  17. How strong/weak would a purely European Byzantine Empire?

    I would like to clarify that I did mean the control over the Carpathian Basin (that I was implying), and the mouth of the Danube - that long river route would allow new urban development and farmlands. Essentially this includes Modern Hungary and Romania - not just Croatia and Serbia. That is...

  18. How strong/weak would a purely European Byzantine Empire?

    An ERE in the Balkans is an interesting beast - if we assume that there are repeated (failed) attempts to breach a stalemate and invade Anatolia, I think we're looking at an ERE that will bite the bullet and refocus around the Danube. Specifically, a new capital at the site of Sirmium, or...

  19. Iroquois as the 14th state?

    I wonder if the Iroquois (and by extension the Cherokee) could make this work with a conversion, and efforts by politicians to ensure good roads through Iroquois land, they could make a bit of money selling supplies to settlers going further west. Although, I think you overlook something - in...

  20. AHC : Christian Arabia

    I always thought Nabatea reached further south (in fact, I had considered that they were an ideal candidate for the Romans to build an Arabian client, but they are a little early for Christianity.) The idea of using Himyar as a potential base of operations for Arabian expansion sounds cool...
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