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  1. If it had been allowed, who would be some likely immigrant Presidents of the US?

    Of course no one born outside the United States has ever "almost become" President, since any possible contender would have already known he was disqualified from serving. But if it had been allowed, which non-native citizens occupied positions that would have made them plausible candidates? If...

  2. Affiliated States of Boreoamerica thread

    I've decided to collect the maps, images, and text on the ASB in one place. I'll be using this thread to develop and discuss the confederation. I'm putting it here in stead of in pre-1900 because (1) this is where I've posted all the info so far, adn (2) it's got way too many convergencies for...

  3. Weekly Flag Challenge 52: Voting Poll

    Thanks to those few brave vexilologists who accepted this challenge. Challenge 52: L'État, C'est Moi Design a flag that is inextricably associated with a cult of personality. When people see the flag, they instantly think of this charismatic leader. The cult of personality can be an official...

  4. European relations without Westphalia

    I've been reading lately about the Thirty Years' War. What stands out the most to me, of course, is that there were dozens of possible alternate ends to the conflict. So many preliminary peace talks, truces, and attempts to declare separate peaces, but few were willing to stop out until the...

  5. Weekly Flag Challenge #39 Voting

    The challege was: Design a flag for a post-revolutionary Arab country. The place, time, and nature of the revolution are up to you, but the POD must be after 1850. There are five entries. Most have very detailed backstories that I did not post verbatim. Follow the links for the entire...

  6. WI: The Illinois Slave Constitution of 1824

    "Your committee are clearly of the opinion that the people of Illinois have now the same right to alter their constitution as the people of Virginia, or any other of the original states, and may make any disposition of Negro slaves they choose without breach of faith, or violation of compact...

  7. DBRP: Where will you be on 13.0.0.0.0 (20.12.2012)?

    OK, I know it's more than two years away, but the turn of the b'ak'tun only comes around once every five millenia or so, right? I know (or I think, anyway) that a lot of you over in Europe probably don't care quite as much about this, but here in the Esperias we are already quite beside...

  8. WI: No Obama in 2004

    Has this been done? (I don't frequent this particular forum very often.) Peter Fitzgerald (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000442) was Illinois' junior senator beginning in 1998. A centrist Republican, he had a reputation as a principled legislator and was popular...

  9. Relations between Christian Europe and Al-Andalus (Question)

    Just how much interaction was there between Christian Europe (Spain, France, Britain, Italy) and the Muslim civilization of Al-Andalus (Spain)? Was there a lot of trade and inter-migration, or did the two spheres isolate themselves from one another? I am asking this for my Ethelred the Pious...

  10. WI: UAR sticks together

    I need to research this farther. But what if the Syrian coup of 1961 had failed? The observation that the coup had some popular support may have motivated Nasser to allow more autonomy to the Syrians within the United Arab Republic. Iraq, already in the process of joining the UAR, would have...

  11. Make Rum, Not War (Paris Peace, 1763)

    Another what-if suggested by Sir Winston's History of the English Speaking Peoples, which is full of hypothetical asides. During the 1763 negotiations to end the Seven Years' War against France: "In the West Indies the richest prize of the war, the sugar island of Guadeloupe, was also handded...

  12. The Dear Old Sage of Springfield

    Hi, all. I'm just finishing a Lincoln biography, and naturally my thoughts are turning to his death. Before I pose what must be an often-asked question, I'll ask this: are there any good TLs where the Railsplitter survives? Can anyone post any good links?

  13. Air Force roundels and markings thread

    I can't believe there hasn't been a thread for Air Force roundels before. The first one: The Icelandic Air Defense Force in a world where the US and UK are in a perpetual transatlantic Cold War. Iceland is caught between them and must remain neutral and well-defended. The "roundel"...

  14. An Accomplished Revolution (No ACW)

    "[Better to consider] the organization of actual government by the seven seceded states as an accomplished revolution - accomplished through the complicity of the late [Buchanan] administration - & letting that confederacy try its experiment." - Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the United States...

  15. Chad, I'm pregnant.

    I'm sure this has been done to death, probably before I joined the board. So rather than pose another what-if, I'll ask for recommendations. Are there any good "Al Gore wins in 2000" timelines? If there aren't any good ones, might exploring such a timeline be worthwhile now, a week before...

  16. WI: Timur spares the Golden Horde

    Emir Timur chooses not to ride northward with his armies in 1395, deciding that Tokhtamish, Khan of the Golden Horde, is more valuable as an ally than a rival. The great empire of the northern steppes is spared. Timur instead directs his energies westward toward Iraq, Syria, and Asia Minor...

  17. Knox's Treaty

    In 1790, American Secretary of War Henry Knox concluded a grand treaty with Alexander McGillvary, leader of the Creek Nation. The Creek leaders were welcomed in New York with all the pomp and dignity befitting leaders of a sovereign power. McGillvary secured a vast swathe of land for the Creeks...

  18. Ethelred the Pious (Viking England)

    This is cross-posted from althistory.wikia.com, but I am hoping that at this forum more people will be able to see it and offer scrutiny and constructive criticism. 1. One morning in Berkshire... The urgent hoofbeats broke the chilly mid-morning quiet of the little village. As they poked...
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