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  1. How would American annexation of Mexican border states impact the Civil War

    Assuming it happens. What they be annexed as free or slave states? If they former, would the southerners push for more pro-slavery states (namely through the Caribbean) even harder? Or would they fear the shift in power would tilt far too much and force the Civil War to occur sooner?

  2. Could a much harsher Reconstruction sow the seeds for a Second American Civil War?

    How much realistically harsher could the penalties imposed for losing the war get on the South, and how specifically might this cause a civil war decades down the line?

  3. Britain without the Napoleonic Wars

    Simple enough idea, the wars had a massive impact on the UK's economy, military development, and the national image. Take away Napoleon and nip expansionist France in the butt, and how might have it developed?

  4. What would an early industrial revolution look like?

    There have always been a lot of threads discussing earlier industrial revolutions, Song China, the Indus Valley River Civilization, Rome, but what would one actually discernibly look like. What would life be like for citizens after a early industrialization? People take the industrial revolution...

  5. More American Iraq/Afghanistan style invasions and occupations?

    Saw a pretty bad film with an interesting premise: the US ends up invading a lot more countries post-9/11 to the point where the draft is brought back. So my question is how could this be done? In the film, more successful 9/11-esque attacks are successfully performed, making the US government...

  6. How effective was the Spartan military?

    I feel like pop-culture (namely 300) has skewed pretty much everybody's perception on just how fierce and efficient the Spartans were, so I'd like to get a realistic analysis on their capabilities.

  7. Chinese warrior class?

    Is it possible for a warrior class similar to samurai or knights to have developed in China? What would need to change to make it plausible?

  8. WI: No Anime?

    Quite simple premise: what if anime had never really came about?

  9. Relationship between culture and technology?

    How do they help develop one another? I've recently saw an AH premise of am extremely early industrial revolution (as in in BC). So it would be receiving 18th century technology with the mindset, philosophy, and culture of around 2000 years ago. I'm just curious about how such technology will...

  10. Hitler without the mustache?

    I'm not talking political effects (there will be none of course), I'm talking but cultural effects. Hitler's mustache is thee defining feature of his appearance. So if he didn't have it, what might happen to popular culture surrounding him?

  11. Panama is occupied after the American invasion?

    What would happen if after Operation Just Cause, the US finds it prudent to nation-build and remains there years after the invasion to carry it through, like the US did in Iraq. What would be the result of it?

  12. Alternative execution methods for Jesus?

    What are some alternate executions that Jesus could have been executed with, and what would it's effects have been on Christianity? I'd prefer other Roman techniques but you can use other ones for it.

  13. How early can the USSR collapse?

    And by collapse, I don't mean turn into a third-world country, just fall apart like OTL. I would prefer after PODs after WWII but I guess it's fine to go back. Thank you.

  14. How much influence can a conspiracy theory have?

    I of course don't believe in any of them, but I'm curious as to how much damage any one could cause. What's the most influence one could get and what could said influence do?

  15. What would make an empire capable of world conquest?

    Kind of a complicated question. What would a empire need for it to be able to conquer the world? I'm not talking about an OTL empire, I'm talking from a perspective of a theoretical one. There's a reason why some empires and nations are able to expand rapidly and some aren't. So what would an...

  16. Why did human sacrifice go out?

    Broad question. Human sacrificing has existed in almost every area of the world. Why did it go out? Was it because as things continued to stay good, cultures no longer saw the need for them and they gradually died out? Was it inevitable that human sacrifices would go out of style?

  17. Can the Roman Empire turn back into a republic?

    A broad, general question. After it became an empire, could it have went back to its Republican roots? When would be the best time to do this?

  18. AHC: Soviet-backed Israel, US-backed Palestinians

    Is it at all possible for this to occur? And how would this effect anti-Semitism in both countries? How would Islamic terrorism be effected, if at all?

  19. Smallest possible France?

    What combination of PODs would result in the smallest France? I was thinking that during all the invasions during the events of the French Revolution, they try to formally annex the territory that they've captured.

  20. 2011 Iranian assassination plot is successful?

    What would happen if the Saudi ambassador was actually successful and we he was caught shortly after the murder, learning the whole plan?
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