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    What Constitutes a Proto-Industrial Economy?

    I hear that pre-Meiji Japan was nearly perfect to be introduced to the Industrial Revolution due to the fact that its economy beforehand was proto-industrial, what exactly does that mean? What would it take to have a proto-industrial society form elsewhere? Would the Song be considered...
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    With a PoD of Soviet Retreat from Manchuria, How Can the CPC More Decisively Win the Civil War?

    So, what if, instead of taking all the Japanese factories from Manchuria and transporting them to Russia, the Soviet Union simply lets the Chinese Communists take all that industrial capacity for themselves? How can Mao play his cards right to even more decisively defeat the Kuomintang during...
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    The USA Pays $30 Million for Louisiana

    Not sure how much this can affect the world, but if Napoleon had an extra $15 million (would the USA even accept this deal? Maybe they're really into how fertile it looks?) could he have done more as Emperor/Consul? I'm not the best at this subject, so any ideas are welcome.
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    Alternate Communist Symbols

    So, while the "vanilla" hammer and sickle is nice, I was wondering if any of you had any other ideas for other types of tools that could be used in such a symbol? For example, I was thinking of a Communist California, and thought maybe a soldering iron could be used instead of a hammer for the...
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    WI Gregor Mendel's Work on Hereditary Biology is Noticed In Its First Publication?

    So, IOTL, Gregor Mendel's revolutionary work on hereditary genetics wasn't discovered until decades after his death, in the 20th century! What if, when he publishes it first, it becomes noticed and is received globally? I think Darwin will want to meet this man, because IRL Darwin knew that the...
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    How Can The PRC Win The Chinese Civil War Faster/More Decisively

    Look, I know they already crushed the KMT pretty hard, but is there anything Mao could have done to make even more of a curbstomp? Any bad decisions he made? Any way to take better advantage of KMT weaknesses? Any different tactics that would have worked better? Etc.
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    What Was China Like Just After The Civil War?

    I am planning on writing a TL about China in the early fifties just after the Civil War ended, but I realized I don't really know all that much. What was China like, say, in 1951 or 1952, how quickly did Mao gain control of the country? What was he early unified government like? We're there...
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    How to make a successful Great Leap Forward?

    So we know that the Great Leap Forward didn't accomplish what it was meant to, even Mao had said so, and, directly or indirectly, caused many deaths. Now, how can we still have a Great Leap, but a successful one? I believe it has the potential to be an *incredibly* great policy for China's...
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    How Big Can Llamas Get?

    So, I was thinking about TLs where the Old Worlders never reach the Americas for a variety of reasons, and obviously the main problem with New World advancement is lack of megafauna. I did some research, and apparently the wild ancestors of llamas were FAAAAAAAR smaller than actual...
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    Earliest Possible Humans in Americas?

    So we all want native Americans to do better than IRL, and I think the best way to do so is to have paleoamerindians reach the continent much much earlier, so therefore megafauna populations have time to rebound before the Ice Age ends. What do you all think is the earliest possible date for...
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    WI: California's coastline fully explored in the early 1500s?

    What if, instead of missing out on San Francisco Bay because of fog and rocks, the bay is discovered by some explorer in say 1555? Would Spain colonize the region? Would missionaries build missions? Is it too far from New Spain for colonization yet? What is there that could benefit the crown...
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    WI: Qosqo rises to power two centuries sooner.

    By some weird occurrence, Qosqo is founded two centuries earlier and therefore begins its rampage earlier too. Let's assume it is able to become the main power in the Andes as IRL... what next? What happens with an early Tawantinsuyu? Would the Qosqo even be able to expand the way they did...
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    How to get China to feel conquest is a good idea.

    So, I've often seen questions about "How to get China to colonize the Americas", and the main reason they can't is that a central part of Chinese society (at least in terms of countries and states) is that the Middle Kingdom is the best ever and that all other barbarians are stupid. But it...
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    What if the Yongle Emperor chose his second son as heir?

    The Yongle Emperor wanted to chose his second son as heir to the Great Ming, but due to the advice of one advisor (when the rest said "hell yes your second son is the bomb-diggity") he chose his eldest, who was notoriously against the eunuchs. While the eunuchs in power may have stopped the...
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    When did other nations learn of the New World?

    I's writing about a Genovese merchant who spends most of his time trading in Spain and has since the 1480s. Since this takes place in 1494, I was wondering if anyone knew the New World existed other than Colombus, the royal family, the government, and some troops.
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    DBWI: What if the Qing had stayed in power?

    The Han revolt in 1759 saw the demise of the Qing Dynasty and the rise of the Rei. The Rei were famously liberal and ready to accept the "obviously superior technology of the westerners. Since they we're Chinese, though, they made sure to say that Chinese culture and civilization was superior...
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    How could we have a Liguria wank?

    im talking the Celtoc tribe that was in the place before Rome. Could we have them more advanced socially with influence from Greece, Etruria, and Carthage? And by wank, basically Mediterranean domination, not necessarily conquest.
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    what if the Celts had conquered Rome?

    What if when the Galli managed to occupy Rome herself and several other Italian cities, they had decided to conquer, instead of loot? IRL they were easily bought off, but what if they were semi-United and their king wanted lands for his people to settle or slave states or something that made the...
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    What if Cherry Blossoms at Night was executed?

    We all know that Japan surrendered after two nuclear weapons were used on their civilian populations, but I have recently learned of Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night, so let's say that this plan is executed perhaps right before the first nuke is dropped. I know this won't affect the war very...
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    Alternate names for America(s)

    I was thinking of starting a Native American TL, couldn't decide which tribe, decided to get other facts first, and realized that I didn't want "America/ga", but also hated the overused "Columbia". Any ideas for other names? Perhaps the name of a Spanish monarch? Some alternate Genovese...
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