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  1. Challenge: Massive Persian empire survives to modern day

    I mean, that's basically the borders of the Abbasid Caliphate with some relatively minor changes (plus Anatolia; minus Tunisia and Libya). The Abbasids were heavily dependent upon Persian bureaucrats and the old Persian aristocracy from the very beginnings of their caliphate, so perhaps if it...

  2. AHC: Have another major civilization rise up in Eurasia

    1- A Persia that never falls to Macedon and/or the Arabs 2- An India that manages to remain mostly politically united after either the Mauryans, the Guptas or maybe even Harsha 3- An Arab Caliphate that manages to remain politically united for much longer then OTL Any one of those could...

  3. When did the Roman Empire technically end?

    I'm going to say the Roman Empire founded by Augustus effectively ended with the Crisis of the Third Century. The unity of the Roman world was severely fractured, the empire divided into three rival states for a time, and it was only after an immense amount of military effort and extensive...

  4. AHC: Rommel and Guderian disbey further orders

    For the result you want (Wehrmacht junta; German/Soviet iron curtain in the east) a better POD would be to have Hitler slip on a bar of soap in the bath and die during the early weeks of Barbarossa. If that happens, it's pretty likely you'll get a Wehrmacht junta with Goering as a figurehead...

  5. Norse Pagan Survival:POD?

    That's not entirely true, though. Hinduism does have the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Puranas, and the epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, all of which are considered sacred across the spectrum of various Hindu sects. Granted, some sects may emphasize certain texts over others, but there is...

  6. WW1 Without America

    Pretty much this. If Luddendorf's offensive still goes through, the best the Germans can hope for is a peace of exhaustion in the west and recognition of Brest-Litvosk in exchange for evacuation of France and Belgium and giving up it's colonies to France and Britain. Maybe Germany can secure...

  7. Best timing for Hitler's death?

    After the fall of France would have been best. Most likely a Wehrmacht junta with Goering as a figurehead takes power and they might be able to negotiate some sort of détente with Britain. Working out a reasonable peace treaty with France and evacuating northern France and the Low Countries...

  8. How Long Ottomans Survive Without WWI

    The origins of Wahhabism go back to the 1700's, and the Arabs were already becoming restless as the Ottomans declined throughout the 1800's. Simply keeping the Ottomans out of WWI does not makes those threats disappear; you need a POD in the mid 1700's to make that happen. At best, neutrality...

  9. How Long Ottomans Survive Without WWI

    I definitely think the Sultanate could survive until the present day, but the Arab provinces would most likely be gone by the mid-20th century. With the rise of Wahhabism and Arab nationalism, the Porte's increasingly fragile control over corners of the empire far from Istanbul, and the...

  10. WI: no Mughal collapse

    Before we consider the effects of a surviving Mughal empire, we first must figure out how the Mughals are going to keep their empire together for a few extra centuries. For starters, they needed to establish proper and commonly accepted rites of succession to the throne, rather then just...

  11. What's the longest Britain could have held onto Hong Kong?

    Well, that's why I said IF. Obviously, IOTL, Britain did not think Hong Kong was worth fighting for, but in an alternate timeline, they may have felt differently (of course that may be in a timeline where China is much weaker or never fully re-unifies) Did not know about that. Not sure if...

  12. What's the longest Britain could have held onto Hong Kong?

    1 - Portugal (especially by the XXth Century) is not Britain. 2 - IIRC, Goa also had some religious issues tied into the politics. The British Raj had left many Hindus with a very bitter (and completely justifiable) resentment of Christian missionaries, and Portugal had long used Goa as a...

  13. AHC: Christians and Muslims view each other positively

    Before 1900 Arianism or some similar form of Christianity that views Jesus as more man and less divine somehow becomes the dominant branch of Christianity. You would have to play around a bit with the early history of Christianity and the Roman Empire at the time, but it could probably be...

  14. AHC: Xavier converts Japan

    Yeah, if Christianity can be reconciled with the Kami, it may just be possible. The concept of the Kami (which means something more like spirit rather then god) is flexible enough that it could be worked into a Christian cosmology if needed. As I said earlier, many of the Kami could just be...

  15. AHC: Xavier converts Japan

    The thing is, Shinto beliefs are so deeply ingrained in the Japanese cultural identity to the point where worship of the Kami is not really a religion so much as it is part of simply being Japanese. If Japan does convert, I would imagine that Japanese Christianity would still retain a good deal...

  16. AHC: Keep Sega in the console game

    The problems Sega experienced in developing a suitable successor the the Genesis/Megadrive, problems which led to it's ultimate demise as a console manufacturer, can be traced back to the development of the Sega/MegaCD and the bitter rivalry that emerged between Sega of Japan and the Western...
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