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  1. EmperorOfTheNorthSea

    Long term developments of a moderately successful Vinland colony? (read OP post please people)

    Another Vinland WI thread I guess, but rather than the endless discussions (if you could call them that) of whether Vinland would become a veritable China overnight that bypasses Newfoundland altogether or forever be condemned to be a bunch of poor fishermen and shepherds, there was even that...
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    Earlier Introduction of the Sail to Scandinavia/North Sea/Baltic region?

    So the earliest evidence we have for Sails in Scandinavia is around the 6th century but we know the maritime and "boat oriented" culture has existed at least since the Nordic Bronze age. Now the first problem I see is that sails are not initially useful when the winds aren't blowing in a...
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    Implications of successful Norse Colonization in North America as well as on Mesoamerican, Oasis-American, and Andean regions and civilizations?

    Whoo thats a whollop of a title. So basically in recent years and months I've noticed an upsurge in Vinland threads and the like, specifically one that do more than just posit whether the initial colony would fail or not which has pretty much been the staple for discussions about a Norse North...
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    Could Legumes have worked just as well as Clovers?

    So I was reading up on the British Agricultural revolution and it seems the whole point of growing the clovers was to fix the Nitrogen in the soil. But couldn't more useful Legumes have been used instead even if Phosphorus and other nutrients had to be restored? In short; did clovers have any...
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    Pre-Diocletian subdivision of Britannia?

    So during the Principate would it have been feasible or economical for the province of Britannia to be divided either during the completion of the Antonine wall (or an analogous wall in the same location if Hadrian felt a bit bolder than OTL or someone else got the throne?). I'm thinking the...
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    Roman Defense of the Zagros?

    Yes this has been talked about a lot in passing but there has only been one thread talking about it so far and it doesn't seem to be as detailed as I (and assuming) others would like. I have been researching into the nature of the Zagros in many regions and it surprised me how green and wet...
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    Implications of a Successful Vinland/Norse in North America?

    Okay so to start off lets not talk about whether or not the Norse can establish a successful Vinland, there are a million threads out there about that already (though I think they're on the verge of being necro'd). So assuming the Norse have a stable presence on the Island of Newfoundland or...
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    AHC: Keep Britain Celtic up till 1100 A.D.

    What's a POD to have the British Isles remain mostly Celtic in traditions and culture and keep Germanic influences to a minimum or completely none?
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    Reindeer/Caribou sled vs Dog sled?

    Not sure if this is pre-1900 per se (if nothing else a mod can move it) but I fail to see where else it could go and I'm thinking this question might be relevant to a pre-1900 TL I'm doing. It also might have a good discussion to come with it. And yes, I did try google search but all it did was...
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    Wind/Water Powered Roman Empire?

    A while ago there was a thread about an Industrial Roman Empire (surprising, last one before that was 4 years ago!) and what got me thinking was people posting links for many mechanisms that used water and wind power, mostly for grinding grain but it got me thinking what if the Roman Empire...
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    Arminius stays (somewhat) Loyal to the Empire?

    Arminius is loyal to the Empire at least to the point of not open and total rebellion. How could this come about and what would it's effects be? What if he was loyal enough but decided to maybe engage in some less-than-ethical activities in poisoning other generals or leaking information to...
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    AHC: Unite China under Glorious Cao Wei

    With a POD after the battle of Red Cliff have Cao Cao or most likely his descendants unite China and prevent the Sima Clan from usurping power. Cao Pi still dies at a somewhat early age from his illness because it would be too easy if Cao Pi just outlived Sima Yi and this is a Challenge although...
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    What if Lucius Quietus succeeded Trajan in 117 A.D. ?

    What if Lucius Quietus had become Emperor instead of Hadrian. Lets say Trajan had decided before he died, I personally am of the opinion Trajan didn't want Hadrian to become Emperor. Would the continued occupation of Mesopotamia cause harm or would it be a good investment in the short term at...
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    AHC: Make the USA imperialist with as large amount of territory as possible.

    Title says all, would the best PODs be before the war with Mexico or after/during? I think an Alexander Hamilton getting more influence or something along those lines might be the best.
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    Roman Caucasus? Would it be useful.

    I was thinking that if the Romans either annex the client states along the Caucasus mountains or at least exerted more influence over them they could have gotten easier access to the Caspian sea where they could build a navy and any wars with Parthia would be easier then marching across...
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    European Hokkaido/Sakhalin? (Not Including Russia as European)

    Could it be possible that if a POD ranging anywhere from something in Russia preventing any large expansions eastward to something in Japan that leaves a more pro-western shogunate in charge to just some ship that got stranded somewhere mean that a European power could assert influence into the...
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    WI: The Consequences if Cao Cao declared himself Emperor

    Yes I know he kept the Han emperor as a puppet to coerce the warlords but by the Time of the Battle of Red Cliff there was only him, Sun Quan, Liu Bei, and the Riverlands (that never really got into much conflict) so the Han emperor didn't give him as much authority as it once did. So I'm...
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    Cao Cao victorious at Red Cliff

    If Cao Cao's forces had been successful at the battle of red cliff and managed to establish a foothold in land south of the Yangtzee River(number of possibilities, his Vanguard could have been not as plagued by disease or he didn't have all his ships chained together allowing them all to go up...
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    Roman Hibernia. Could it work?

    Could the Roman Empire have invaded Hibernia and managed to integrate it into the Empire like they did England and Wales? I'm pretty sure a single legion could take down the paltry military forces in Ireland at the time, but would it be economically feasible for the Empire? Although I...
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    American-Argentine Alliance?

    Would it be possible for the US to have allied Argentina early in it's history? The main reason why they didn't was because they had a small dispute which led an American ship to occupy the Malvinas islands for a time. Now if that didn't happen and during the war of 1812 or possibly...
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