madagascar

I came up with this idea for my TL I'm trying to piece together and thought it would be cool to how different things would if a few African States stayed independent besides just two countries. For the Boer Republics I'm obviously referring to Transvaal and the Orange Free State, Madagascar is...

The Barito of Madagascar settle in the Philippines instead of Madagascar, I don't think it would really have an impact on the history of the Philippines although Madagascar would remain uninhabited. The Philippines was settled by Barito and Dayak tribes as well according to the oral histories...

With a pod starting in the 11th century, what if Madagascar was colonized by Islamic east Africa? Could the east African Sultanates build off the existing Omani trade posts to build a functioning state? How strong could Madagascar potentially become? Assuming that the Madagascar Sultanate is...

While neither were exactly likely to "pull a meiji", between the Mutapa kingdom and a Madagascar kingdom (Merina optional), which had the better chance of having a sphere of influence over Southern Africa? There's no earliest pod but I'd like to see how far either could get by 1600. It would...

I am a bit obsessed with the idea that the division of Africa does not happen (at least later). So imagine a world where Bismarck was assassinated in 1866, the Fran-Prussian War did not occur until much later and therefore the Berlin conference did not occur. For this reason, I saw that African...

Would the Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian Wars occur? Wouldn't there be the distribution of Africa (I would like to reflect on this)?

I challenge you an alternate line where the kingdom of Madagascar survives the French aggression and manages to become a regional power similar to Japan.

Let us suppose some time during the Bronze and or Iron age South Semitic people find and settle in Madagascar. How would this effect the History of the Indian ocean and Africa?

After Ranavalona III of Madagascar was deposed by the French when they conquered her kingdom, the last official heir to the Malagasy throne was her grandniece and adoptive daughter, Princess Marie-Louise[1], who lived until 1948 and died childless at the age of 50 in France (during WWII she...

In OTL, Madagascar was originally settled by Austronesian peoples from Borneo, relatively late in human history. It was one of the last major landmasses to be settled by humans, and settled relatively late in human history, by around 500 AD there is a presence of humans on the islands. The...

Chapter One: The Legend As the legend goes, a trade ship from the empire of Himyar was blown off course on its journey to the edge of the Empire’s control along the Azanian coast, Raphta {1}. In an ill-fated attempt to steer clear of the Fire People of the Pyralax Isles, the merchants lost...

Brahuis migrate to Madagascar instead of the Malays Madagascar part of the Raj ?

I know there's some Arab influence on the culture of Madagascar, but I'm wondering how plausible it is for Arabic culture to have considerably more influence. After all, I know Arabs - especially Omanis - had some pretty heavy influence on East Africa.

So as we know Madagascar ended up becoming a French colony. What if France does not colonize Madagascar? Who else could colonize it? I decided to create a poll so feel free to vote and state why you chose your selection.

What if there had been no Austronesians who came to Madagascar? How might the history of the island be affected? Would there be broader consequences?

Your challenge is to make Madagascar considerably more successful, powerful and prominent than IOTL. You can use whatever POD you'd like.

Jeff Pearce, in his book (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1510718656/) about the Second Italo-Ethopian War wrote: This was not true in the Ethiopian war. Fewer than 200 volunteers would be able to make it to Ethiopia in OTL. But… what if there was a timeline in which this was not true...

Basically what the tin says, industrialize Madagascar during the 19th Century, transform it into a world power by the turn of the century.

One of those events in OTL that would probably be dismissed as implausible if it was in an ATL is the settlement of Madagascar. The island is usually thought to have been settled by both Bantu people and seafearers from Borneo about 2000 years ago. Today the Malagasy language is Austronesian and...

Maurice Benyoszky was a Slovakian in the Austrian Empire that was born in 1746 and died in 1786. He had a wildlife. He fought against the Russians as a soldier for the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, until he was captured, and sent to the Russian Far East, in Kamchatka. He lead a Prisoner...