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(This is a weird one, as it's more of a question + Alternate history scenarios) The Chinese Imperial Tributary System is a complicated one. For thousands of years, China was the hegemonic power in Asia, with various countries such as Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Central Asia, at...

I can kinda see this happening if Operation barbarossa happens a few months earlier. The Germans have more time before winter arrives so they have more of an advantage. So if they successfully took Stalingrad, what next?

Let's say the Dunkirk evacuation is a total failure. Very few (if any) British soldiers make it home and the rest are either captured or killed. What would have happened? Would Britain be knocked out of the war? Or would the brits fight on, but severely weakened? And if Britain Surrenders...

What would have happened if the assassination of franz ferdinand still happened, but ferdinand survived? Let's say the gun jammed or he was shot in the shoulder or something. Would his survival change anything? Would ww1 still happen? And if it did, would ww1 play out the same way?

I’ve decided to ask the people of the forums this question. Seeing how little sources there are on this I was wondering if the alleged exchange between Alexander II and Johann II happened at all. I personally think if this happened it was merely a joke suggestion or two royals just talking and...

One of the most fascinating aspects of the French Revolution was the attempted dechristianization of France. In order to distance themselves from the Catholic Church, besides starting Deists Cults, the Revolutionary Republic adopted the French Republican Calander. Here how it worked: The...

I'm aware of redistricter, plan builder for the uk and riding builder for canada. Are there any other applications for other countries besides those three?

When thinking about ambitious and nonsensical megaprojects, we usually turn to ideas like Atlantropa (The plan to drain the Mediterranean Sea). However, I came across this image for an idea of filling central Africa with water, and creating Congo Lake & Chad Sea. I've seen a few Alternate...

Originally I was going to ask 'What if the Toyotomi Clan survived into the Edo Period', but I felt like I should ask this question before as it could be important to context the hindsight. For those who want context: The Toyotomi Clan was a Japanese clan during the Sengoku Jidai, founded by...

For a while, I've been considering this proposition. Why didn't the European powers colonize Africa (like heavily, similar to Spain in the Americas) before the Americas?

I'm working on an AH TL set during the late 19th century, and I've hit a bit of a roadblock: One of the fictional characters in the TL will be encountering a number of RL historical characters, a number of which have the same name. Can I get away with fictional characters having the same name...

As the title implies, what would a map of Earth look like if the ocean fills up 88%, not 71%, of its surface?

Whenever reading about the Spanish-American War, particularly the lead up to it, as in the Philippine Revolution and Cuban War of Independence, where in both nations, the people revolted against colonial rule, and wanted to become independent and overthrow Spanish rule. However, whenever...

I was pondering the idea of how an independent Egypt would develop throughout the 19th century, and the list of monarchs would relatively remain the same up until Abbas II, son of Tewfik Pasha, was removed in favour of the line of his uncle by the British, Hussein Kamel which never would have...

I apologize if this is the wrong place to ask this question, but I always wondered how people made fancy and unique background for their QBAM alternative history maps. Below are two examples that describe what I am talking about: cornycator's Dragons Emperors of the East Xianfeng's 1438, a...

As we know, when President Lincoln won the election of 1860, seven states seceded from the United States of America before Lincoln's inauguration, forming the Confederate States of America, and then when fighting commenced, four more Southern States seceded and joined the CSA as well. There also...

Ok so before beginning this post. I mean no offense to Bose but neither do I support all of his views. I condemn both British Imperialism and Axis brutality and genocide. So why did Bose think taking the help of the Japanese was a good idea? SUBTOPIC1 We now know that Japan was upto 14 times...

In my years of being on Alternatehistory.com, I've have seen many phrases used to summarize the main point of the question. One such phrase is "Pulling", where it's asked "What if a nation pulled ________" The most famous phrase that's commonly used is "Pulling a Meiji" for when a country...

Let's say the Qing dynasty comes to an end in the 19th century or earlier and is replaced by another dynasty. What might this dynasty look like? And would it have any better luck dealing with the Western world and Japan?

In 1804, Napoleon famously crowned himself Emperor of the French, ending the French Republic, and the start of the French Empire. However, I have a question... How did people, from Royal to Peasant, from outside and inside of France, from Europe to the Americas, react to Napoleon crowning...