The sailing distance between Greenland and New Brunswick is about the same as the distance between New Brunswick and Jacksonville. So after Vinland has established itself with a growing population they could be mounting expeditions that reach as far as Florida. Some splinter group could create a...
Unlike Iceland there are no fish remains in their middens but that does not rule out fish eating. The remains could of disposed of in another way such as spreading on there gardens and fields to fertilize them, grinded into bone meal, or fed to pigs. Such activities make more sense in a more...
Why do people always bring up this trope of slavery being uneconomic. Despite being illegal slavery is thriving in the World today from construction and housekeeping in Dubai to cotton picking and cocoa growing in India, Africa, and South America.
In a good economy where free labor can demand...
The main trade goods between Greenland and Norway where walrus ivory and seal fur in return for church trappings and construction timbre, and iron goods because of the shortage of charcoal for smelting and smithing.
I think that as soon after its foundation a viable pagan Vinland settlement...
In order to survive they need to have a population large enough to fight off any attacks from native tribes witch are a regular inevitability between tribal subsistence societies due to the Malthusian cycle. But once they have a secure foothold natural population growth will bring more land...
Its funny how the idea of the wind up radio did not become popular till the 90's.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windup_radio
Later reel to reel cassettes are actually less mechanically complicated than the old 8 tracks.
If you want to depopulate the area instead of a bad climate a more effective method would be to have some small pox spores in a blanket survive the trip from Eurasia, that method worked very well later in OTL.
The discovery of Vinland coincides well with the reign of Olaf the 1st and his...
Sterling engines can be designed to derive power from small temperature differences so you could make a low powered reactor with non enriched fuel. Using a removable neutron reflector like beryllium to turn on the fuel rods instead of using enriched fuel relying on neutron absorbers to turn them...
The spinning axle is only required on motorized vehicles, before them pretty much all carts and chariots and hand carts had wheels which revolved around fixed axles.
If in the second half of 1940 the Luftwaffe avoids fighting the Battle of Britain and instead concentrates in the Mediterranean taking Malta and Gibraltar with paratroopers they could make the Mediterranean a no go zone for the Royal Navy. No British help for Greece and with the Italian Navy...
The British losing North Africa would probably lead to discontinuing the war with Germany due to a lack of fronts to make gains with. No British war with Germany means no American war with Germany.
Hitler had no way of knocking out Britain so any victory requires Britain agreeing to peace or a ceasefire or some kind of phony war where no one crosses the channel. So the best decision Hitler could make would be to not fight the Battle of Britain, and get an assassin to kill Churchill.