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  1. SavoyTruffle

    PC/AHC: Non-British "Commonwealths"

    While the concept of states in personal union is not new, the Commonwealth realms are a rather unusual example of this situation in the present day, with 15 (as of 2022) sovereign nations all having the same monarch and head of state, including the UK, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. Of...
  2. SavoyTruffle

    WI the Hashemites don't get the short end of the stick post WWI?

    WWI was an interesting time for the Middle East, with the Ottoman Empire losing control over the area in relatively quick succession and the British making significant gains in the Arabian front. Notably, the British made not one, not two, but three crucial agreements or pronouncements in the...
  3. SavoyTruffle

    Was Ctesiphon's abandonment a fait accompli after the Muslim conquests?

    Ctesiphon was the big city of the Iranian empires between the Parthians and the Sassanians. It was the site of several battles and despite its strategic location proved more vulnerable to invasions, with the Romans capturing the city multiple times in its lifespan while their Iranian...
  4. SavoyTruffle

    Habsburgs don't inherit Bohemia and Hungary - what happens next?

    So basically, IOTL the Habsburgs rolled natural 20s on most of their marriage alliances in the early 16th century - the Catholic Monarchs didn't have a surviving son to succeed them, and the line was passed through Juana rather than her elder siblings who predeceased their parents and left no...
  5. SavoyTruffle

    AHC: More non-European microstates, little to no microstates in Europe

    In OTL we can see that the map of Europe has a ton of minuscule countries whose existence can be chalked up to accidents of history (like Garibaldi promising to honor San Marino's sovereignty during Italian unification as a way to reward them for sheltering him). The rest of the world, on the...
  6. SavoyTruffle

    Questions about the historiography of the Hundred Years' War

    It might be language barrier, but a funny thing I've noticed is how the historiography of the Hundred Years' War (at least outside of dedicated historians) goes something like this: * Edward III invades France * English no-scope-360 the French at the battles of Crécy and Poitiers * Nothing...
  7. SavoyTruffle

    PC: Non-Anglo settler colonialism

    Disclaimer: This post is not to be used as an endorsement of settler colonialism, which has invariably only benefited the settlers whilst displacing the native populations of said settler colonies. For a variety of reasons, settler colonialism in OTL has been associated with the British...
  8. SavoyTruffle

    PC: Entente win in WWI, no collapse of monarchies?

    With a POD as late as possible, is it possible for the Entente to win WWI without what's practically a total collapse of the CP governments? Of course, this doesn't necessarily preclude a future round 2...
  9. SavoyTruffle

    WI: No Otto von Bismarck?

    Let's say that in 1815, a boy named Otto von Bismarck isn't born to his parents, or that he meets a demise early in life. While I don't necessarily subscribe to Great Man Theory, what ramifications would a lack of Bismarck have on world history, especially European geopolitics?
  10. SavoyTruffle

    WI: Don Carlos marries Elisabeth of Valois and has a daughter with her

    Here we're talking about Philip II of Spain's son with his first wife and double first cousin Maria Manuela of Portugal. IOTL Carlos was meant to marry Elisabeth, daughter of Henri II of France and Catherine de Medici', but died before the wedding could go through. Philip himself would marry...
  11. SavoyTruffle

    AHC: An English Language Academy

    English is notable as one of the few major languages without a governing body; by contrast the French have the Académie française for example. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_language_regulators With a POD before 1900, is it possible that English has a governing/regulating body...
  12. SavoyTruffle

    Elizabeth I predeceases Edward VI and Mary I: What happens next?

    Something I don't see so often: Let's say Lizzie meets an untimely end before her OTL accession in 1558. The reigns of her siblings (and Jane Grey's nine-day reign) go as OTL, for simplicity's sake. With Henry VIII having no more trueborn heirs available, would the succession go to the Stuarts...
  13. SavoyTruffle

    No Comics Code Authority and supremacy of superheroes

    In a world without the Comics Code Authority, would American comics have undergone a similar trajectory as European comics or Japanese manga - that is, diversity of genres and demographics? Or, that being said, was the comics industry doomed to try and appeal to an ever shrinking group of fans...
  14. SavoyTruffle

    PC: More European monarchies survive WWII

    While one could point to the French Revolution as the beginning of the end of the dominance of monarchy over Europe, and the aftermath of the First World War as the continuation of the trend, it wasn't really until WWII when the pendulum swung firmly in the direction of republicanism. Italy...
  15. SavoyTruffle

    WI: Castilian-Portuguese union instead of Castilian-Aragonese union?

    Let's say that instead of Castile and Aragon forming "Spain" in the 15th century, it's a union of Castile and Portugal that forms "Spain" instead. How would history change as a result? For starters, without Castile tied to Aragon and its Italian orientation, the Spanish monarchy is tied up less...
  16. SavoyTruffle

    Consequences of a longer lived Charles VIII of France?

    Ah, Charles VIII, aka one of the Renaissance's also-rans. Often in Renaissance era AHs this poor guy gets set aside in favor of his much more interesting and competent cousin Louis XII, and is often done in before he can sire a child, let alone a son. But what if history were kinder to Louis...
  17. SavoyTruffle

    Could the age of New Imperialism be avoided?

    By the 1880s, the dust had settled on Europe and its Great Powers. The UK, in the midst of the Pax Britannica, led the pack, with the newborn German Empire as its newfound rival. Meanwhile, old mainstays France, Russia and Austria-Hungary retained their influence, while a newly united Italy also...
  18. SavoyTruffle

    AHC: More Christian majority states in Asia

    IOTL, there are only two Christian majority sovereign states in Asia as of 2021: the Philippines and Timor Leste[1]. With a POD as late as possible, make it so that you have as many plausibly Christian majority states in Asia. [1]Excluding Russia, which whilst having a Christian plurality has...
  19. SavoyTruffle

    WI: Spanish less lucky in the Americas

    So Spanish colonization of the New World, while starting out similarly to future colonization models, got a huge shot in the arm with the efforts of the conquistadors Cortes and Pizarro. Their conquests of the Aztecs and Inca pretty much expanded the Spanish colonial empire virtually overnight...
  20. SavoyTruffle

    AHC: as many countries with mandatory military service as possible

    IOTL by the present day some notable states that require citizens to serve in the military for some time include Singapore, South Korea and Israel, mostly due to geopolitical concerns. Your challenge is with a POD no earlier than 1900, preferably no earlier than 1945, to have as many countries...
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