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  1. AHC: Earlier Bone Wars and Paleontology Craze

    The Difference by Gibson and Sterling is one of my favorite AH novels. One of the more interesting plot points to me is that the POD creates a butterfly effect that leads to various scientific and engineering developments having been made earlier then OTL by the time the plot is set in 1855...

  2. AHC: Provide foreign aid to the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857

    I am studying more about the Rebellion in India against the British East India company starting in 1857. As well as other wars involving the British Empire around that time in such as the First Anglo Afghan War, the First and Second Anglo-Sikh wars, Crimean war, Anglo-Persian War, 2nd Opium war...

  3. AHC: Make a TL like The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly historically plausible

    I'm a big fan of westerns like The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Even if it his historically inaccurate. So I'd like to create a challenge to make an ATL in which the events shown in the film would be more plausible. The major inaccuracy is how the Civil War is portrayed in the film. The plot...
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    • Forum: Alternate History Discussion: Before 1900

  4. WI: A delayed American Civil War and a Douglas/Johnson Presidency

    I made a post about this before, but it did not get much traction. Likely due to the title. So I want to post about this scenario again, with a few added details. I would also like to link to past threads I have found addressing the topic that I think add some interesting points...

  5. Expanding on Mr. Beat's "What if Abraham Lincoln LOST the election of 1860"

    The Youtuber Mr. Beat created an AH scenario that I find interesting. Having Stephen Douglass win the Presidential election of 1860, but then have Lincoln run again and win in 1864. Leading to an ACW starting 4 years later than OTL (1). So I would like to ask others what they think the most...

  6. WI: Bismark dies from Cohen-Blind's assassination attempt in 1866

    I recently finished a youtube video on the Austro-Prussian War and learned something interesting that was new to me. Before the start of the war the Public knew of Bismark's attempts to start hostilities with Austria. A 22 year old man named Ferdinand Cohen-Blind chose to attempt preventing the...

  7. Could the War of the Tri. Alliance/Paraguayan War have been avoided if Pres. Carlos Solano López had lived longer?

    In OTL Francisco Solano López became President of Paraguay after the death of his father, President Carlos Solano López, in 1862. Francisco then changed policies from keeping Paraguay as more isolationist, and formed an alliance with the Uruguayan President Bernardo Berro, of the Blanco party...

  8. AHC/WI: The Carrington Event of 1859 Coincides With Other Major Events and Changes Their Course

    The Carrington Event occurred between September 1st and 2nd of 1859 and was the largest Geomagnetic storm in recorded history. It caused telegraphs to type on their own, shock users, and in some cases catch fire. It also created auroras that made some mistake it for daylight Like others have...

  9. WI: Egyptian Cotton Harvests Fail in the Early 1860s

    I read up on the history of cotton production in Egypt in order to fill my gaps of knowledge on it since I knew there was a connection to it and the American Civil War. Since the CSA first held off on cotton exports in the hopes of getting French and British aid for the sake of their textile...

  10. WI: Africa without the Berlin Conference of 1884-85

    I have thought about the consequences of what might have happened in regards to European colonization of Africa if the Berlin Conference of 1884-85. My understanding is that Otto Von Bismarck organized the conference in order to benefit himself and Germany in several ways. Including by raising...

  11. AHC/WI: Chilean Liberals Win The 1851 Revolution

    After doing some light research on Wikipedia about conflicts in mid-19th centaury South America for another thread, I learned about the 1851 Chilean Revolution. I am hoping others with more knowledge about Chilean history might be able to help me here by explaining more about the conflict, and...

  12. AHC/WI: Pirates during the California Gold Rush

    After randomly watching some Youtube videos I can across one that explained how during the early part of the California Gold Rush many ships were left abandoned in San Francisco bay by those who only bought and used them for a one way trip to California. This lead to there being maybe "500 to...

  13. AHC: Qing are more succesful during the 2nd Opium War / Arrow War

    I have been researching the 2nd Opium war and have been wondering how the Qing could have been more successful in fighting off the British and French. I am not sure how plausible it is for the Qing to "win" the war, but if others here have ideas I would love to learn them. I have thought of...

  14. Could the "Christie Question/Crisis" between Brazil and Britain have turned to war?

    A summery of the events known as the 'Christie Question' or the 'Christie Affair' is provided in the first link below as follows: "Christie Affair, a series of reprisals taken by the British Navy against Brazilian merchantmen from December 1862 to 5 January 1863. Named for William Christie, the...

  15. WI: The Pico Act passes, California is split during the Civil War

    This is a scenario I would like to explore after watching Alternate History Hub's video on the subject. The summery is that before the American Civil war a bill to divide most of Southern California into the new "Territory of Colorado" almost passed but was ignored due to the secession crisis...

  16. General Edgar Allan Poe, which photo looks best?

    Here is some art I made inspired by the short AH story "No Spot of Ground" by Walter Jon Williams. The POD of which is that Edgar Allan Poe does not die as he did in OTL and goes on to be a Confederate general in the ACW. I'm thinking of making him a character in an ASB TL I've had planned for...
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    • Forum: Alternate History Maps and Graphics

  17. Chemistry in The Great War: Walk in Hell

    I want to check the validity of the chemical reaction that Harry Turtledove makes key in the events of his book The Great War: Walk in Hell. In the book the character Cincinnatus Driver is tasked by Confederate Saboteur Tom Kennedy to sabotage supply stores he travels to by planting lead tubes...

  18. Questions of Appalachian borders in a CSA TL

    The likely problems provided by the Appalachian mountains in CSA TLs is one that intrigues (and also confuses) me, and is something I don't think has been analyzed in any fiction I am aware of. Since boarders along mountain regions are very hard to manage I imagine that in a CSA TL the USA and...

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  20. Plausibility Check: Asian Elephants in Africa and the Americas

    POD: In the late 1600s, agents of the British and Dutch East India companies respond to the purchase of Elephants for menageries in Europe and Britain as a possible future investment. Knowing that Asian Elephants are easier to keep than African elephants, and that the biggest risk posed by...
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