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  1. No Timur-Toktamysh War

    I doubt Russia's southward expansion can be stopped forever, eventually demographics and changing technology will still give it the edge over the steppe peoples. Still, Russian expansion could definitely be delayed a great while. Timur's invasion was utterly devastating to the Golden Horde. In...

  2. What if Tsar Alexander II's Russia gave a hard pass to the Russo-Turkish war of 1877?

    The French occupation of Tunisia is also related to the Congress, the British only agreed to allow the French occupation in return for France accepting the British occupation of Cyprus. The situation in Egypt could also be affected. In OTL the British originally tried to get the Ottomans to...

  3. WI: Nixon wins 1960

    I'm not sure that the wars would really be a big problem in time for the 1964 election though, in OTL Vietnam wasn't too damaging to LBJ in 1964. 1964 was primarily about domestic issues and I think that would be the case in TTL as well. The wars will be a big problem by 1968, but I think Nixon...

  4. Why do the Bolsheviks lose the Russian Civil War whenever the Central Powers win World War I?

    Just about the only things that all the Whites could agree on in OTL was opposition to the Bolsheviks and that Russia was "One and Indivisible." Germany is going to be hard pressed to find a non-Bolshevik ally in Russia who has a plausible chance of defeating the Reds and would also accept the...

  5. WI: Dukakis wins in 1988?

    Iraq may not invade Kuwait, or it might invade on a limited scale only. In 1988 Congress was set to pass the Sanctions Against Iraqi Chemical Weapons Use Act in response to Iraq's use of chemical weapons against Kurdish populations in norther Iraq. The measures called for in the Act were...

  6. WI: Nixon wins 1960

    Nixon will definitely try something like Bay of Pigs, he was deeply involved in the planning while Vice-president. This operation is doomed to failure no matter what changes Nixon makes. Nixon will then step in directly with US air support, and when that also inevitably fails Nixon will just...

  7. Ronald Reagan and RFK are the major party nominees in 1968. Who is favored in the November?

    Kennedy would win, Ronald Reagan is unelectable in 1968. I think a lot of people don't appreciate how far to the right his OTL presidency shifted the overton window in American politics. Back in the 60s Reagan was seen as an extreme figure, divisive even among the Republicans who still had a...

  8. In a Nazi victory scenario, how likely is the creation of the Order State of Burgundy?

    The SS state of Burgundy is a big cliche in alternate history fiction but it is probably a myth that it was ever proposed in real life. Hitler did talk sometimes about Germany regaining French lands that had once been part of the Holy Roman Empire including Burgundy. He never mentioned anything...

  9. What if Rome Never Rose?

    If the Romans never showed up then I think the Seleucids would be the dominant power in the Near East. It is quite possible that they would eventually succeed in conquering Ptolemaic Egypt and with the resources of Egypt they could press their control over much of Anatolia and even into Europe...

  10. WI : Mario Cuomo in 1992

    As for how Cuomo would be as a President we can only make some informed speculation. In OTL Clinton got a lot of criticism for trying to do too much at once at the start of his presidency, squandering his politcal capital by dividing it between too many issues. Bill tried to tackle healthcare...

  11. WI : Mario Cuomo in 1992

    I think Al Gore is still a pretty good choice for running mate. As a Southern centrist he is a good regional and ideological balance to New York liberal Cuomo. Now I could say the same thing about Bill Clinton too but he and Cuomo are both state Governors whereas Gore is a Senator. Two Governor...

  12. WI : Mario Cuomo in 1992

    Cuomo would likely do worse than Clinton did in OTL. Clinton was a Southern centrist, a New York liberal like Cuomo would not have had as much appeal to swing voters. Cuomo would likely lose all of the Southern states that Clinton won by fairly narrow margins, and maybe also some of the close...

  13. Development of Ottoman Empire without Crimean War

    On balance the Crimean War was probably a bad thing for the Ottomans, even though they were on the winning side. The war was the start of the Ottoman debt problem that would a reach breaking point in the 1870s, and the huge amount of refugees that had to be absorbed led to all sorts of ethnic...

  14. Early collapse of East Roman Empire, either between 330-600 AD or 750-1290 AD

    Those are outside the time windows specified in the thread title and the OP

  15. WI: Pop Culture in a world without 9/11?

    Some thoughts: A LOT less anti-Muslim sentiment. Before 9/11 most North Americans hardly knew what Islam was. Afterwards Islamophobia was absolutely everywhere and it took many years for there to be any significant level of push back. To this day it is still far more common than it was before...

  16. Where would Columbus have landed if he set sail from a French port?

    Keep in mind though that Spain already controlled the Canary Islands off the West African coast. Columbus sailed from mainland Spain to the Canaries first, and then from there he began his voyage of exploration into the Atlantic. France doesn't have any ports anywhere near that far south

  17. Quickest possible Entente victory in WW1

    This is a popular myth, partly concocted by supporters of Gallipoli like Churchill. The consensus of historians is that Gallipoli never had much of succeeding

  18. Quickest possible Entente victory in WW1

    In OTL Bulgaria was terrified of being attacked by the Ottomans. Even with the Dobruja issue there is no way they would risk entering the war so long as there is a fair chance of the Ottomans coming in against them

  19. Quickest possible Entente victory in WW1

    Joffre doesn't go with Plan XVII. The earlier defensive plans would have left France in a much stronger position on the Western Front in 1914. Russia avoids the trap at Tannenberg. Better yet Russia defeats Germany in East Prussia. the Ottoman Empire stays neutral. Very easily done. Most of the...

  20. Christian-Islamic syncretism

    Again, that is all arbitrary. The Ahmadis' own view is that have not broken the Seal of the Prophets. Some other Muslims say that they have broken it. There are some extreme Muslims who consider Shia ideas about the Imamate or Sufi ideas about sainthood to be outside Islam as well. Some medieval...
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