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  1. Was it inevitable that China Post 15th century would decline?

    What? It went from 177 million in 1749, to 431 million in 1851. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4899-1231-2_3#page-1

  2. Was it inevitable that China Post 15th century would decline?

    Didn't China begin declining after Britain industrialized. If that is indeed the case, one would quickly conclude that geopolitics has little relevancy in the decline of China in OTL. I'm genuinely curious though. Are there any indicators that suggest that China began declining relative to...

  3. WI: USSR launches a preemptive strike against Nazi Germany before the war?

    Didn't we just have this thread like a week ago?

  4. Papal Supremacy.

    Bumping this because i'm genuinely interested in the premise.

  5. Papal Supremacy.

    Why is it impossible? The Church was a meritocracy in OTL. The Papacy often attempted to, and almost achieved multiple times, gain supremacy over the various secular forces; nobles/emperor of HRE. You need only use one of numerous POD's. "From the late 6th to the late 8th...

  6. Papal Supremacy.

    Since this didn't garner much attention, i'll rephrase the OP. I want a Christian theocracy that rules over Western Europe. I want said theocracy to be a meritocracy that owns and manages all land in a collective/communal fashion.

  7. WI Islam remained purely an Arabian phenomena

    Yeah, basically this. Plus, an Islam confined to the Arabian peninsula assumes an Islam that has suffered defeat on the field of battle. We already know that the Arabian Tribes were a bit sketch on the whole spiritual aspect, what with the Ridda wars and all, so one might reasonably assume...

  8. WI Islam remained purely an Arabian phenomena

    ... and half of Sub-Saharan Africa wouldn't be Islamic.

  9. TLIAW: Angelus Hispaniae

    Wow, this would have a huge effect on European geo-politics, let alone the immense impact on Spain domestically. Consider be subbed :D

  10. AHC/WI: Axis China and Allied Japan?

    Could you elaborate on this point? I'm genuinely curious.

  11. Papal Supremacy.

    The Lombard's become weakened considerably with a variety of POD's, whilst Byzantium is subsequently weakened (as it was IOTL). Can we get a papacy that rules over much of Italia?

  12. AHC: Democrats win 2014 elections

    Make 50+ clones of Alan Grayson, and reconstitute the voting districts :D

  13. Was British Culture Intrinsically resistant to Extremism?

    Well see, theres the problem. Something I didn't touch on in my previous post, because I knew you would respond in this way, is the concept of extremism. What does it mean? Seriously, can a discussion truly be had on whether or not various elements of society are "extreme"? Here's what we...

  14. Was British Culture Intrinsically resistant to Extremism?

    This is such an arbitrary discussion. Lets start by defining some words. What exactly is democracy? If we use the literal definition we quickly find that no true democracy even exists to this very day. Further, how exactly is extremism not, in any case, pro-democracy? In a time where the...

  15. Was British Culture Intrinsically resistant to Extremism?

    Well, what exactly is "democracy". Is it the universal right to elect your representatives? If it is, then Germany had a more "democratic" tradition then Britain. Germany had universal male suffrage in the year 1867/71. Britain adopted universal male suffrage in the year 1918. In that...

  16. AHC: Islamic China

    West African rulers had slaves long before the arrival of Islam. Beyond that, the source I provided does indeed indicate that there was segregation early on, but of the Muslim communities linked to the Trans-Saharan trade. Again, you fundamentally misunderstand the nature of assimilation. China...

  17. AHC: Islamic China

    I'm not going to respond to most of the post, because your still speaking from the biased perspective of Sunni Ulema. Let us instead talk about why aspects of Islam might be adopted by either the Emperor of China, or segments of the population. In most all Chinese philosophy, there is a...

  18. AHC: Islamic China

    Yeah, the title of Caliph lost all temporal authority a mere two-three centuries after Islam's inception. Now, lets discuss religion and assimilation for a moment. I'll make it short so as to open up discussion. Yin and Yang, a Taoist tradition, was one of the five classics of Confucianism...

  19. AHC: Islamic China

    Are you saying that Confucianism/Taoism isn't spiritual? You may have heard of Yin and Yang somewhere in popular culture :D

  20. AHC: Islamic China

    Yeah, I completely agree. There would have to be a pretext upon which a Chinese emperor formally converts. A pretext that would have to be pragmatic. It can be spiritual, but the centrifugal forces working against such a conversion would likely result in its demise. Perhaps Islam merges with...
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