alt history

Would they dominate the world stage? Would the minority patrilineal primogeniture be dominant? How would the world as we know it look under this hypothetical?

Rest Easy, Mr. Lincoln “Almighty God willed me to lead this country through its darkest times, through a war between brothers and callous political division. Yet the hour has come for me to step down as leader of the Republican Party- for my lovely family and beloved wife have great need of me...

Fire of Lisbon, 1987–88 The Fire of Lisbon was the burning of the city of Lisbon, in Portugal on October 1, 1987. This tragedy led to the collapse of the social and political legitimacy of the Second Republic and led to the start of the restoration of the monarchy. The events and...

The USSR did a test firing of the bomb on Bikini Island in 1946. Japan would have known about this weapon's existence, but was never told about its explosive power. In 1947, American soldiers working on a B-29 test pilot base in the Marshall Islands, not knowing what was happening on the ground...

How would the situation on the Balkans develop in this AT if by some means (eg. more "liberal" kaisers coming into succession) the Austria-Hungary had added a third royal entity, for Slavic peoples? So we still have Cisleitania and Transleitania, but the disputed territories of Dalmatia and...

I'm working in a alt-hist with several PODs, and I need help with them. Some I know what will cause (but not at 100%), and others I don't even know how to cause them. I will post here every POD, one by one. So here I go... SPAIN Joanna I of Castile, forced by her father Ferdinand II of Aragon...

List of Alternate Doge, Stadtholder and Consuls This an take place from the Classical era to Early Modern era where you have made lists for anything that is a republic before the era of revolutions. Which that means Switzerland, Netherlands, Athens, Rome, Indian Classical Republics, Italian...

So, inspired by a recent thread outlining what if the plane hit its fourth target.... What would happen if 9/11 happened in 1981 during the Reagan administration? I will note I am a layman on this topic, so if there is anything wrong please correct me. How would the Reagan administration...

Welcome to my first post on AH.com ever (yay me). You are welcome (and encouraged) to provided valid reason for your nation to have established colonies whereas they didn’t OTL. Cheers

There is a fan theory about the film Titanic, whereby Jack is a time traveller. It is supposed that Jack saves Rose from suicide so that the ship is not stopped and therefore misses the Iceberg. However why would Jack want the Titanic to sink, what terrible alternate timeline is there that he...

Well I'm back. For the past year I have been going through hell: unemployment, living in a homeless shelter, having my laptop AND smartphone stolen, going broke TWICE, three toes amputated at Parkland Hospital due to infection and diabetes.....pure hell. But now having lost weight, getting a...

1066: An age of War As the sun sets on 1065, the world is at an impasse. The great powers of Europe and the Orient eye each other off like fierce lions, circling and growling, beating their chests and looking for any sign that they can punch. While the lesser kings circle around like wolves...

Ladies and gentlemen? In all its glory, here lies the new timeline I had planned to reach from Operation: Sea Lion to the present-day. :evilsmile: Welcome to "They Fought on the Beaches"! NOTE: This is my first timeline outside To The Planets Beyond, so wish me luck, boys and girls...

I've been writing a timeline that I'm making a story in for a while. The Point of Divergence is that a Mongol ruler who was not Genghis Khan came to power and made many different decisions, such as not conquering the Islamic Caliphate and putting all of their resources from China and Korea into...

At the title says: who was the head of the dreaded Securitate (Rumania's secret police) in 1989. I've searched the internet for that piece of data but I've yet to find any data. If you know please let me know. I need to know for a TL that I'm writing.

List of monarchs III List of monarchs III Rules (amended by wwbgdiasIt) Updated 8/13/21 Updated 7/1/22 1. Each poster get's one entry per list and must wait for at least one post by someone else before adding another entry. If a poster wishes to make an entry but is unable to do so...