Bavarian Raven
Banned
Vikings of the Pacific
Or how a maimed man and a few goats changed history.
This is intended to be a reboot / restart of an old TL i started a few years back and then (tragically) let die: LinkOr how a maimed man and a few goats changed history.
The overal premise is both simple and complex,
as is the location and region, and peoples involved.
Time Period of the POD. Roughly 1000 - 1500 BC.as is the location and region, and peoples involved.
Location. Pacific Northwest Coast.
The first POD is as follows. The wild mountain goats of the coast mountains are domesticated. In OTL every spring, native peoples along the coast would hike up into the rugged mountains to collect the wool the goats would shed. This wool was used to weave blankets and other items that would be worth a fortune in their cultures. Sooner or later, given enough time, it seems logical that these goats would be domesticated (or people would at least attempt to do so).
This will be a TL that focuses on such an event. An event that leads (indirectly) to the domestication of goats that will be brought to the Queen Charlotte Islands by the Haidian people.
The second POD will be an increase in proto agriculture, which was practiced by many coastal peoples in OTL. The cause of this second POD? The damage to local environments caused by a large population of goats on relatively small islands, denuding wild stocks of edible / medicinal plants.
Finally, these two PODs will form to cause a population BOOM (due to the increase in food production above OTL levels) on the Queen Charlotte Islands. What happens when a population grows to large in a small region? They adopt better techniques, or expand (or die). This increase in conflict will (hopefully) eventually lead to technological development greater than OTL and all the interesting PODs that will likely result because of it.
So this is my overall idea for this TL.
Please throw out suggestions / comments / ideas!
Please discuss!
All comments are welcome. This TL is still in the "planning / developing" stage, so bring it on.
Cheers!
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