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In otl the bordere south was seeing a drainage of slaves to the deep south, so it will start with those states reaching a slave pop so low that they will abolish slavery to be able to attract immigrant labour instead (you cant have both because of racisem ). That means an even blacker deep...

apan was unique. And even with the benefits that Japan had it was in no way a give that they would have industrialisation. It was just more likely. Now if we look at Japan, and turn away from the romantic narrative of Meiji, the country actually started on its path in the 17 century. They did...

Leets take a look. You have a president that did not win a majority, a democratic majority senate, a weak republican congress, and a pro slavery supream court. So the republicans cant do much. When it comes too slavery, its hard to say really, but the bordere south was seeing a drainage of...

I think its important to recall that Napoleon was mad emperor, or in the narrative of the time, Caesar. That period of the revolution had a big big hard on for the roman republic, statues and busts of famous Romans, the titles used, the usage of the roman eagle, consuls, the usages of togas in...

Massive, the Lutheran principle of Divine mandate for rulership is considered as important factor, its more or less based on scripture, so someone else would most likely come up With a similar idea ( and Melanchthon was also arguably the most important when it come Down to theology) so we will...

Right, so the reformation is not about indulgences, but several factors. If we are to talk very general the reformation is a series of factors that reaches a critical point. It was by no point the first time this had happened, the most resent being Conciliarism and the Western Schism, where...

The causes for the reformation are still going to be there, but how these are resolved could be different. But there are local variables on those issues, and not just based on purely ecclesiastical issues but secular ones as well. Denmark is not Sweden is not the empire is not England is not...

Very very simplified, but Roman law was similar to common law today while Germanic is more akin to civil ( funny enough civil is based in middelage schoolarship on late ( Justinian ) Roman law)

The Caliph was in theory the universal ruler of all muslims, so all rulers were in theory vassals / govenors for the caliph. Hence the usage of the title Amir / Emir. There really is no direct comparison found in the west, as there was a stronger differentiation between secular and relgious power.

I think the names are telling, Moqulestân/Moġūlistān is Persian, and means land of the Mongols, Gurkaniyan, the name Timur and his succsessors used, both in the "Timurid" and "Mughal" empier, is a Persianized mongol word referensing Timurs claim of being a descendant of Genghis Khan, Mughliyah...

As has been said above, the Mugals, and that name is telling, considered themselves as Timurids, and thus as mongols, even if they were heavily persanizied. Babur spoke or at least wrote in Chagatai not in Persian. So Uzbek turkick perzinizided mongols. They also invaded and conquer, while de...

If there is no "universal" Church there will be no reformation. Many of the issues where regional, and will have to be dealt with, but would then happen in a more regional matter. It would look more akin to otls orthodox churches .

That is going to be, eh difficult. So your northern norway also inncludes about half of middel, but these areas are the poorest, least populated lowest life expectancy areas in the country. They have about 10% of the population, but only have about 8 % of the economy ( Bnp of 319 902 kroner vs...

The communist version would have a exstremly low population, and would be very very very relaiant on food imports. Would probably implode the moment the sovjet are gone.

The economy of contemporary Tokugawa Japan, had a high degree of centralization, an integrated market, and a advanced transport network. The Japanese merchant did not have to cope with internal toll barriers. Two-way trade between town and country was an established fact of Japanese life already...