Recent content by Archimedes

No Louisiana purchase?

So this is another reason why “AD“ would be the wrong label. It’s an abbreviation for the Latin phrase “anno domini”. So in this world, where Chrstianity never gets a Latin-speaking branch, you would likely need an abbreviation for a Greek (or even an Arabic!) phrase instead. Perhaps “EK”.

Very interesting POD and timeline. I like that you didn’t just make M.A. the new Roman emperor. Question: Your dates are in AD and BC format. Doesn’t this imply a development of Christianity in the same way it did in OTL? It seems to me that the changes you posit would alter the situation in...

POD?

Presumably Elvis covered it. Like how Jimi Hendrix covered Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" and made a bigger hit out of it than Dylan had done.

Could we have a bit of backstory please? Like, how is it that America and Canada are part of the (reconsituted) United Kingdom?

The "Spouse(s)" line is also surprising.

This is great! I want to know more. Where is Mesopotamie? What happened a century ago?

Your electoral vote total is off. 16 states won lead to more than 13 electoral votes. Even if each state only had 3 (which isn't true), it would add up to 48.

What's the POD for this? I'm confused.

Your count is a bit off. I think according to that map, Smith should get more electoral votes.

It seems that there are two competing definitions of the word "swing", unfortunately and confusingly. The definition that has references attached (see post #3930), however, is contrary to the definition you are relying on. Let's agree to go with the reference-supported definition. According...

So, shorter revolutionary war? No Articles of Confederation? What's the tldr for this timeline?

I want an electoral map! Or at least, what states did each candidate win, both in the EC and then in the succeeding HR vote?

OTL he lost by a landslide. ATL maybe he loses in a close election, similar to the election he won 4 years earlier.