Could have happened much faster
Romans were not innovative- they did one thing and stuck to it, which was why the empire ultimately fell apart. If Carthage had won the Second Punic War, then finished off Rome in the Third, they could have done for Africa what Rome did for Europe in terms of...
If that's true, you're right
If half of what you said is true, you may be right about 1866. But there is NO WAY that the states' rights, right-wing, "freedom"-obsessed states and southern aristocracy would have put up with that. If Davis tried to do that, he would have been quickly removed from...
What would have happened if Bacon's Rebellion had succeeded? It only failed because Bacon happened to be killed in a skirmish/scuffle between militia and his men- if that had not happened, he could have gone on to win control of Virginia. Would the king go along with it fait accompli, or would...
Easy to Justify
I don't have any trouble explaining it to myself- all you have to do is go right back to things happening different in caveman days. Maybe Eurasia didn't develop agriculture first, so some African kingdom invented gunpowder way before the Chinese and started taking over the rest...