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In 1921 the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Kamil al-Husseini, died. As Grand Mufti (originally just "Mufti" before the British occupation) he had control over the religious sites of Jerusalem, and could appoint the Imams for the Mosques of the city. Upon his death, the appointment of a new Grand...

If Reagan loses in 1980, I doubt he'll be the nominee in 1984.

One possibility would be Reagan digging in his heels over Lebanon. Instead of pulling out in early 1984 he decides to double down in order to keep the promises he made to Amin Gemayel and to Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir. Things keep escalating as the various Syrian backed militias keep...

In Spring 2007, Israeli intelligence discovered a nuclear reactor site under construction in Syria which, and based on intelligence from the Americans, matched a style of site in North Korea. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert alerted the Bush Administration of this, who, after deliberation, wanted to...

Children are and were already counted when it comes to calculating population totals in order to apportion how many representatives a state will get. In our timeline they counted all non-slaves (except for Indians), but only 3/5 of the slave population. In this timeline, they are only counting...

It was a late August night in Philadelphia. The air was humid and the mosquitoes brought with them a nasty combination of aggravation and potential illness. The retired general walks up to the door of a brick boarding house and knocked, awaiting a most important answer. The door opens and a man...

While doing research for another project I came across the story of Iran threatening Iraq with war in 1974 and 1975 over the Iraqi response to renewed fighting between the Iraqi Kurds and Baghdad. IOTL Iraq wanted to avoid war with Iran and decided to make peace with the Kurds. With that in mind...

Chapter II: The Machine Infernale “Until the last minute Giuseppe continued to fiddle with and tweak the custom volley gun he and his conspirators had ordered. He couldn’t leave anything to chance because if this didn’t work they wouldn’t get another. In fact, they wouldn’t get a second chance...

After the death of the Prophet Muhammad IOTL one of his close followers, Abu Bakr, was chosen by a small group of leading Muslims to succeed Muhammad as the political leader of the Muslim Community. Muhammad's cousin Ali, however, was also favored by many to succeed the Prophet. Despite this...

Having written a timeline on this very premise, IMO there are two things you need: 1. Weaken the unity of the Democratic Party 2. Improve the unity of the Whig Party In my timeline I had the 1835 assassination attempt on Andrew Jackson succeed. This resulted in Martin Van Buren becoming...

As someone born and raised in California's central valley I can tell you this, the only way to get this area more populated is to have a bigger, and more diverse economy. Areas of the world where the biggest industries are agriculture, especially in more industrialized countries like the U.S...

This definitely has me intrigued. I'm hoping we get an explanation as to how TTL's Christianity, (which, if I'm reading this correctly, is Nazarene Judaism) developed without the Crucifixion, and therefore I'm assuming without the resurrection. How are Nazarene's maintaining that Jesus was the...

Where Bullets Land Chapter I: Mad Man Behind the Colonnade The seed that killed the Democratic Party was planted by the pistol of a mad man, Richard Lawrence. Born in England in 1801, he and his family immigrated to the state of Virginia during the War of Impressment, where it is said that...

I submit for the approval of the author, this quick update for New Zealand's political activities, because it feels like the timeline is gonna heat up soon. New Zealand: 1980-2000 New Zealand: 2001-2010 New Zealand: 2010-2015 New Zealand Political History, 2016-2018 List of Prime Ministers of...

Doing some research for the European parts of an American centric timeline, and I was curious about the assassination attempt on Louis Philippe in 1835. From what I've gathered, his son, Ferdinand Philippe, was more liberal than his father, which implies that he might be more open to the...