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No lol, the wild pigs in Texas are hybrids between wild boars and domestic pigs, the pigs introduced in South America in this scenario can still be easily redomesticated. Would be pretty interesting to see indigenous societies in the Rioplata shift away from nomadism due to the domestication of...

I still wonder how the introduction of Polynesian pig farming to South America would’ve made a big difference, we know they disrupted a lot of ecosystems by introducing disease and eating up the wildlife, but their large diets and hardy nature made them a reliable source of meat

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/obsidian-blades-with-food-traces-reveal-1st-settlers-of-rapa-nui-had-regular-contact-with-south-americans-1000-years-ago Heres an intersting article about how deep Polynesian-South American trade networks go, a timeline where Polynesians introduce the...

Gunpowder would be interesting

Prince Talal was sympathetic to Nasser's reforms but he was not a Pan-Arabist or anything more than a constitutional monarchist, the only real republican movement was the Arabian Peninsula People's Union under Nasser Al-Saeed, a socialist strike leader and possible Maoist who led the APPU as a...

Here's a scenario I made a while back:

I wrote that part

Trotsky is literally Jewish

Actually, I wonder why the rhea was never domesticated by pre-industrial civilizations IOTL. Did their temperament and need for large spaces make it difficult for indigenous peoples to domesticate them, like the ostrich? Aside from that, llamas would definitely be valuable for their ability to...

Had an interesting idea lately after reading how indigenous peoples across the southern cone such as the Charrúa and the Mapuche quickly adapted to horseriding and cavalry during the advent of Spanish colonialism. Indeed, the environment of Rio Plata and the Pampas seems to be well suited to...

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The Emperor's New Wikibox Kuzco Lama (1490-1551) was the fourth Sapan Inka of the Inca Empire, ascending to the throne following the death of his father, Huayna Capac during a military expedition against the Manteño chiefdoms. Born prior to the reign of his father to an Incan noblewoman...

Wondering how football would evolve in a medieval world

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Fort_Pitt Treaty to create a Lenape state as part of the early US which wasn’t carried out due to the murder of the chieftain who negotiated with the Americans by a revolutionary milita