Recent content by Morwen

Hello, I have been following this for a significant amount of time, but haven't said anything so far, probably because not being British I hadn't the slightest clue who most of the players were, and so did not wish to comment on things about which I was ignorant. I now have this excellent story...

I was under the impression that Bohemia was pretty Protestant until Austria Counter-Reformationed it. So if you get an independent Bohemia, it could work. I'm a bit fuzzy on the details, but a good time for this would probably be around the 30 Years War. I was actually thinking of writing a...

It's not exactly what you were looking for, but one alternative would be to butterfly the extinction of the American horses. They went extinct pretty rapidly at the end of the Pleistocene. It was probably either due to the climate change after the end of the Ice Age or the arrival of humans...

In terms of music culture, Wagner was responsible for how the concert and concert hall were developed/viewed, and the whole 'aura of awe' around performances and performers. This would probably mean that Western art music would feel more accessible to people. Brahms would definitely be...

Republic of Ragusa Republic of Genoa some form of Austria-Hungary Crimean People's Republic Navarre

The Reformation was pretty popular in what is now Slovenia, but it all disappeared because of the Counter-Reformation under Austria. I've been trying to figure out a way to prevent this, but if you have a Reformation, you're going to have some sort of Counter-Reformation from the Catholic...

There are several points you could possibly pull this off, some more plausible than others. The two most plausible points, in my opinion, are both in the 20th century: post WWII, when there was some talk about splitting up Germany even further and having Bavaria be independent (or independent...

Hi, I'm a new reader of this timeline, and I must echo the praise for it. I only have a couple of minor comments to make: 1. About Bulgaria mainly losing its culture/language: there was a similar situation in Bohemia/Czech Republic with German being the dominant language/culture, up until the...

It might be comparable to the Great Ice Storm of 1998, but without, well, all the ice, so roads and such would be much more accessible, and people wouldn't have as many injuries from slipping on ice. Short of a snowstorm or something of the sort, I'd say the casualties would be less than those...

Pre-Greek Independence, wasn't there a 'Balkan Federation' idea floating around in the states under Ottoman rule? Of course, for it to succeed would be pretty out there, but I can see a possible name for it being 'Romania', and one of the ways to increase sentiment for the idea would be to...

I picked Bohemia, but other than that, I have to admit a soft spot for the Italian merchant republics, especially Amalfi and Ragusa. Though Ragusa was a republic, and Amalfi a duchy, so I'm not sure if they count?