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Phalamus reacted to RedAquilla's post in the thread No Iberian Union; Effects on Spanish and Portuguese Empires? with
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I, like most who gave their contribution to the thread, believe that the Dutch and English would still go to Asia and contest the... -
Phalamus replied to the thread Successful Luso-Sundanese alliance.Vassalization would be likely in a scenario where the Portuguese retain influence over the island in the long term (there is even the...
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Phalamus posted the thread Successful Luso-Sundanese alliance in Alternate History Discussion: Before 1900.Interestingly enough, despite this being an event of fairly well-known allohistorical potential that is frequently discussed as part of...
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Phalamus reacted to CalBear's post in the thread Which power would colonise/rule a non-Meiji Japan with Like.
Worst case would be OTL China with most Powers having "concessions", as had already been done with the "Unequal Treaties". As already...
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Phalamus reacted to TheKutKu's post in the thread If C16th Castille/Aragon/Portugal can convert Iberia to Catholicism, could a religious French monarchy do the same in the Maghreb in C19th? with Like.
I'm talking about middle age North->South intra-iberian migrations, these happened and left a significant north-south genetic pattern in...
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Phalamus reacted to holycookie's post in the thread If C16th Castille/Aragon/Portugal can convert Iberia to Catholicism, could a religious French monarchy do the same in the Maghreb in C19th? with Like.
What genetic studies demonstrate is that there exists a population with a certain genetic inheritance originating from North Africa and...
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Phalamus reacted to TheKutKu's post in the thread If C16th Castille/Aragon/Portugal can convert Iberia to Catholicism, could a religious French monarchy do the same in the Maghreb in C19th? with Like.
People forget there was a significant settler element in the reconquista, any genetic map of iberia proves this to the day, it wasn't...
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Phalamus reacted to Daztur's post in the thread Reconstruction: The Second American Revolution - The Sequel to Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid with Like.
I posted on the old thread about how massively important land reform is for building a middle class. Even if landowning farmers don't...
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Phalamus reacted to Red_Galiray's post in the thread Reconstruction: The Second American Revolution - The Sequel to Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid with Like.
Hope you enjoy the chapter! The main difficulty I will face writing this thing is that there's just so much stuff going on at the same...
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Phalamus reacted to Red_Galiray's post in the thread Reconstruction: The Second American Revolution - The Sequel to Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid with Like.
Chapter 2: We Are Bound for Freedom's Light Emancipation and Land Reform in the last months of the war and at the start of the Military...
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Phalamus replied to the thread WI: Christian Japan.The (relative) success of Catholic missionaries in Japan during the late 15th century was a temporary and localized phenomenon. Minor...
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Phalamus replied to the thread No Iberian Union; Effects on Spanish and Portuguese Empires?.Not going to war in Morocco would require a significant change in Sebastian's personality and outlook, so in that case I guess that it...
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Phalamus reacted to Arkenfolm's post in the thread Lunar/Polar Urbanism: Earliest possible permanent settlement in Antarctica and on the Moon, possible best models of settlement with Like.
Depends when the relevant competition begins. Grytviken on South Georgia was a relatively sizable port in the early 20th century. It...
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Phalamus reacted to DG Valdron's post in the thread Lunar/Polar Urbanism: Earliest possible permanent settlement in Antarctica and on the Moon, possible best models of settlement with Like.
Well, that's not rough calculations and breakups you've done. But pie in the sky. Well, the ISS actually is in low Earth orbit and...
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Phalamus reacted to DG Valdron's post in the thread Lunar/Polar Urbanism: Earliest possible permanent settlement in Antarctica and on the Moon, possible best models of settlement with Like.
There's some basis for zero gravity manufacturing. I don't think you get a return on investment from a moon base. You might need...