I can't wait for the next update!
Consider why Venice collapsed.
When the Dutch and the Portuguese entered the Indian Ocean, they shifted international trade from across land to across the sea. Instead of moving commodities through Persia, Mesopotamia, the Levant, and then across the...
Long time lurker, big fan.
This is a great update, and I love how you mix up the format; the variety in style and focus is great. This is probably my favorite timeline on AH right now, thanks!
I actually didn't know this. I always assumed there were more with how often Bioware throws around numbers and random human NPCs.
But anyway, one of the greatest setbacks with this trope is that many space science fictions take place in the distant future (hundred, two hundred years from now...
This is correct. The Systems Alliance in Mass Effect doesn't even have Earth as its capital; its capital is a large space station at the nexus of several mass relays. IIRC, independent states like North America and the EU exist and contribute funds to the alliance. Though, judging by what Earth...
I didn't know such a following for this game existed outside PP Forums.
PDM is definitely the best modification for Victoria 2. It overhauls the whole system from social/political issues to the Oriental Crisis to the Taiping Rebellion and the collapse of the Qing Dynasty.
A lot of...