Second half of the 19th century - science, summary and a map of Europe
History of science in the second half of the 19th century:
General state of the art:
Western Europe: Photographic film, movies, telephone, cars, airships, airplanes invented. In New Rome, many new weapons are developed, up to machine guns. Completely unrelated, they also invent psychoanalysis. And in Socialist Britain, a kind of computer specialized in codebreaking is invented.
Russian lands: Lightbulb, neon light invented.
Islamic World: The anti-Persian War sees the last genuine Islamic invention: Modern balloons, used for transporting messages, observations and scientific experiments in war.
India: Finally, the highly developed mathematics of the Kerala school find their way via New Rome into Europe.
China: The Industrial Revolution now made its way into China too, albeit slowly.
Read [post=907580]about a predecessor of the computer here[/post]!
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Retcon for Africa:
1872: Songhay empire falls apart in a Civil War.
1882: Germans make the Bafata kingdom (OTL W Guinea) a German protectorate. Until the end of the century, the same will happen to the other coastal West African states. The Germans introduce some new crops, fight slavery, spread christianity and start trade - industrial products for exotic goods.
1889: First successful expedition from the African west to the East coast via the Congo jungle.
1891-94: War against the Temne, who fight back aggressively.
1896: Germans bring the fortress of Igbira under control, with the help of some bribe-influenced treachery.
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Summary:
Atlantis: Russia restricted to a few coastal places and Alyeska. Northern California becomes independent after the Gold Rush. Braseal also gains independence from New Rome
Europe: New Rome conquers first the Iberian peninsula and later most of France, creating a few new kingdoms. Germany gains Prussia, Lothringen and adds Poland, Bohemia, Hungary and later Scandinavia to its sphere of influence. Socialists try to make revolutions on the continent, but are defeated by German troops.
Russian lands: After losing the anti-Russian War, Russia reforms. Later they expand into China, Central Asia, make the Black Sea a Russian lake.
Muslim world: The remaining Muslim powers of Choresm, Persia and the Seljuk republic are crushed by the great powers.
East Asia: Ming dynasty falls when the growing population joins the Orthodox-influenced "Society of brotherly love", until a general restores order. India becomes dependent on the New Roman Empire. Canada expands its influence in SE Asia.
Rest of the world: Germany makes most of sub-saharan Africa its protectorate, starting with Guinea, Zanzibar and Australia (OTL South Africa).
Just one more century left... and since science is progressed further than IOTL, the TL will end some years before 2000 actually. You'll get the following events in blocks of ten years, plus one for the last few years.
Edit: And here's the promised map (for Europe, ignore Africa and Asia for now)! Germany's in browns, Florence / Italy / New Rome in greens, South Russia in blues, and Novorossiya in grey/black. The numbers show when which land became part of the respective state. (Note that for Florence, the numbers indicate "until 1400 / 1500 / 1600 / 1650". I wasn't mad enough to draw every little change.) World map will follow this week too.
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