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Einstein would fit right in with the other Blues. He after all wrote the article Why Socialism? in 1949 to defend his American socialist friends that were just beginning to become even greater victims of the US government gearing up for the Cold War. There are even some signs here and there that...

I'm loving the detail you've put into these segments, perdedor. Great job. :) Thoroughly interesting and I can see that a lot of thought has been put into this.

This is an excellent appendix, perdedor. :) Thanks for writing and posting.

I'm not so confident. I don't think that the progression from the construction of the gaseous diffusion plant at Capenhurst in 1953 to the full-scale production of highly-enriched uranium in 1957 is a good example to compare the British nuclear efforts of the 1940s to. This infrastructure...

Hey, Jonathan, what are the status of psychoactive drugs so far in the timeline? Has lysergide been discovered yet? Psilocybin-producing varieties of magic mushrooms? What's the status of cannabis usage? I know these substances had a significant effect on the American counter-cultural movements...

Oh, for sure, I wasn't saying that development was going to stall in France and the UK. You have to agree though, that the US Manhattan Project was a vital program to produce the first nuclear weapons. Will Tube Alloys be able to gather the right talent and attract enough funding in order to...

Maybe Hitler could entice further Soviet support and a deferment on German payments by promising not to intervene if Stalin takes Sakhalin from the Japanese? The Japanese are acting a bit more rogue here after all. I think that is a viable possibility. But here you'd need scientific validation...

Wow, excellent POD there, and great follow-up so far. :)

Love the map and the latest updates! :)

According to the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata, the Saka were around at least as early the 4th century BCE. The Assyrian and Babylonian texts mention Scythians back in the days of Sennacherib (late 8th century BCE). The Greeks agree with the Indians that they shared some characteristics...

Way cool installment, Jonathan! How large will the Nok empire grow?

Holy shit. This could really start a nuclear war. Is that where you intend to take this timeline, Aegon?

That could be scripture: "As Time is not static, and the seasons change, so Jabulon is not static. He changes with the seasons that are our life Before, our life Now, and our life After. From Ja, to Bul, to On, He changes, but remains Jabulon, even as Time remains Time though its seasons change."

What if every god is seen as a sort of guardian of a phase of existence. Ja prepares the spirit in the pre-life, Bul guides the spirit through life, and On guides the spirit towards his next destination. By creating a pact with Jabulon (Canaanite religion loves pacts), the cultist redeems his...

I think I'll incorporate this into a timeline I'm working on. I have a polytheistic Levant under Egyptian aegis after the collapse of the Assyrian empire. I could explore the idea there, if WilliamPenn is interested in allowing it. But honestly, I don't think even that set up needs to be the...

This looks really cool Jonathan! Intriguing premise. :)

This looks very interesting! What might a cult of Jabulon be like?

This is a fascinating start. You write very well. :) I love your POD.

You know, I've seen it both ways. :/ It might have been referring to the Carvakas since (most) Carvakas thought that if karma and reincarnation didn't exist, then you might as well eat, drink, and be merry, and Buddhism presented itself as the Middle Way between extreme deprivation of luxury and...

Studying the religious and secular history of ancient India, it seems like the 6th century BCE was a time of growth in the Ganges watershed. Population, wealth, technology, all were making advances throughout the last couple centuries, and in the 6th century it seems these developments pushed...