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So what if the Christian conversion of the Anglo-Saxons had never occured? What would the effects be on England, the Christian Celtic lands, and the Christian World? How long could England (an island) remain Pagan?

Here is a map of the major powers of Britain around 1500. What happened to cause this, and where might the map go from here? Red are Briton states, Blue Pictish, Orange Dalriadan/Scottish, and Green Anglo-Saxon. The Strongest nations are Northumbria and Gwynedd-Dyfed. Dumnonia is currently...

Here's the challenge. At some point after the Arab invasion, have a Jewish community in Spain or Portugal manage to form an independent state that lasts and is at least somewhat stable, and lasts for at least 200 years. Bonus points for lasting to the present day.

What could make Charlemagne and the Franks to go north to Britain for conquests, perhaps around the time of his invasion of Britanny (811)? Perhaps if the Angles didn't convert to Christianity, the Franks would have more motive? What about a later POD?

Now, in the OTL Colony of Maryland, the Proprietor of the Colony was always a Calvert and Lord Baltimore, until the Revolution and end of the Proprietary government, though disputes had erupted over the succession after the death of the last Lord Baltimore in 1771. However, the Baltimores had...

What if the Irish incursions into Pictavia that resulted in the expansion of Dal Riada across the Island never occured, thus resulting in no Scotland ever happening? Do we see a greater England that includes up to Edinburgh (once part of Northumbria, after all)? Do the Picts survive...

...1768, that is. According to the Encylopedia Louisiana, in 1768 the French settlers of Louisiana rebelled against the Spanish Empire, but were eventually defeated by Spain. Is there any way this rebellion could have succeeded?

Your challenge is to find a plausible POD not before the Boston Massacre that causes the United States of America to become a monarchy rather than a Republic.

What if Napoleon had never taken Lusiana from Spain? Would Luisiana become independent at some point? I can see it being forced to give up it's northern lands to the US, but might the south be able to stay an independent francophone state?

Some thoughts on an alternate American Civil War, and captured territories. I don't see the CSA being able to have a total victory in the ACW- The best they can hope for is enough US defeats that a US election produces a peace administration. Even so, US concessions will be rare- West...

Dalmatian was a Romance Language once spoken in the cities of Dalmatia on the Adriatic Coast, while in the countryside Croatian spoken. Eventually the Slavic languages overtook Dalmatian. Now, how can the entire region of modern Dalmatia still speak Dalmatia? Bonus points for the POD being...

What if the United States had stayed out of the First World War, but eventually the Allies still won? If America stayed out, would the revolutions that brought down the German Empire still happen, or would the Emperor eventually be forced to end the war himself by surrendering? What would be the...

According to many in my hometown of Hingham, including the local Trustees of Reservations , the forested peninsula of World's End in the town was at one point considered for the United Nations building. Now, I'm not sure how plausible it being chosen is, but let's assume it happens. What...

What if the last Mughal Emperor of India acted as a British puppet and had not supported the Indian Mutiny? Assuming the Mutiny still happens, would there still be a British takeover? Would he still be removed from power? If he is not taken out of power, will Queen Victoria still gain the...

((Very rough)) ca. 450 AD - Jutish Incursions into Britain result in the formation of the Kingdom of Kent. Following this and later Angle and Saxon incursions, many of the Romanized aristocracy in the west flees to Britanny. 450s-530s - Saxon and Angle attacks into Britain continue...

What if the fascist Estado Novo government of Portugal had conceded the loss of Portugal's mainland African colonies in Angola and Mozambique, though continuing a rule over the Cape Verde Islands, Macau, and it's claim to Goa (seized by India in 1961)? The largescale drafting and loss of life...

Your challenge is to have a POD after 1600, that produces a German Empire with at least includes the borders of modern Austria and the OTL German Empire (not necessarily Alsace-Lorraine, though more points), bonus for more lands being included. It should be at least as unified as the OTL German...

What if, in 1911, Italy decided not to seize the provinces of Cyrenacia and Tripolitania from the Ottoman Empire, which later became the Italian Colony and later independent state of Libya? Would the Balkan Wars still happen if the Empire had not just suffered defeat in those two provinces...

The Battle of Manzikert was a massive blow to the Byzantine Empire. Without the important recruiting grounds of Armenia and Anatolia, the Empire's armies were forever weakened. Now, if the Turkish forces had lost at Manzikert, would the Turks have simply continued their migration? Where would...

I'm wondering. The Celtic lands of Gaul assimilated into Latin-speaking areas relatively quickly, as did the Celtiberians of Hispania, and all these lands speak a Romance language. But in Britannia, Celtic language persisted to the points that the remnants of pre-Saxon Britain, Wales, speak a...