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I was just watching Man vs Food and it hit me – Adam (the host) has the makings to become a god. Allow me to explain. Now, I don’t speak of the man himself but of his story. Like Bacchus, who has become synonymous with indulgence, Adam could be the outline for a new god. His story could be...

I was just now sitting here eating an apple with my son when a thought came to me. In the Bible it states that Eve ate of the fruit - later on it was written in to be an apple. So, what if apples were forbidden by the Church? Or how about this, all fruit is considered sacred and not to...

Avast me fellow salt-hounds! We be need'n a new Jolly Roger and as luck would have it there be three to be choose'n from. Make yer choice wisely or face the devil's end of me cutlass. oh, and here be a link to the TL just in case you be need'n it...

Based on a dream I had last night - sorry, didn't check if this had already been posted as a thread. __________________________ A Christian-like faith with the interpretations of Nostradamus prophecies as the core seed of the belief. These Nostradamens are a closed society, wealthy...

1690: The War of the Grand Alliance is in its third year. The Glorious Revolution is in its third year. Leisler’s Rebellion in the New York colony. First paper money issued in America. The first of the Great Serbian Migrations (in response to Ottoman aggression). April 1690: Frederick...

Something was said on my “Which TL should I do next” thread that caught my attention (I’m a little behind on starting up the Pirate TL but don’t worry, I’m working on it). What if A Jewish Madagascar? Setting aside the questions about the validity of the Exodus and the whole religious angle...

Pirate Madagascar: Pirates settle on Madagascar and eventually become their own nation The Sun Never Sets on the Spanish Empire: A more successful Spain 1905 – A Brave New World: A successful Russian revolution of 1905 (which would obviously be featured in the After 1900 forum - an...

I've been thinking about this for a while and I thought I would post it for the rest of you to ponder. Where would you live? If you had your pick of time and destination in either OTL or someone else’s ATL where and when would that be? A Roman merchant during the time of Augustus? A...

I’ve found myself in some down time so I thought I would try my hat at another TL. Firstly, a tip of my hat to Napoleon for some initial inspiration. Secondly, I have very little knowledge of the Semitic languages so I apologies if the names ruin any sense of realism. Lastly, this is...

I put this together based on some of the shorts I’ve written in my Glimpses of History thread. All lands of one color indicate they belong to the same nation (or are colonies of the same nation). Gray borders indicate state/territory within the same nation. Blue borders indicate a largely...

I'm working on a TL idea - any comments would help. Let’s say Carthage is never founded (pick you reason) or that it fails as a city-state (pick your reason). Who then settles north-western Africa? A Berber kingdom? Greeks? Egypt? Celts? Perhaps instead of a Kingdom of Garama we get an Empire?

480BC: The Battle of Thermopylae ends with the retreat of the Persian army. The Battle of Salamis is a victory for the Persians when the Greek Alliance falls apart prior to the battle. The Spartan general Eurybiades returns with his contingent to fortify the Peloponnese – the remaining...

1200BC-400BC: The Celtic tribes are culturally linked by social structure and trade. 700BC-400BC: Dramatic shifts in population and an increase in local tribal warfare start to break up the uniformity. 500BC: After several mild winters and cool summers the climate shifts and becomes much...

Haven’t been around much, busy busy – I hope to catch up on posts soon. However, in the mean time I had a thought the other day: President Benjamin Franklin. Thoughts, comments?

What if the process of fermentation was never developed?

I seem to remember this topic coming up at least once before but it never hurts to rehash old ideas. A friend of mine called me the other day to complain about the horse he fell from during his holiday. After some conversation on predetermination he asked what would we do without the beasts...

I was thinking about Cyrene the other day – don’t ask why, it’s what I do – and I was wondering if given a twist of fate could it have grown to become one of or replace one of the Mediterranean powerful cities (i.e. Rome, Carthage, Alexandria…). Founded OTL by colonist from Thera the African...

Some of you may have already read my first two entries separately but I thought I would combine the “glimpses” and turn it into an ongoing thread (scroll down to the third entry for something new).

What if the Romans had developed barbed wire? Could such a defensive measure have forestalled or even deflected the various invasions that crippled the Empire – though I’ll stop short of asking if it would have stopped the eventually decline as Rome had many problems that were simply...

You’ll have to help me here, I’m a little fuzzy on American History. Would there have been any significant change to the outcome of the Texas Revolution if the Alamo had held and driven back Santa Anna? Turning the Alamo into more of a Rorke’s Drift as suppose to a Thermopylae.