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If the Quebec Act was punitive against the French rather than in favor of them, leading Canada to join the Thirteen Colonies in the ARW, what are the economic and cultural effects on the US after independence?

What if all (or at least many) of the Native American Tribal land claims on this map were given statehood over a period from 1783 to 1900? Assume that first, in the ARW, the Iroquois join the patriot side. They are given statehood upon independence. Afterward, US expansion is more like...

Huey Long is elected President in 1936. Then re-elected in 1940. How does the US involvement in WW2 change?

How could slavery end in all of the United States by 1793, with a POD of no earlier than 1764? What if the South was extremely Loyalist, is decisively defeated, and slaveowners are pinned as traitors and punished?

If the Germanic tribes had remained pagan up to and through their conquest of the Western Roman Empire, would the Christian populace have risen up against them? (Instead of somewhat welcoming their rule due to lower taxes as in OTL).

What if, due to a successful post-WW2 Monnet Plan, France possessed the very powerful industrial coal and steel regions of the Ruhr and Saar? Would they have been the third most powerful country after the US and USSR (until Japan recovers and China industrializes)?

If Japan declared war on France and Britain when France and Britain declared war on Germany in September 1939, would the US declare war on Germany and Japan?

Which of these mostly-Greek/Roman focused timelines sounds most interesting? Also if you have any suggestions I'm all ears. Majorian’s Restoration: Majorian’s fleet is not destroyed. He invades the Vandal Kingdom, successfully reconquering Africa, giving a breath of life to the Western Roman...

With a POD anywhere from 700-1071, reform the Byzantine Empire into a system that won't cause constant civil war.

Constantine VIII was co-emperor with Basil II, luckily letting Basil II rule for that time. Constantine VIII only ruled as the sole emperor for only three years, being a pretty terrible leader during that period. Due to Basil's and subsequent Constantine's lack of male heirs, the empire plunged...

How could Great Britain become the center of a very powerful thalassocratic kingdom in the Middle Ages? Perhaps if Vikings had united England and held it for at least a century (so not just Danelaw, but a united Norse England)? How would shipbuilding technology evolve from there?

If the Soviet Union survived as a powerful, hostile nation consisting of the entire Warsaw Pact, what would be the effects on geopolitics and culture? There would of course be a continued arms race. A continued space race. Maybe a cloning race and an artificial intelligence race? Would...

How could you get the US to help the Mexican War of Independence? Perhaps by avoiding the War of 1812?

The Isaurians were a tribe that lived in Anatolia from classical times well into the first millennium AD. They frequently raided surrounding towns in southwestern Anatolia, being known as the scourge of Asia Minor until they were defeated by Justinian. What if the Huns decided to recruit the...

How could the Byzantines and Persians form an alliance for 20 years or longer?

With the latest possible POD, how could Brazil join Italy, Germany, and Japan in WW2?

How could the Palaiologos dynasty and Byzantine court go in exile in Spain in 1453 when Constantinople is conquered, or 1460 when Morea falls?

With a POD of 1949, the time Orwell published Nineteen Eighty-Four, create a Threeist dystopia by the year 1984. Oceania includes all of the Americas, Oceania, South Africa, and British Isles.

Although the Vikings did raid the Emirate of Córdoba, they didn't stay for long. How could you get a longterm Viking state in al-Andalus, like the Danelaw in England or Normandy in France?

Moorish Granada was an incredibly wealthy city even in its final years, and Muhammad XII "Boabdil" of Granada remained very rich when he went into exile in Morocco, building a palace in Fez. And Christopher Columbus's request had already been declined by Genoa, Venice, England, Portugal, and...