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So, we all know that Great Britain colonized the East Coast, starting first with Jamestown in the Chesapeake Bay, and then with Plymouth Rock, and later the Hudson River and Hudson Bay. Britain claimed Jamaica and several other islands in the Caribbean. However, these were not the original...

So, let's say to give a specific POD, James Madison dies from an illness before he can draft his plan for the US constitution, which pretty much puts the US Constitutional Convention waaaaaaaaaaay back. For arguments sake, let's say it fails without his leadership and vision. The USA continues...

As the title says: Turn the philosophical movement of Stoicism into a religion of its own right :cool:

Is there any way for the Civil War to be postponed 20 or if you are feeling crazy 30 years? Will it be over the same issues? Who will be the leaders? Also, how will this war be different? Technology will definitely play a huge role, probably making the war even bloodier. What do y'all think?

The Weighted Scales Discussion Thread The Weighted Scales: The World of an Aborted Rome By Errnge Prologue: A Blip In History Part One: The Rise of the Rasna Precious little is known about the Rasna [1] in their early times. Most modern archaeologists agree that they were the...

Pyrrhus of Epirus is simultaneously considered one of the greatest military minds of the ancient world, and one of the most reckless and (some would argue) idiotic generals of the Hellenic world. After retreating from Italy and his wars will Rome and Carthage, he sought the throne of Macedon...

So, between 1594-1603, a massive rebellion broke out in Ireland against Tudor rule/control/influence there. Also known as Tyrone's rebellion, the revolt was spearheaded by Hugh O'Neill, the chief of the clan O'Neill, and also the Earl of Tyrone. During this war, there was some Spanish...

I want to have a thread discussing how the biological makeup of our lovely world could have turned out different through historic events. I feel like this is a part of history that we often overlook in our discussions and TLs, so let's talk about them here. I would like to bring up, to kick...

Is it possible that between 1865 and 1880 that a Marxist movement could take root in the former Confederate States? Or is this completely unlikely? What would it take to have a Socialist Party with origins and support in the South? It seems to me that the ideas of Socialism and Marxism were...

After Alexander the Great had overrun Persia, he marched into India. He conquered much of what is now Afghanistan and Pakistan, defeating many of the peoples along the Indus River, however his troops refused to go beyond the Hydaspes River, where a massive and superior army of the Nanda Empire...

The Witch Trials in the New World were not nearly as extensive or long lasting as those in Europe, however, they may be equally as infamous (especially the Salem Witch Trials of 1692-93). How can we make them more extensive and last longer? What would be the consequences? Where would potential...

So, suppose for one reason or another the Maurya Empire never rises. How does India look? Will the Nanda Empire survive, and if so, for how long? Will someone else overthrow them? How does Kalinga do? Is it likely for India to unify under a different banner? How does Buddhism spread in this...

Across Yonder Horizon: Not Your Average Viking Tale By Errnge “Slip to the void, To the dark, to the fall, Crawl to the life you should have known. You should never come this way, To test the hands of fate. You don’t belong here. Peel back the skin, Close your eyes, hell is born...

Is it possible during any point in history for a nation or Empire of India to conquer Persia? I don't know much about Indian history, so I'm pretty game for any ideas.

The Dacians were the dominant culture in what is modern day Romania before Roman conquest, and were considered by the Romans to be a true threat. The Daci and Getae tribes each ruled very influential kingdoms in the region. Several times all of Dacia would be unified under a single leader...

After Sparta defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War, and became the most powerful city-state in Greece. But at the Battle of Leuctra in 371 B.C. they were defeated by Thebes, and their hegemony declined swiftly. Greece was once again divided between the warring city-states, which allowed...

Throughout Rome's history, the Empire faced many formidable enemies and charismatic figures. Well, who do you think was the greatest of them all? We've got Brennus, leader of a Senone Gaulish horde, who was the last person to sack Rome for 800 years. Pyrrhus of Epirus, who fought the Roman...

We talk often about what would happen if Alexander the Great lived longer, but what would happen if he died earlier? Let's say he dies by a stray arrow at the Battle of Issus. Does Darius win the day and Persia lives on? How long will they hold out? What does this mean for politics in the...

Could the Hittites conceivably attack and even settle in Greece? The Hittite Empire stretched from Syria to the Aegean. They were an Indo-European people, and judging by how similar their names sound, they don't seem to be all that distantly related to the Ancient Greeks (makes sense, they were...

So, in an AH world where Southern Italy is ruled by Greeks or Samnites or some other local power, how devastating would the eruption at Pompeii be? Would the nation collapse? How could they bounce back? Could they?