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Now, as we probably all know, the East is famous for its long and surviving hand to hand combat traditions. Kung Fu, Muay Thai, Karate, Jujitsu, Thai Kwon Do, and hundreds of other styles evolved and flourished there. However, in the West (Europe and the rest of the Mediterranean Basin)...

So, while there is a lot of information out there about what the Germanic tribes were able to do during the migration period, there is very little about how they developed (least that I could find). I'm interested in: What are some common themes of development? How did the etymology of...

aye, i have sought out one of the most difficult challenges known to AH. IF you choose to accept, you are to come up with a plausible scenario in which the nation of Strathclyde survives with a POD no earlier than 450 AD. go

Ok, now assuming Jesus Christ was a historical figure (I think so, but anyway), I was wondering how or if Christianity would develop had Judas Iscariot not turned Him over. Would Jesus still have been crucified or sentenced to death in some other way eventually? Would Jesus not be seen as...

so, it's been a long while since there have been any map games out there, so i thought, why the hell not? i don't think there has been one since I joined, and that was about Europe (i recall my first post on this forum calling New Patomic anti-Irish :p). So let's have a new go at it! this is...

So, I've always had a soft spot for the lost cultures of the world (Dacians, Thracians, Illyrians, Lusitanians, Carthaginians...) but all of this aside, I find the Sarmatians extremely interesting. They spoke an Indo-Iranian language, they supplanted the Scythians in the steppe north of the...

So, I was doing some research, and I accidentally came across something that peaked my interest. Apparently before Alexander died, he was building a fleet and planning on invading Italy and Carthage! Is this correct? and if so, could he have pulled it off?

So, I was wondering, because the slavic languages are so far spread and a seemingly diverse group of people speak their languages, how else could the slavs have migrated? from what i understand, the slavs migrated from a region around the Dneiper and expanded from there around 500 AD to the...

ok, so outside of medieval times and the rennaissance festival, how can jousting remain a favorite arena sport to the modern day?

Ok, let's face it, no matter what happens in human history, certain events will occur. Volcanoes will always erupt, earthquakes will always happen, and storms will always come. What are some specific events that can't be butterflied away, and every tl should therefore acknowledge?

I guess i put this hear because I didn't know where else to put it, but I have a question to ask: concerning TL's where do you end? Is there a definitive point where a writer can say, ok, i want to stop here, or does one simply soldier on until they get bored, or what?

Just wondering, because this seems to be one part of history that is often overlooked on this site. It is in my opinion the USAs darkest hour in regard to right and wrong, standing up for liberty and justice, ect. But suppose Congress and the Supreme Court had enough balls to challenge...

As a culture and a nation, I personally think the Armenians have greatly been overlooked. They are located dead center between three hugely influential and prosperous areas (Asia Minor, Persia, the Fertile Crescent), yet they have not been a true force to be reckoned with since the 3rd century...

So, for much of my free time I write. Doesn't really matter what, could be fiction, poetry, alternate-history(:cool:), but I wrote this not too long ago, and though I have no idea what a possible POD would be, it has certain flavors of Alternate History sprinkled onto it. The general premise is...

So the Neanderthals fell extinct at least 30,000 years ago. there is a slew of theories about how and why neanderthals died out, but want to know how they could survive. I place this very hard question in the caring hands of AH.com

There are a lot of TL's out there about a world where Rome continues or gets bigger, so on, so forth. As awesome as they all are, I would like to examine a world without Rome. I have since given up on my Eire TL, generally because no one really seemed that interested, so I failed to see the...

It might seem stupid, but there are all these posts about what if there were no horses, or no cattle, what if amerindians had domesticated pigs, ect. So i was playing with my dog today, and i wondered, what would the world be like without domesticated dogs? (surely a less happy place) Would...

Hi guys, this is my first thread (WOOO!) and I was looking at the European Map thread, and I couldn't understand why people seemed to have such an issue with Ireland being a world power. I think the argument spanned two pages, even after the fact that ireland being a powerful nation WAS possible...