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Was there any time in history before the Protestant Reformation that the RCC could have been toppled due to extreme weakness and Protestantism begun much much earlier than the OTL PR? Please offer as many details as possible.

The title. If, after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Emperor instead instructs the Japanese army, navy, and people to continue to fight on, how many bombs will be dropped before Olympic and Coronet would take place? Would Kokura and Niigata then be next on the chopping block? What other cities...

Working on a timeline for the American Civil War, but need an adequate number of butterflies to accomplish the goal of a third wave of seceding states. I'm thinking that this would require different outcomes in the French and Indian Wars, the American Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812 that...

Just like it says. Somehow, someway, prevent the creation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. No germ warfare, no gas, no nothing. I'm not even sure what the POD would be for this, so I would need some assistance. What is the first use of nuc, bio, or chem weapons on record? If...

Again we might be stumbling into ASB ground here, but I want to explore this and its effect on the American Civil War. Abraham Lincoln, a Kentuckian by birth, was born in a state with at least some form of Confederate sympathy in OTL. What would cause Abraham Lincoln to share that sympathy...

This may well be ASB territory, but I wanted to have a go at it because I'm curious as to the consequences. Every battle meaning EVERY battle. Even Henry and Donelson. Every skirmish. Every everything, including Antietam and Shiloh. Albert Johnston beats Grant back over Pittsburgh Landing...

Just like the title. Your challenge is to have all British interests in Canada abandoned by the beginning of the American Civil War. This could be done via sterling successes in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, or possibly a third conflict if you can create these circumstances. Keep...

As per the title, is there anything that would provoke Andrew Jackson to side with his home state of South Carolina during the Nullification Crisis?

I'm looking for information, could be alternate histories or actual biographies, of soldiers and/or sailors that stood far out above the rest of their comrades. Audie Murphy, Simo Hahya, and Manfred von Richthofen are the main examples I can think of after 1900, but I'd like to know which ones...

I've been looking around all over for an alternate list of American states and Canadian provinces, but all I can find are origins and etymologies of the actual names. Can anyone help me locate a list of this? Thank you.

Either due to decisive victories in the American Revolutionary War and/or the War of 1812 and/or any residual or ancillary skirmishes between 1812 to 1861, do all you can to put all of Canada under the American banner by the start of the American Civil War, if at all possible.

Kennedy dies in the war. Now what? Who is the Democrat nominee for election that year? Moreover, what is butterflied away by this?

Just like the title says. I know this is kind of a shot in the dark, mainly because I don't know much about the fire myself, but where do you think the world would be right now if the library never burned?

Just like what the title says: what would be the most plausible way to butterfly away Islam? I will let all of you determine the caveats yourselves. For instance, you could create a scenario in which Muhammad is killed, or one in which he is not killed but is wildly unsuccessful with spreading...

I would appreciate some insight as to how a successful American invasion of Canada would look during the American Revolution. In other words, and more to the point, put all British claims in Canada in American hands by the war's end. Make them get their @$$ handed to them so hard, have the...

What would it take for the Roman Catholic Church to either not be willing, not be able, or be neither willing nor able to combat the Protestant Reformation? Also, what can we expect Europe to look like in terms of how nation-states are organized and governed under these circumstances?

The thought hit me last night but I wasn't near a computer. Let's assume that Reagan wins in 1980 as a Republican but includes a vast majority of the tenets of the Libertarian philosophy into his governance. Many Goldwater types hoped for this. Let's even assume Ron Paul is the...

Aside from the obvious possibility of a ceasefire with the Confederacy, what would a George McClellan presidency look like? What would relations with the South look like? How soon do you believe Union troops would be withdrawn? What would become of slaves? This is all assuming that Atlanta...

As late as 2002, gas prices here in Richmond, VA was 1 dollar per gallon. Now, I hear talk of 5 dollars per gallon outliers by the summer. My challenges are thus: Create a scenario in which the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded is 1 dollar per gallon in 2012. AND Create a...

Just like the title says, I would like a complete list of all Union forts and arsenals in Confederate lands prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War. I'm working on a project and don't know if I have a complete list myself. Thank you. :)