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Some fruits, guarana, plants of various use, some animals... some trades can be done, yes.

It's pretty sure it's a caliph that would be recognised ONLY by the Sunnis OR Shi'as (and in the later case, only a portion), AND probably not by all... You can see the predecessors of a certain arabian peninsula radicals and/or Muslim Brotherhoods not very amiable, depending on who is picked..

From the Wizards of the (West) Coast? ;):p:D

One wonder if the Manchu invasion was repelled or never came to be, what would have taken it's place... another peasant rebellion ending in another dynasty? Would China have been stronger, more open, etc.. or the reverse.. hummm.

Hey, romans REALLY digged cultivating the Brassica varieties they knew... Asterix made jokes on it. And the chineses (and sinosphere) use it a lot too, varieties as Bok Choys...

There was always possibly Dune, not sure if he was approached officially for this or not

I wonder if by a weird twist of events, a form of city-state status à la Singapour or Danzig is possible...

Kazakhstan is a nice option, there already/probably was a good minority of Russians by Staline's and surely party members there too which may be important in the decision if there not insane emergency...

There is a clear evidence of this, I heard; that dark soil of a clearly humane orgin found in some regions...

And toward the south, California and Oregon probably, natives used acorns as a mean of substance, in a nearly agricultural, orchards style, I heard.

But what is saying Franco didn't do a similar thing, again? Dark irony. Good point.

Interesting times/alt. world indeed.. Pretty sound ideas.

How amusing. So, what prooves your prooves are right? Beyond your nationalistic bent?

Indeed, sound ideas. Considering (the little I know of) the climate of Mali and around, Australia is a fit perhaps as well...

There is technically not one but two cultivated rice species (at least); the asian rice, but also an african specie who came from a local wild ancestor, Oryza glaberrima; range of origin is what is now Mali it seems. Wikipedia speak of it's ancient cultivation, 2-3,000 years old domestication...

By 'ridiculous italian', you are meaning 'non standart' one? The regional dialects and forms still exist nowaday, and they are not 'ridiculous'. :rolleyes: Standart Italian was spoken only by a minority of italians even by early 20th century or so.

Vraiment? :rolleyes:

The key is water control as well... Angkor Vat and the Maya cities perhaps as well had got downfall from water issues...

As a french speaker myself, Occitan may be the same deal for me by example (not the same sub branches of Romance languages though I think). But something as Gallo or Walon would be more like it.