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How are it possible for Gothic to be revived*, what groups could be interested in it and how can we get a community of at least a few thousands to speak it as first language. *In as recognisable form as modern Hebrew are to ancient Hebrew.

What if instead of OTL federalisation of Belgium based on the linguistic communities, we saw a Belgian federalisation based on the provinces (maybe with a unified Brabant)?

What if the Bavarii tribe stayed in Bohemia and succeded in repelling the Slavic invasion, whom would end up in Bavaria and Austria in OTL (Langobards, another Germanic tribe, would the south stay Latin or Would the Slavs move in?) and what effect would it have on later Frankish expansion?

I was thinking how will AH develop demographic if it survive. Outside Hungary I think the linguistic borders are mostly stable, in the long term I could see some changes in Küstenland in the later part of the 20th century, with it turning into AHs Florida, a place where people move to enjoy...

How can we get a stronger Austria after 1866, without them having won the Prussian-Austrian War. What policies would they need to take, what military reforms would they need. I don't care about the POD but Austria still need to lose to Prussia in 1866 and the German Empire need to established...

This is something of a double POD I was looking at Oldenburg family, and a interesting detail I found was that Frederik V was the first king in a century which produce a second legime son whom produced any children himself. But he only produced this son in his second marriage. His first wife...

Frederik was a somewhat weird guy, he had two divorce where the wife fleed from him both they and the last marriage was childless. His death ended the main Oldenburg line, and the throne was inheriated by the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg of the Oldenburg family, and resulted in...

The Volga German ASSR was dissolved in 1941, and the Volga Germans together with other German and suspected pro-German groups deported to Sibiria and Central Asia. After Stalins death many was allowed to return, but Germans wasn't and German was illegal into the 60ties. What if after Stalins...

What if Belgium are partiparted after the Talleyrand plan What would the consequences be? If we look at coalmining we can see that the Dutch get access to the coal in Belgian Limburg, while the Prussian get access to the coal in Liege, while France get access to the coal in westen Wallonia...

Yes I know he needed to be completely insane to do so, but honestly he didn't always seem...completely in touch with reality. Inspired by this thread: https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=164699

Inspired by this thread. How can the Spanish win (keeping the northen Netherlands)? Preferable without a pragmatic compromise, but with full Spanish victory.

Let us ignore plausiblity, and look at the question. What would the effect be on Europe if BRD wasn't establish after WWII, but the Länder was kept as seperate countries, a few will likely have to be killed off (Bremen specifict) to make it work.

Conmen and fantasts Sometimes we discuss alternative European colonial powers in North America. But there's seem a broad agrement that it's almost impossible. To some degree that's right but there are some times, where the oppotunity exist, with a little wristing. For Denmark the oppotunity...

I was thinking if the Delaware was occupied by the Dutch or another European power, where could New Sweden be founded instead? Could they buy Quebec from France? Likely they would seek a major river to settle at, but the only East Coast major river not occupied by this point would be the Santee...

Where would New Amsterdam be founded if Manhattan was settled by another power? I was thinking that either the Lawrence or Delaware River would be good alternatives.

In the Finninsh War 1808-1809, Russia occupied Gotland what if they had annexed it after the war, what effects would we see?

A thing I have always wondered why did the Slovenians keep their own languages, they was integrated into Germany rather early, and the Slavic areas in the rest of Ostmark was germanised rather fast. But Slovenia just stayed linguistic distinct. What historical consequences would a German...

In OTL Austria was original the Bavarian march along the Donau, between the Bavaria proper and Hungary, the are are today known as Upper and Lower Austria. Austria come from the German Österreich (meaning Easten Realm), it name before that had been Ostmark (meaning East March). But it wasn't the...

I was reading a book about earlier immigration to Denmark, in the chapter about the Dutch colony on Amager, it's mentined at the Siege of Copenhagen the Swedes landed a force of 2000 man landed on Amager sunday the 8. oktober 1658 under the personal command of Charles to cut off Copenhagen from...

What if Gabriel Bethlen and his allies succed in taking Vienna could it force the Habsburg to negoatiate a treaty and cut the 30YW short? If we see a peace treaty, the Habsburg would likely keep Croatia, while Gabriel Bethlen became king of Hungary, Frederick V would become king of Bohemia, but...