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Irredentist? If you mean expansionist I suppose it's possible, but the reason why both groups migrated to Sikkim/Bhutan is it's very hard to get to them from Tibet/China.

It was only 2 votes off iotl. It's not that hard to imagine.

I'm going to try not to be snide, but... 1812 was all about taking Canada. Cuba was an obsession for Americans in the 1890s, and when they lost in '56 they spent the next 20 years plotting revenge very poorly to get it back. You did want them and in the case of Canada, very badly; you just...

Short answer: No. Long answer: How do I put this mildly... Tibetan land is not very suitable for growing crops beyond some wheat. It is mostly stuck in steppe, highlands and the Himalayan mountains. Tibet could perhaps foster a warrior class (or caste) if you went back far enough that could...

Far, far, FAR (can I emphasize this more?) from being the "most important day in world history". That is in itself laughable and quite Anglocentric. It is very important however in English and ultimately, British history. But as stated: it totally depends on the battles outcome. If the...

It will come and would affect Southern shipments about as fast as they would Indian and Egyptian shipments. Britain's going to be importing cotton from both places, and it's highly likely any ships going back to the southern US to pick up more are going to spread it. An unlikely but not...

Hardly. So much of what allowed Europe to dominate was pure, dumb luck. Not all of it, don't get me wrong, but a lot of it. They couldn't even hold it together. What Europe has going for it though is it's central location, tons of localized competition, decent seas and imperative to constantly...

Of course not. But Quebec language laws apply to all schooling, including private schools, as does the rule of pedigree for an English-speaking parent, grandparent, parent who's done schooling extensively elsewhere in Canada or if you're First Nations. So while I could go to a French private...

Again with the Quebec thing. I'm not going to go deep into it, but you're really overstating Quebec's cohesiveness with the rest of the US, especially that it's entirely contingent on (1) the rest of the US giving major concessions to Quebec and (2) the fact they fight a war together they'll be...

Not at all. Spain's luck in OTL was pretty exception, I'm sure people in other universes would laugh if we posted it, dubbing it an implausible "Spain-wank". Without a PoD pre-1400s Amazonia and Patagonia are always going to a bit less settled and developed, but La Plata, Brazil, the former...

I think it would be in the interests of European powers to preserve South Indian states barring a British monopoly as OTL as a sort of "Concert of South India", time-delayed after the establishment of this ATL Concert of Europe. I think Hyderabad and Mysore would be the giants on either side of...

Cushitic peoples have a taboo against fish as well, Somalis in particular. OT, but this is why so many fisherman resorted to piracy; there's no internal market for their product in Somalia, they relied on selling south to Kenya or to India, etc. But with no one willing to invest in boats or take...

Not necessarily at all. A PoD that early would have huge demographic consequences for India, and as stated, a lot of this rests on what Central Asia tribes convert to, how the Persians end up and what religion traders from East Africa/South Arabia have. Prior to the 1100s-1600s, the Indian...

Casual ethnic cleansing You favor ethnicity x. But ethnicity y owns some land historically tied to ethnicity x. With a waive of your hand and a few pretty words, ethnicity x now has all that land and ethnicity y seemingly leaves or is fine with being conquered with no problems at all. Done...

Great post. Everyone here has their mouth open drooling over the prospect of India simply ending up colonized by some other power, while it's likely- just given a little less British luck, much of the sub-continent would've ended up in their own hands. In this scenario I think outside of small...

I did it for my TL, but I don't know that it's realistic. In South America there is a surviving Gran Colombia (wrought with internal strife and intermittent rebellions in Venezuala, but managing to plug along), with a large PoD and explanation but the short one is Bolivar dies in 1829 and...

All religions proscribe ways of life to their adherents. Hinduism just happens to be incredibly complex. You are right though that it is perhaps unfairly lumped together (some sects anyway). Southeast Asia would've liked remained Hindu had it not been for the simultaneous expulsion of all...

The short version: disastrous. The Battle of Okinawa, just a small chain of islands on the peripheral of Japan around an area that had long been disassociated regionally with the rest of the country had something close to 100,000 deaths and is nicknamed the "Typhoon of Steel". The United States...

Less angst, more cuts, somehow mangling the plot of Harry Potter even more. Voldemort is probably played by a black dude. The kids playing Harry Potter are even more madly exploited than iotl (Hannah Montana style). Theme park would've been built by the 4th film and added onto every year...

There were interactions: iirc, it was more the Bengalis really weren't all that interested in getting involved with Burmese other than things over trade, and the fact in order to trade with them you had to cross through the very dangerous and war-ridden areas of modern Assam. Actually, I feel...