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I was reading a book about nomads. It wasn´t anything special but it discussed why nomads were often more succesful than wealthy established kingdoms. The book mentioned: Huns, Turks, Mongols, Arabs and Vikings. (Although it also mentioned that strictly speaking Vikings weren´t nomads). Very...

Your challenge is to: Get this man elected as president. This thread is inspired by another thread on Chat, started by Leo. I think this would be rather interesting, if only for just the name:rolleyes: . This guy isn´t really very, very, politicial. But he does come from the right class though.

Alraight... a lot of threads pop up about no Iraq war, no Bush winning the first time, no Bush getting reelected. But what if: Somebody a lot smarter than Saddam gets control of Iraq. (Might still be the Baath party in charge). Say someone smart enough not to invade Kuwait, and even smart...

I was just wondering could anybody tell me. Apparently it was some sort of a quite widespread movement during the early 19th century and then they just got fewer and fewer? What happened to them and what were they about? P.S. Is it correct that they are some sort of gnostics? I´m just trying to...

I just finished reading In the name of the rose by Umberto Eco. (Is it in the name or just name of the rose? read it in Icelandic). SPOILER: Figured I should warn you since it after all is sort of a detective novel. In any case there´s a secret book in it, which is the second part of...

In old Icelandic texts there is mentioning of a country named great Ireland. Small Ireland is the real one, however Great Ireland is the Icelandic version of the Prester John myth. The Icelanders imagined that beyond Vinland there was a place controlled by a priest king, a huge country lost in...

What do you think of Alexander Hagan and his alternate history novels, the faithful series? Well, I must say I´m impressed by the work that he has done. His research in theology and arabic are truly impressive, and the minor details in his books are very cool. However do you think that what he...

Is this possible? Have Muscovy lose big time in some war and no other power become strong enough to unite the other kingdoms or republics. What would you suggest for a POD? And what would the world be without Tsars ruling a united Russia?

Alright this seems like a typical reverse ATL idea, but hear me out. Ok, I had this idea a few days ago. What if instead of the Phoenicans developing an alphabet and spreading it onto the greeks and the romans, how about nothing of that sort happening. What if the writing systems already in...

1824: Prince Jessadabodrina became king of Siam, 37 years of age when king Rama II died. He took up the name Rama III. Many of his advisors suggested he´d rename his predecessors Rama I and Rama II, Buddha Yodfa and Buddha Loetla. They suggested this for, Rama I was called the first king, and...

What the title says. What if England and France wouldn´t have declared war against each other 1939? Most certainly issues in Indochina, Belgium and the whole controversy of Germany, could´ve been solved peacefully. I´m surprised noone asked about before. I mean what if WW2 never happened? I...

On my thread on underestimated countries, Tocomocho gave me a link to this You can click it for I don´t feel like posting the entire article. It´s on a nice website called the heliograph, I´m sure a lot of you know it.:p Anyway, I found the article quite credible, and since I just recently...

Well, what countries do you think are underrepresented, or underused when making fictional TL´s? What countries would like to see featured more often in ATL´s? Obviously due to the fact nearly all of us are westerners, living in westernised areas of the world, and most of us are from somewhere...

What if Eisenhower had not been assasinated in 1957? Of course things were getting very heated up in Litle rock Arkansas already after Ike had ordered the national guard to escort the black students to school. However the Arkansas riots might or might not have happened whether the president had...

Ok, one challenge. Make a small etruscan city state unite the italian peninsula and defeat either the celts in the north or the carthaganians in the south, or possibly both. (That will give you maximum points:D ) And I don´t just mean defending the italian peninsula from them, I mean crush the...

How much population can Hawaii sustain? Can anyone tell me. This is for an asb thread I have, which involves Vandals settling in Hawaii. (:rolleyes: Yes, I said ASB thread I have). Anyway, I was wondering how European agriculture would do in this environment. Basicly, the question above, how...

Basicly create POD and a small TL that starts after 1648, that makes Spain the most powerful European country in 1948. You get 30 points for making it most powerful without ASB, and no nuclear annhiliation of everybody else. (In fact no points at all if it´s about nukes in any case). 20...

Last Friday the German government opened all secret documents prior to 1955. Apparently the Nazis that were in charge back then were seriously considering not just taking most of the civil rights of jews away, but actually starting a mass genocide. However the moderate elements of the party won...

Would the mongols have been more acceptable to the Russians if they had become christians and not muslims? Most of the turkic steppe nomads became muslim for some reason. (Mostly geographical I suppose). Could Russia have been united under the mongols (that is the European part) if they had...

There have been threads here about alternate capital cities for USA but I´d like to start one for the world generally. What are possible alternate capitals for countries. Is f.x. London inevitably the capital of England due to it´s position. I´m using York as a capital of united...