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Imagine the Nubian Christian kingdoms without Arabic conquest stayed that way after the 7th century and Egypt never had been conquered. The Coptic Church stays in power and the Nubians still maintain their loyalty to the Coptic Church as well their close relations to the Byzantines. Now, we...

The wolf had been a deeply feared animal in Christian Western Europe for centuries. It was loathed and brought nearly to extinction. Unlike lions, bears,eagles, deers etc. The wolf had/has a very bad reputation, in European folklore and Christian mythology. On the other side, eastern steppe...

There had been discussion during the Republic, to reform the Empire and give for example Celtic princes the title of Senator and full Roman citizenship. Would such an early foerderative reform give Rome a more participative character in the long term ?

Iam fascinated with the images of how late 19th century people speculated how the year 2000 might look like. What if it´s really like that ? here some images...

Hypothetically: What if Mr. Lincoln had travelled as POTUS to Britain and conferenced with Queen Victoria in the Buckingham Palace ? What would they discuss, how would they fare with eachother ? (the protocoll wouldn´t possibly allow that + the distances )

What if Alexander never left Macedonia and stays a regional king of a (in a cultivated Hellenic Greek´s view) half-Barbaric kingdom ? Would he bow his head finally to the loathed Persian Empire and pay tribute ?

What if there hadn´t been a complete and radical Reconquista but more an intermingeling of various Iberian cultures in Spain. OTL we have massive influence of Islamic Moorish architecture. But what if customs, habits, fashion, literature, poetry, sience and other cultural aspects of Moorish life...

What if they offered him the crown with the argument, that he as the heir of the multi-ethnic Austro-Hungarian Empire (which included many Southern Slavic people) might be a suitable candidate to "rule" the multiethnic Yugoslavia. Could he unite Slovenes,Croats, and Serbs etc. under his royal...