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Is it possible to arrange for an alternate Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact where the Soviets and Germans agree to invade Poland on the same day? If so, what happens if the Germans invade a day or two late. Can they spin it as protecting the Poles from the Red Horde?

TL: Whither Rome Redemption We call him a barbarian, but I tell you, Illus, he is more Roman than either of us. –Emperor Zeno speaking of Theodoric the Great Afternoon, 16 September 478 Outside the Moesian Ostrogoths' Camp Adrianople, Roman Empire Theodoric Amali walked quickly...

Strange Bedfellows Chronicle of the Roman Emperors Theophanes the Studite Constantinople, AD 967 In AD 602, peace reigned between the two great empires of Rome and Persia. Though never friends, the emperor Chosroes [1] was indebted to the emperor Maurikios [2] since AD 590 when Maurikios...

We all know that Christians often rose to high rank in the Ottoman Empire. What would happen if the sultan was a Christian? There seem to be three possible (if highly improbable) ways this could occur. The current sultan could convert. This seems extremely unlikely. A high ranking Christian...

The OE considered building a canal from the Don to the Volga in 1569. Peter the Great's attempt in the 1690's failed. Work on the current canal began in the 1930s. From a purely technological viewpoint, when is the earliest this canal can be built?

I am looking for a good POD in the 1590-1600 timeframe. I would prefer one in the Ottoman/Hapsburg region, but that is not a requirement. I don't have a planned outcome or goal. Just looking for a POD. Any ideas?

Hello. I've been lurking for a while and have been impressed with many of the timelines, especially the longer narrative ones such as DoD. Anyway, thought it was about time I tried one myself. Hope it doesn't bore too much. Point of Divergence 6 February 1699. Duke Joseph Ferdinand Leopold of...