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While that's true (although I think you over estimate how a isolated they would be if they had entered a situation where they developed diseases), it only takes one or two major pandemic diseases to kill over half of a population. Hell, the Black death probably killed 2/3rds by itself, and just...

So, this Timeline seems pretty good. Interesting POD, nice take. Yet, I do have two things I want to critique about it. Firstly, I feel like theres very little discussion of what the native elite is doing. How are the Nahuatl elite responding? What kind of interface is there between them and...

I believe sustained long term contact before the arrival of Europe would do it. I would suggest China personally, but it could have happened earlier and then dropped off. Or, if we don't focus on technology we could have Polynesian expansion sped up, ending with them giving pre-Columbian...

I never said it was justified... There's a reason the breakup is described as painful.

Thank you! Ah, yes I do now that I think of it. I didn't really think of the timescale other then: Some way into the future. Theres still 2 Chinese to every 1 American. And since China is rapidly approaching equal GDP per Capita, America's definitely not in the lead. Well, as Francois Mauriac...

Inspired by Firefly and CoDominium series. The year is somewhere in the early 23rd century, and the POD is a series of reforms in the 1960s-1970s that strengthened the Soviet Union. The world remains fairly similar to ours until the 1990s when the Soviets don't collapse. However China grows...

I agree, and it will also deprive Europe of acces to not only classical culture but to a lot of other cultures. Really, we've sort of distilled the *Europe of this world to being the truly Medieval portions of it, the fundamentally non-Classical version. It's strange to imagine a world where the...

Yes, but presumably a Muslim converted Taiwan wouldn't be like that would it? Islam has had tremendous success in acculturating with similar societies in Indonesia, so I think this POD is totally possible. One of the major effects I foresee is the collapse of many of taiwan's aboriginal...

No, it would be wankage, but of a strange type, the intellectual and cultural type. in this world it would take Europeans longer to get across the world to settle it, but there would be no competing world views, no other cultures to challenge their assumptions. Perhaps a few Muslims in Spain...

Well, it sort of depends on what religion they have. Generally, religion in Europe was the driving force of literacy; where there were churches there were priests who need to read. If, in some way, there is still an Eastern Church (which is a distinct possibility), then it depends on what kind...

Ah, that makes sense. I wish I could follow everything closer, but it's so big; I just don't think I have the focus.

Yes, but if you do it like that, based off a romanization, then you're likely to make a phonetic inventory very similar to tha tof European languages. Phonetics form the basis of a language, since you use them to describe the rest of it.

I second Nahuatl, but may I also suggest Sumerian? I tihnk it has a nice sound, and that it would be fun to base the language off of a non-European language. Sumerian-3 Nahuatl-2 Yucatec Maya-1 Also would suggest checking out this as a guideline for a good way to conlang.

Ah! I'm so sorry, I forgot to add the latest version. Here it is: Quite, although I've never actually defined what happened to the old world. It was never my interest really. I've just been trying to imagine how the new World Cultures would develop with no outside interference. Awesome...

@Highlander: What's the POD? How did the Iriqouis expand like that? Beautiful map! Something from my project (it will get posted, I promise! This time I'm going to finish it first as well! Even if my goal is a bit less ambitious).

So, what I'm getting is that the Mongols are stuck in Panama, right? In that case I think it rather depends on what kind of artisans they brought with them, and what domesticated animals. Considering the length of the voyage everyone with a communicable disease is probably dead, so that won't be...

Well, without Native Americans colonization will be significantly harder since there will be no Native Peoples to help settlers establish themselves, guide Europeans, and there will be no American crops either. that's particularly important since American crops account for 50-60% of all crops...

The reason the Iriqouis are so underrated is the fact that there biggest achievements were done against other tribes, not Europeans. They went from being a put upon confederation in New York to depopulating the eastern Ohio Valley, the area around Lake Huron and Easter Lake Michigan in the span...