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Both countries were in decline at the time, though Spain had the Bourbons shaking things up and strengthening it, though too little to prevent its decline entirely. So, I'm gonna say Spain would win. The Netherlands would not be able to conquer any of the big Spanish colonies. They're just too...

I think it's more likely that the Seleucids would straight-up annex Egypt and kick Magas back to Cyrene if he tried to take Egypt. The prospect of reuniting Alexanders empire entirely must've been tantalizing, even if Antiochus is not a diadochus like his father.

I think this is impossible. Even under the best circumstances, a super strong Seleucid/Antigonid (that wins the battle of Ipsus) empire that massively settles Greeks even more across the Middle East, the likely scenario is that Greek develops into different languages like Latin did into Spanish...

Slightly updated map:

History of the Hellenes - Chapter 10 Following the victory in southern Italy, the Hellenic League was at the height of its power. Great peace reigned throughout the Hellenic homeland, though squabbling was pandemic. The wars that were fought were something distant, only a chance for men to gain...

Letter 7 of Tullius Caepio My dearest Lucia, Oh, how I long for you. Not a single day goes by that I do not think of you, and I find myself wandering to the bedroom, hoping to find you, but only finding nothing, greatly saddening my heart. How fares our sweet Constantia? Though it pains me...

De Europa Antigonidorum, Book 4, Chapter 15, by Lucius Haemonus: Thus, Nicanor of Halicarnassus sailed with this pan-Hellenic force of 40,000 to southern Italy, where he expected a hero's welcome. However, as soon as he arrived, he was beset by the squabbling of the Greek city-states, with half...

Soviets probably parade them around for a bit for propaganda purposes and then stash them somewhere to live a quiet life. Same with the WAllies. Though, that is if daddy doesn't kill them in his own suicide. They'd probably change their names, yeah.

I'm interested in seeing how Attlee continues ruling. I remember ruling Labour had been running out of ideas/steams in 1951 due to having literally implemented almost everything in their agenda.

That is mostly true, but it's not an irreversible trend. Suppose MacArthur wins his confrontation when Truman backs down and that starts a trend of the US military disobeying politicians and making their own decisions, that could lead to a military being interested with being in control of the US.

Those barbaric reds only understand force, especially that stupid pig Khruschkev, if you back down, they'll come for more and more. Truman backed down in China, now they're a bunch of reds. He didn't back down in Korea, now Korea is still democratic. They'll just keep going until they understand...

Patrice Lumumba manages to avoid getting removed from power and the powers that be keep supporting Katanga. His army was pretty infamous at the time for atrocities so maybe you can even get UN peacekeepers in Katanga!

Good timeline.

What if, instead of deciding to fight the people who removed their hated dictator and essentially gave them the power, there is no Shia insurgency in Iraq? How would that influence things?

Thanks for your response, cool to see the perspective of an Indonesian as a Dutchman.

What would change in WW I?

I was reading the Wikipedia for the Afgan-Soviet war and this passage struck me as interesting.

So this is kinda like Britain and World War II? A great power before it, but economically exhausted and destroyed afterwards?

Otto, Otto, Otto!