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Is there a way we could have one secret society dominating the world by the year 2000? What could such a society be? Can we dream up such a society whose methods of operations are good enough to plausibly take over the world? What POD would work best?

Germans, at more than 30% comprise the largest ethnic group in the US, but have mostly assimilated. What if a large portion of them keep their German Identity and language intact much like Germans in Eastern Europe or the Russian Empire. What changes would it cause?

Interesting Enough Person. But how can we have him do the best could have done? He had supported "socialist modernization" under authoritarian lines, and quite friendly to the Germans and very much opposed to the "West". He is also remembered from managing to escape from India and slip...

What would it take for the Russians to rule China and be accepted as such by the Chinese? Would a seriously fragmented China be enough? What PODs might cause such fragmentation of China. Maybe if the Manchu fail to completely subdue the various Chinese ethnicities, but manage to seriously hamper...

Here's a rough idea that I have had for some time. Due to an earlier invention of firearms by the chinese, they are able to defend their frontier against the Genghis Khan's mongols. But given his determination, he tries another target, Persia (nearly a decade before OTL) and succeeds...

Stipulations: Should be a real Empire- i,e a super-populated region-spanning multinational entity dominated by a Khmer Administration, unlike the OTL 2008 "Empire of Japan", merely ruled by an emperor Should Modernize and be equal of OTL Europe in technology. ============== I guess...

IOTL, There are "St. Thomas Christians" in southern India, who have a fasinating mythohistorical beliefs regarding the Saint and his activities on the Subcontinent. WI St. Thomas was more successful and managed to convert local rulers, and managed to pave the way to a Christianization of...

We have had many discussions on how American politics and world ideology will be in a cold war against the Nazis. But WI Imperial Germany was triumphant in WWI and was able to defeat and occupy Britain in TTL's *WWII, and set up a European-African bloc dominated by Germany? What kind of...

Is there a way to have ancient societies have some sort of a Eugenics progam? A Program that not only seperates people for the sake of social segregation but for actually creating seperate "humans"? While the Idea sounds too modern, I am sure that ancient people had awareness of things like...

I think this is just within plausibility-- have Britain be Neutral during WWII. Only one stipulation: Germany should remain Nazi.

WI Jesus Christ was not crucified, but managed to prove that he was the son of God by performing military miracles against the romans in battles that would put Hannibal and Alexander to shame? Instead of dying on a cross, he could die in a Leonidas-style last stand, which nonetheless saves...

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The objective is to have as many "Indianised Kingdoms" as possible. How far can we take this wank? Is an Indianized Japan within the bounds of realism? Could an Indianised kingdom be founded in Australia? How far can Buddhism spread if there were many more Indianised people in the pacific? Can...

What would the pop-culture be like if let's say anti-humanist (ie. not elevating human welfare above other considerations, for example, glorifying war despite loss of human life) and technophilic (glorifying progress and technology, at the expense of tradition, religion and reverence for...

So, now there are Tengrist temples, and Tengrism is henotheistic to a degree. They also force Tengrism on their conquered Subjects. So Persia, Russia and a large population in China and North-West India are now Tengrists. How Plausible is this and what are the consequences?

AFAIK, Indo-Aryans were the first into the Iranian Plateau, and their influence spread as far as Syria, before the Iranians moved in and basically split the Indo-Aryan cultural zone into two. What if the Iranians are somehow repelled and never move into the Iranian plateau, what would it mean...

WI Confucianism was exported to India the same way Buddhism was exported to China, maybe even in the same time period? What could be prompt this, an alternate syncretism of Confucianism and Buddhism where the Confucius is an important Boddhisatva that appeared to the Chinese? Or just preachier...

This thread is somewhat influenced by the "Mods instead of hippies" thread that was here a while ago. Is there a way to make Britpop way more popular than it was in OTL? I guess the Americans never got into Britpop any deeper than the big name bands, and even they weren't as popular as...

is it possible to have Feudalism survive in the industrial age? to this day? Let's say that Feudal lords turn to banking, and lords eventually become bankers and use their estate to do manufacturing. Eventually feudal estates become corporations in their own right Or let's say the Meiji...

WI: Thailand modernizes in the 19th century much like, and to the extent of OTL Japan, so by WWII they have a modern army and a decent Navy and an Airforce. How will another industrialized Asian power effect the World Wars? Will Thailand join forces with Japan to rule Asia? Will India be to...