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(Assume this is written in some Indian Language) WI the Varna* System wasn't reformed in the age of colonization to include colonized foreigners in it with respect to their prior occupations, instead of lumping all of them as sudras**, which was the policy of the first explorers. I know that...

Is there a way to make Buddhism the Dominant religion on Earth? How plausible are these scenarios: India doesn't revert to Hinduism, and since Buddhism lends itself more to missionary style conversions, Indians continue spreading the faith. "Indianization" of SE Asia in now on Steriods, and...

Correct me if I am wrong here. But as far as I know, in OTL Futurists believed that the Fascists will embrace their program if they supported theirs. They were proven wrong when the Fascists gave them a cold shoulder, and the Futurists were stuck with Fascism. WI the Italian Futurists never...

Is there a way to prolong the Christmas truce so that the entire war comes to a standstill and a treaty signed?

What if Iran is not as isolated as OTL, and maybe gets a lot of support from India and USSR and manages to defeat Saddam's forces for good? Would they Carve up Iraq? How would the world look like with a strengthened Iran and no first Gulf War. Would Iran use its newfound geopolitical power to...

Our WWII had the allies having massive industrial advantage over the Axis. What would be the alignment of powers that would produce the most balanced world conflict with the tech level and scale of WWII. A War where neither side as definite superiority in terms of resources. It will be...

If south Indian sailors discovered Australia what would they name it?

Inspired by the "Pagan Scandanavia" thread, I have wondered what would it take to have a large chunk of Europe be a self-sustaining pagan world that did not need to trade with Christians and had technological parity with them. Since the conversion of the North mostly happened only pagans...

It would make for an interesting timeline, but is it plausible? It'd be even more interesting if Persia remains Zoroastrian, and India is throughly Hindu. Imagine Indo-Iranian mythology used for propaganda purposes.

Inspired by the Amon Duul song of the same name, what divergence could make Nepal a German colony?

I have finally decided to de-lurk, and write a complete timeline. For a potential timeline I have decided on one where the Confederate States of America tries to keep up in a cold war with the United States after winning independence the American Civil War, which eventually leads to rebellion...

What if most major powers at the time- Britain, USA, Germany and the Soviet Union all built Nuclear Weapons? Would the risk of mutually assured destruction prevent World War II or will their leaders go all out till apocalypse. I am thinking 3 different versions of the POD- 1) "Nice"...

"Bonus points" if Lyndon LaRouche emerges victorious. IMHO, LaRouche was more electable than Kerry. At least, he was consistently anti-war.

Well, this may need a rather drastic POD, but could have happened to America that would help Ann Coulter on her road to power. Also, what would the Coulter Cabinet look like? We could begin with conservatives losing the Culture of War of the 60s, Reagan becoming maligned like Goldwater...

What if Ashoka's emmisaries find more success in converting Ptolemaic rulers? Further, what if a considerable population in the rest of the Roman Empire adopted Buddhism as well? Could Buddhism have existed alongside Chritianity in Roman Europe as it does alongside Hinduism in the Indian...

Working under the premise that the 'whites' win the battle for control of the Russian Empire, producing an unstable democracy like that of Italy... is it likely that Russia will go Fascist? At least Russia could have become a well - organised Praetorian Dictatorship where the military rules...

I know it is going to take a lot of PODs, but can we have a (non-ASB) AH in which the Ancient Kingdom of Jerusalem survives to present times?

Yeah, wouldn't it be cool to still have a patchwork of small states in Central Europe here in 2005? What are the possible PODs? Austrian Victory in 1866 ? French victory in 1870 ? Napoleonic Europe and Subsequent decline of French Centrality? I am sure it requires a Second POD...

I am thinking of few possibilities: -Aztecs repel the spanish with horses and iron weapons. -American bison is made extinct by Plains Indians, who resort to raiding mesoamerican cities, becoming the "Mongols of the New World" -Iroqouis confederacy becomes a centralized state due to better...

is it even remotely possible that Fascism can resurrect itself now? Can Fascism resurrect itself after 20 years? Could a divergence in the 90s or the early 2000s have led to this resurgence? What If: Early post-Soviet Russia, termed "Weimar Russia" by many, goes fascist, resulting in a cold...