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Let's imagine that Europe is never Christianized. We can safely take Islam out of the picture as well. How would it develop in the long term? Would all of the various Germanic, Greco-Roman, Celtic, Iberian, Slavic, and Baltic belief systems remain separate, or would they all blend together...

One of the most fascinating aspects of the Olympic Games to me is the cultural or artistic section of the Opening Ceremony. I always look forward to seeing how the host city will present itself and its country to the entire world, incorporating various aspects of its history, traditions...

With any POD before 1900, have Swahili be an important international language of commerce and culture outside of Africa.

In OTL, several Latin American countries with Pacific coasts had economic interests in the South Pacific islands during the 19th Century: - Ecuador annexed the Galapagos Islands in 1832, establishing human settlements that have grown to encompass 25 thousand people today. - Mexico...

Here's an account of what happened: http://www.yursil.com/blog/2008/12/quaker-account-of-visiting-ottoman-sultan-mary-fisher/

Is there any particular reason why the North African states (Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, and Egypt) cannot be part of the larger world of European affairs, seen as insiders worthy of invitations to congresses and treaties? Was Islam the only thing preventing them from "joining the club,"...

With a post-1066 POD, is it possible for a country that isn't based in the British Isles to rule Ireland? France, Spain, Norway, Denmark?

How feasible is it to have whatever power is in control of Louisiana, whether it be France or Spain, sponsor enough immigration to settle all along the Mississippi River Valley before the Americans from the east even get a chance? Is this possible in a scenario where the United States falls...

Has anyone ever thought about making "name all of the countries"-type sporcle quizzes for various, popular, alternate history timelines? I think they'd be fun to play.

With any POD, come up with a scenario in which all islands of the Caribbean are unified politically, linguistically, and culturally into a single nation by the modern day. Bonus points of this union includes Florida. Belize and Guyana (and Suriname and French Guiana) are optional.

With a POD starting anytime before 1900, create a scenario in which Australia's primary language is Russian. It doesn't need to have ever been an actual colony of Russia.

With a POD no earlier than 1776, create a scenario which results in the United States at war with a coalition comprising the majority of Latin American nations, including the largest and most powerful ones. Latin America needn't have the same political structures, borders, or even countries in...

Is there any way to preserve Anatolia's Celtic-speaking community to the modern day?

Could descendants of the European crusaders survive to the modern day as a distinctive cultural minority in the Middle East?

Suppose that a Visigothic analog to Charles Martel leads a successful resistance against the Islamic invasion of Iberia. How does Iberian civilization develop without the period of Muslim rule?

If the People's Republic of China never instituted the One Child Policy, what would the country, and the world, look like today? How large would China's population be?

Is it possible for the Ryukyu Islands to end up under the occupation of the Republic of China instead of the United States after World War II? Could this evolve into more-or-less permanent Chinese control, and if so, what would become of them after the People's Republic of China takes over the...

Isola Comacina is a small island in the middle of Lake Como, Lombardy, Italy. http://www.comacina.it/articoli/italian-tribune.html What if Belgium ends up keeping the tiny lake island?

Could Mesoamerica-inspired writing systems spread further than they did before the arrival of Columbus? Could scripts develop among the Pueblo societies of the Southwestern United States, the Taino in the Caribbean, or perhaps as far south as the Andes?

Paraguay is distinctive among Latin American nations in that the most dominant language is not a European-derived tongue, but a form of Native American Guarani. Although Spanish is also widely spoken in Paraguay, the Guarani language lives on. Could other Latin American countries have an...