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How can Japan take colonize Sahkalin before the Russians and incorporate it into their territory so that it's regarded as a Japanese Home Island on the same level as Honshu?

I've read some history books that state the Bantus reached southern Africa by 300-400 C.E. but by the time the Trekboers were pushing north, Nguni people were spreading south at the same time even though their crops historically didn't thrive any further south. What caused this new expansion?

Would it make sense for someone who matures in a heavily monotheistic culture to come to the conclusion that there are two gods, one male, one female, that created the world and not a single male god? In a way, it seems more intuitive that there would be both a male and female god needed to...

How do we get a lot of blacks into California, Oregon and Washington? Maybe the black population of the South can see how the South is going to treat them after Reconstruction so they decide to homestead the Great Plains and the West to escape disenfranchisement? What are likely to be the...

The Lion's Brood Triumphant POD 215 BC: The Battle of Dertosa. Better command of his cavalry lead to Hasdrubal Barca having a victory at the Battle of Dertosa. Momentarily giving up the idea of engaging the Carthaginians in Iberia, the Scipios takes the remainder of their army and head...

A Carthaginian scouting party commanded by Hannibal encountered a Roman scouting party commanded by Scipio the Elder and inflicted a terrible defeat on them. Scipio the Elder barely escaped with his life and only avoided death due to the actions of his son, Scipio Africanus. What if Scipio...

I'm working on an African TL with a POD of 213-212 BC during the Battle of Capua with the 2nd Punic War. From this, a bunch of sub-Saharan civilizations will spring up and spread through the continent. I want to know what you guys think the best or most likely writing systems to spread through...

What if Stalin decided to heed the advice of the Soviet Union, American and British intelligence, took Mein Kampf's section on Slavs a bit more seriously, listened to the German soldiers that were coming over the border and decided to prepare the Soviet Union for a possible invasion. He makes...

A bit of an offshoot from my "Golden Continent" post. Through developed trade routes with the help of giant eland, African rice is brought to the Congo river system through traders. West African rice does well in a variety of conditions and there are even floating varieties for deep water...

What if Kiev instead of Moscow forms closer ties with the Mongols and manages to become responsible for collecting the taxes of the other Russian principalities and then manages to unite/conquer the other principalities? What effects does this have on Russian and Slavic identity? Would Russia...

I've read on this forum that easy access to coal is a must when it comes to early industrialization and Africa is fairly limited in that regard. Still, could Africa theoretically industrialize using perhaps its great rivers as the necessary power source? And what would be the best location...

In OTL, Europeans had difficulty colonizing tropical areas due to the diseases, the hotter climate, and the difficulty growing their native crops. What challenges would a people from the tropics have when trying to colonize a temperate region? I can see the lack of a rainy season and the...

With a POD no earlier than 1900, how can solar power be used widely in at least the tropical areas of the world? No less than 30%+ of their energy is obtained through the capturing and storing of solar power. What are likely to be the economic and social effects of the reliance of solar power ?

With a POD after the Cold War, is a WW3 possible? What would be the most likely factors? Is the United States too strong shortly after the Cold War for any nation to seriously consider taking them on? My personal opinion is that anywhere from the fall of the Soviet Union to present day is...

When is the earliest that a canal can be made across the Sinai Peninsula that connects the Mediterranean and Red Sea? Ancient people were capable of great feats of engineering such as the aqueducts and the Great Canal linking the Yellow and Yangtze rivers so this project should be in good company.

What are the ways for there to be a large (upwards of 500,000) European population, preferably British, in present day Chinese controlled Hong Kong?

What are some plausible ways to grow the population of New Orleans city proper to over 1 million people? Are there ways to bring the oil or manufacturing industries to New Orleans while retaining the culture that has made New Orleans famous?

So I've always been interested in African history and how Africa could have plausibly developed better than it did in OTL. This is a general framework for a timeline I'm considering making so feedback on these ideas is appreciated! My POD is during the second Punic War. The pharaoh of...

I've been reading "Africa: A biography of the continent" to learn more about the indigenous development of Africa and it seems that Africans were slowly shrinking the range of the tsetse fly. Could the range of the tsetse fly have been more rapidly shrunk than it was in OTL? If so what would...