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South African civil war timelines. Especially if they turn into a free-for-all between "moderate" Whites and Coloureds vs radical Afrikaners vs Zulu vs Xhosa, with various other groups aligning as suits their interests. In a Cold War context, so many potential interested parties: The Soviets...

Looks really interesting! I now very little about the time period but I'll be following. With regards to the calendar issue, I'd say it would be best to put Gregorian years in brackets following the Assyrian Years, in this kind of format: "In 4128 AY (623 BCE), the..."

Having collapsed into a number of rival statelets at the end of the 1950s, the various successors of the British Kenya territory spent the early 1960s aligning themselves with various regional and international powers. In a prolonged civil war that commenced immediately following independence...

With Yuan Shikai attempting to crown himself Hongxian Emperor, the always restive Southern provinces were driven into rebellion. Warlords Cai E and Tang Jiyao of Yunnan declared the province's independence in it's capital, Kunming on December 25, 1915. They formed the National Protection Army...

It's a long shot but here we go anyway: A general worldwide shift towards more complete decolonisation (presumably caused by 'progressive-nationalist' types becoming more influential in the 1970s leads to these kind of bantustan arrangements being relatively commonly supported by Labour...

Hi readers! I know the POD is not yet apparent, but it will come sooner or later. This post completely describes OTL events, but I've tried to make them more comprehensible (Chinese warlord politics is VERY complicated) and is necessary to contextualise the things that occur later ITTL. == The...

A big part of that is due to the presence of the Dinaric Alps. They provide a significant, though not insurmountable impediment to conquest. Given the narrowness and length of the mountain passes, and the resulting restriction of mobility on an invading force, any hostile army invading or...

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PROLOGUE July 30, 1944 --- The bare branches of the cherry trees that flanked the shrine lay still in the afternoon sun. Only the wafting of incense smoke and the light breeze billowing through the chrysanthemum-emblazoned banners broke the illusion of complete stillness. The permanence of the...

Thirded. In many ways Japanese colonial practices in Micronesia were a dress rehearsal for later economic penetration of maritime SE Asia. They consistently utilised monopolistic measures (outright banning) or the subsidisation of fledgling businesses to give them an advantage over foreign...

Without being overtly pessimistic, it's hard to imagine a scenario where this would come about. Whilst Biafra did have outside French support, the Nigerian government was recognised by both the UK and the Soviet Union. They were the internationally-recognised government. If the Biafrans are...

I'm not particularly knowledgeable about the Crusades, but I'd suggest that a maximum victory would involve the capture of everything between Edessa and Gaza, whilst keeping the Byzantines onside (which will lead to a Byzantine recapture of at least Central, and possibly Eastern Anatolia)...

The reason the Japanese didn't intend to resurrect the Qing is that it had lost all popular support from the majority Han population. This is why, with the Wang Jingwei government etc, they tried to co-opt the rhetoric and imagery of the Xinhai revolution, rather than the Qing dynasty...

It depends on a few things. When the Mongol 'World Empire' is split between the various successor states, does Egypt become part of the Ilkhanate, or another polity altogether? If it is part of the Ilkhanate, I would go as far as to argue that the Copts will actually be favoured. Originally...

The Soviets had not only occupied the northern half during WWII, but had violated their agreement to leave Iranian territory after the war, instead supporting separatist states in Iranian Azerbaijan and Kurdistan. Furthermore, they had demanded a share of Iran's oil for their withdrawal, which...

The Dzungars.

Burma's future looked relatively promising at the beginning of the 1960s. Whilst domestic instability had resulted in a myriad of armed rebellions amongst the various minority groups of the country, the "Father of the Nation" Aung San had managed to maintain a grand coalition under the...

Okay, here are my thoughts on the best way to get a purely Cis-Ural Russia: 1) Foreign aggression in the late 1580s precludes any more Russian expeditions after the failure of Yermak's invasion of the Khanate of Sibir. 2) The Ottomans retain a presence in Southern Ukraine. This would have to...

Shahanshah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last monarch of Iran From the anti-Mossadegh coup of 1953, the Iranian regime was haunted by a crisis of legitimacy. Having overthrown a popular nationalist leader with support from the 'imperialists', the government of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi...

China wouldn't get involved with the Korean War without Stalin's assent. Historically, Mao sent feelers out to Moscow to get their thoughts on the matter from the beginning. To be honest though, the Korean war wouldn't have happened full-stop without Stalin giving Kim il-Sung the go-ahead.