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Romans & friends . Very desperate and very far from home.

He stood at the aft of the ship, his eyes constantly on the alert for deceit , his hands never far from his sword hilt always at the ready. His kept note of everyone on the deck and only moved from his spot when someone was gone too long. Usually he found them slacking off, drinking, gambling...

This simply wouldn't be possible before the Trans-Siberian railway, and even at it's completion it was a single track line. Insufficient for any major operations or trade. So your going to have to allow additional time and money to extend the line, by then your pushing dangerously close WWI...

Well AA is practically blind back then, it'll shoot whatever moves, especially with green troops. Though given the odds it'll probably hit Japanese fliers more often.

Yeah also you need at least 500K+ of closely packed people in order to sustain the really deadly epidemic diseases, other-wise it'll burn out (though leave some resistance through natural selection). Considering the development of New World societies I'd say that 1100-1200 is the earliest for...

Well they can pull off something temporary, like 20 years until the next expedition or when they die. 20 years to spread their germs.

Suppose that it was more of a self-imposed exile, some cult or nation desperate to get away from Europe.

Well along the same lines how about 2 Colombian exchanges then? The first one alot earlier say the Spanish before some disaster occurs in Spain, but eventually loses contact with the New World, then one much later and permanent this time.

Not too different, the concentration of power in the military along with it's independence was already entrenched. The disregard for representation of the "filthy plebs" was already in place. The dependance on slavery and all the innovation problems it brings. Sure it won't be Caesar but...

Hmm... just how effective are the Soviets at Naval aviation? I don't recall them having much experience or equipment in OTL or ITTL.

And yet eventually the Pope realized the worse alternative of destroying the only Italian power that could fight the big ones.

Just a nit pick here, there has never been a medically certified case of photographic memory. Just people who are very good at memorizing things due to genetics, training (mnemonists), and familiarity with the subject at hand. Info is always lost through processing and recall in the brain, no...

True, true. but I'm more concerned with the linguistics anyways. For example what used to be rebels, militias, and insurgents were all grouped together under the label AQ-linked , muslim terms and image had taken a nose-dive, what used to be civil disorder became sectarian violence.

Well the basic mention of those two numbers will invoke a lot of emotions and opinions for Americans and those overseas. Due to this event a lot of words such as jihad become commonplace in the English language practically overnight. I'm more curious about the effects of the whole War-on Terror...

Ok that's even more impossible, requiring Nazi Germany to pull off Sealion , beat the Soviets and then Sealion 2.0 . Not worthy of consideration. Please read the sticky in post 1900.

Why would there be? They'll still sell their fish, have the fish stocks crash, perhaps more so due to the addition of another nation in the waters and the lesser chance of cooperation due to greater numbers of countries. You'll have something along the lines of Canadian-American relations, with...

Followed promptly by a joint American-Canadian invasion and suppression of all communists from public life. Quebec was very well off economically (even more before bill 101) ,it had socialists alternatives to sap communist support (especially considering that the anglo-franco income equality and...

Well first things first, Japan's pretty much at the limit of it's capabilities (overcharged even). The only native resource it has is land, human and capital. There's only so much you can invest into the later 2 until diminishing returns dictate that you outsource it to an Indian grad or w/e...

Well considering that many of the pre-chirstians ancients were quite chill with their sexuality and that the earliest tribes have been quite varied and egalitarian I'd have to say that it's always been around, just in various forms and scope.

Well that'd be hard, the French were very reluctant to leave their colonies. Up until the final days of french rule they still had a colonial mindset and the problem with changing that mind set requires something that goes back to the 30's when the independence movements were stirring. The...