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On this thread Straha posted a very strange flag, and I had fun devising a timeline, which I've added to. I didn't feel right using his name on it though, so I changed a few things. And this page has a list of government types which I used here. At the end is a list of the largest...

Codae just posted a thread about the Pledge of Allegiance in the ASB forum and that reminded me of something I'd intended. The misunderstood version which schoolkids recite is... I pledge allegiance to the flag Of the United States of America And to the republic For Richard Stands ...

It seems like Britain and Japan are the only island states which could have been superpowers at any point. There aren't many others in ATLs either. How many can you justify? Bonus points if they're in the same timeline. Britain Japan Ireland Iceland (Viking wank.) Nova Scotia...

From Wikipedia: The name "Quebec", which comes from an Iroquoian word meaning "Where the river narrows", originally referred to the area around Quebec City where the Saint Lawrence River narrows to a cliff-lined gap. Early variations in the spelling of the name included Québecq (Levasseur, 1601)...

This is all I have for this. I think I had started with the end result which I thought was interesting. So the premise doesn't have much detail. Columbus approaches the French royal court with his proposal for sailing west to Asia. Charles VIII was still young, so his older sister Anne...

Admiral Canaris was a Nazi who hated Hitler, and tried many times to have him assassinated. If he had been successful, could he have taken over? Could he have arrested Goering, Goebbels and the rest of the leadership? What other what-ifs involving him can you suggest?

During the civil rights movement, in the 50s, a US president is a bachelor, and marries a black woman as a symbolic gesture to show his support for the civil rights movement. The President would be somebody who died in WW I in OTL, but survived and went into politics in the ATL. However, he...

Woodrow Wilson's first wife His second wife took over Wilson's duties when he suffered a stroke. What more might they have done? If the first had lived longer, or the second had married Wilson first? According to Wikipedia, she didn't want Wilson's VP to take over. That must...

The Roosevelt family has had many noteworthy members. What might they have done differently? Couldn't they have been president, VP, etc.? What if FDR or TR had died earlier, or lived longer?

Oops, I wanted to make the 10,000th thread, but did a pre-1900 pod by mistake. Okay. Could Mata Hari have done anything more noteworthy, if she had lived to a ripe old age? Maybe she emigrates to the US and gets involved in women's rights? The film industry? Marries Douglas Fairbanks...

Only 3 more threads before we reach 10,000! I hope these are decent WIs. Vikings weren't only N. Atlantic sailors and raiders. There were some in Byzantium as imperial guards. There were some along the Urals. What if they began raiding eastward, into China? What if they became...

Gonzaga cites José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva as one of his favorite historical figures, so I read up on him. How many different ways could South America have been split up if he had done things differently, or if he had lived a longer or shorter life? If Brazil had been split up, where...

(Q.: Do the British have a Fourth of July? A.: Yes, they just don't celebrate it! :D:p Sorry, couldn't resist. Do they tell that joke in British schools? ) It might not make all that much difference what day we celebrate Independence Day, but the fact of the Declaration being made in November...

Has anybody else read this? It's very enjoyable, with lots of corny jokes. Mongols sacked Europe, I think, and the Age of Exploration stalled. Chinese colonized California and a mad pseudo-Russian khan wants to conquer the Aztecs, so of course there's a "wrath of khan" reference. I wanted...

I have a pretty detailed scenario for this happening, but I'm worried you'll shred it all to pieces. I'd really like for this to work. Andorra got started when "...Jathbert, Raymond de Besaln (Archdeacon of Tarragonna), Bonat de Lavayna (Canon of Narbonne and tax-collector for the King of...

The Greek city-state of Chalcedon was on the opposite shore from the minor town of Byzantium. What if they had used the site of Byzantium as the center of a large and growing realm, powerful enough to thwart the rise of Rome? Or what if somebody from the Italian city-states before 30 BC, had...

James Rollins has a lot of high-tech action-adventure novels, the sort where he doesn't let the facts get in the way of a good story. They aren't exactly alternate history, but he plays with history a lot. Has anybody else read his?

What do you think will happen or what do you hope happens, what would you like to happen, unlikely though it may be?

I don't have a timeline, or theme for this; any suggestions? I'm sure it has multiple PODs. The PODs are all between 1400 and 1918. Interpret it any way you want. It's just a bunch of random ideas I've had. :) Oops, I forgot to post the map!! Here!! :o:rolleyes:

I've been wondering about the Russian city of Mockba. What is the origin and meaning of its name? Has anybody here ever visited it?