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Like others have mentioned, rushed independence is very possible but I think it's also possible that Congo and Ruanda-Urundi could also end up as UN Trust Territories for a limited time. Perhaps with France as the trustee for the Congo and the UK as the Trustee for Ruanda-Urundi. Considering...

It's probably not enough on its own, but I think you would have to avoid the civil war between Cortes and Alvarado that took place immediately after the initial conquest of Mexico . The war disrupted Spanish momentum in the Americas for decades as the conflict devastated conquistador manpower...

Canada is a Dominion of the British Empire with its own independent monarchy, which just happens to be in personal union with the British monarchy. While Haiti has a similar arrangement with France in the form of the protectorate (which is only economic in nature), it is otherwise independent...

I think if you want the majority of the Americas to be republics, the most important POD would have to be the Peruvian revolution of 1780-1783. If the Spanish captured or killed Tupac Amaru II early in his rebellion (before he made contact with the British) then the Peruvian Empire wouldn't be...

To me this looks like a TL with no Aurelian. The Franks must have conquered or otherwise subverted the Gallic Empire and then used it as a power base for expansion into Italy. These Franks are clearly Christian somehow because there is no other possible way that the Pope controls Rome - the...

King Bardylis was as old as 90 by the time of the battle of the Erigon Valley and he died only a few months after his victory. If he had died only a year earlier, Philip II may have been able to come out on top of the Dardanians if they were led by the less experienced Cleitus instead of...

Shakespeare writing a play about vampires wouldn't affect how we see vampires today, it would define how we see vampires today, at least in the Anglosphere. Although revenants were a theme across European folklore in OTL, the term vampire was mostly confined to the Balkans until the 1700s, so...

I read this timeline during its hiatus and am happy to see it back. Such a well-researched and well-written pre-Columbian TL is truly a pleasure to read. As for the rebellions, I suspect that Ah Ek Lemba will continue on to Cholōllān regardless. Standing down now would give the greatest threat...

Rather than increasing migration from non-Christian areas, you could also decrease migration from Christian areas - namely Catholic ones. If the USA retains an anti-Catholic stance for longer, we could see waves of Catholic migrants instead heading for Latin America and Canada, strengthening...

Burgundy is a possibility, considering that the kingdom it is likely to be an important asset for this state. Or the Holy Roman Empire, as Lothair's line was the Imperial one.

Philip of Macedon and his entire family die in some accident. The Epirotes end up inheriting Macedon and Philip's reformed army, they go on to conquer the Persian Empire.

The revolt of the Comuneros is a resounding success and Joanna is installed as sole monarch with her children dethroned and disinherited. On her death the thrones of Castile and Aragon pass to Maria and Manuel, uniting all of Iberia. United Iberia goes on to greatness while the Habsburgs enter a...

Ali had essentially no choice but to sell back his conquests. His early rule was so shaky that an early coup attempt by Mohammed's father-in-law was almost successful. He only managed to become Kalipha after a bloody succession struggle in which he lost plenty of his own manpower against Khalid...

You could always have the Manichaens lean further into their Gnostic Christian roots. If Manicheaenism syncretises more with Christianity instead of Zoroastrianism, maybe it could come to be viewed as merely a branch of Christianity. That would get you a (very divergent) Christian Iran and...

Can you imagine telling someone who doesn't know their knightly orders that you're a Knight of the Garter?

France would probably cede Corsica before they cede Hispaniola and Britain would probably sooner relinquish conquests in the Southern Cone than give up Gibraltar.

If the Savoyards aren't around to push for its annexation perhaps the Republic of Genoa could be permanently reestablished. As for the Piedmont, maybe it becomes an independent Habsburg state in exchange for more limited gains elsewhere.

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Muhammad had three sons, but they all predeceased him without issue. What if at least one of them survived or had a son before dying?

As John7755 mentioned, I was referring to the exile imposed under Jews by the Romans after the various Jewish-Romn wars which caused the Jews to be expelled from Judea and the end of Second Temple Judaism. I'm well aware that the Jews were forced into exile multiple times. And if Christianity...