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Suppose that China colonised Siberia before Russia did, 17th century or so, and managed to hold on to this territory, how does this affect the events of the 19th,20th,21st centuries? Would there be a Chinese colony in Alaska which was also purchased by USA? How different would world war I...

What if the Aborigines brought horses, cattle, sheep, pigs etc. across with them when they crossed into Australia c.20,000 years ago. What type of civilisation could develop by the time Captain Cook arrived on the east coast in 1788?

Article II of the space treaty says that "Outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty." What if there was a different space treaty between the US and USSR, more like the Berlin conference that begun the scramble for...

In WW1 Japan joined the allies and seized some German colonies in China and the Pacific. This was very benefitial for them ending the war as one of the victorious powers. What if they thought that the same thing would happen in WW2, and Japan declares war on Germany in September 1939. This could...

How would the history of Africa be different if there were more extensive rail links? Suppose the European powers in the early 20th century put much more effort into linking Africa by rail.. including Cecil Rhodes's Cape to Cairo railway of course, but also a coastal railway linking all the...

What would colonisation look like without the British Empire? Supposing that the Spanish armada was successful, here is one possible world map for 1900:

What if the Japanese had total victory in China by 1940? This frees up a million Japanese troops for use against India, Australia or Hawaii. (it is often said that the Japanese did not have the manpower to attack these places because of the troops they had in China) Alternately, perhaps the...

A much earlier discovery and charting of Australia's coasts in the early 1500s leads Portugal and Spain to divide it under the Treaty of Saragossa in 1529. The Portugese settle near current day Perth and the Spanish around Sydney but most of the country is still controlled by Aborigines. Then...

if there was no 1917 revolution in Russia and no communism, and no communist countries founded anywhere else, how would the 20th century have been different? Fear of communism helped the nazis gain power so perhaps no ww2?, and there wouldnt have been anyone to fund third world revolutionaries...

suppose that the US did not bypass japanese forces and insisted upon getting every island cleared of japanese before moving on in the pacific war in WW2. How much longer would the war have taken? I am especially thinking of the japanese fortress at rabaul which was bypassed. Say they had tried...

There is a small island between Canada and Danish controlled Greenland which is disputed by both sides- Hans Island. Both countries have landed troops there in the past, suppose that they did this at the same time, fighting started and war was declared. If neither side received any outside...

Anyone have any alternate histories they would like to post on the alternate history wikicities ? any alternate histories are welcome there. It works like wikipedia - just choose a title and create an article. note that because its a wiki anyone can edit any article on the site.

Spain was not part of NATO until 1982. So, what if sometime between WW2 and then they had attacked Gibraltar and tried to take it back from Britain? Would the other NATO countries have declared war on Spain? (including Portugal and France) Could Britain have taken Gibraltar back from the Spanish...

Suppose that the British had not set up any colonies at all.. and had lived peacefully on their island much the same as the Irish did. Who gets control of the countries that were colonised by the British in our timeline? US, Canada, South Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, etc. What language...

It makes sense, because then all the allied nations would be fighting all the axis. (forget about the non agression pact between Ussr and Japan - stalins an evil dictator, he can change his mind whenever he wants) The USSR could have probably taken Manchuria without much trouble, but...

I saw this documentary last night about Queen "Bloody Mary" who wasn't able to have a child so control of the country passed to her protestant sister Elizabeth.. So, what if she has a son and England stays catholic until the present day. Would this have any impact on world events?

This is NOT a WW3 scenario, but rather a question as to whether Communism could have won the Cold War in the same way that the west did IOT i.e. without military intervention the communist countries collapsed in 1989-91. This is basically what Soviet propaganda said for years would happen...

Suppose its impossible to make nuclear weapons. So what differences would this have on OTL.. an allied invasion of Japan? a WW3 between USSR and USA because there is no M.A.D. keeping the peace? What would things be like today?

Suppose that in the 50s or 60s Africa's independence movements had managed to unite, and they ended European rule and formed Africa as one country. Together, Africa would be the world's largest nation and the 3rd largest in terms of population. What type of government would it have? Would it be...

Part of the success of the nazis was based on the design of the flag, uniforms etc. Suppose the nazi flag was instead designed as a pink stickman on a yellow background, and nazi uniforms were a ridiculous looking rainbow of florescent colours. Would they have come to power in Germany with...