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Are there any states that would of had the potential to be federations themselves, like the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina which, with the Srpska Republic, is a constituent part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, either at its formation (like Switzerland) or by decentralization (like Belgium)?

I don't know much about post-1900 Asian history but.... would North Korea be confident enough invade South Korea if the Chinese Civil War was still going on in that year?

I needed to find a book to read (I eventually settled with a PHP book since I need to learn it) and while I was looking I found one called Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean. So, is it possible or plausible to have Jews settle somewhere in the Americas?

I read somewhere in this sub-forum a lonnnnggg time ago that India and East Asia wouldn't have advanced that far concerning various fields of science because their way of thinking and religion doesn't concern absolute truth like the Abrahamic faiths (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, etc.). Would...

What if Tengriism, the religion worshiped mostly by nomads of the Eurasian steppes like the Turkic peoples, was more adaptive to non-nomadic life during the Migration Period of the 1st millennium? Could it become a proselytizing belief that could conflict with Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and...

2928 (595 CE) “Hanjyo! I have news that you would find auspicious!” Yogwi Jaeso is the outpost’s messenger, traveling back in forth between this and the closest town to the east. Seogtta Hanjyo was a very bored young man who had hated his current post since he had been assigned to it a...

Let's say that the Manchus never get into China, that general (Sangui?) never opening the gates or some other thing. Once the Russians come to that area, would China still use the Great Wall as it's northern border during the 19th century or will it act and use their Manchu and Mongolian...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minahasa With a POD after 1945, make majority Protestant Christian North Sulawesi part of either the Netherlands themselves, an independent nation, or part of Philippines. Highest points will be awarded to TLs where Indonesia is not further separated apart from...

Ok, we've seen AH with Sweden being in a personal union with Poland, Brandenburg, or Poland-Lithuania. Now, is it possible for a Danish-Swedish union (without Norway) to come about before 1350?

With close proximity to the Indian subcontinent and Nepal, Tibet could have gone either to Buddhism or Hinduism. So, what if the rulers of the Tibetan Empire in the 8th and 9th centuries chose to adopt Hinduism instead of Buddhism as it was in OTL? How long would it have lasted, especially...

While looking at a hot Japanese celebrity's credits, one of the shows he had appeared in was The Long Love Letter, about a Japanese high school ISOTED to a future where natural resources were depleted. This was in 2002, but I want to know, are there any other TV shows or films involving ISOT...

How plausible is it for a Catholic Counter Reformation to be much more successful, taking back converts (and royalty) in places as far as maybe Northern Germany, Netherlands, and possibly the British Isles? If it is, what changes (I assume this to be really radical) will have to be enforced...

With a POD no earlier than 1783, make the USA have at least 20%-25% of it's population speaking French. However, the Americans must not have French Canada or any of the Caribbean islands controlled by France.... ever. So, the only way to make this possible is through immigration. 25 points for...

What would happen if Japanese animated media were not banned from being sold and shown in public like in OTL when Tipper Gore used the movie Akira as an example for all animation in Japan being either violent or overtly sexual?

What would be necessary during the USA's early years for it to become a very centralized country as opposed to OTL's federal system?

With a POD no earlier than 1775. How did this US come to be?

In OTL, the Baybayin writing system used by the early Spanish authority in Philippines for religious as well as legal documents, but the practice gradually died out, as it was more practical to use the Latin alphabet. WI instead of being almost forgotten by the mainstream[1] population; it...

Tell me what you guys think, and please comment and/or correct any mistakes made. As well as giving me good links to Korean history in the late 19th Century sites. :) 1883: September: Min Young-ik, a relative of Queen Min, returns to Korea from a two month long tour of the United States of...

How did this happen? POD is sometime after 1750.

Can Fort Caroline really survive if Ribault's navy wasn't scattered and beached while attempting to attack Saint Augustine in 1575? Would enough Huguenots and other Frenchmen be willing to settle in northern Florida next to the hostille Timucans and the climate? Will England look at this colony...