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I think that they would assume many cultural mores and faults people associate with Islam today, especially if the region gets artificially divided and tipped against itself as in OTL. People would be having debates about how "inherently violent" Syriac-Maronites were, and yes, there would...

These maniacs would probably be after some biological high-jinks. The scary thing would be that their goals are realistic. Do we really need a wider-recognition of the Draka for such people to exist? I think that certain concepts attract weirdos like honey attracts flies. Please take note...

"...The young man walked into his house, eyes bleary and ears red from the freezing Ithaca winter. It was a simple, two-room affair, not much more larger than the cheap housing used by many of the town's students. Most others would have chosen to share it with flatmates, but not him. Inside...

... like Tim Mc Veigh, but smarter and nastier. And kookier, for they literally believe in the multiple-universes theory, and that the Draka are alive and well somewhere. Any likelihood? Seeing weird quasi-fascists already singing praises to the Draka, not too unlikely, in my humble opinion.

I was living in Istanbul in 1998, but at the exact time of the change I might have been in Bodrum (On the Turkish Aegean coast,) or Cyprus, don't remember. I think I'm toasted in any way, Except maybe if I play my cards very carefully in Cyprus.

I'm really amazed at the way how everyone is seriously discussing what to do with alcohol and pork, as if Muslims are alien organisms that melt when exposed to either. (Also, don't let them eat after 12, especially during Ramadan!) The Ottoman Empire already had an answer to this - the...

Dunno about the state of the world, (it would certainly be to divergent to make any sense,) but there could be traditions of "de boning" certain males to make them into slaves or palace eunuchs. Furthermore, the "bones" of defeated enemies could be proudly worn as jewelry in certain tribal...

I'm glad you liked it... "Weapons grade" is an adjective that needs to be used more often!

If you know an iota of evolutionary development, this is so god-awfully implausible not seeing it in the ASB thread physically hurts you. "Four arms" (except the use of feet as "hands,") is impossible to get on a vertebrate body plan. More than 385 million years of tetrapod evolution has yet to...

No one needs "great" project managers, just make them the world's greatest buyers instead.

Alexander, yes, but Constantine the Great also influenced our modern world to great degree. Without him, or with different actions from him, the modern spread of monotheistic religions (aside from Judaism) would be very different indeed.

Why squish them when you can blast them? An explosive collar or crown of TNT should be far more painless, and easier to operate. The cleanup process could be easier as well, just hose down the room. Of course, I don't support any such means of killing anyone for any reason.

Relax everyone, no one will go "oh shit!" even if they see Kelenken - sized monsters, let alone Titanis. Europeans of the time already "lived in" a world where titanic sea monsters, cannibals without heads and eternal damnation were "real." Any giant terror birds would be quickly dealt with...

Whoa, I'm sorry that this thread has turned into a flamewar! Anyway, just to clarify some of my points: * I didn't intend to provoke anything with the wikipedia links, etc. Wikipedia might be biased, but those events (varlık vergisi, the 1955 pogrom, etc.) still took place. However, they took...

What if there was no population exchange between Greece and Turkey after the Greek invasion of Anatolia was repelled? How might this have come about in the first place? Perhaps the League of Nations had a little more backbone, and stepped in to avoid a catastrophic exchange of entire...