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The likely problems provided by the Appalachian mountains in CSA TLs is one that intrigues (and also confuses) me, and is something I don't think has been analyzed in any fiction I am aware of. Since boarders along mountain regions are very hard to manage I imagine that in a CSA TL the USA and...

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POD: In the late 1600s, agents of the British and Dutch East India companies respond to the purchase of Elephants for menageries in Europe and Britain as a possible future investment. Knowing that Asian Elephants are easier to keep than African elephants, and that the biggest risk posed by...

For those more knowledgeable of the history of metallurgy, at what points in time could the Siemens-Martin process and the Open Hearth Furnace design have been invented before the time it was in OTL?

I recently decided to educate myself on the history of the Zulu kingdom, and one possible POD in its history has intrigued me. What if the events of the 2nd Zulu Civil War had been avoided, and King Mpande's son Mbuyazi became his successor instead of Cetshwayo? I'm hoping that those more...

I'd like to see what it takes to have as large and prosperous Liberia as possible. I've read a little on the efforts of expansion during the Gardiner presidency and the political bullying the state faced by Britain and Germany during The Scramble. So what/who/whom would it take to provide...

How might an independent CSA affect the economy, immigration, and labor supply in North America? How might the levels of foreign investment differ? How might the levels of immigration differ? Might either country see a surplus or deficit in labor (free people able and willing to work). This...

Throughout the 1900s the British Australian govt employed aborigines as police to suppress other aborigines from tribes not their own. Could this practice have been used in the USA. That is using employing Native Americans in armed divisions to suppress other tribes. Such as using Cherokees...

What would it take to prevent the Indian Rebellion in 1857? What would be the consequences?

What POD(s) would it take so that at least one penal colony was maintained on the mainland of Australia and/or Tasmania into the late 1800s or early 1900s? Could they gain a similar setup to France's 'Devil's Island' in which female and male prisoners are introduced in hope of building up the...

According to this link: So lets say a follow up attack is made. Either because Bragg changes his mind, Bragg is killed and Longestreet takes command, or another reason. Does this delay the capture of Atlanta or other Union victories?

Lets say that the silver and other minerals of Mt. Davidson remain undiscovered for decades longer than in OTL. What are the butterflies. The ones I've considered are: No Pyramid Lake/Paiute War (better for Paiutes?), Nevada statehood is delayed (may not affect A.Lincoln's...

In 1870 Italy adopted the Swiss designed 'Vetterli' bolt action system for their army's official firearm. To save costs though they left the tubular magazine of the Swiss design out of their model. Which took away the greatest advantage of the Swiss Vetterli, relatively rapid repeating fire. It...

Without Napoleon Bonaparte around during the French revolution how would things have gone differently for France? Could the blockade at Toulan have been broken by someone else? Could Tallyrand find another to capture Egypt?

In the text of the treaty between France and the USA selling the LA territory it says What if instead of showing friendship to the USA with its sale, France tries to win back the Ottomans to their side a little earlier than in OTL by selling them LA as an apology to loosing them Egypt for a few...

Hello all! This will be my first TL on this site, and thus probably not the best. Its going to be on the 'light' side plausibility wise IMHO. I've been working on the idea for it over the past couple of weeks and decided to write it for fun. So expect bad writing, poor research, and regret for...

I'm not sure how many forums have already gone into depth on what France and the world would be like without Nap so please link me to them. For those who'd like to renew the discussion, please do. As well how would the life of General Alexandra Dumas be different without Nap, who may or may not...

During the mid-1780s (1783-85) what diseases could have easily created an epidemic throughout the European continent, or a least from France to Austria, and what scenario is necessary could increase its spread.

Why? Did it have more to due with the personalities of the people in charge at the time, or something else?

Have the mass production of interchangeable gun parts possible by the first decade of the 19th century. The best POD I can think of so far is having Thomas Jefferson convince Honoré Blanc to move to the USA, circa 1785, to improve his methods. Then folks like Simon North and Eli Whitney, still...