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Things China was looking for or that might encourage overseas expansion - jade and pepper. IIRC the chinese value jade more highly than precious metals and during the voyages of Zheng He they were trading for pepper in India weight for weight with gold. Why they would go the colonial route to...

My advice to the OP is to hearken unto Cook and Calbear. Both of these guys know what they are talking about with respect to WWII (and probably many other things but this is a WWII subject). For an operation of this size and complexity the casualties were negligible. It was a stunning success...

Remove anti-semitism from catholic doctrine (christ-killers was an alternative name for jews in the early days of the church). That would help in europe at least. It should reduce most of the restrictions that jewish communities operated under.

Not sure it can be killed. Ratings will always be skewed to the lowest common denominator audience, so this is the audience that will be pandered to. Down here, I manage to not watch any reality TV simply by not watching FTA (free-to-air). Unless you are including sports as reality TV....

As Steve said above - WWI is the key. It really brought the British back to earth with a thud. Not just physically, but mentally as well.

Sorry, Mel Gibson has always considered himself an American. You will just have to take your tarring with good grace.

Yes, Koalas regularly go on killing sprees down here....:eek: Best not to mention the wombats... The southern parts of Western Australia are quite clement but they are a fair old hike from the Mughal stomping grounds. WA does have ludicrous amounts of mineral resources but they are generally...

I have read that aircraft development during WW1 packed 20 normal years into 5. So that is the sort of tech gap you would be looking at (not 20 years across the board, that is just an example for a particular segment).

The main reason for a colony in Australia was to replace America as a place to dump convicts. Even if the British retain the 13 colonies an alternative for convict transportation will still be required (the colonists weren't terribly happy about transportation of convicts to their shores IIRC)...

To overcome range limitations for electric cars have someone come up with the battery swap idea early on. Provided the vehicle is designed with this in mind it becomes no different than fueling up an ICE vehicle, you would just have to do it more often in the early years.

Was there any preference given to christians over other religions in selection for military or administrative posts? I recall reading that this was the case but cannot remember where or when. If this was the case then chritianity would have been a contributing factor, but only one of many.

You guys are focusing on 15 a side rugby and forgetting that there are also 10 a side, 7 a side and Touch versions of the game. In a world without soccer the dominant sport would probably be a combination of 7 a side and touch for the same reasons stated earlier regarding soccer - simplicity...

I think it would require a personality-ectomy on Custer to start with.

I would be interested in the boards opinion on what are the most viable methods for a government to raise revenue without the onerous imposition of direct taxes (including duties/levees etc). By viable I mean can the proposed measure generate sufficient revenue to cover state expenditure. I...

This would depend on what the POD is and when it is. The closer to 1900 you make the POD the less likely a recognisable WWII analogue will arise. On the other hand, if the POD is too close to the OTL WWII dates then the chances of Japanese victory decline precipitously assuming a similar set of...

Stalin snuffing it a few years earlier would probably do it from a reunited under the south POV.

JN1 - well this aussie will pop up and tell you that he is a crazed rugby fanatic and that AFL can go and jump in the creek.....

Not sure where people are getting their info from but some of the richest agricultural land on the planet is within Australia's borders. Current population of 21M and a (substantially) net food exporter. As for resource base, if we are referring to minerals it compares fairly well to Africa -...

Weren't the Etruscans pretty egalitarian in regard to womens rights? If so, have the Etruscans either do better and butterfly Rome or have Rome be more culturally influenced by the Etrucans in this regard.

I wonder what the British attitude to the Dominions would be in this scenario? Would they be scapegoated as well?