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I have a question. Do any of you know of a serious scholarly attempt to categorize various "types" of religious schism. I'm thinking something along the lines of a cross study of major religions seeking parallels in historical circumstances that caused the many schisms that come about in...

Hello everyone. I have begun consideration of timelines that will cause an alternative discovery of America, and thus have to consider one of the most devastating consequences of that discovery. Smallpox devastated native american populations in our history, and thus one has to weigh the...

I'll let wikipedia explain: "Von Boyneburg did much to promote Leibniz's reputation, and the latter's memoranda and letters began to attract favorable notice. Leibniz's service to the Elector soon followed a diplomatic role. He published an essay, under the pseudonym of a fictitious Polish...

Title is a little weird, I know. Here's the challenge- sometimes in history a great thinker comes along to call for some philosophical utopia based a particular set of ideas they dream up. And sometimes in history (Lenin with Marx, the Reign of Terror with Rousseau) some revolutionary comes...

When I look at the year 1415 I see something akin to a fool's paradise with regard to alternate historians. The Council of Constance, the battle of Agincort, the conquest of Cuerta...some many events with so many long range impacts on history, all just waiting for that metaphorical monkey wrench...

Pop culture aside, it was well known is Christopher Columbus' time that the world was round. One merely had to measure the curve of the Earth's shadow upon the moon to make that realization AND know roughly how large the Earth was. And such knowledge would also tell you what a terrible idea...

So I'm considering a timeline in which the Greeks are swallowed up by another empire during their Dark Age (also known as the Bronze Age collapse). Perhaps the Egyptians or the Assyrians whether the Sea People invasion better than in our world, giving the power to expand into Greece. Doesn't...

In 1811, so I am reading, George IV became Prince Regent of the UK. He dashed the hopes of his Whig admirers by retaining the existing Parliament rather than replacing it with handpicked Whig members. I am further given to understand the Whigs were in favor of negotiating a peace with France at...

Out of curiosity, would it be possible to host a steam railroad on carved stone rather than metal and wood? I'm just spitballing about alternate technology to compliment my alternate earth.

Hi guys, I'm curious what you believe would happen to Egypt if Alexander the Great survives to establish a dynasty. Would the Ptolemies still be a regional power of the area? Would Alexander set his capital in Egypt, Babylon or return to Macedon? For the purposes of this POD assume Alexander...

Have you ever found yourself in a timeline quandary? You have your change point all lined up in your head and you merrily proceed down the path of your history as butterflies swarm in all directions. And then it happens....the wall! That one BIG historical event or tactical truism of the era you...

As you likely know, Aaron Burr came a hairs breadth away from being president in 1800. I'm looking for ideas about how events could be nudged in his favor and reasons why he might accept the presidency rather than refuse it as he claimed he would to Jefferson. Thanks in advance.

Hi guys, I need a feasibility check on a divergence point for 1410. I plan to have Sigismund (future Holy Roman Emperor) die while competing for the title King of the Romans with Jobst of Moravia (who survives longer in this timeline). First, is this feasible? Neithr Sigismund or Jobst strike me...

Hi guys, I need some opinions on a divergence point set in ancient china. Zhao Ji was the mother of the man who would become the First Emperor of a unified china. In our timeline she becomes a widow early into the reign of Huangdi's father, making her and the chief chancellor Lu Buwei the...

Hi guys, came across an interesting little bit of history I thought would be worth exploration. The background: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groot_Desseyn So, introducing one twist in this timeline. At the initial battle of Bahia, the fleet decides to wait for reinforcements from back...

China is often credited with several early important inventions that play a profound role in the rise and fall of civilizations. To name a few- the use of paper as a modus for writing, the invention of gunpowder, and the navigational compass, and the rudimentary predecessors to the word press...

Not literally of course...that sounds silly even by alternate history standards. But one classic way of building a timeline is to 'borrow' history from another point and use it as the basis for a new timeline. To wit- Tecumseh and Ghenghis Khan. Two men who, in their own times, attempted to...

Hi guys, I have a quick question related to a larger timeline I'm hoping to present soon. In brief, I'm hypothesizing an alternate history in which the state of Qi manages to unite the other states against Qin during the warring states period. The result is a unification of China that runs...

Hi guys, before I begin I'd like to offer some references for my line of thinking. http://www.lermuseum.org/en/chronology/young-nation-1867-1898/the-triple-alliance-and-the-triple-entente-1890-1905/ "Bismarck negotiated the Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungary and Italy. Because of the...