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What would it take for Project Longshot to have been launched and built? Perhaps NASA's budget isn't decreased and a more sustainable alternative to the Shuttle is developed, allowing more money for a program like this? Say it left Earth orbit some time in the early 90s. It wouldn't have...

That is quite an impressive map.

They would probably convergently evolve the features of non-sponges. Body structure would be different (symmetry, vertebrate vs invertebrate, etc.) and unpredictable, but not unfathomable. The main difference would probably be on the microscopic level.

Would crocodiles still evolve the role they did in reality? Or would some other group become semi-aquatic generalists?

Could Capybaras be domesticated by the natives of South America for their meat and hides? They are already farmed in some areas, and breed faster than equines. If so, how far could domesticated capybaras spread? Perhaps the Taíno could bring them north into the Caribbean. How would they affect...

Before the Bedouin expanded out of the Arabian peninsula, did any nomads live in the Egyptian deserts? If so, who were they? What are scholarly writings referring to when they say "Bedouin" in the context of Bronze Age Canaan?

Cool update, interesting map. With Egyptian influence in Puntland and the Red Sea, is it likely they will have any major encounters with Magan and Dilmun, or would that be far off?

Good update as always. Short updates are good for overviews or descriptions, but long updates are good for following the actions of particular characters or a military campaign.

Was the invasion of Egypt a mistake?

Assuming his goal was to make France the lasting hegemon of Europe, what was Napoleon's first failure? What should he have done instead?

Great maps. Especially since maps of this region and era are so hard to find.

Interesting concept and good start. With the English now focused on the tropics, who knows what will happen in North America?

How could England get conquered as many times as possible, with a POD that doesn't prevent the 1066 invasions? Failed invasions don't count, but successful invasions with only short-term effects do. Conquests of most of England, but not all of it, do count. As does the emplacement of puppet...

The Vikings did build traction trebuchets, though. The Norse could probably introduce metalworking. Natives already had woodwork, but the lack of real metal tools would be an issue.

As racist as the British Empire was to the common people in Africa and Asia, they seemed to have respect for colonial and foreign princes and nobles. So how could African and Indian, and if possible Pacific, princes be incorporated into the House of Lords?

How could the Greek pantheon evolve into a monotheism like Atenism or Zoroastrianism did? What era would be best for this? Might some features be adopted from Judaism?

In the Saga of Vinland, there is a mention of pretty large "warslings" used by the natives: "It was a furious battle, for the savages had warslings to help them. Karlsevni and Snorri watched them lift up a pole with a huge knob on the end, black in color, and about the size of a sheep's belly...

What if they never trekked north and conquered/settled all the areas that they did? How would the colonization of South Africa proceed?

Divide and conquer, just like how the Spanish conquered Mexico and Peru and the British conquered India. Portugal had a huge naval advantage, winning battle after battle, and Spain would approach that (same tech, nearly equal tactics and tradition). The gap would be bridged by Spain's greater...

What would an India colonized by Spain, or acquired by Spain from Portugal, be like? Would Spanish administrators lump the Indians into one or two castes and create a few more with imported settlers and slaves from Europe and Africa? Or would they just build on top of the existing regional...