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  1. What if Europe stayed primarily united as an empire as China did?

    Have to disagree with you there no they were not i really recommend the The Pattern of the Chinese Past by Mark Elvin ( it does have it's errors ) but it's still a good read ok the basis of why the song would not have industrialized So a british style industrialization never would have...
  2. AHC: Stop the Confederacy from seceding

    Probably something roughly analogous to OTL: the creation of a de facto racial underclass at the national level in part due to de jure discrimination at the state level and in part due to de facto discrimination from the white people who already have the vast bulk of economic and political...
  3. ImperialxWarlord

    WI: no Gothic Wars

    Or just have him commit more troops to the war. Have Belisarius not fight on a shoe string budget and have mundus and his sons sons not die. There’d be no Ostrogothic comeback, and a mostly undamaged Italy would be under imperial control within a year or so.
  4. AHC/WI: 1979 unification of Iraq and Syria succeeds

    There still going to be opposition on one side or the other. You would need ax the whole Assad Family or Iraqi leadership for this to work or some type of major crisis. Neither party is going want to subordinate it’s self to the other and lose power.
  5. What if Europe stayed primarily united as an empire as China did?

    China was no more homogenous than Europe, but as soon as the Qin Dynasty, hundred of thousands or millions of people from Central China (the Zhongguo) were deported to settle new lands on the fringe of the Empire. So China had more than two millenia of colonisation, ethnic cleansings and others...
  6. RedKing

    A Queen Twice Over: Mary Tudor the Elder Marries Francis I of France

    Aw, hopefully Mary gets to see Katharine often, and props to Margaret for recognising the one true Queen! Brilliant update!
  7. Sarufiyyun

    WI: no Gothic Wars

    Justinian's intent was completely clear. He wanted to bring Italy back into de facto imperial control. Have Justinian assassinated and maybe his successor would be content with annexing some peripheral areas and forcing tribute from Ravenna.
  8. AHC/WI: 1979 unification of Iraq and Syria succeeds

    I believe it would be around equal.
  9. A 'smarter' NATO cartridge strategy 1950-1980?

    I’ve seen a lot of references to lessons learned (or not) in WW2 and Vietnam, but what about Korea? Were the cold weather issues experienced by US troops there really blamed on leftover WW2 ammunition? Did the NK and Chinese have the same cold weather issues the NATO forces had? ric350
  10. What if Europe stayed primarily united as an empire as China did?

    1) the mameluks are great counter example they. Had egypt one of the wealthiest places yet this is the sultanate that destroyed part of the levant for fear of the crusades , did terribly in terms of economical reform , the beurocracy was horrible And in some way shape or from made one of the...
  11. FalconHonour

    A Queen Twice Over: Mary Tudor the Elder Marries Francis I of France
    Threadmarks: Section XLIV: September 1522

    Greenwich, September 1522 Katherine alights from the barge on Greenwich’s wharf, her hand light on Rhys ap Griffith’s arm. She glances around, taking in every detail of her daughter’s home. Oh, she has seen it all a thousand times before, but now, with everything changed, she seems to be...
  12. SealTheRealDeal

    AHC/WI: 1979 unification of Iraq and Syria succeeds

    would the new state be majority Shia or Sunni?
  13. mapperific

    What if the French Revolution never happened? | Fraternité en Rébellion
    Threadmarks: CHAP 26 PART 3 - The Romanian Principalities: A Frontline of the Nine Years’ War

    1822-1830: A Frontline of the Nine Years’ War CHAPTER 26: "The Romanian Principalities" PART 3 The Great Powers of Europe were thrown into war against each other in the summer of 1822 as skirmishes in the North American continent between the British Empire and the young United States triggered...
  14. Greeks also deported to the Levant during World War 1

    I was referring to a specific action that took place during said genocide.in this case being the deportion of the Armenians to the Levant.
  15. A 'smarter' NATO cartridge strategy 1950-1980?

    No reason why they could not convert the .303 to .270, there would be large stocks of relatively new Bren's in the inventory and I could easily see the need for something a bit more portable than the TADEN for some units much as L4's were used even after the FN MAG was introduced.
  16. WI: no Gothic Wars

    The PoD is that Justinian does not go into an all out war against the Goths but opts gor a more limited campaign Two variants - which do you think is better? 1. Invasion of North Africa + Sardinia and Corsica. Ostrogothic Kingdom is made an ally in a diplomatic way, with posdible further...
  17. ChadMachine999

    AHC/WI: 1979 unification of Iraq and Syria succeeds

    Have either Assad or Saddam die and make the other one leader.
  18. A 'smarter' NATO cartridge strategy 1950-1980?

    Switching from 30-06 to 7.62 x51 or similar is worthwhile, the new round is marginally lighter, uses less material and shorter. They could have gotten better performance from the M80 cartridge by using a longer, more aerodynamic projectile more deeply seated in the case. If the US had grabbed...
  19. WI: no Charles Martel

    I mean a ttl where the Asturian Kingdom doesn't form and Al Andalus rules the Peninsula could see more andalusian and muslim activity in the Atlantic, specially with a weaker france at the time. specially once the Vikings enter the picture. Honestly if France doesn't manage to pull itself...
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