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  1. Challenge: Create an alternative high-tech transportation to cars

    The solution is obviously a Wind Wagon Wank:

  2. International Buddhist-Fundamentalist Terrorism

    The easiest answer would be to slighly alter the doctrine of Aum Shinrikyo and have them go for international target(s). Its a syncretic belief system that draws upon Asahara's idiosyncratic interpretations of elements of early Indian Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism, as well as Hinduism, taking...

  3. Which colonial power "improved" their colonies the most?

    One interesting example that came up occasionally in this discussions was the North Borneo Chartered Company as an starting point for "postive" imperialism that might lift up a colony in the long term. ( Consequences of surviving Aceh Sultanate /this way/ on *Indonesia & Positive imperialism )

  4. AHC: Earlier Bone Wars and Paleontology Craze

    I think one interesting possibilty could be some form of scientifc paleontology developing in Song China: " It was Shen Kuo who formulated a hypothesis about the process of land formation (geomorphology) based upon several observations as evidence. This included his observation of fossil...

  5. AHC: Civil Rights wank

    One idea I had for a while was an African American science/economy wank. The starting point would be the POD of „Children Of Fire: An African-American TL” with a more successful freedman bank as explained by its author Kooluk Swordsman: „The POD I have set is that the Freedman's Savings and...

  6. What if C. H. Turner popularized conditional learning instead of Pavlov?

    Inspired by a quote form the article - This Pioneering Black Zoologist’s Insights Were a Century Ahead of Their Time: "Turner may also have been a step ahead of Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov. About 13 years before Pavlov published a renowned paper on salivating dogs and the fundamental form...

  7. Anarchist Germany (1933-1945)

    I am not sure a non ASB Anarchist Germany would be possible but you probably don‘t want Hitler but someone like this guy and his syndicalist movement „Johann Rudolf Rocker (March 25, 1873 – September 19, 1958) was a German anarchist writer and activist. His father died when he was a child, and...

  8. Mandate of Heaven: A Space Mad China in 1490

    This idea is basically based on a simple idea what if we combine the excellent timeline of Reach for the Skies: A Space Mad USA in 1876 with a fleshed out version of this thread Ming Dynasty and Steam Power and the Ch'ing-yang event of 1490. The Ch'ing-yang event of 1490 (Chíing-yang meteor...

  9. AHC: Drag World War II into the 1950s/60s

    I remember that one fondly. Gameplay wasnt great but the whole atmosphere of the endless trenches was great. Also Ungern von Sternberg 😀

  10. Alternate technologies

    One interesting alternate technology would be " Blowing Bubbles to Pollinate Flowers - Researchers in Japan have developed a soap bubble-based pollination method that is as effective as doing it by hand" just for the aesthetic otherwordlyness.

  11. How useful would earlier “back and forth” carrier pigeon be?

    Yes things like that. Mostly thinking/looking about/for possible interesting uses that wouldn't be immediately obvious. One example would be the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War were pigeons were used to carry mail between besieged Paris and the French unoccupied territory. Fairly...

  12. How useful would earlier “back and forth” carrier pigeon be?

    By 3000 BC, Egypt was using homing pigeons for pigeon post, taking advantage of a singular quality of this bird, which when taken far from its nest is able to find its way home due to a particularly developed sense of orientation. Messages were then tied around the legs of the pigeon, which was...

  13. Elephants In America

    "A common piece was the jingal or wall gun, a large caliber swivel gun usually used on tripods, the walls of forts and the decks of ships. They proved to be excellent elephant weapons as the animal gave the musketeers mobility and bracing" Link Not sure how widespread these types of weapon...

  14. Entry With A Bang – A Gunpowder Bronze Age

    Thanks for the link. But it seems to broken? I only got the general Doctor Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya Sagar (A Central University) front page. I am not sure who gets what at this point. Its all work in progress and those are just outlines I have for now. The only thing I am certain about is...

  15. Ethics of Cosmos TL - Socialism, Abolitionism and Science

    Quite the Tour der Force trough the ages. Any idea how far you want to take the timeline?

  16. Entry With A Bang – A Gunpowder Bronze Age
    Threadmarks: The Egyptian Origins of Chemistry – Urine, Fertility and Finding God II

    The Egyptian Origins of Chemistry – Urine, Fertility and Finding God II In the last part I already mentioned the importance to understand the cultural context Imhotep made his discovery. Let us try not only to understand the underlying science but mythical world the early Egyptian...

  17. Entry With A Bang – A Gunpowder Bronze Age

    Well, - "Sargon, king of Akkad, unified Lower and Upper Mesopotamia, creating the first true Mesopotamian empire. Though Sargon most commonly used the title "King of Akkad" (šar māt Akkadi), he also introduced the more boastful title of šar kiššatim ("King of Everything" or "King of the...

  18. Entry With A Bang – A Gunpowder Bronze Age

    Yep. Although we will see firecrackers and fire lances before we get into cannons. Curiously after reading a few threads with discussions about iron vs. bronze in gunpowder weapon making I found out that there is a type of bronze literally named gunmetal (alloy of copper, tin and zinc). You...

  19. Entry With A Bang – A Gunpowder Bronze Age

    Thanks for the tip. Will look into it. Hmm, so essentially opening the gate to the stars :cool:. Seriously tempted to build a "interesting" research facility in Naquada later in the timeline.

  20. Entry With A Bang – A Gunpowder Bronze Age
    Threadmarks: The Egyptian Origins of Chemistry – Urine, Fertility and Finding God

    The Egyptian Origins of Chemistry – Urine, Fertility and Finding God Imhotep Ancient Egyptian "the one who comes in peace"27th century BCE) was an Egyptian chancellor to the Pharaoh Djoser, architect of Djoser's step pyramid, and high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis and today is also...
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