What if in the new world you had Creoles emerge between Spanish and regional native languages and become the dominant dialects of their respective regions, producing languages in Latin America with a relationship to Castilian similar to that between Haitian Creole and French.
how could you have an African equivalent of china, meaning a relatively continuous, large literate culture that survived into modernity and what would be the effects.
Well, in the case of the United States, racially categories are reflective of the social vestiges of the colonial era, so this might require a POD during the days of the Atlantic Slave trade. it is is feasible for example to have various European ethnic groups, such as the Irish, Germans and...
What if the indian subcontinent, after independence, splintered into more than just India Pakistan and west Pakistan (Bangladesh) along ethnic lines. Independent princedoms, kashmir etcetera. How would this come to pass, what would be the geopolitical effects.
These two questions might be completely unrelated but, what if the U.S. Annexed Okinawa at the end of the Second World War, could this set a precedent of overt U.S. imperialism in Asia, what would be the international ramifications. If the us won in Vietnam is it possible that it would annex...
See if you can make it so that India still is majority Buddhist or at least has a large Buddhist population up until at least the time of OTL Mughal empire. What effects would this have on the surrounding area, both religiously and politically.
Well, while jews where blamed during the Black Death for the pestilence, it was because of pre-existing prejudice, as opposed to the cause of widespread anti-semitism. "Retribution" against the Jews might be harsher though.
As horrible as it is to contemplate, Tsarist Russia would be a pretty...
Can you make a jewish sovereign state, or a territory devoted towards the settlement of the Jews, in the Maghreb, the near east or the Americas by 1800.
What if, the Qin were unable to unify china at the end of the warring states period? What would be the political and cultural ramifications in china and throughout East Asia? What would be the effect on the rest of Eurasia by means of the silk road etc.? What would be the effect on European...
What if during unification, Prussia and it's german allies allowed Austria to join the newly formed German Empire or if Austria was dominant among the german states which led to their eventual unification?
What if the Mughal empire had managed to stave of its decline and dissolution by suppressing the Marathas, Rajputs etc. and excluding the British and other Europeans from the Indian Trade?