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    WI: Horses in South America

    Had an interesting idea lately after reading how indigenous peoples across the southern cone such as the Charrúa and the Mapuche quickly adapted to horseriding and cavalry during the advent of Spanish colonialism. Indeed, the environment of Rio Plata and the Pampas seems to be well suited to...
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    WI: No Boers, Stronger Khoisan

    Many of us are familiar with the Boers, the Dutch-speaking people of the Cape Frontier and modern-day South Africa. The origin of these people begins with a group of castaways when a Dutch East India Company ship was stranded in what would become Cape Town, forcing the crew to forage off the...
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    When Was the Earliest Time the Internet Could've Been Invented

    With a POD after 1920, what was the earliest date in which some engineers managed to advance computer science to the point where the internet could've become a possibility?
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    WI: Iraqi-Syrian Unification Was Sucessful?

    During 1949, the Hashemites proposed that the Kingdom of Iraq merge with the Republic of Syria under the Fertile Crescent Plan. The People's Party, located in Northern Syria were enthusiastic about the Fertile Crescent Plan, but the army-backed National Party opposed the very idea of living...
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    AHC: Make the Soviet Union Collapse a Decade Earlier

    With a POD no later than 1964 (after the end of Khrushchev era), how could things end up so badly for the Soviet Union, that the whole country ends up collapsing some time between the late 70s to the early 80s?
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    DBWI: Gorbachev Lives?

    On November 7th 1990, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev traveled to Red Square to celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the October Revolution and meet with anti-Soviet demonstrators. But as history would have it, Gorbachev was killed alongside Chairman of the Russian Presidium Boris Yeltsin after...
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    WI: Pigs in Aboriginal Australia

    On the island of Papua, the indigenous population raised small and skinny oceanic pigs (Sus Papuenis) as their primary livestock for thousands of years. This practice of pig farming would remain highly sacred, as pigs were not only a source of meat but were also used for rituals and symbols of...
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    DBAHC: Have a Fifth of the World Speak the Same Language

    Your challenge, should you choose to accept it is to have at least twenty percent of the world's population speak a single language. Have fun!
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    WI: A More Radical Imperial Japan?

    Before the rise of Hideki Tōjō, his party, the moderate Tōseiha (Control Faction) was opposed by the considerably more radical Imperial Way Faction, also known as the Kōdōha. Upset by the rise of political corruption and liberal democracy, the Kōdōha was built on an ideology that sought to...
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    Mass Irish Emmigration To Africa?

    After reading about the history of the Afrikaners and the Great Irish Famine, I've started to wonder: what if the British began encouraging Irish immigration to their African colonies? The Irish diaspora caused by the potato famine is well known, as starving farmers traveled from Boston to...
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    AHC: An American Hong Kong

    The challenge here is transforming Hong Kong from a British territory to an American Protectorate with a POD after 1945. Good Luck!
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    Kings of the Dark: An American Congo

    ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ “Every expansion of civilization makes for peace. In other words, every expansion of a great civilized power means a victory for law, order, and righteousness... It is only the...
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    WI: The Panama Canal Is Bombed

    During 1989, American troops overthrew Manuel Noriega, the dictator of Panama on charges of racketeering and drug smuggling. After his fall, documents written in his own handwriting were discovered, describing a secret plan from his military days to sabatoge the Panama Canal. During the 70's...
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    WI: Vietnam Becomes An American Protectorate

    In communist Vietnam, many saw the war as a fight for national liberation to prevent their country from being subverted by an imperialist power. Ironically enough, Vietnam itself could've had its independence completely subverted by America if things had gone a little differently in OTL. Now...
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    WI: A Communist Spy Overthrows South Vietnam?

    Colonel Pham Ngoc Thao a.k.a Albert Thao was a South Vietnamese colonel who began his military career as the Vietminh's head of espionage in Saigon but renounced communism after the country was divided. He later achieved prominence after putting down a coup led by disloyal officers against...
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    AHC: A One-Party Democracy in America

    From 1955–1993, the Liberal Democratic Party governed Japan under what was known as the one and a half party system. Thanks to foreign influence and relative economic prosperity, the party managed to weather the massive Lockheed bribery scandals. However, the LibDems would fall from power after...
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    WI: The Original Plan For 9/11 Went Through?

    During my visit the 9/11 memorial, a tour guide told me that the original plans for 9/11 would've also targeted attractions across both coasts of America. Naturally, I was curious and after doing a bit of research on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's original plans for the terror attacks, I found out...
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    WI: No Reichstag Fire

    On 1933, the Nazi Government was in the process of passing the Enabling Act, a proposed law that gave Chancellor Hitler the power to pass laws, without the Reichstag interfering. To do this, Hitler planned to ban the Communist Party to remove Reichstag members who would oppose the law. The KPD...
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    WI: The Invasion of Kuwait Never Happens

    Before the invasion of Iraq, tensions had been simmering between Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and the tiny (but wealthy) nation of Kuwait. The State of Kuwait had loaned Iraq $80 billion dollars, finding its fight against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Despite their strong relations during the...
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    WI: The 2012 Solar Superstorm Hits Earth

    During July 23rd, 2012, a massive coronal mass ejection (CME) from the Sun was one week away from hitting the Earth. But let's say that the event happened during July 16th instead and it ends up becoming another Carrington Event. The Superstorm hits and entire power grids get knocked out, along...
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