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  2. Flags of Countries that Barely Were

    I'm a fan of countries that just barely existed - the short lived states that spring up in coups, crises, and civil wars but then are wiped from the map (and often the collective memory as well). They also sometimes have fun flags - here's a few of my favorites. The Federal Republic of...

  3. AHC: Can Yugoslavia be saved?

    As we all know, the breakup of Yugoslavia was a gigantic mess, resulting in untold death, destruction, and loss of heritage. Is there any way it could have turned out differently? Would a decentralized Yugoslavia have worked, or even been possible? Could it have transitioned to democracy...

  4. AH Cultural Descriptions

    Inspired by this thread, the idea is simple: I'll start by posting the name of a cultural object from an alternate history. The next person will reply with a description of that thing and then their own name. This could be anything - a song, a painting, a statue, a book - even a food item or...

  5. AHC: The United States of the Ionian Islands Survives

    The United States of the Ionian Islands was a British protectorate from 1815 to 1864, when it was ceded to Greece. The British took control of the Islands in 1815 upon the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars. So how can we make this insular little state survive up until the present? Could they...

  6. AHC: Britain Keeps Hong Kong Up to Present Day

    Hong Kong, often called Britain's last colony, was handed over to the PRC in 1997. This was the result of the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration, negotiated mostly between the governments of Margaret Thatcher and Deng Xiaoping. Those negotiations were apparently pretty contentious - Deng...

  7. Earlier Chinese Timelines?

    I'm interested in reading some AH that is focused on China. Regrettably, all of the timelines on the wiki , while great, focus on 20th century and modern China. Are there any good/great timelines with a focus on pre-modern or early modern China? Thanks for the recommendations! :)...

  8. Why didn't all societies adopt writing?

    It seems odd to me that human societies didn't universally adopt some form of writing system until the European domination of much of the world spread the latin script nearly everywhere. Although most large human societies (Persia, China, Islamic world, India, Ethiopia, etc) had a...

  9. AHC: Nationalism in Post-Mughal India

    By the end of Aurangzeb's reign, the Mughal Empire was in decline and beset by religious turmoil. The Hindu Maratha's were challenging their dominance across southern and central India, while foreign powers (notably the British, French, and Dutch) were trying to gain influence. India in 1707 was...

  10. AHC: Woman Leads the Soviet Union

    The Soviet Union, on paper, had almost complete equality of the sexes and guaranteed rights for women. In practice, however, I can think of not one prominent female leader from after the Revolution. So, with a POD after Lenin's death, can you conceive of a scenario in which a woman rises to...

  11. Fascism in Paraguay

    Paraguay, that much-maligned Latin American country, has had a terrible history (see this article for a fascinating background). In the 1860s, the country lost over 80% of its male population in The War of the Triple Alliance. A series of dictatorships in the first half of the twentieth...

  12. Progress, Decline and Hope: A Collaborative Timeline

    PROGRESS, DECLINE, AND HOPE: A COLLABORATIVE TIMELINE An award-winning collaborative timeline started by Aero in January 2011 and ending in March 2013. Progress, Decline, and Hope won the 2012 Turtledove Awards for “Best New Collaborative Timeline” and finished a close second in polling for...

  13. WI: Frederick III Survives

    This is a commonly mentioned POD, but I only found one big discussion thread on it, and that was from 2010. After the death of his father William I, Frederick III of the German Empire ascended to the throne, in 1888. However, he had incurable throat cancer, and died after only 99 days on the...

  14. AHC: Make Jainism as influential as Buddhism in the West

    In the last 110 years, Buddhism has become quite influential in Western culture. There are over 5 million non-immigrant-descended Buddhists in Western countries across the globe, especially in the United States and Europe. Many more Westerners associate Buddhism with concepts like karma, yoga...

  15. AHC: Bengal Renaissance Leads to Industrialization

    The Bengal Renaissance was a period of immense social change, literary flouring, and cultural shift in Bengal from about 1800 to 1940. Its secular leaders were men like Ram Mohan Roy and Rabindranath Tagore, as well as prominent religious figures like Sri Aurobindo Ghosh. There was also a...

  16. AHC: Prevent Comic Books From Becoming Popular

    In the prewar years, comic books experienced a huge rise in popularity throughout the Western world. In the United States, the first Golden Age of comic books saw the rise of the superhero archetype. In France, Franco-Belgian comics developed in the late '20s with popular characters like Tintin...

  17. AHC: British New Zealand Remains Maori-Majority

    Today, Maoris in New Zealand make up about 15% of the country's population. They are relatively well off, although somewhat societally disadvantaged. On average, Maori are a little poorer and shorter-lived than other New Zealanders. Nevertheless, they are a powerful voting bloc and have strong...

  18. Could Japan Have Beaten the Europeans in 1941?

    Inspired by the thread about the purely American/Japanese War. Let's say, as that poster did, that Germany is beaten back by a Franco-British in the Ardennes. They're eventually pushed back into Germany, and a coup overthrows Hitler and settles for peace. Germany is still a threat, but no longer...

  19. AHC: Largest British Empire Without India

    Assuming a POD sometime in the 18th or perhaps sometime in the early 19th century, create the largest British Empire possible without including India. I was wondering about this because I was reading about the economics of the British Empire, and India was the only major money-making source...

  20. AHC: Make Hanfu the Preeminent Clothing Style in Modern China.

    Hanfu was traditional Chinese clothing from Confucian times until the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, which was not ruled by Han, but rather by Manchus. The Manchu imposed upon China strict dress rules, and introduced what is now known as Chinese traditional clothing. This, covered under...
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