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  1. AHD/AHQ: The lifespan of empires-dynasties

    I mean, just read Spengler. It all gets laid out.

  2. AHC: Prevent the Second Boer War

    The 'concern' over the uitlanders was just a pretext to invade and seize the gold and diamond mines directly. The Brits were willing to leave the Boers alone after the first Boer War, because they didn't have anything the British wanted, I guarantee you that if the British knew what was under...

  3. AHC: Prevent the Second Boer War

    Have all the gold and diamonds the Boers were living over disappear, no other way.

  4. Could Swedish and Finnish gold be mined in 1700?

    Could the gold deposits in Northern Sweden and in Finland have been mined around the year 1700? I'm finding it difficult finding what the geological nature of the deposits are, like the depth or type of ore. Plz help.

  5. WI: 'Super Wood' developed in the 1800's?

    Not necessarily, the study describes range of ideal lignin content (11% being the best), with a bit of experimentation you could just time the immersion process, no need to be super precise to get results. The heat pressing seems to use steam rollers (clothesiron?) and the vikings used to...

  6. Could Japanese Spider Crabs be Domesticated?

    Oh god please no! No! No! No!

  7. Info on the Finances of the Swedish Empire 1680-1720?

    Bumping to stay alive.

  8. WI: 'Super Wood' developed in the 1800's?

    Yeah I was just thinking the same thing, unstoppable timber-clad galleys would be awesome, though I don't know how well a pre-industrial, pre-scientific revolution tech base would be able to do. The process is pretty low-tech, but you need to know how to produce sodium hydroxide and sulfite in...

  9. Info on the Finances of the Swedish Empire 1680-1720?

    Does anyone have any links/screenshots/book recommendations on the finances of the Swedish Empire during it's Great Power period? In particular I'm looking for info on their German and Baltic possessions, under the Wittelsbach's. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.

  10. What would a native Germanic (Non-Christian) civilization look like?

    Society and warfare are pretty easy to surmise, and as for political arrangement the continuation and further sophistication of tribal kingships seems most plausible. What doesn't come to mind is the unifying element that keeps the Germans settled and peaceful enough to make their civilization...

  11. What would a native Germanic (Non-Christian) civilization look like?

    Perhaps I should clarify what I mean by 'civilization'; What customs and social technologies might a non-christian, non-Romanized Germanic society develop that leads to them building and living in their own cities without slaughtering one another over successive generations? What justifications...

  12. What would a native Germanic (Non-Christian) civilization look like?

    I'm trying to brainstorm what an indigenous German civilization would look like without the introduction of Christianity, or conquest by Rome. Latin or Greek influences are acceptable, but the origin of the civilization can't be forced from outside powers or copied wholesale. Any ideas what such...

  13. AHC: Cold War Between Socialism/Communism and Fascism

    If the US gets involved in this Alt-WW2, then maybe. Otherwise I think it unlikely that the US would declare war without a clear cases-beli, though perhaps I am underestimating the depravity of mid-century American foreign policy.

  14. AHC: Cold War Between Socialism/Communism and Fascism

    This would have probably been the outcome of a successful Third Reich vs. America cold war. The FDR administration was pretty much socialist, and all those communist refugees from Europe probably would end up turning the USA Red(maybe just Pink) by the 70's.

  15. Soviet Civil War if Stalin dies in 1939/40?

    If Stalin were to suddenly die sometime after the start of WW2 but before 1941 would the Soviet Union have degenerated into civil war? I have no idea what the factions of power blocs of the Soviet regime of the time were like, other than everything revolved around The Boss, so if he died would...

  16. Steam powered rams in Hellenistic/Roman period?

    Question is: Would it have been possible for the Greeks/Romans to develop a steam engine - independent of other technological advances - capable of powering a steam ram?

  17. What was the southernmost African 'Settlement kingdom' during Roman Times.

    A single trading post is not a civilization.

  18. Making a confusing, overly-complex political system

    You could pretty much just copy the administrative system of any late-stage empire. Rome/Byzantine beaurocracy are of course famous, I'm sure Manchu or Ming would be around the same level of "sophistication." Modren America as well, maybe the EU?

  19. What was the southernmost African 'Settlement kingdom' during Roman Times.

    I don't believe there was anything you might call 'civilization' below Aksum and Kush during those times.

  20. Reaction to uninterrupted Plan R-4 (Allied invasion of Norway)

    Alright, that sounds perfectly plausible. I'm curious as to your thoughts as to what comes after though? I personally cant help but think that invading a neutral county would have ended - perhaps not immediately - in political scandal. Does it sink Churchills career? I don't doubt the Wallies...
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