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  1. TheWitheredStriker

    Surviving Kingdom of Nepal

    How could the Nepalese monarchy survive? Preventing the 2001 massacre is a must, but at that point Nepal was also dealing with a Maoist insurgency, and the country's development had been lagging for a long time. The country was moving towards parliamentary democracy in the late 50's, but King...
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    A Mozarabic/Romance Granada?

    I find the Emirate of Granada to be a fairly interesting state. It was the final remaining rump of the once-so-might al-Andalus, but that didn't make it a backwater by any means. Granada was economically prosperous and culturally vibrant, and Muslims, Christians, and Jews seemingly lived...
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    Cambodia either stays Hindu, or reverts to Hinduism

    The Khmer Empire fascinates me for several reasons. It was a highly prosperous and deeply developed empire, invented the first modern healthcare system, was larger than the Eastern Roman Empire, and remained Hindu in an era where basically all of its neighbours were Buddhist, being the only...
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    AHC/WI: Independent Goa

    For those unaware, Goa refers to a Portuguese possession on the coast of India from 1505 onwards. Its population converted to Christianity as a result of Portuguese colonialism. After India became independent in 1947, they demanded that Portugal turn over Goa to them, but Portugal (then under a...
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    Doctrine of a Japanese Christianity

    I've been working on a Christian Japan timeline off-site for a little while now, and while I originally started it as a Catholic Japan TL, I recently began exploring the much more rarely explored idea of Japan instead being Protestant. This happened after I read up on the Chinese Rites...
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    WI: Ferdinand Magellan sails for Portugal?

    I don't think I've ever seen this one done before. Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who circumnavigated the world ... in service of Spain. His history in Portugal became rather turbulent: For the sake of this scenario, let's suppose Magellan and Manuel don't have a falling-out...
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    Hui/Dungan nation-state: how, why, when?

    The idea of a Hui "national homeland" sounds fascinating to me, especially after reading up on Tunganistan and the Panthay Rebellion. I would love to tackle the existence of such a state in a TL, but I'm not entirely sure how and why this state would form, nor in what time period. Hence why I...
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    WI/AHQ: Independent Scotland, longer-living Edward VI

    The most recent idea that entered my head as of late involves keeping Scotland independent from England and making it a decent power in its own right. For this to happen, the accession of James VI (I) to the English throne in 1603 absolutely has to be avoided. Since Elizabeth I would probably...
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    AHQ: The Papal States keeps its exclaves in France, what happens in 1870?

    Temporarily putting potential butterflies aside (though I doubt this PoD is going to change too much before 1870), I’ve recently been wondering what would happen if the Papal States still controlled Avignon and the Comtat Venaissin when the Italians capture Rome. Let’s suppose that, at the...
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    AHC/WI: A Moorish/Mudéjar state in North Africa AFTER 1492?

    Heya! I've been trying to find a way for the Moors to set up their own state after the collapse of Granada in 1492, when they effectively lost statehood. IOTL, I've found two attempts at the establishment of a Morisco/Mudéjar state: The Morisco Revolt from 1568-71. The Moors rallied after...
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    An Islamic Romance ethnic group

    For reasons not entirely clear to me, I've always been fascinated by the idea of a Romance ethnic group converting to Islam and maintaining said religion, along with their culture and language, to the present. I've experimented several times with means of achieving this in TLs, such as a...
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    Portuguese Canary Islands: Method and implications?

    The idea of the Canary Islands being taken not by Spain/Castile but rather by the good ol' Portuguese bois has been floating around in my mind as of lately, especially as it seems that the Portuguese had a vested interest in them (and also discovered them outright). I've looked at this thread...
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    Is there any way for the Bosniaks to win the Bosnian War?

    Currently in the post-1900 board, but demographical issues may necessitate a pre-1900 PoD. If this becomes the case, I will request a move to pre-1900. This may be a potentially sensitive or controversial thread, as it will deal with an alternate Bosnian War, so let me just put this up here...
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    WI/AHC: Islamic Myanmar/Burma

    Random as it may sound, I would find it very interesting to toy around with the idea of Myanmar/Burma converting to Islam. In our modern day, Myanmar is considered to be a Buddhist stronghold, but back in the day, the circumstances for it to adopt Islam were certainly there: To its west were the...
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    WI/AHC: Surviving Bengal Sultanate

    Since lately I've been pretty fascinated by the Bengal Sultanate, and in one of my new TL projects I'd love to try and keep it alive. The effects on the region could be very interesting, especially if the Sultanate expands into Assam and develops closer ties with Burma (which might even go...
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    [AHQ] Ottoman Italy: Consequences?

    Okay so just so we're all on the same line: I'm nearly dead-set on making an Ottowank timeline where Italy is in Ottoman hands, and a majority of Italians are converted to Islam. If you believe that this is implausible, that's okay :) but I'm not here to ask second thoughts on the plausibility...
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    The umpteenth "Byzantine Empire survives" TL; clichés and pitfalls to avoid? Unique ideas to add?

    A billion different "What if the Byzantine Empire never fell?" timelines exist, and I am all for them, plentiful as they may be. In fact, I plan to add another one to the pile; one that butterflies Manzikert whole. But I notice that many of these timelines (not targeting any TL on this forum...
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    Italy united by Leopold II of Tuscany

    I love alternate unifications of Italy, but based on my research, it seems that next to the Savoyard state, the only Italian polity both willing and able to unify Italy was the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, led by Leopold II of Habsburg-Tuscany (a local Italian branch of the Habsburgs, much like the...
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    AHQ: Christian Japan => Longer Sengoku period required?

    I won't beat around the bush: My objective here, cliché as it may be, is to attain a Christian Japan. Originally, I considered having Oda Nobunaga survive, instead of dying in the Honno-ji Incident. I remembered that he was sympathetic to Christianity, viewing it as a tool against the Buddhist...
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    A surviving Kingdom of Yugoslavia to the present

    I've been searching for a way to get Yugoslavia to survive to the present day as a kingdom, so with the monarchy intact. Federalization is fair game and I think it is necessary for the country's survival. I've come across many suggestions, including a longer and different reign of King Alexander...
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