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  1. Huehuecoyotl

    Blue Phoenix: How Sega Won the War
    Threadmarks: Update 1: Saturn rumors & Mega Genesis

    Sega Prepares 32-Bit Game Machine from Electronic Gaming Monthly 052, November 1993 [1] For much of the last year, Sega has been steaming ahead in developing its new 32-Bit game console. Tom Kalinske, Sega president, has indicated that the new machine will be called ‘Saturn’. Saturn is said to...
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    A Franco-American war in the 1860s.

    With a POD as early as, say, the 1850s, is it possible for the USA and the Second French Empire to go to war with one another in the mid/late 1860s? (Over the Mexican situation, perhaps?) If so, what would the outcome of such a war be?
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    WI: Francis Drake is killed in 1567?

    In 1567, one John Hawkins, an Englishman, sailed into Veracruz harbor with nine ships and a secret cargo of African slaves whom he planned to sell there, despite laws in New Spain banning trade with foreigners. He and his ships were cornered, however, by a Spanish fleet which sank all but two of...
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    AHC/WI: Italian invasion of Turkey during WW2?

    At the outbreak of the Second World War, there was a widespread sense in Turkey that Italy desired to complete what it started in the aftermath of the First World War in encroaching upon Turkish territory. Both sides waxed poetic about the glory of such a hypothetical war, so many must have felt...
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    Fatimid Conquest of Al-Andalus?

    In the years before Abd ar-Rahman III took the throne in Córdoba, the state of al-Andalus was a sorry one indeed. Central authority was at somewhat of a nadir, and large portions of the country answered to local kings and brigands, mostly ignoring the authority of the emir. At the same time, the...
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    Lands of Bronze and Fire - An American Domestication Timeline, Take Two
    Threadmarks: I. Lands of Bronze and Fire, the Uurung, and the First Cradle

    Northern *New Mexico, ca. 10,500 BCE The chorus of whistling birds filled the early morning with joyous sound, masking the footfalls of the hunter as he trod gingerly through the scrub grasses. Out into the scrubland he had dashed, following the familiar traces until he'd come nearly within...
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    WI Hieronymus of Syracuse isn't assassinated in 214 BCE

    Hieronymus had just succeeded Hiero II who had strongly resisted Carthaginian influence, but in his short reign, Hieronymus seemed set to depart from this stance and to seize upon the recent Battle of Cannae and abandon Syracuse's alliance with Rome for one with Carthage. If he is not...
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    WI Carthaginian victory at Acragas in 263 BCE?

    As the title says. What if the Carthaginian commander Hanno relieved Acragas from the Romans' siege? The Roman victory here seems to have spurred on the Roman Republic's drive to capture all of Sicily from Carthage. What are the consequences for the remainder of the First Punic War, and for the...
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    WI Romania refuses to assent to the 1918 Treaty of Bucharest?

    For reference. Without a satisfactory conclusion to the war on the Eastern Front or safe access to the oil fields at Ploiesti, would Germany be forced to conclude the war earlier? If so, what would be the consequences of an early end to the Great War?
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    WI Cortés Drowns at Iztapalapa in 1521?

    In 1521, Cortés and a number of his conquistadores and native allies raided Iztapalapa, a city at one end of the dike which crossed Lake Texcoco, for food and supplies. While they were inside, burning and pillaging the city, the Mexica opened the channels and flooded the city. IOTL, Cortés and...
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    Lands of Bronze and Llamas - A Domestication TL

    Northern *New Mexico, ca. 9500 BCE The whistling of birds masked the footfalls of the hunter as he trod gingerly through the scrub grasses. He had left home just before the crack of dawn, hoping to catch some unlucky animal unawares before the heat of the day began – and there it was, past...
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    WI Seleucus I Nicator isn't assassinated in 281 BCE?

    Could he have successfully conquered Thrace and Greece, and even Egypt if he had lived longer? More importantly, can the empire he leaves behind survive, and for how long?
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    Llama Survives in Mexico Post-Pleistocene

    As with all other camelids, llamas are descended from North American ancestors, and crossed over into South America around 3 million years before the present. At the end of the last Ice Age, however, the llama went entirely extinct in North America. There's evidence that it was present in Mexico...
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    WI/AHC: No Great Famine

    Could the spread of Pytophthora infestans - that is, the potato blight - into Europe have been prevented? If not, could the ensuing famine have been stymied by efforts on the part of the governments of Europe (the UK in particular)? If the Great Famine can be averted, what are the effects on...
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    The Age of the Elephant - A World Without Islam
    Threadmarks: Prologue - The Pivotal Age

    The Pivotal Age The era between 447 - 760 AR [1] is sometimes referred to as a Pivotal Age in history. It was to this period that the states of modern Europe can ascribe their earliest origins, and for this reason it has been the focus of much study in the academic world, especially for the...
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    Effects of the ERE maintaining control of Egypt and Syria?

    For whatever reason, Islam gets beaten back at Yarmouk/decides not to attack the Romans/gets butterflied away via Aksumite elephants. Syria, Palestine, and Egypt remain provinces of the Empire. What are the demographic and cultural effects from the lack of Islamic invasions and the subsequent...
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    Marinid al-Andalus?

    Was it ever possible for the Marinid dynasty of Morocco to extend its control over Spain like the earlier Almoravids and Almohads did? If so, what are the short-term and long-term effects of continued Maghribi influence and control in al-Andalus? Does this prolong the existence of Islamic...
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    WI Pierre de Castelnau is not murdered?

    As it says in the title. What if Pierre de Castelnau, legate of Pope Innocent III, isn't murdered by fanatical supporters of the Count of Toulouse? Will this prevent the Albigensian Crusade? Either way, what possible outcomes could this have?
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    Restoration of the West by the Eastern Roman Empire?

    Just how much of the former Western Roman Empire can the East restore after the West's fall in 476? Are its OTL reconquests under Justinian et al. as far as it could go? If it manages to recover a substantial portion of the West, what effects could it have on Byzantine history, and European...
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    What if Edward Bruce Succeeds in his Irish Campaign?

    What it says on the tin. Somehow, the Scots manage to defeat the English, and Edward Bruce becomes High King of Ireland. What does this mean for England? Can Edward hold the throne? Could there be a potential union of Ireland and Scotland shortly thereafter?
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