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  1. Points in history where things went either much better or much worse than they plausibly could have?

    What do you think are the biggest points in history when things went either notably better or worse than they were likely to. Want even in history that might plausibly have gone otherwise ( or even was more likely to go otherwise) had the greatest positive and negative effects. Note this isn't...

  2. Could any of the communist goverments of Eastern Europe have survived the Soviet Collapse?

    Assuming a time line in which the communist party does not remian in power in Russia itself which nation of Eastern Europe (or ex Soviet republic) has the best chance of remaining committed to communism. I have always found it interesting that even a nation like Albania that had split with the...

  3. Technologies or Scientific discoveries that could have been made long before (or after) they actually were.

    I have heard it pointed out that Mendel's genetic discoveries could have been made by anyone since probably the dawn of the agricultural age who had basic literacy Mathematical skills and access to a lot of peas. Of course statistics and an intelectual elite that thinks counting peas is worthy...

  4. How easy would it be to have the Soviet Union put someone on the moon?

    I know that the USSR did have a design of a moon rocket the N1 but I don't know how seriously they took it or how close they got. I have read somewhere that they gave up after the Americans made it so as not to be second. Is this true? If they had kept at it how soon could have they placed men...

  5. Vekllei. An interesting online project about a utopian Alternate Iceland.

    I very much admire people who have the coarage to put forth an honest utopia I was rather interested by Vekllei. It is a weird attempt at a utopian Socialist Society with a heavy fifties aesthetic (petticoat socialism is what the author calls it). I suspect I pretty dramaticly disagree with the...

  6. Was it wise to demand unconditional surrender in WW2?

    I have read that the demand of unconditional surrender greatly assisted German and Japanese propaganda and helped prevent internal dissension since it helped the Axis powers to paint the Allies as intending to impose the harshest possible peace. Was it wise to make the demand? What might have...

  7. Western Australia secedes from the rest of Australia.

    Today I learned that in 1933 there was a referendum in Western Australia about secession from the rest of the Australian federation. The secession side of the debate won with about 66% of the vote. However, the Australian federal government argued that secession was not permitted by the...

  8. What would the effects of sedevacantism being a bigger deal among traditional catholics be.

    I am always interested in sedevacantists. They are Catholics who believe that the Popes since around Vatican II and Pius XII (occasionally earlier or later) have been false Popes due to the modernist heresies they believe they embrace. I occasionally listen to a podcast of their's tradcast and...

  9. Make Sedevacantism popular

    I have recently become fascinated with he sedevacantists, a bunch of Catholics who believe that Vatican II embraced heresy and that every Pope since then has been illegitimate. I have been listening to a Podcast (tradcast) of theirs and felt that if I was a Catholic some of their arguments would...

  10. Book adoptions of Movie an important genre.

    While many of the most popular movies in history have been adoptions of books, as far as I know, not a single novelisation of a movie has gained popular or critical acclaim. It just doesn't seem to happen. Can anyone think of a way that this might be changed and popular written adaptions of...

  11. The Soviet Union takes another path on the national question.

    Apparently, early on the Soviet Union debated how to deal with the nationalism question. Some felt that nationalism had no place in the Soviet Union and so it should not be divided along ethnic lines. Others felt that every nationality should develop separately. How would it be if Lenin and...

  12. Margaret the Queen of Scotland. Personal Union between England and Scotland

    How might things develop if Margaret the maid of Norway survives and marries Edward the 3rd as planned? Could this lead to a union of England and Scotland? How might this effect the history of the two countries? Edit Sorry Edward ll not 3rd.

  13. An existing generally accepted Caliph.

    Do you guys think it is possible for us to have, post the abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate, a generally accepted Caliph. (by generally accepted I mean one that the majority of Sunni Muslims would agree that he was indeed the Caliph.) What would be the best opportunity for someone to gain this...

  14. Rosetta Stone Destroyed or Never Found.

    Just how much would the study of Egyptian history be affected if the Rosetta stone was either never found or destroyed? Would we eventually have been able to decipher the language anyway or would it have remained a mystery? How would have the general understanding of ancient history have been...

  15. All nations that have claimed the right of global domination.

    I was thinking about how many nations have Universal ambition. China, the Ottomans and as far as I know the Inca all claimed to be rightful rulers of the entire world. So I was wondering if we could find a way for every nation or other entity that has claimed global domination as part of its...

  16. Byzantine Cresent.

    OK I have just come across some muslim websites that say that the cresent and star was originally the symbol of Constantinople and it was only adopted as an Islamic symbol after the fall of this city. It made me want to write a timeline about the Byzantine empire there and then but I was...

  17. Napoleon and the Conquest of the World

    I was reading a book about Napoleon and I came across a reference to what has to be one of the earliest works of alternate history. It's rather fascinating. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Geoffroy. In it Napoleon after capturing Moscow marches north and takes St Petersburg. He follows this...

  18. Just Read original Buck (or Anthony) Rogers novella.

    'Armageddon 2419 A.D.' and its sequel 'The Airlords of Han' It was sort of interesting. Apparently the original Buck Rogers didn't fight Aliens but rather evil Han Chinese and his name was Anthony. What really interested me was how much it seemed to concentrate on the military side of things...

  19. Russian popular culture popular in the west

    Just recently I have been watching Guest from th Future a Soviet TV series from the eighties and have been astonished at how much I liked it (really it is very good). I have sometimes thought the same reading various Russian/Soviet novels (such as Andromeda nebula and Red Star) and being...

  20. Victory of the Luddite.

    OK guys up untill recently I have regarded the Luddites as something of a hopeless cause. They were apposing technological progress and while it is hard not to feel sympathy for them given that previously valued artisans were being transformed into factory labourers their cause was fairly...
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