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  1. AHC: Developed China

    in my opinion, without Mao's war on intellectual and landlord, local landlord is likely to reestablish their dominance in local politics (even under communist government) and eventually strangle growth with local corruption and limiting poor advancement and entrepreneurship. making China more...

  2. What makes an area good for ancient civilization?

    river land surrounded by desert / marginal land. This make it valuable enough that people 1) stop moving and become sedentary 2) willing to accept government capable to fight invader. Egypt, Mesopotamia, Indus and Yellow fill this criteria. civilization born not in fertile delta or...

  3. WI: US uses sortition

    any citizens gain number during his adulthood or when moving to that state/electoral district. when representative is needed a method (numbered ball inside drum / computer randomized / etc) is picked to gain list of dozens of number. non-existant and death number is removed. contact all people...

  4. Personal Union during Distressed Times

    Is Kingdom rich enough for Habsburg to invade ? Is Kingdom to far and poor to be rejected by Habsburg ? did junior line local nobility ? did junior line related to neighbouring kingdom ? is any noble powerful enough to pull a Braganza ? is there any faction among local nobles ? did any previous...

  5. Whoever travels to the americas, - will disease always wipe the native peoples?

    . Re-read Skallagrim explanations above. MHC diversity is different among different human populations, the more homogenous more susceptible to disease.

  6. Could the Nazis have risen to power without Hitler?

    Probably not. DNVP is for long time bigger than Nazi. They might win in another TL. Hugenberg as Chanchellor ? or alternatively some general might gain support from DNVP and gain dictatorial power. General Scleicher ? because Weimar Republic...

  7. A Destiny Realized: A Timeline of Afsharid Iran and Beyond

    Ah, Frederick is dead. Really want to see this develop, in many many other TL death and defeat of Prussia often have minimal result, lost of Silesia, and Great Power again in new generation. a World where Frederick death actually change Prussia future will be interesting.

  8. AHC: Developed China

    . But it eradicate most of landlord and elite class. without it opened up China might be too tightly controlled by olygarchy and local potentate like Indonesia, Philippines or Brazil. making Deng opening up failed, and turn into bureaucratic morass and corruption that...

  9. AHC: Developed China

    why does everybody hate Mao ? without Mao's Cultural Revolution there might be no modern China. it very difficult for society to jump for 'feudal' to 'modern' because existence of 'landlord class' who control economy and government. monopoly of wealth (usually land) and...

  10. AHC: East Asian "Enlightenment"

    Uh, i don't think Taoism well suited for that. Taoism goal is for Individual to advance through neidan or alchemy to become 'better' than other humans and become immortal. Such faith could very well go to nietzchean direction and accept difference of status due to different charactheristic of...

  11. AHC: Make Austria-Hungary Survive

    But Tito's Yugoslavia also collapsed ,and without external war. it might simply impossible for multi-ethnic Central European nations to survive.

  12. WI: Total Nationalist victory in the Chinese Civil War - Effects on Asia and the Cold War?

    even if Chiang can successfully dealt with warlord, there no guarantee he can successfully dealt with landlords (who spread out in every village, and had enormous local power) or dealt with Industrial Magnate (who control considerable state income and can influence things). China might jump to...

  13. A 20 Year US Presidential Term

    with POD that early, neither Andrew Jackson or Nancy Pelosi will be born. and 20-year term would change politics Massively, my guess is Presidency become Constitutional elected Monarch, with speaker of House take over many of its duties. Presidential signature will be mandatory and...

  14. AHC/WI : Greater population Balkans and Anatolia

    France-Germany were covered by Hyrcanian Forest during Roman times. in Byzantine/middle age development of heavy plow/horse collar/northern variety of wheat increase population. in 1800 Columbian Exchange and Agricultural Revolution increase population further. meanwhile in...

  15. Long Term Roman Fragmentation in First Cenury B.C.?

    with negligible cultural difference, general who could build strong fleet might gain momentum, defeated enemy one by one, and reunify Meds ?

  16. WI Heathen Normandy

    Human belief and tradition needs 'activity' to continue. In India, many festivals and pilgrimage sustain Hinduism. In Protestant states, banning public mass is often enough to cause conversion or resistance. Even 'secret' society needs meeting, ceremony and ritual. Chinese house church make...

  17. No pontic-Caspian horses, no Yamnaya, no Afanasievo: effects on China?

    without chariot, ancient Xia and Zhou dynasty might not exist, city states might last longer since no chariot-riding warrior caste that enable spread of common unifying culture fail to form.

  18. AHC/WI: British equivalents of Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie and so on

    I'm not sure this is true at all. What about George Hudson (railroad baron), Robert Clive (and other nabobs who get rich in India), Cecil Rhodes (British South African Company,), Rothschild (banking). There are phenomenon of explosion of Gentleman Clubs (and Freemasonry). All which imply...

  19. Israel captures the West Bank in 1948/1949

    Yeah, some palestinian might cross Jordan or flee North to Syria, but majority will stay. They are farmers, fleeing to desert would be unattractive. as Israel army advances, many will scatter to nearby hills and after war they would return. with smaller occupying army and large area of newly...

  20. How did the Chinese conquer and hold southern China?

    Seconded Ato. North China Plain (which also include Huai river and lower part of Yangtze) is Massive resources that allow its controller to project power in large-scale and long distance. Also, China civilizations often settle in river valley and abandon hills for native...
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