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  1. AHC: Wank Christianity

    As others have mentioned, strangling Islam in the cradle nets you at least the Levant and North Africa, and could get you Persia as well. This probably also leads to the Christianization of parts of Central Asia going on into the future, although how effective that ultimately is is dependent on...

  2. Why did democracy only develop in Ancient Greece?

    Several native American tribes developed democratic systems completely independently of the Greeks. The early Caliphate was also elective in nature (technically speaking, this is still part of Sunni doctrine--the Ulema elects the caliph). Also a lot of non-state tribal peoples across the world...

  3. Was the rise and dominance of Europe inevitable? (poll&discussion)

    Europe's rise was far from inevitable, but its location did afford it several advantages that made its ascendancy more likely than Chinese, Middle Eastern, or Indian ascendancy--readily available early industrial resources close to major population centers, being close to Americas, and being...

  4. Poll: Favorite major Chinese dynasty?

    Who would ever pick the Yuan?:confused:

  5. Peaceful Abolition in the USA?

    I believe that there was some serious talk about gradual emancipation in Upper South states like Virginia before the invention of the cotton gin which could have peacefully reduced the extent of slavery had said invention come later than IOTL, but peaceful abolition in the entire US probably...

  6. WI: 9/11 Plotters Escape the US

    Then... 9/11 doesn't happen. 9/11 was a suicide attack. You can't exactly have the "attack" part without the "suicide" part.

  7. Was the UK a Better Global Hegemon?

    As far as I'm aware the US isn't holding hundreds of millions of people in colonial bondage and didn't invade a nation twice because it tried to ban the sale of heroin. So no.

  8. Were Ancient Empires Really That Powerful?

    The modern word for "censor" comes from the job titles of people who administered the Roman census. This should tell you everything you need to know about the nature of the Roman census

  9. In Perpetuity: The War for Hong Kong

    Sanctions =/= ceasing trade

  10. In Perpetuity: The War for Hong Kong

    Unless the US government promises unconditional support for it (and even then this is sketchy), no Taiwanese leader from this time period is going to be insane enough to declare independance when it's only Britain that's backing them, and in all likelihood PRC leadership knows this. And the US...

  11. In Perpetuity: The War for Hong Kong

    Where cities get water from is determined by geography--Hong Kong has no native water sources, so where else is it supposed to get water?

  12. In Perpetuity: The War for Hong Kong

    I mean yeah, from a moral perspective it could be argued that Britain is in the right here. Problem is that no nations actually base their foreign policy off of pure morality. International law clearly dictates that China is in the right here. National interest from pretty much every other...

  13. In Perpetuity: The War for Hong Kong

    Because Britain's lease--you know, the only reason they own HK in the first place--is up? I mean yeah they could just return the New Territories and keep the central city but that's about as viable as someone trying to declare the independance of Manhattan (not even NY. Just Manhattan)...

  14. In Perpetuity: The War for Hong Kong

    Unless the US Navy somehow acquired Assault Destroyers from Red Alert 3 I don't see how it's going to stop the Chinese from walking into Hong Kong

  15. In Perpetuity: The War for Hong Kong

    Why are the Chinese actually going to war for HK? Can't they just cut all water and power to the city and wait until the British cry uncle?

  16. AHC/PC/WI: Nationalist China Regain Qing-Empire Borders

    By the time the KMT came into existence (1911) it was already too late for China to recover Transamur--not only would it have involved a confrontation with a vastly more powerful Russia, there'd be no point to it since by that point the territory was thoroughly Russified and had much, much more...

  17. AHC: Achieve this scenario in the Middle East-Balkan

    "Coptic" and "Syriac" as main languages seems like it could be done with some sort of Arab-wank that prevents the colonization of the Middle East and thus the political impetus for the pan-Arab movement. Without it the political pressures that have led to Arabic being considered one language...

  18. What is the easiest POD to have a more technologically advanced timeline?

    Butterflying the Mongols seems like a good way to start

  19. Crusader Kings II - Paradox Entertainement (02/12)

    At this point it doesn't seem like there's a way to avoid the white elephant in the room--the map is expanding far enough into the East that some form of interaction with China needs to exist. I'm curious to see how Paradox is going to handle that

  20. Powerful Africa settler colony

    The easy way out here would to be to have small, city-state European colonies on the African coast that grew out of earlier trade posts.
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