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  1. WI: Justinian holds Italy and Spain

    What if Justinian and his descendants had been capable of restoring Roman rule to western Europe? If the East managed to conquer the West what would be the course of European history? What would become the Lingua Franca of such an Empire? Would it be possible to have a revival of Latin at this...

  2. W.I: Iron tools in Mesoamerica

    I remember reading earlier how sub-Saharan Africa did not have a bronze age but jumped from the stone age to the iron age directly, and I was wondering if the same could happen in the Americas. What if iron was developed early on in the history of Mesoamerican civilisation, let's say that the...

  3. How much of Italy could become Muslim?

    Medieval Sicily was ruled by various Arab and Berber Emirs, but Muslim rule never spread further up the peninsula. Realistically, what is the best case scenario for Muslim kingdoms in Italy?, And what could be a plausible POD?

  4. DBWI: What if the Bolsheviks had won the Russian civil war?

    As we all know, after the Russian Revolution came the civil war which would decide the course of Russian history. Despite setbacks the white army prevailed over the red and a new period in Russian history began, but what if it had happened otherwise. What would a Bolshevik run Russia even look like?

  5. DBWI: Peter I of Russia not overthrown?

    Peter I of Russia was a young who tried to implement various reforms at the start of his reign, which caused wide spread rebellion in his realm. After he was ousted in 1685 the Tsardom of Russia collapsed into smaller states and The "Boyar period" began. How would the world differ today if...

  6. DBWI Will we ever stop I.S.S.A.C?

    As you all know the end of the cold war saw a new threat rear its head. After the violent fracture of the communist world during the nineties, communists renegades have launched countless terrorist attacks on the west and have threatened the stability of the new governments of Eastern Europe...

  7. AHC: Reverse the fates of the Sassanid and Byzantine empires

    During the early days of the Muslim conquest astonishing gains were made by Arab armies who managed astounding victories against the two powers of the time. The Persian empire was completely conquered while the Roman was greatly weakened but continued to fight on for centuries after. Would it be...

  8. DBWI No Spanish Settlement of Australia?

    As we all know the first European settlement in Australia was a Jesuit mission in the 17th century set up in order to convert the Aboriginal population. Over the course of time a network of presidios, misiones and colonias created a Hispanic society, the new comers also mixed with the locals...

  9. Soviet Union collapses 10 years later than OTL?

    What if the Soviet Union had managed to survive throughout the nineties and collapsed somewhere around 2000-2003? how would this affect the last decade of the twentieth century? How will the continued existence of the Soviet Union affect events in the Middle East, Sub Saharan Africa and East...

  10. Hitler never becomes Chancellor?

    The rise of the Nazis far from being inevitable was the result of a great number of conflicting circumstances and a grave miscalculation of the ruling party in the reichstag. What would happen in a world where Hindenburg put his foot down firmly against the idea of Hitler becoming chancellor of...

  11. Spanish Commonwealth?

    The idea Of the Spanish Empire forming a system of dominions in a similar manner to the British Empire has been discussed several times, but what would it take to bring it about? How can the development of responsible government in Canada be mirrored in Spain's American Empire? which of the...

  12. AHC: Partial Break up of the Soviet Union?

    Could it be possible to have a partial break up of the Soviet Union, where they lose control of Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Baltic countries, but keep Belarus and Ukraine? How would this affect the development of the 1990s and beyond?

  13. India breaks up after independence?

    Historically a united sub-continent has been the exception rather than the rule so the partition could easily have been more extreme. if in this TL Gujarat Tamil Nadu Baluchistan an so on all decide on going their separate ways, how would the world develop?

  14. AHC: Largest possible Mexico

    with a POD in 1800 what is the largest and most powerful Mexico possible? Can Mexico come to be regarded as one of the "powers"?

  15. What if Israel loses the 1948 war?

    What would happen if The Arab alliances manages to win the 1948 war against the Zionists? How would the world react, especially the great powers who had supported the creation of a Jewish state? How would the history of the region develop after this?

  16. France stays in North America.

    Is it possible for France to maintain control of North America, while still losing its holdings in India and elsewhere during the seven years war? I'm looking for an scenario where Britain is nominally victorious but has not expanded beyond the Appalachians in North America, Would this prevent...

  17. AHC: Mexico gets Cuba?

    During the first half of the nineteenth century there was a debate in Mexico about annexing Cuba. People were concerned that if this was not carried out Mexico would become "a prisoner of the gulf" but ultimately it was opposed by the then president. The threat was serious enough that the...

  18. A smaller British role in the Great War.

    During the Napoleonic wars British armies played a relatively small role in the war against France, Britain's main job was to use it navy to blockade the French and seize colonies, and bankrolling its continental allies effectively financing their war effort. Is there a way for a first world...

  19. AHC: Australian or American "Boers"

    What are the possibilities of "Boer" societies popping up in other parts of the British Empire? that is to say Dutch speaking colonists who lose their colony to the British Empire But retain a separate identity to the modern day and resent the British. It is also required that a large portion of...

  20. Larger Scale Asian migration to Africa

    What would it take for the Asian communities in the European colonies in Africa to be significantly larger, while the white community remains the same or is even smaller? I remember reading about on British official in Kenya who wanted the region to be "The America of the Hindu" Is this...
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