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  1. Potential population and developmental trends of Constantinople if the Fourth Crusade is avoided

    I have been thinking about the economy of the Eastern Mediterranean before and after the Fourth Crusade. I’ve seen estimates of Constantinople‘s population in 1100 at 400,000 and 1200 at 200,000. The Twelfth Century was not kind to the Eastern Romans (ERE), but I am wondering what the population...

  2. AHC/WI: "Socialism With a Human Face" is Successful

    Alexander Dubcek was the Czechoslovakian Party Chairman in 1968. He sought to slightly democratize and liberalize in order to regain popular support for Communism. He never sought to leave the Eastern Bloc, merely reform it into something more palatable and less dystopian. IOTL his reforms set...

  3. AHC/WI: Earliest Possible Industrialization

    I've seen plenty of posts regarding how Rome or Song China came close to industrializing. I am inclined to discount these claims, however there is a hint of truth. Most notable comes with the somewhat vague and unverified claim that there was a proto-steam engine within the Library of...

  4. AHC: How can the Praetorian Gaurd and Imperial Legions be tamed?

    Under the Roman Republic and the Early Empire, the Praetorian Gaurd served fairly honorably in defense of their Senators, and later their Emperors. Later on, however, they became increasingly involved in the Empire, killing multiple competent emperors and instating many horribly incompetent...

  5. WI John I Tzimiskes Doesn’t Die In 976. Does He Reconquer the Levant?

    As the title states. WI John I, the Byzantine emperor that reconquered much of the Levant before his death in 976, lived. If he lived, would his conquests be solidified against the Abbasids? Could he even retake Egypt? What would the effects be on the long term health of the ERE? He died at 50...

  6. WI: Kaiser Frederick III doesn't die in 1888?

    Kaiser Frederick III was the German Emperor for only 99 days. He was a known progressive liberal, and didn't have the jingoistic tendencies of his eldest son Wilhelm II. He was diagnosed with throat cancer, and died a few months later. The conduct of his doctors may have worsened the Kaiser's...

  7. WI: Moltke The Younger Dies In 1913

    I've always read that the incompetence of Moltke The Younger during the initial stages of the First World War was the main contributor to the failure of the modified Schlieffen Plan. Let's say Moltke has a stroke in 1913, and it is fatal. Could Moltke's successor improve the Schlieffen Plan, or...

  8. AHC/WI: The Soviets Do Not Focus On Deep Defense Doctrine

    I'm not well versed in Interwar Soviet Doctrine, but I would like to know some of the effects in WWII if the Soviets focused on static fortifications like Czechoslovakia and France, instead of their Deep Battle Doctrine, and how this could be achieved. Perhaps a focus on static...

  9. WI: July 1918, Czech Legionairres enter Yekaterinburg

    The Tsar and his family were located in Yekaterinburg when a few Czech Legionnaire brigades got within two days march of the city. After panicking about the Legionnaires, the Romanovs were executed. What if the Romanovs were not executed (maybe the whereabouts of the Czech brigades are not...

  10. Population of Europe Without World Wars

    I have been interested in finding this out for some time. Without the World Wars, what would the population of Europe be today. This is geographic Europe, so from Lisbon to the Urals. I remember seeing some posts on here claim that Russia's population would be upwards of 500 million, and I can...

  11. AHC/WI: Sweden stays in the Kalmar Union

    As the title states, how can Sweden stay in the Kalmar Union, and what are the repercussions of this? Would the union centralize as in OTL with a unified Scandinavia, or will it dissolve later on?

  12. WI: Nazi Germany continues to send aid to China?

    As the title states, what if Hitler decided to continue to send aid over to China, instead of seeking closer relations with Japan? OTL, Hitler thought that Japan would be a much stronger ally in Asia, however IMO if Germany continued to aid China during the Second Sino-Japanese War they could...

  13. WI: Hitler Demands Danzig instead of 1st Vienna Award

    As the title states, what If Hitler went for Danzig instead of partitioning Czechoslovakia? What could motivate Hitler to do this instead of taking non-German lands? Would the Wallies agree, since Poland does not have support from the west yet?

  14. WI: Post-War Europe in CP Victory

    World War 1 as we know it led to the downfall of the multi-ethnic empire, and the rise of the communist and fascist ideologies in the "losing" parties of the war. With the POD being a decisive victory at the Marne, the taking of Paris (as there were plans for it to be abandoned by the French...

  15. WI: Justinian I Dies as a Child?

    This is my first post after being a lurker for years, so yay. As the title states, what if Justinian the Great dies as a peasant child in a convenient accident, let's say in the early 490's? In my opinion, Justinian was not so great, and i believe many of the hardships that the empire went...
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