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  1. AHQ: No Persian Empire and a Divided Anatolia-Mid East, effect on Greece.

    Greetings, We know well from otl what the effect was on Greece and Hellenic culture when there was a large imperial regime and geopolitical power to the east in Anatolia, the Levant and Egypt in the form of the Achaemenid Empire. However, in opposition to a large unified imperium, what would...

  2. AHC/WI: An Austrian state with these borders year 1900

    Your challenge if you choose to accept it, is with a POD set in the year 1400 CE, to attain the following borders for a Habsburg led state based out of Vienna with the following possessions. You must use the date of 1400 CE and cannot use another. 1. Lower and Upper Austria (Vienna included of...

  3. AHQ: Was the Anti-Roman surge embodied in the Western Hun Empire, spent after 451 CE?

    The Western Hunnic Confederation, in my view, appeared from the east as part of a phenomena of the fallen Kushan empire. The Kushan empire fell after the Sassanid counter from years 226-234 CE, wherein the Kushan empire was shattered into two pieces. A Northern and Southern Kingdom, the northern...

  4. Question for Readers, Assyrian Timeline and America

    Fairly straight forward. The idea is do I wish to include into the timeline that I am already working on and in process of; a pod for the American continents. This question is asked, as I am surely interested in realizing a particular thread regarding a maritime Maya civilization. This maritime...

  5. AHC and WI: Danish as Holy Roman emperor and Kalmar Union implication

    The challenge if you choose to accept is to with a POD in 1300 CE, create a scenario wherein the Holy Roman Emperor is the king of Denmark. Stipulations, are that the King do Denmark must have his highest non Imperial title, being the Danish crown. Once this timeline is created, what would be...

  6. AHD: Bronze Age Assyrian Berserkers

    When reading royal inscriptions from any period of history, where they exist, we often find interesting oddities within them. One such interesting inscription has come my way recently and I have grappled with how to deal with its implications as of late. The inscription in question derives...

  7. AHC: With as Minimal change as Possible, cause an American discovery or interaction of/with AfroEurAsia

    Your challenge if you choose to accept it, with a POD in the year 250 CE (Classical Period Mesoamerica, 250-900 CE), do one of the following: 1. Have a state that is within America (either continent) actively discover either Africa, Europe or Asia and interact with the people there for a short...

  8. AHD/AHP: A note on the Late Bronze Age 'Grand Chessboard'

    In the Bronze Age, the so-called Three periods are defined roughly as the Early, Middle and Late periods. All of which possessed their own political climate and scenario. The Late Bronze Age extends from 3500-2100 BCE. It comprises the end of the Uruk period in its early part and the decline...

  9. AHQ: Gaulic/Celtic and Iberic names in Europe 6th and 5th century BCE

    Greetings to the board, As many of you may know, I have an unfolding timeline on the Assyrian empire, which has reached the year 580 BCE, from its inception at 628-627 BCE. The world is rapidly expanding in the timeline and I intend seriously to include, enflesh and expand upon the peoples of...

  10. What was most important opposing power in the denial of Arsacid expansionism?

    In 250 BCE, the Arsacid state burst onto the scene of Central Asia under a certain Arsaces , who conquered Astauene in 249 BCE and in 247 BCE, was crowned king or elected as such by the tribal elites of the Dahae and the second foremost clan, the clan Suren. The Dahae were a people who had...

  11. AHC: A Mirror Reflection of Prussia in Venice

    The Challenge if you choose to accept it, is to with a POD in 1360 CE, is to have a scenario wherein the Venetian Republic is seen as a near synonym to Prussia in terms of: Restrictions: Cannot create an Italy analogue, only if the analogue is a collection of vassals and subordinates. Venice...

  12. AH Poll: Which Power in 1400, With Most Potential to rule Europe or the Mediterranean

    The Poll is with a POD of 1400 (we can push back 50 years or push up 50 years depending upon circumstance) and with an ending date of 1700 (the hegemony over Europe or the Mediterranean must be completed by 1700, so no Napoleonic era styled situations), to choose among those in the poll, which...

  13. AHC: The Most Decentralized French Crown Possible

    With a POD in 1000 CE, create a France that is made significantly more decentralized than otl, yet without becoming a weak kingdom. We could say, that this is a challenge which seeks to see the French monarchy become as decentralized in terms of royal control over lands, yet still successful...

  14. Poll: The Greatest Assyrian King of the 7th Century BCE

    This poll is in response to the current update to my recent Assyrian timeline, wherein the 7th century BCE has finally come to a close and within that period of time, four Assyrian kings have ruled the land. My question for the forum is in consideration of the timeline, which of the four is the...

  15. AHC: Portuguese Empire Truly Ascendant

    Your challenge should you choose to accept it, is with a POD in 1415 and a final ending in the year 1900, for Portugal to capture and maintain rule over a much larger empire than otl. This challenge will be formulated as other challenges I have made on this forum, such as for Innocent III, that...

  16. AHD: Urartu/Biainili/Armenia: An empire Arising From the Hills
    Threadmarks: The Kingdom of Biai, its formation and origins

    Introduction to the topic As I have discussed somewhat on the forum regarding the idea of the steppe empire and its forming in response to sedentary empires from more traditionally state-friendly environs (namely river valleys); there should also be a discussion given into the curious example...

  17. AHQ: When was the rise of the Roman Republic as a powerbase in Italy inevitable?

    The question I must ask, is to which degree the rise of the Roman Republic in Italy was a foregone conclusion? Further, what is the status of Rome in say 600 BCE? Which factors led to the rise of the eventual Republic and what are these contingent upon? My assumption, is that Rome developed...

  18. AHQ: Archaic Greece, 650-400 BCE

    Greetings to the board, My question, is a several part question regarding Ancient Greece in the Archaic period and how it related to the nearby Middle East and surrounding world. Before someone asks, yes this is in regards to my current tl, where I would like to expand upon Europe, an area...

  19. AHC: European Dynastism

    Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to create within Europe a dynastic system of governance in regards to the relation of the nobility and the monarch. this system, is modeled primarily around the Arsacid and Sassanid systems of governance and relationship-conceptions. POD: 200 CE...

  20. AHD: The 'Kushan' dynastic cycle/ The Other Lords of the Aryans
    Threadmarks: Layout/// I: Origins of the Kushan Empire

    In history and on the forum, we frequently discuss topics in alternate history related to empires who through their durable imperial agenda or culture, we see that their empires occur in cycles. That is, what may be interpreted as a single empire, appears as numerous polities that succeed each...
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