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    Thomas-Alexandre Dumas more prominent in the French Revolution?

    I recently read the book The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss, and I've been fascinated by his biography of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, and the role he played in the French Revolution. However, Dumas was captured by the Neapolitans in 1799...
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    Mormons settle Baja California and not Utah, effects on Mexican history?

    So I've long had a TL idea in my head of Mormons settling permanently in Baja California in Mexico instead of the slice of Mexico that soon became the Utah Territory. I'm not so concerned with how they get there as what would be the butterflies and effects on Mexican history once they do. If...
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    WI: A coup instead of the American Civil War?

    Would it be possible for there to be a coup attempt on President-Elect Abraham Lincoln, rather than the secession and Civil War? Or even a coup that succeeds or fails leading to an alternate Civil War?
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    Huguenots remain toleranted in France/No Wars of Religion?

    Is there any way to avoid the Wars of Religion and associated French discrimination/oppression/whatnot towards the Huguenots?
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    Revamping my Norman Sicily TL, have a few questions

    Hey all, I'm revamping my Norman Sicily TL with a new PoD, but I wasn't quite clear on a couple of issues that are relevant to the PoD: 1) How old were Simon of Taranto and Tancred of Lecce? Even my best English language source, John Julius Norwich's The Kingdom in the Sun, doesn't say how old...
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    LDS racial priesthood/temple ban removed in 1969?

    So I've read in multiple sources that Elder Hugh B. Brown, First Counselor in the First Presidency of the LDS Church, tried to remove the priesthood and temple ban on people of African descent back in 1969, rather than 1978 when the Revelation on the Priesthood was received. Apparently, while...
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    If William I of Sicily dies before his father....

    Then who are likely contenders for the Sicilian throne, since all of Roger II's legitimate sons are dead? Would either Simon of Taranto (Roger II's illegitimate son) and/or Tancred of Lecce (Roger III's illegitimate son) be as the new king? Or would one of Roger II's daughters and their...
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    What if these Byzantine usurpers "won"?

    So I was looking at the list of Byzantine usurpers on Wikipedia, and reading through them, and it strikes me that many were nearly successful, but failed at the last minute. I'm not planning to write a timeline about any of these, but I'm curious to know the best guesses as to how these usurpers...
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    Mormons settle in California, where, how, and what happens next?

    So was thinking of starting a timeline where the Mormon pioneers settle in California instead of Utah. In this timeline Henry Clay will become president in 1844 instead of James K Polk, and Clay will do his best to halt any expansionism during his presidency, including to the west (the then...
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    Possible Norman Sicily PoDs?

    Hey guys, it's been a while since I posted in my Norman Sicily TL The Baptized Sultans, and there's a reason for that. I've gotten bored with, and also stuck on what I should do next, and over frustrated with what I've created so far. So I'm thinking of starting over with a different point of...
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    Surviving Wendish nation/culture?

    Is there any way that the Wends could survive as a culture and perhaps even a nation? What would be a good PoD for this change, and what would be the overall effects of the Wends surviving as a distinct group (beyond the small minority of the Sorbs)? Also, are there any good internet or book...
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    WI: Western Roman Emperor Stilicho?

    Could the famous general Stilicho become Emperor of the Western half of the Roman Empire at any point despite his "barbarian" birth? After all, just a few decades later, the similarly barbarian Zeno became emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, with nothing more than his relationship to Emperor...
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    Recommendations for 1632/Ring of Fire style series?

    My brother greatly enjoys the 1632 series, and he's looking for books that are similar in style and concept. I figured this would be the best sub-forum to ask, though I can have it moved by mods if it isn't. My brother says he really likes the idea of a modern or near-modern nation going back in...
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    Best resources on the Late Roman Empire/Western Empire?

    Hey all, I don't have a timeline in mind, but I'd like to know the best resources, especially websites and books, on the Late Roman Empire (post-Diocletian at least) and the Western Roman Empire. Any resources on the Crisis of the Third Century, especially the Gallic and Palmyrene Empires, would...
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    Delayed or no Mexican-American War, what happens to the Mormons?

    Just a random idea I had. What would happen if the Mexican-American War was delayed by about 4-12 years, or didn't happen at all? Specifically, what would happen to the Mormons, who were in the process of moving to OTL Utah (then under Mexican control) when the OTL Mexican-American War happened...
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    Parley P Pratt is 2nd LDS Church President instead of Brigham Young?

    So while looking through early Mormon history for an interesting PoD I could use, I noticed while looking at the list of the original Members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles that Brigham Young was ordained on February 14th, 1835. He was the most senior LDS apostle remaining unexcommunicated...
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    Coming up with Latinized/Italianized Greek and Arabic surnames for nobility?

    So as many know from my signature, I'm writing a timeline about an independent, Norman-ruled (at first) Sicily. However, I have a problem. I'm going by OTL in the mid 1100s in terms of the Norman aristocracy rebelling against the Sicilian crown, but unlike OTL, I'm having the kingdom be more...
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    The Baptized Sultans: An Independent Sicily TL

    The Baptized Sultans “The enemies of Sicily called our kings baptized sultans. We in turn baptized them in blood.” -Simon the Saracen Prologue and Background Part 1: Normans in Italy: The fate of dynasties, and the nations that birth them, can often turn on a single event, an...
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    If Grant never runs for president in 1868, who else could run?

    As the title says, if Ulysses Grant is unwilling or unable to run for president in 1868 (and 1872 for that matter), who would run in those elections instead? If Grant dies soon after the Civil War, or is unwilling to run for whatever reason, who would run instead, and what might their presidency...
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    Mormons settle in California rather than Utah, what happens?

    So I'm writing a TL/story in which the Mormons following Brigham Young decide to settle in California itself, rather than Utah. I've figured out some of the cultural implications there (though less so on the non-Mormon side), but I haven't decided where in California the Mormons will settle. As...
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