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  1. Plausibility Check: European equivalent to Japanese ninjas

    While Medieval Europe had its knights and chivalry, Feudal Japan had its samurai and bushido (And on both occasions these romanticized soldier classes were in fact little more than over-glorified brutes). But in addition Japan had another type of soldier not seen in Europe: Ninja (or shinobi, as...

  2. Science in a world without Protestant Reformation

    Often in AH Fiction where Protestant Reformation doesn't happen, such as The Alteration by Kingsley Adams, science is presented as suppressed, persecuted, or at least looked down upon. But, if we look at real history, the opposite seems more likely. Before the Protestant Reformation, Catholic...

  3. True consequences of Al-Ghazali and Thomas Aquinas changing opinions

    In Turtledove's "Through Darkest Europe", two theologians change opinions regarding religion and reason. During the 11th century Al-Ghazali, who in the real world argued that Islamic faith was superior to philosophy and science, taught the two were compatible. And later in the 13th century...

  4. Was Hitler really talented at anything?

    I've been thinking about Adolf Hitler as of late and sometimes it seems that he couldn't have been anything but a Führer (and even that he did poorly). He was poor at school, had no intention of following his father's footsteps in customs bureau, didn't have a future in painting and even his...

  5. AHC: Olga Nikolajevna of Finland

    Technically this is both AHC and a plausibility check, but anyway. The basis of this TL is that in the end Olga Nikolajevna becomes the Grand Duchess/Queen/Empress/Whatever of Finland, but not of Russia. I was thinking that Karl Gustav Emil Mannerheim smuggles her and her siblings away from...

  6. Plausibility Check: Non-Monotheistic Religious percecution

    When we look at our religious history, there has been a lot of talk about religious percecution. However, there is an impression that all (or almost all) such percecution comes of monotheists percecuting other religions. Frequently these percecuted have also been monotheists. Has there...

  7. AHC: House Romanov of Finland

    In OTL, Carl Gustav Emil Mannerheim was Finnish Baron, an officer the Imperial Russian Army and a loyal supporter of the Romanovs. It is also known that he visited St. Petersburg and vitnessed the February Outbreak. But what if, feeling the heat, Mannerheim decided to take action to...

  8. WI: One tenth of Medieval Europe nobles

    Basically, what if, instead of the OTL number of 1-3%, nobility in medieval Europe amounted to 10-12% of the population, ergo the same as in Poland?

  9. WI: Tatars united in the 15th century

    Basically, the question is, what would it mean to the Europe, East Slavs and Ottoman Empire, if the Tatars are still united, either through the survival of the Golden Horde or the quick reunification before most of them become smaller Khanate protectorates, throughout the 15th century and...

  10. AHC: France remembered as a country of warriors

    I'm not sure if this should be here or in the "After 1900"-section, but anyway. It is no secret that the French are known as cowards when it comes to war, which is ironic, since before the World Wars, France was probably the militarily strongest country in the World (correct me if I'm wrong)...

  11. AHC: anti-cliche classical era

    We have all seen our share of alternate (and otl) history cliches and I for one think it would be refreshing to create a timeline without them. Basically the idea is to first tally up all possible cliches related to the classical era alternate history and either avert or reverse them, with...

  12. Amerindian Middle Ages

    I have been thinking about this timeline for a while. Anyways, the idea is that during the arrival of the Europeans to the Americas, In the Northern part the Native Americans had established a society similar to the middle ages, with castles, advanced farming and other. Before anyone of you...
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