age of colonialism

While there are many timelines about a successful Vinland, a few about China and the odd one about Mali discovering the Americas i have yet to see one involving all three of these scenarios happening at once. handwaving any ASB lets just say that the Ming dynasty was more ambitious and that...

From what I've read, the Inca were among the best nourished people in the world at the time. It was by no means an "equal" society, but it was one that seemed to take good care of its subjects. Part of it was due to the environment requiring a lot of big picture management to be productive. When...

One alternate history scenario that interests me is if England somehow colonized Mexico before Spain did, in this timeline we will assume that either Spain shows no interest in colonizing Mexico thus Mexico remains uncolonized long enough for England to have a chance to colonize Mexico or Spain...

Could it be possible that only one European country takes part in the colonization of the New World (Americas), Africa, Asia, and Oceania? This is going to be tough as said country will need to make sure no one else gets a permanent foothold outside Europe. Now it can be possible for other...

During the 1600s and 1700s, European explorers, colonists, and slave traders were aware of various African kingdoms along the Atlantic coast and mapped them out as best they could. At some point in the 1800s however, some of these maps started having large blank spots where kingdoms once...

The Death of Ferdinand: What If The Catholic Monarchs Didn't Come To Power? Our story begins, like so many others, on the field of battle in the year of our Lord 1476. This is the battle of Toro, part of the War of The Castilian Succession. Two armies, both alike in dignity and prestige, fight...

Say Spain turns down columbus, and France, who doesn't have the way around the cape to get to India or China, picks him up. How does this impact the rise of the west and colonialism? I imagine that Christopher Killumbus lands around Carolina/Florida, and France slowly takes the area...

I have always noticed that in most timelines, South Asia gets colonised by British, so a POD after 14th Century, is it possible for South Asia to remain independent to the age of colonialism The Scenario should include - Most if not all of South Asia united by a native power and being...

Africa these days, is a complicated and messy place to say the least. Home to many civil wars, disease outbreaks, ethnic tensions, a history of exploitation by western powers, and depressing cases of starvation and malnourishment caused by all of the aforementioned. Even a person more ignorant...