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one thing point I have made a lot on discusions on the morality of colonialism is that even people who insist it was benign or that they deserve to keep colonial loot is that if things had gone differently and their countries had been colonized they would be singing a different tune. I kind of...

An ethnoreligious group descended from the ancient Israelites, the Samaritans (or Shamerin, as they call themselves) consider their faith of Samaritanism to be the true religion of their ancestors. While there were once many Samaritans, today they number less than a thousand, with the majority...

Trying to write a TL where Taoism is the dominant philosophy over Confucianism and Legalism, but not sure whether to use a Chu unification as that basis or a successful Yellow Turbans, as I’ve seen both suggested as ‘solutions’ to this question. Thanks btw

With any POD, make Governor/US Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia and conservative segregationist, President. Bonus Round: Make Carter Glass and Richard Russell Jr. President as well.

Could democratic city states in ancient Greece (pre-philip of Macedon) have plausibly accepted women as citizens who could participate and vote? Just curious as to how/why it might happen. It doesn't have to be Athens, it could be any of the Greek city states of the time.

So, i was thinking in how do you get a situation when the RE is divided, not in two, but in three parts, to have a WRE, a CRE, and a ERE. What POD would be necessary to make this happened? and what would be the historical implications to this division? Could we have a WRE that still falls, but...

Came across a banner over at the New Campaign Trail for a scenario where Carl Albert leads a Democratic ticket to victory over Ronald Reagan and George Romney. See my reddit thread where I asked for some background. Seems there's not much idea what the premise is, so your challenge is a POD to...

Have the Democratic and the Republican parties have progressive & conservative wings like they did in late 19th century/early 20th century

Is it possible that there could be a plausible Scandinavian nation in North America that controls all of the eastern half of the US? (canada as well, maybe.) If so, what could cause it to come about? How would it evolve and get independence? Not necessary, but ideally it would have a large mix...

Make a different culture/language rule and be the majority over most or all of Scandinavia instead of the Norse. POD may be as early as needed, though better if it affects the rest of Europe as least as possible. I'm honestly not quite sure what could do it, maybe the Saami/Finnic groups? I...

Hello Everyone. how are you today? This challenge came to my mind as I was reading the History of Mamluks(Kölemen State/Ed-Devletüt-Türkiyye) of Egypt. I thought what if Mamluks were not as Arabized or held a disdain of Arabs due to their slave status and once came to power tried to Un-Arabize...

With a POD no earlier than 388 AD, make the Celts/Romano-British push away the Saxons and stay dominant over Britain, later turning into a Celtic-Norse hybrid culture. Also, how do you see a Britain like this developing?

The Baháʼí Faith is a relatively new religion teaching the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people. Established by Baháʼu'lláh in the 19th century, it initially developed in Iran and parts of the Middle East, where it has faced ongoing persecution since its inception...

So, your challenge here is to have Nintendo and Sega be more dominant in the console market than Sony, with Nintendo winning the console wars in 1st place, Sega in 2nd place and Sony in 3rd place.

With a PoD no sooner than January 1st, 1980, have Senator Kennedy win the 1980 Democratic presidential primaries and subsequently the nomination. Bonus points if it's not done by simply having Carter abstain from seeking re-election.

Muscles and signs of physical strength is often considered as unfeminine and unattractive by western culture and society for a long time now. What changes after 1900 could flip this dynamic and make muscles and female strength be considered the height of femininity and attractiveness in popular...

I've read that Nova Scotia, part of Canada now and British North America back then, had a large population of americans in the 1700s and may as well could have joined the AmericanRevolution, but unregulated piracy against them prevented them from considering such. its a pretty simplistic...

(Inspired by "Streets Of Detroit" and "As Dreamers Do" ( https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/as-dreamers-do-american-magic-redux.490374/ ) ( https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/as-dreamers-do-part-deux.524464/ )) As the title suggests, I am thinking about a Wealth-Wank...

In our world, the State of Israel is notable not just as the first Jewish state in the Levant in almost 2,000 years but also in how it was formed by a diaspora which returned to its homeland in a process of aliyah, a process in which members of the Jewish diaspora migrated to Palestine as part...

In 2013, there was a poll to determine the ideal supergroup of British musicians was conducted and the results were: Singer: Freddie Mercury Guitarist: Brian May Keyboard: Elton John Bass: Paul McCartney Drums: Phil Collins Your challenge is to have a supergroup with this exact lineup. The...