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In 1648, a Jew named Sabbatai Zevi declared himself the long-awaited messiah. He gathered many followers in a short time. In 1651, the rabbis expelled Sabbatai and his followers from Smyrna. .... Today, Sabbateanism is the 3rd most widespread religion in the world. Fill in the gaps.

Make Spain never fall from its status as the empire on which the sun never set. POD: John of Asturias never dies of illness

Title. With a POD after July 1776, have the US have the highest possible percentage of Spanish speakers within it’s borders by the present day. How could this be done? More territory taken from Mexico? Annex Cuba and Panama? Something else? Bonus points: make a majority of the US speak Spanish.

So basically how large can the US population get with the same GDP per capita (around $64,000) by 2020? (or at least America be a very wealthy nation but with a larger total GDP) What would the effect be? Bonus if later PODs. Bigger bonus if the US is the same territorial size. Biggest bonus if...

With a POD after 1900, come up with a scenario where high-speed rail is something that is the domain of science fiction and prototypes which don't get into production as opposed to the situation in our world where high speed rail is something which crisscrosses large parts of Europe and Asia.

I know I maybe wrong, but compared to Japan and US/Canada South Korea has never really had a big game developer a la Nintendo or Microsoft. With a POD of 1980, change this. TBH, I think Samsung could easily e a good candidate for it in the 1990s and 2000's.

With a 1900 POD whats the most realistic way to get a USA with 500million people by modern day? IOTL USA has around 330 million people, so an extra 170 million would be necessary. How would this extra population effect the country and what region would most of these excess citizens locate to?

With any POD after Caesar have a significant of the population of Britain ( England ) speak a language that isn’t West Germanic , North Germanic ( Nordic) (east germanic is allowed), Insular Celtic ( Belgic and Gaulish are allowed. Pictish is not allowed ) or a Romance Language. Basically...

How could the USA become a society where bodybuilding/a high level of physical strength is socially normalised/expected? Bonus points if performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) a regular part of the family bathroom cabinet. A rough example would be a POD of WW2 where the US concerned about the level...

if you have not been paying attention, many countries have lost their native monarchies to imperialism (which is why I find it odd that monarchists defend imperialism, British invasions alone ended more native monarchies then radical revolutionary republicanism ever did; in most cases...

What is the best POD to make an independent country in southern brazil/paraná basin? I think about having a relatively rich and stable country, with a war of independence and preferably speaking Portuguese.

Your challenge is to have Great Britain become a military ally or at least co-belligerent of the Union during the American Civil War.

Your challenge is to have Greece acquire a colonial empire with a POD after the recognition of its independence in 1830. It doesn't have to be a big one and it doesn't have to last very long, it just has to exist.

When Rhodesia gave its infamous unilateral declaration of independence (the first unilateral break from the UK since 1776), the British were understandably unhappy, and the UN Security Council unanimously passed a resolution condemning the move as an illegitimate attempt to preserve a racist...

Your challenge is to have a sub-Saharan African polity be a great power.

Something i thought about it last night, i've always lurked here and seem those "improve x by y year" or "best possible equipment for x", but how about the worst? Since i basically know nothing on logistics or doctrine, let's focus on equipment. Axis or Allies Bonus if either one gets to fight...

If the Six Day war between Israel and the Arab states ends in a stalemate/ceasefire where basically the whole conflict ends in a status quo ante bellum, what happens next? Is this even possible? Is this considered a victory for either Israel or the Arab states or both? How is Arab nationalism...

NOTE: I originally made a thread on this, but now that it's been a year I thought I'd revisit it. Here is an alternate history challenge about what a completely different Super Mario franchise would look like. Please note that every Super Mario game from 1981 to 1985 will stay the same ITTL...

As the tin says find a way to keep Cunieform in use by at least one language into the present day. It doesnt have to be used by a major language, or even be commonly known. Likewise you do not need to keep any languages in use that are extinct IOTL.

Your challenge is to have the Maurya Empire last as long as the Han dynasty did, meaning it would end at about 100 CE.