alternate history challenge

  1. AHC: Reverse the presence of the Abrahamic and Dharmic religions

    IOTL, the Abrahamic religions (especially Christianity and Islam) have global influence, while the Dharmic religions have major presences that are mostly confined to parts of Asia. Your challenge is to reverse this: make it so the Dharmic religions are prominent worldwide and the Abrahamic...
  2. AHC: Miao country

    Your challenge is for the Miao people to have their own country for some time.
  3. AHC: Tang restoration of the Sasanian Empire

    Your challenge is to have the Sasanian Empire restored and make sure the Tang dynasty play a major role in bringing it back.
  4. AHC: Surviving Ming dynasty

    Your challenge is to have the Ming dynasty last until at least 1700.
  5. AHC: Save Ancient Egyptian culture

    Your challenge is relatively straightforward: have Ancient Egyptian culture survive in some form or another.
  6. AHC: Medieval Kurdistan

    Your challenge is to have an independent Kurdish state arise sometime in the Middle Ages.
  7. AHC: Keep a language from going extinct

    Your challenge is to prevent the extinction of at least one language.
  8. AHC: Preserve Hunnic culture

    Your challenge is to keep the culture of the Huns around to some extent until at least 1000 CE. The POD must be after the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains.
  9. AHC: Surviving Arianism

    Your challenge is to have some form of Arian Christianity survive to the present day.
  10. AHC: Surviving Native American Countries

    Your challenge is to have at least one Native American country survive attempts at settlement/colonization and exist in the present day.
  11. AHC: Sandwiches stay a somewhat disreputable food

    For some time, sandwiches were associated with gambling and drinking, but then they started appearing among polite society. Your challenge is to have the sandwich keep its somewhat disreputable reputation for at least a while longer.
  12. AHC: Wank Old Europe

    Your challenge is to have the pre-Indo-European peoples of "Old Europe" do significantly better than they did IOTL.
  13. AHC: Make Noodles more popular in North india

    I've never been able to understand why noodles aren't a bigger fixture in North Indian cuisine. You'd think bordering a bunch of regions that really like noodles (East Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and South India) would mean they'd be pretty prominent, but for some reason, they're not all...
  14. AHC: The English keep Tangier

    For part of the 17th century, the Moroccan city of Tangier was under the control of the English. It had been owned by the Portuguese, but Charles II of England acquired the city when he married the Portuguese infanta Catherine. They gave up on the city in 1684. Here's your challenge: have the...
  15. AHC: More prominent Jainism

    While Jainism has a very long history, it currently has only four or five million followers, making it by far the smallest of the Indian/Dharmic religions. Your challenge is to make it so the religion is considerably more prominent in the modern day.
  16. AHC: Wank Malaysia

    Your challenge is pretty much what the title says: have Malaysia be significantly more successful than it was IOTL.
  17. AHC: Save the Scythians and Sarmatians

    Your challenge is pretty much what the title says: ensure the Scythians and Sarmatians survive for at least a while longer.
  18. AHC: Ancient Mesopotamian culture survives

    Your challenge is to have Ancient Mesopotamian culture survive to the present day in some form. It can be significantly different, as long as there's clearly some influence from Sumer, Akkad, Assyria, Babylonia, etc.
  19. AHC: Save the Knights Templar

    Your challenge is relatively uncomplicated: keep the Knights Templar around and have them survive to the present day.
  20. AHC: Romani polity

    Your challenge is to have a Romani polity exist somewhere for some period of time. It doesn't have to be particularly large, successful or long-lasting, it just has to spend some time in existence.
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