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During the Hundred Years’ War with England and France duking it out over France, is it possible that other nations like Aragon, Savoy, and Navarre can join in the fray to invade France? Would England find it acceptable seeing other nations invading France? Could they be England’s Allie’s or...

To me at least, the Janissaries of the Ottoman Empire and the Mamelukes of about a lot of places, are somewhat similar. Both units were slave-soldiers taken from different countries, such as Eastern Europe, Southeastern Europe, and even Turkic Origins, that were taken to become soldiers...

So just to understand what I'm talking about, here's a map: This map shows the lands of the Habsburgs, Luxembourgs, and Wittelsbachs during the 1273-1378 period. Is it possible for either one of the houses to inherit the other two's lands? Basically either the Habsburgs inherit the lands of the...

The title is a bit misleading, but here's the gist of the idea. But fist context. In Japanese History, the Shogunate is the equivalent of Military Dictator, but in the three Shogunate periods, the Shogun became de facto ruler of Japan, while the emperor was merely ceremonial. The challenge...

Could the Wars of the Roses, long as it was, be even longer and worse than it already was? How much longer can the York/Lancaster feud get and could even more third party actors like the De La Poles and the Tudors and even more take a bigger role? I was thinking of extending the three decade...

The Tricolor. One of the most famous and iconic flag designs in the word. There are two types of Tricolor flags; Horizontal Triband and Vertical Triband. The Dutch used the Horizontal Triband, which went onto influence designs from Russia, Germany, Hungary, India, and various African Nations...

The Island of Sakhalin has a wide history. It was populated by the Ainu people, then became vassals to the Chinese and explored by the Japanese, but fell under Russia, before being split between them and the Japanese, before fall fully back into Russia to this day. The Challenge here is make...

Could the Ming Dynasty get reliable support from a foreign power in order to defeat the Manchu invaders? Assuming some European nation is able to lend the Ming support would that be enough to give the dynasty a new lease on life? What nation could help the Ming? Would it require a POD for a...

After American Revolutionary War, The majority of the 400,000 to 500,000 Loyalists remained in new United States of America. Those who left were die-hard British Monarchists and those who actively fought against the Patriots. Those who stayed, assimilated into the new American society, with...

So somehow the US decides to get involved in the Middle East and Greece during WWI. How can it get involved? And assuming it gets involved how well will it do fighting the Ottomans? And when the Ottoman Empire gets partitioned what happens? Does the US gets to have a greater share of it...

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...

Assyria had been under various foreign powers for a while after the fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire and never regained its independence ever since. So right after the year 1000, is it possible for Assyria to regain its independence? At that time the Assyrian population hasn't gone through the...

The Holy Roman Empire is famously known as a joke. It was not Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire. It was a feudal mess, that lacked the National identity, centralization, and singular leadership to actually function as nation-state. Because of this, it is seen as a joke. The challenge, with a POD...

As soon as Spain had control over southern Italy around the early 16th century could they somehow annex the Papal States too? Assuming the Sack of Rome that happened at that same century occurred could Spain then decide to annex the Papal States in order to ensure a loyal papacy and also to...

FLAG CHALLENGE #236 - Vexillum Monstrum Make a flag belonging to a nation run by monsters! We might be passed Halloween, but that doesn't mean the Spookiness has to end! November 11th is just October 42nd, after all. The nation in question can be something classic, like a vampire kingdom or a...

as we all know the Soviets were temporarily allied with the Western powers during WW2, but personally I think it would be very plausible for things to have gone in a completely different direction. So, heres your challenge. What would have to have been different in order to cause a three way war...

(Disclaimer: I do not support any form of terrorism, nor any conspiracy theories) There have been a lot of secret societies in history, that used paramilitary, were religious or ideological, or was subject of conspiracy theories. Examples includes the Sons of Liberty, Fenian Brotherhood...

Challenge: With a POD between 1800 to 1900, create a intergovernmental organization that promotes peace and cooperation, a earlier “League of Nations/UN”. The purpose of this Intergovernmental Organization is to resolve conflicts, and promote cooperation between the Great Powers, to stop wars...

So basically, https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Hidden_Blade Is this possible IRL? . Could it be used as a PDW for heads of states early on and later spread to the lower classes?

Context: An Ethnoreligious Group is a ethnic group that is unified by a common religionists background, like for example, Sikhs. Challenge: From any point in time before 19th-21th Centurit’s, from BC to AD, create an ethnoreligious group centered around any pagan religions, like: Ancient...