colonial expansion

So in OTL, the colonial powers mostly stuck with simply creating influence zones in China rather than outright colonizing, but what if they had chosen not to? Say that for some reason sometime in the latter half of the 1800's they choose to invade and colonize rather than settle for simple...

Great Britain and Germany, with the exception of the Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty, were largely antagonistic with each other. They called each other despots and imperialists, yet they shared much in common. Germany had the potential of Great Britain, but repressed itself to minor colonial...

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...

Hey alternate historians, I've been working on this certain timeline for a while (some people already know it) which has an 1852 PoD. The PoD, a magical awakening (oh did i mention it was a bit asb? probably not, because that doesn't really matter regarding this question) plunges parts of the...

Following up on the Meiji Inca thread, I wonder how the XIXth century colonial endeavours would unfold if the colonial powers do not have access to the Cinchona Tree and more specifically the Quinine extracted from it. It would mean that medication against Malaria would be far more limited than...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Russia_relations#Safavid_Empire%E2%80%93Russian_Empire https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/imperial-rivalry-with-the-russian-empire (click the setting if you want to speed up the video)...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Game https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_conquest_of_Central_Asia Speaking of The Great Game, i recommend to watch this awesome documentary: https://youtu.be/6a7bP49ehKQ , https://youtu.be/3Re4x0dizlM Assuming if the Russians were aware of...

Part of the reason Italy joined the triple alliance, was because France took Tunisia despite Italy's desire to have her. Suppose France is more accommodating. Is this enough to prevent WWI? Presumably, without Italy as an ally, Germany will have a more timid policy or will become an ally with...