empire

...then collapses in on itself. All it’s vassals breakaway, and the entirety of Mesoamerica is Balkanized. What’s left of the Aztec Empire are the original triple alliance city-states. What’s left is a power vacuum, but what Mesoamerican state can fill this void? What Mesoamerican state could...

Here the situation: Both the german empire and the HRE were relatively decentralized states if compared to others like Russia or France, with the second Reich being a federal monarchy and the HRE a chaotic administrative inferno of 100 billion duchies, kingdoms, counties and anything else...

Isabel was the last Crown Princess of Brazil until 1889 when the monarchy was overthrown. When her father was away she became his regent and acted on his behalf. She became very popular in her country when she heavily supported and pushed a law through parliament outlawing Slavery in the...

What the title says, choose a point in time and make all the major powers at that point in time get closer to their goals. The only rule is not screwing up another kingdom or empire too much

With a PoD anywhere between 1500 and the defeat of Nepal by British East India Company forces in 1816, how could we craft a scenario in which the Kingdom of Nepal, or an equivalent under a different dynasty, controls an empire in northern India? (Mainly, i'm aiming for Nepalese control over...

The Qing dinasty was the biggest Chinese Dinasty that ever existed, being the 5 biggest empire in world history, conquering places that were never before part of China, like Manchuria. But it could have been bigger. What territories could have the Qing possibly have conquered and what...

make a timeline where pre-islamic persia controls all of india. extra points if it happens BCE, especially if it is the first ever persian empire that does it.

The early Medieval period is often remembered as a time of chaos, poverty, stagnation and great devastation. While the extent of these claims are debatable, no one can really doubt Byzantium's efforts in consolidation, nor its achievements during Europe's supposed dark ages - it was the direct...

Challange: Make France the strongest nation in europe with a pod in 1917.

What if Britain allied Mexico during the Oregon Crisis and the Mexican American war? Would the US back down? Could Mexico use this time to industrialize and rival the US or would the US risk a war against Britain and Mexico and how would the other powers other react?

If there was no European conquest of India, like how the British did it, and just small trading posts, like British Bombay, Portuguese Goa or French Pondicherry, which Indian Empire has the best chance of unifying India?

Let's say that by whatever means the Roman Empire has managed to survive until the modern day. In your ideal (while still being somewhat plausible) world, what would this surviving Rome look like? What territory does it control? What is its government? What is its religious situation? How does...

As the title implies, your challenge is to have India be divided by the European empires instead of being a singular colony, basically a similar situation to Africa and South East Asia. It can be divided by Britain, France, Portugal, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and/or Italy.

The PoD is that Dowager Cixi kicks the bucket earlier, and the Guangxu emperor clings to power all the way until 1914. The state of the Qing is up to you, but it is completely necessary for the empire exists and join the central powers with the promise to gain Hong Kong and the restoration of...

I know that this is probably the most common subject to talk about pre 1900 alt history apart from the byzantine empire surviving, but I want to know what could happen if Napoleon allows russia to break from the continental blockade and keeps his defensive posture in Europe, maybe using Le...

AHC: Larger Dutch colonial empire. Could the Dutch put New Amsterdam in Canada besides New Torm? Can they take parts or all of Australia? What about New Zeland? Could they take some of India? Where else could the Dutch expand?

With a POD later than 900 AD, how large could a Polish nation-state, federation, commonwealth or empire have become? Is there any plausible alternate timeline where Poland is both a great power, and the dominant power in Europe?

Basically what the title says. When did France have the best chance of solidifying control over Western Europe for an indefinite amount of time? What would be the consequences of French domination in any of these periods? Some ideas: -Post Charlemagne, pre-Hugh Capet -Louis XII and Francis I...

You can choose any POD from the founding of Rome to the fall of the western empire. Is a surviving Rome with no core territories outside of Europe too unrealistic? What polities could arise to ensure Rome is confined to these territories? Could any political, cultural, or religious beliefs...

Imagining the following scenario = In 1894 Franz Ferdinand visited the English court. Some time ago I read that Maud was thought to be a suitable candidate for him. If Franz Ferdinand married Maud in 1894, and shortly thereafter inherited the throne (1896?), How would that be good for relations...