empire

On July 15th of 1889, months before the republican coup, Pedro II of Brazil was leaving a theater when the republican Adriano Augusto do Vale shot at his carriage multiple times, and later ran away just to be arrested and pardoned by the emperor, who survived the attempt unscated. What if he...

What would have happened if the Xinhai revolution never happened and the Qing empire had completed the reforms to transform China into a constitutional monarchy?

With a POD after the fall of the Han Dynasty, come up with a scenario where an ethnically Korean dynasty takes over China (or at least the Northern half of China). Bonus points if you have the Korean dynasty facilitate the spread of Korean culture (or at least more elements of Korean culture...

Connected by a small land bridge to the mainland that appeared in low tide, Kilwa's fortuitous position made it a much better East African trade center than Mogadishu, and it became Africa's primary trading port; its wealth came from the exchange of gold and iron from Great Zimbabwe, to which it...

Muhammad Ali of Egypt with his son, Ibrahim As the year 1840 progressed, the armies of Muhammad Ali Pasha of Egypt stood firm at the great Euphrates river. For the Albanian military man, the circumstances were a dream come true. His son had occupied the long coveted land of the Levant, all the...

the Altrumian empire: one of the most important empires of the western world (we could say that is the most important empire of the western world), our civilization is built on the bases that left the Altrumian empire, even some words come from the Altrumian language (like the word "empire"...

As we all know, Prince Henry of Prussia was crowned Emperor (or as the Americans call their monarch "Caesar") of the United States in 1787 with George Washington as the first Prime Minister of said American Empire under a new constitution, but what if the plan to make Prince Henry of Prussia...

I have always thought that an empire similar to the British Empire could emerge somewhere beyond the British Isles. Here are some characteristics in this alternating empire that I am looking for: -The alternative empire must have at its peak at least 10% to 40% of the earth's surface belonging...

Your challenge is for a scenario where an empire which controls the core areas of China (here is what the approximate extent of said empire would be like) which is majority Miao culturally and ethnically (at least among the ruling classes, so a Miao aristocracy ruling over a Han peasantry would...

As we all know, the Uighurs formed a large empire in the 8th and 9th centuries which at it's height, reached from Silla (OOC: TTL's term for Korea) in the east to the shores of the Mediterranean in the west, controlling most of Zhongguo, Transoxiana, Persia, Bactria, Mesopotamia, and Syria at...

My alternate world map+history Full resolution: https://i.imgbox.com/pn9GIkZE.png Borders based on ethnic, religious devisions and historic agreements and plans* Latin America Spain and Portugal give more and more autonomy to their colonies like Britain did with Canada and Australia thus...

How do we get the malay-dominated Empire of Srivijaya, which controlled parts of modern Indonesia and Malaysia, to survive until at least the beginning of the modern age, or even untill today? I heard that the india Cholas invaded Malaysia in the 11th century and ended up weakening the local...

Let's say Alexander the Great lives longer and finally consolidates his new empire instead of conquering more, can he achieve the level of power and prestige that the Roman Empire had in OTL, under the right conditions?

For starters, I don't think (nor am I asking) for ideas on how to keep India a part of the British Empire; that takes an ASB post 1857. Perhaps the Indian subcontinent gets its independence and remains a united subcontinent. This could be earlier or later than OTL, but I'm interested in reading...

The Chinese Empire I'm talking about is the Yuan Shikai one I'm not a expert on chinese history, but what I found on wikipedia about the empire says that "the Hongxian Emperor was opposed by not only the revolutionaries, but far more importantly by his subordinate military commanders, who...

Could the Swiss with a coast to the ocean have a Swiss empire with colonies? What is the best time for Switzerland to have a coast to ocean? Is it more likely that it has a coastline for the Mediterranean or Baltic or Atlantic North? How would this affect Europe?

Hello, everyone. For a few years now I have enjoyed the many fantastic worlds and timelines on this site, but I have never actually created one myself. This will be my first attempt at a timeline, so I'm sure I will make a few mistakes along the way. Hopefully you will bear with me in spite of...

The Chola Empire (4th century BCE -- 13th century CE) was one of the most successful empires of the indian subcontinent, sustaining territory in most of sothern India while exerting cultural influence over places such as Malaysia, Burma, Indonesia, and the Maldives. The empire eventually...

Was there a leader, entire tribe or Kingdom within Arabia that had the ambition or the ability to create an Arab Empire before the Arab Muslim empire of the Rashidun Caliphate? By Arab Empire I mean the unification of the Arab people, likely against a common enemy like the Egyptian, Seleciuds...

In a scenario where the Byzantines win Yarmouk or otherwise repel the Caliphate's invasion, it seems likely that they could hire Arab and Persian foideratoi; Christian and Jewish Arabs emigrating from the Caliphate, some originating from the Ghassanid realm. As well as Christian, Mazdaki...