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The Heirloom of the Realm - also known as the Imperial Seal of China - is the legendary Seal of China. It was created under the order of the First Emperor, Qin Shi Huang from the sacred jade, Heshibi. When the Qin Dynasty collapsed, it passed down to the Han Dynasty. One notable event with...

World War 3 Before the war (1945-1950), After the end of the Second World War with the economic crisis that the world suffered at the end of the war, the reich took advantage of this economic crisis to develop and begin to strengthen its armies to go to the conquest of the world with the...

The Tides of Lightning: The History of Yamnia and Beyond *** -Prologue- *** Urheimat (A), Ruaehneghithla Sector, 1250 Efahel (B) (50 AD) Treyef sighed as he rubbed his back and walked through the streets of the bustling capital. The guards watched him carefully and eyed him as he smiled...

A/N: Alright guys, as promised, the revived Jewish Ethiopia thread! Hope you guys like it! And as always, do please inform me if there’s any discrepancies in history I made, and I’ll edit them when I can. “To simply point out the sins of the people is to invite anger and condemnation, and...

Chapter 1 While Britain had indeed come out of the Great War victorious, it was by no means an awe inspiring victory nor one that managed to make Britain stronger in the long run. Its war debt with America was extremely high which had turned Britain from a net creditor to a net debtor. Britain...

Credit to HeX. (Sorry if I caused problems for you earlier) What if: The British Empire went down in flames much quicker? Points of Divergence: Greatly-expanded American Influence throughout the world leads to the UK-USA rivalry. The British Empire finds rivals much sooner rather than later...

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...

Of the twenty Romanov Tsars five died violent deaths (Ivan VI, Peter III, Paul I, Alexander II, and Nicholas II). Star Alexander III The Tsar of All The Russias also known as Tsar liberator, was assassinated by a bomb on March 13 (Old Style Date March 1), 1881 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Born...

The first German emperor, Wilhelm I, survived two assassination attempts in 1878. Suppose either of them was successful, how could that've changed Germany's future as a country? Keep in mind how the militaristic Reich was still an infant state being only seven years old, and as such was in a...

The challenge: Have an expansionist empire conquer a region, resettle the people of that region into the center of their empire, and over time be assimilated by the conquered people in the capital region of the empire. The only historical example I can think of this sort of bottom-up...

If any province(s) or diocese in the Roman Empire became the center of a new Roman empire (like the Byzantine Empire) ruled by a Roman usurper but "going native" or developing into its own tradition, which province would lead to the most interesting result, and why? If you're thinking of a...

WI the US and UK had continued using the imperial system up until the present day, instead of fully converting to the metric system during the 1960s/70s? e.g stones/lbs used for mass, ft/inches used for height, mi/mph used on roads and °F used for temperature. What effects would this have on the...

It is 1025, and Basil II the Bulgar-Slayer has died. Unlike in OTL, he has capable successors--several "Good Emperors"--in command of his 250,000-man army over the next few decades. During the reigns of these powerful emperors, the Eastern Roman Empire destroys most of its rivals, playing them...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Naval_Laws In 1898, the German Naval Law called for the following total warships to be attained by 1903: 19 battleships (12 existing; 7 additional vessels to be built), 8 coastal ironclads (8 existing), 12 large cruisers (10 existing, 2 additional...