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Commodore Matthew Perry forced the doors of Japan open in 1853, using his kurofune, the black ships, to force Japan to open itself to trade. He would later return in 1854 and established the Japan-US Treaty of Peace and Amity at the Convention of Kanagawa. Perry used heavy handed tactics to...

IIRC, after victory in the American Civil War, the dominant Republican party of the United States provisioned for the reorganization of the western territories and their admission into the Union as pro-GOP states (after some gerrymandering, of course). So, assume that the ACW is delayed for...

With a Point of Divergence going as far back as 1351, the start of the Red Turban Rebellion, how could either a Han Chinese or Manchu/Mongol lead Chinese Polity control both Inner and Outer Manchuria in 2018? The smallest borders allowed for such a polity are the Chinese polity controlling both...

How would the Civil War unfold if the US territory had retained its limit of 1783? Would there still be causes for it to be triggered and would the Union remain the likely victor?

Point of Divergence ... By way of the Louisiana Purchase, America almost doubled its size in 1803. However, this purchase almost didn't happen due to the fact that the Federalist Party at the time claimed that the purchase of territory from a foreign power was considered unconstitutional...

With a POD after 1900 (or, I suppose, after 1890) what's the largest area of land that could change hands and be annexed into a country?