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How could we make it so that the Americas, rather than being colonized first in the late 15th Century, are colonized later, perhaps only coming to the attention of the Old World after 1600. What kind of POD is necessary for this? Maybe the Mongols ravage Europe, destroying any chance of a unified France and leaving England, Scandinavia, Aragon, and Castille to fight it out in the power vacuum, preferring to focus on conquering France rather than look for a route to India? Maybe no Black Death leads the High Middle Ages to continue, rather than gradually transition to the Renaissance? Maybe the Umayyads never fracture, leading to a much longer reconquista, and then the English hold on to the coast of France, so that they discover a route around Africa to India free of competition? Discuss.
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