AHC: Biggest possible empire

Besides, they rebelled because Alexander implanted prokynesis, killed anyone who made treason, hired soldiers that did not get along well, were pissed that they had to keep going, and they were homesick.

Again, with those additional factors, which will only get worse if you go further into India.

Oh yeah, I forgot: The Invincible:rolleyes: Alexander died of fever IOTL. He'll just die of it sooner if he somehow continues on into India.
 
Indeed, let us not forget that Alexander wanted to keep going east, but his troops had had enough. This was even after the victory at the Hydaspes River. Had they been willing to continue, I say Alexander could have made it at least as far as the Ganges, if not all the way to China. Another thing we must remember is that at the time, India was immensely fractious, while Alexander's Macedonians had better armor and tactics, as well as superior numbers. Indeed, the only thing stopping them from reaching China would be disease and a lack of knowledge of the terrain. Of course, they could then easily pull replacements from Persia, and the Persians had never been on very good terms with India anyway, from what I've heard.

The terrain between India and China is pretty damn brutal. I suppose he could theoretically go through Burma, Thailand, Cambodia and up Vietnam, but it seems a bit unlikely.
 
Again, with those additional factors, which will only get worse if you go further into India.

Oh yeah, I forgot: The Invincible:rolleyes: Alexander died of fever IOTL. He'll just die of it sooner if he somehow continues on into India.

Thats why I originally posted "If he lived till 80 he would conquer the world".
 
Franco-British Union

There were plenty of times this could have happened:

-Charlemagne doesn't fizzle out, his kid goes across the sea.
-Rollo takes over all of France, then turns to Britain.
-France takes over the Netherlands, Battle of Hastings-esque invasion.

OR

ELIMINATE JOAN OF ARC. She might be the most ridiculous thing in history.

Imagine someone reading OTL:

"England had taken over two thirds of France, but then a 17-year old schizophrenic illiterate peasant girl freed the country."

Seriously?
 
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I see how ASB that sounds, but hey, Reality is Unrealistic. Now, let me make an announcement: if I say something about OTL, read as if I attached the words "or so I have heard" to the statement, even if I didn't actually post it. I've gotten into far too many arguments over this.
 
Franco-British Union

There were plenty of times this could have happened:

-Charlemagne doesn't fizzle out, his kid goes across the sea.
-Rollo takes over all of France, then turns to Britain.
-France takes over the Netherlands, Battle of Hastings-esque invasion.

OR

ELIMINATE JOAN OF ARC. She might be the most ridiculous thing in history.

Imagine someone reading OTL:

"England had taken over two thirds of France, but then a 17-year old schizophrenic illiterate peasant girl freed the country."

Seriously?

A Franco-British Union could have happened hundreds of different ways. Just not in the 1920s.
 
A Franco-British Union could have happened hundreds of different ways. Just not in the 1920s.

Like in 1940, when Churchill actually offered it, and a sizable minority of the French cabinet supported the proposal. I think the Union would be the largest empire ever...

... Except that we've all forgotten the best possible PoD for this: no Outer Space Treaty leads to the US claiming the Moon and maybe even Mars as territories, leading to the largest ever empire in terms of land area. :D
 
Like in 1940, when Churchill actually offered it, and a sizable minority of the French cabinet supported the proposal. I think the Union would be the largest empire ever...

... Except that we've all forgotten the best possible PoD for this: no Outer Space Treaty leads to the US claiming the Moon and maybe even Mars as territories, leading to the largest ever empire in terms of land area. :D

On Churchill's offer, pretty much everyone will tell you that that is more of just a crazy episode in history, with almost NO chance of that actually happening.
 
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