I wouldn't be surprised if a thread like this already exists, so my apologies if it does, but here's the gist of it:
As the title says, change up early ethnic/tribal migration routes in an interesting way (for example a large Indo-European group in Syria and the Levant). This is kind of similar to the "alternate ethnic groups" thread, but there are a few differences:
Rules:
1. Migrations must be fairly early on in history or before written historical documents, i'll say basically up to the post-roman barbarian migrations for Europe and East Asia
2. central Asia, Siberia, and the Americas get more leeway for a few reasons:
Central Asia just had a lot of major migrations later in history.
The Americas and Siberia developed at a slower rate, so they wouldn't have been able to record these huge movements as early as other areas would.
3. Colonial settlement, creole cultures, etc. are not what this is about. I'm talking about major migrations of complete tribes or the large-scale spread of a language family (so the smallest recommended scaleis something the size of the magyar migration)
4. Any change is allowed. You can have a group go somewhere, or have a group that moved OTL stay, just keep it plausible
Basically, the migration should not be remembered very well (with the exception of central Asia), the group should seem to the average observer like it's always been there.
Template
(You don't have to use it, just some questions to get you thinking)
Change/POD (what happens):
Time (when it happens):
Major effects on history/Summary of the history of the group:
Likely cultural development:
Good OTL analogue (part of cultural development, very optional):
Any Maps:
Anything else you want to add, because I will inevitably miss something:
As the title says, change up early ethnic/tribal migration routes in an interesting way (for example a large Indo-European group in Syria and the Levant). This is kind of similar to the "alternate ethnic groups" thread, but there are a few differences:
Rules:
1. Migrations must be fairly early on in history or before written historical documents, i'll say basically up to the post-roman barbarian migrations for Europe and East Asia
2. central Asia, Siberia, and the Americas get more leeway for a few reasons:
Central Asia just had a lot of major migrations later in history.
The Americas and Siberia developed at a slower rate, so they wouldn't have been able to record these huge movements as early as other areas would.
3. Colonial settlement, creole cultures, etc. are not what this is about. I'm talking about major migrations of complete tribes or the large-scale spread of a language family (so the smallest recommended scaleis something the size of the magyar migration)
4. Any change is allowed. You can have a group go somewhere, or have a group that moved OTL stay, just keep it plausible
Basically, the migration should not be remembered very well (with the exception of central Asia), the group should seem to the average observer like it's always been there.
Template
(You don't have to use it, just some questions to get you thinking)
Change/POD (what happens):
Time (when it happens):
Major effects on history/Summary of the history of the group:
Likely cultural development:
Good OTL analogue (part of cultural development, very optional):
Any Maps:
Anything else you want to add, because I will inevitably miss something:
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