Highly underused PODs with great potential
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Cuāuhtemōc
Banned
Despite what Abdul and Don Grey might say, he was the closest thing to a Christian Ottoman and he would've conquered the empire had things been only slighty different. And he had lots of support.
NO! YOU LIE!
IN OTTOMANIYAH, WE ARE ALL ABD-ALLAH!
DOLU IMPARATORLUK!
ÜL! ÜL! ÜL! ÜL!
I can't even begin to guess what language that is.O̱ eínai í̱sycho kai na apodechtheí ti̱n alí̱theia, Turk-erastí̱s!
Oh you silly people with your Latin-alphabetized Greek.It's Greek, you silly goose with your Turk love.
Cuāuhtemōc
Banned
Latin alphabets make learning languages easy.
A surviving Vandal kingdom would be a good POD. Who knows what can result out of a Romanised Germanic successor state in North Africa?
Earlier invention of the sugar beet, elminating the need for sugarcane plantations in the Carribean.
Surviving rebel 35th Dynasty of Egypt successfully ousts Ptolemies, Native Egyptians regain control of Egypt.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugronaphor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugronaphor
- Sertorius isn't assassinated in 72 B.C. His fledgling Hispano-Roman republic takes off, and he continues negotiations with Mithridates VI and the escaped slaves led by Spartacus.
- Hannibal Barca gets reinforcements from Carthage in the Second Punic War after Cannae, and continues on to sack Rome in 216 BC
- Justinian I doesn't embark on his recapture of the West, or alternatively, the Plague of Justinian doesn't' happen or happens with diminished effect.
-The General Belisarius accepts the offer of the Goth to name him Caesar, or Justinian doesn't recall him and force him into retirement.
-The Fenian invasions into Canada after the ACW are successful in some way.
-The Legions stay in Britain after 435 AD. (The last two are somewhat ASB, but I think they'd be interesting as hell.)
- Hannibal Barca gets reinforcements from Carthage in the Second Punic War after Cannae, and continues on to sack Rome in 216 BC
- Justinian I doesn't embark on his recapture of the West, or alternatively, the Plague of Justinian doesn't' happen or happens with diminished effect.
-The General Belisarius accepts the offer of the Goth to name him Caesar, or Justinian doesn't recall him and force him into retirement.
-The Fenian invasions into Canada after the ACW are successful in some way.
-The Legions stay in Britain after 435 AD. (The last two are somewhat ASB, but I think they'd be interesting as hell.)
If Diego Silang succeeds it will cause a partition and Tanah Manila will be a part of Malaysia in the future..
Fidel Castro is accepted by the NY Yankees (Based on space Bats rumor for sure, in real life he did not posses the skills).
Charles Manson Joins the Monkeys. (Another ASB rumor).
On a more serious note;
Anarchists start revolution in Spain earlier, making Spain the first anarchist nation, somewhere between the two World Wars.
Charles Manson Joins the Monkeys. (Another ASB rumor).
On a more serious note;
Anarchists start revolution in Spain earlier, making Spain the first anarchist nation, somewhere between the two World Wars.
Max Sinister
Banned
Not in his teens, but the Chaos TL has him dying before he can start his great conquests. The steppe people fall apart again, Ogadai later tries to get them together again, has some successes, but it's far from OTL.