Cuāuhtemōc
Banned
1. The Vikings who attacked and subjugated the Emirate of Nekor in Morocco in 859 stay around and become the nucleus to an Islamic counterpart to the Normans of France.
I've recently been playing around with the idea for A Dutch colonisation of Tasmania.
First off the most likely POD (still pretty unlikely though), The VOC actually acts on Abel Tasmans claim he placed on the island. Dutch claims in the 17th century required the claiming power to settle the claimed area. So IOTL the Dutch claim was voided soon, but what if the VOC decided to adopt the Patroon system of the WIC (sold large areas of land to investors, who were then required to settle at least 50 families in the sold piece of land within 4 years. If succesfull they would recieve ownership of the land feudal style. If unsuccesfull the investors would lose their investment). The colony remains small throughout much of its history untill the Tasmanian gold is discovered leading to a short population boom. Though i'd need to know what kind of cash crops might be viable on Tasmania. Would be interesting though to have a sort of Feudal colony with inland fiefdoms selling their goods through a VOC controlled port.
Second even less likely POD, the storm preventing Abel Tasman from landing is delayed or Abel Tasman is delayed, sets foot on the island and makes contact with natives, notices a golden decorative piece, concludes he has found what he was looking for (some mythical island called Beach rich in gold) reports back and the VOC begins a serious attempt at colonising the island.