This is my first time line so guys please be kind and its still a draft(below is just a small introduction) ^^
The point of departure from the real world is that on 1160 AD a small child who lived in Kui(Sothern Song) named Yang yang who was about 8 years old at that time. He was a son of a pig farmer, he was also fund of playing with their live stock, got a mysterious illness. It was a very lethal virus and also was easily communicable. So it spread very quickly that with in a year it spread out all over china and other neighboring areas.
With in a couple of months there was unrest in almost all major town and cities were riddled with unrest and rebellion. People were saying that the Emperor has lost the mandate of heaven. Stating that the illness that caused so many deaths was the sign that the Emperor lost it. It wasn't long before the dynasty collapsed. And it was when an angry mob stormed the imperial palace burning it, along with all inside the palace including the emperor. Officially ending the Dynasty by 1162. Just with in 2 years of the first outbreak.
And it was only in 1183 Wie Lau, 38, an alchemist by profession discovered a cure for the disease. The people made him Emperor and declared the New Lau Dynasty by 1185.
By the time the out break was over it killed around a fifth of the population of China, a sixth of the people of Mongolia, around 5-10% in Korea how ever it miraculously resulted in less than a thousand deaths in areas out side the previously stated.
Emperor Wei due to the fact that he was an alchemist was a man who was very interested in the sciences. So during his reign he encouraged the pursuit of knowledge through the sciences and the establishment of several Academies and Universities.
To be continued.(This time line will feature a world colonized mostly by Japan, Korea and China)
what do you think? do you like it? is it plausible? Shall i continue? or should i stop?
comments and suggestions are accepted.
The point of departure from the real world is that on 1160 AD a small child who lived in Kui(Sothern Song) named Yang yang who was about 8 years old at that time. He was a son of a pig farmer, he was also fund of playing with their live stock, got a mysterious illness. It was a very lethal virus and also was easily communicable. So it spread very quickly that with in a year it spread out all over china and other neighboring areas.
With in a couple of months there was unrest in almost all major town and cities were riddled with unrest and rebellion. People were saying that the Emperor has lost the mandate of heaven. Stating that the illness that caused so many deaths was the sign that the Emperor lost it. It wasn't long before the dynasty collapsed. And it was when an angry mob stormed the imperial palace burning it, along with all inside the palace including the emperor. Officially ending the Dynasty by 1162. Just with in 2 years of the first outbreak.
And it was only in 1183 Wie Lau, 38, an alchemist by profession discovered a cure for the disease. The people made him Emperor and declared the New Lau Dynasty by 1185.
By the time the out break was over it killed around a fifth of the population of China, a sixth of the people of Mongolia, around 5-10% in Korea how ever it miraculously resulted in less than a thousand deaths in areas out side the previously stated.
Emperor Wei due to the fact that he was an alchemist was a man who was very interested in the sciences. So during his reign he encouraged the pursuit of knowledge through the sciences and the establishment of several Academies and Universities.
To be continued.(This time line will feature a world colonized mostly by Japan, Korea and China)
what do you think? do you like it? is it plausible? Shall i continue? or should i stop?
comments and suggestions are accepted.