Intoduction:
This is going to be an epic journey. I will be writing a TL based in a world where the Mega Fauna of the Americas do not go extinct. And rather, many are domesticated by the Native peoples. The general idea of the TL is based upon the beginning of the TL started by General Melchett a few months back. But I will not the massive leap from talking about the domestication event to first contact thousands of years later on. Rather I plan on writing several short stories, about important people and events in the history of North, Central, and South America. Leading up to the events of contact with the other side of the world.
Notes on Butterflies:
I'm going to be using two particular butterfly nets. The first will be used in the Americas. Clearly, with such a massive change to their development most, if not all native peoples from OTL will not come into existence. But to keep the Americas as a place we, as the readers, are able to relate to and connect with, I will be keeping a few of the best known, and a few minor peoples around. The others will be based upon and related to nations fro OTL.
Secondly, the rest of the world. I know that having a thriving, population where there was none. Re-rooting waters, draining lakes and pushing back the seas, cutting down whole forests, burning wood and setting fire to the great grasslands, all this would have a drastic effect on the weather around the world. Which would have untellable effects on societies and histories everywhere. I'm going to pay no attention to that. Euopean, Asian, and Middle Eastern history will go more or less as OTL until First Contact.
Rome will still fall, Monotheism still rise, China still unite. All that is going to happen.
Questions and feed back:
I would love some. Even just on the introduction. I've been wanting to do an epic TL spanning from the stone age up to Space Travel. And since I love writing about the Native people, I saw this as a great opportunity. But I will need help, as it will cover such a wide range of subjects.
Edit: First post will be up tomorrow.
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