TL ideas?

I was thinking of doing a TL, but dont know whcih TL too do... I have some choices however going through my head.

Choice 1: Sancho, son Ferdinand of Leon-Castille dies as a child. Leon-Castile given too Alfonso after Ferdinand's death, and Galicia given too Garcia. Garcia remains independent from Leon-Castile.

This will follow Galicia as it continues on the struggles of independence.

Choice 2: Al-Andalus never pushes as much into Iberia, which stops the Reconquista?

This follows Al-Andalus as it becomes the major power in Iberia and a colonial power?

(I like the first one better...)

Feel free to add your own ideas for a first time TL writer.
 

Faraday Cage

Empiricism, rather than Christianity, rises to be the most prominent philosophy in the late Roman Empire and triggers a scientific revolution.
 
If you wanna test the waters, I'd suggest doing a short term TL. IE, a POD not too far in the past so it doesn't necessarily create too much work, though you can look in depth at the history. IE, Reagan is assassinated in 1980, Bush wins in 1992, Howard Dean doesn't have "Yawh!!!"-Gate and wins in 2004, etc.
 
Hmm, maybe I will do as Emperor Norton says and try with a small, cloer too the present POD. Hmm, how about no JFK assasination, or No September 11?
 
Hmm, maybe I will do as Emperor Norton says and try with a small, cloer too the present POD. Hmm, how about no JFK assasination, or No September 11?

JFK would be a pretty massive undertaking even if just 40 years ago (though many would feel that too long ago too :D). Basically, and a major reason why its such a massive undertaking, is that there was an America before JFK's Assassination, and an America after it, and the two are rather distinct and what you have to do is deal with that previous America continuing. Similarly, it would be a rather different world and would require a lot of research and more research than there seems to be needed at first. Plus, I'm thinking of doing it and you would steal my thunder (and that's why I can atone to the research part).;)

If you want a good test run TL, out of those two, I'd do No 9/11.
 
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