Most scenarios about a pagan country "reforming" its faith into a pagan Church. Real life is not a game of Crusader Kings.
Real life is not a game of [whatever], is one of the most important rules to remember in alternate history.Real life is not a game of Crusader Kings.
Probably because Song China had gunpowder and was relatively technically minded.Why is industrialisation more plausible specifically under the Song Dynasty, and when is this plausible?
It's entirely possible that the Caliphate conquers southern France. After all, they came pretty close to doing so IOTL.
With a few events going differently (specifically, one, which is if Lincoln had trusted his own judgement on Dec 26 1861) the Trent Affair might have had London sending ironclads to New York.
The thing about Sealion is that it's at one and the same time extremely popular (especially among people not from the site) and extremely, amazingly unlikely.
Not many things in Pre 1900 fulfil both criteria. Confederate Victory is common, but is not sufficiently unlikely - if the US had a large formed army before the Civil War and the CSA did not, that would be one thing, but both sides were starting from the same comparison point. (If the Germans had repeatedly secured a foothold on English soil and the Soviets had a battlefleet six times larger than the Royal Navy, we would not consider Sealion nigh impossible.)
I would say it is close but not quite that. An exhaustion scenario may barely be possible. I would say 1:1000 or so. The CSA taking DC definitely is. In fact the CSA taking (as opposed to raiding) any US city of any real importance.
Uh no the US and the CSA did not start at the same 'comparison point.' The North had more resources at the start than the South: more people, more railroads, more telegraph communications, and more factories. Also, the Navy stayed loyal to the North and was able to more or less successfully blockade the South. Traditionally the only thing the South had going for it was better generals than the North. But even this view has seen some revisionism as a lot of Lost Cause myths are debunked.
Most scenarios about a pagan country "reforming" its faith into a pagan Church. Real life is not a game of Crusader Kings.
Seriously, Greek/Byzantine Meiji after its Independence. Why the hell has no one done this?!
Also great point about ASB. People just scream ASB at anything now a days, and basically just stab everyone's fun in the face. Considering the nature of the ASB forum (I have looked at it occasionally), simply having an unlikely scenario that is well explained IS. NOT. ASB.
It would probably require a larger Greece, since it looks like major coal deposits are further north in the Balkans and east in Anatolia. A very interesting idea, though...
Absolutely agree, I could not say it better. Unlikely is not the same as impossible, and an unrealistic scenario is not the same as a bad one. There are many high quality TLs or map series based on extremely unlikely or even impossible events.
In the most literal sense, Hideyoshi's plan to conquer Asia. Beyond that:
Ottoman Italy
Asians colonizing the Americans across the Pacific
(IMO) preserving the Crusader States
Iberians conquering the Maghreb.
Europeans conquering more than the minimal ports (i.e. vast parts of the hinterland) of Asia before at least the 18th century if not later
Most Latin America wanks
Most indigenous survival TLs
African/Maghrebi colonization of the Americas
1. Please someone do this, I will help in any way I can, I have the knowledge, but I'm tied down by Exams and my own timeline
If the Ottomans were (ahistorically) interested in Italy why couldn't they have held part of it temporarily?
I have been considering a different Greek independence in my own TL, but hadn't thought of them industrializing. I'm most definitely intrigued by it, but don't want to spoil any future plans![]()
In land military terms, the Northern prewar army vanished without trace into the Union army, and both sides were comparably armed and sized in the first year. That's what I meant.Uh no the US and the CSA did not start at the same 'comparison point.' The North had more resources at the start than the South: more people, more railroads, more telegraph communications, and more factories. Also, the Navy stayed loyal to the North and was able to more or less successfully blockade the South. Traditionally the only thing the South had going for it was better generals than the North. But even this view has seen some revisionism as a lot of Lost Cause myths are debunked.
Do it. I will immediately help you out/subscribe to that. Many people here would agree.
Well the focus of the TL will still be on one of those Latin American wanks that have already been mentioned in this thread, but I do still want to use the idea. Do you mind if I send you a PM to throw some ideas around sometime once I reach that point in the narrative?