How would history be different without any European colonisation of other continents? In this scenario, intercontinental trade happens, but actually conquest and colonisation doesn't happen.
How would history be different without any European colonisation of other continents? In this scenario, intercontinental trade happens, but actually conquest and colonisation doesn't happen.
The first (and most important) question is "what happens instead of conquest or colonisation?". The second is "why don't they do conquest or colonisation?".
If you are trying for a late PoD or a scenario where Europe at home is not drastically different, I would suggest starting a thread in the ASB forum and have it be ASB hypnosis to keep things simple.