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This is my first time trying this, so I hope I'm doing this right.

I realise WWI / WWII are post-1900 events, but the way they came about, the POD would need to be well before 1900.

What I'm thinking is, for the wars to never happen, the imperial age would somehow need to be foreshortened. WI there was an incredibly virulent epidemic sometime in the 19th century (I'm thinking maybe in 1860) that forced Europe to lock its borders down? Maybe not quite as bad as the Black Plague, but definitely something to force Europe to back off the world stage?

What would the twentieth century look like if this happened?
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