====== Points of Divergence : Mexico ====== Points of divergence concerning alternate historical developments within the modern day territory of Mexico. ==== Prehistory ==== Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ==== Antiquity ==== Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ==== The Middle Ages ==== **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=235419|No Classic Mesoamerican Collapse]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=191552|Ideas about more developed medieval era Amerindian civilizations]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=73733|Better Aztec bows]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=93491|Contact between the Aztecs and the Incas]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=314498|Plausibility check: Aztec navy]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ==== Early Modern history ==== **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=314346|WI: Aztecs slaughter the Conquistadors]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=153186|WI: Hernan Cortez and his men are massacred by the Aztecs]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=27084|Challenge: The Aztec and Inca empires survive]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=157332|WI King Cortes]]** - Discussion about potential PODs leading to Hernan Cortes becoming a native-approved ruler over OTL Mexico or some other parts of central America. This particular POD discussion influenced [[offtopic:John Fredrick Parker]] and [[offtopic:sa id mohammed|Cuāuhtemōc]] while they were creating their TLs that tackled just such an idea. **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=262194|Challenge: Largest Possible Mexico (with a POD between the 17th century and 1820)]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=263688|Larger Mexico]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=265055|Challenge: Make Mexico predominantly ethnically African]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ==== 18th and 19th century ==== **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=262194|Challenge: Largest possible Mexico (with a POD between the 17th century and 1820)]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-keep-central-america-close-to-mexico.445271/|Challenge: Keep Central America close to Mexico (POD between 1808 and 1830)]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=121862|A more succesful Mexican Rebellion]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=260648|Effects of no Peninsular War on Latin American Wars for Independence ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=121862|A more successful Mexican Rebellion]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-carlos-i-emperor-of-mexico-and-king-of-guatemala.234475/|WI: Carlos I, Emperor of Mexico and King of Guatemala]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=34507|Challenge: Keep the United States of Mexico as established under the 1824 constitution stable to the present day]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=101567|Challenge: Mexico becomes a great power (with a POD after 1830)]]** **[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=98677|Another Texas WI: No distractions for Antonio López de Santa Anna]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=297013|WI: Antonio López de Santa Anna was killed shortly after the Battle of San Jacinto ?]]** **[[Mexican-American War|Mexican-American War PODs]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=251556|The First Mexican Empire gets its European Prince]]** - After the Mexican War of Independence, Mexico tried to implement the Plan of Iguala, which would have created a commonwealth with the King of Spain as the Emperor of Mexico. If he refused, the throne would be offered to other members of the House of Bourbon. What if the plan had worked in an ATL and the Mexican throne wasn't inherited by a general as in OTL ? **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-moderately-successful-first-empire-of-mexico.241213/|WI: Moderately successful First Empire of Mexico]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=252929|WI: Karl Ludwig chosen instead of Maximillian I. as the Emperor of Mexico]]** - Could Karl Ludwing keep the Second Mexican Empire alive for longer or transform it into something better, unlike his [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_I_of_Mexico|short-lived OTL counterpart]] ? **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=231300|What else is there to known about Emperor Max of Mexico ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=259283|WI the US gets the Baja Peninsula in the Mexican Cession ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=239993|Challenge: Make Mexico expansionistic after 1860]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=261158|WI Maximilian of Mexico marries Amélia of Brazil]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=196970|DBWI: WI the Second Mexican Empire fell ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=201387|Could either of the Mexican monarchies worked ?]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-pc-wi-canals-through-nicaragua-costa-rica-mexico-etc.353400/|Canals through Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Mexico, etc.]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=214727|Challenge: A world war in the Western Hemisphere]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ==== 20h century ==== **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=231342|Challenge: Ensuring that Maximilian I of Mexico (and his subsequent dynasty) rule over Mexico until at least 1914]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=8504|Wider Latin American involvement in WWII]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=211033|Challenge: "Axis" Mexico by 1950]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=186981|More "Economic Tigers" (with a POD between 1945 and 1975)]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=235716|Challenge: Full blown Mexico-US war after WWII]]** **A different 1960s Mexico** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=66766|WI Mexico's Imevisión remained a public broadcaster]]** **A far worse Zapatista uprising in Chiapas during the early 1990s** - Formed the basis for [[offtopic:Blochead]]'s //**[[timelines:The War of Mexican Intervention]]**//. Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ==== 21st century ==== Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ==== Miscellaneous ==== **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=157011|A much stronger Latin America]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=118161|WI: A Spanish-speaking superpower in Latin America]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ==== ASB / ISOT / Geological ==== **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/cuba-colombia-and-mexico-isoted-back-to-1500.320337/|Cuba, Colombia, and Mexico ISOT'ed back to 1500]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== See Also ==== **[[offtopic:Mexico]]** **[[timelines:Mexico|Mexican Timelines and Scenarios]]** **[[resources:Mexico|Useful Resources about Mexico]]** ---- ==== Navigation ==== **[[Specific Countries|List of Countries by POD]]** **[[pods:pods|Points of Divergence Main Directory]]**