====== Astonishing The World ======

Astonishing The World is a timeline based on [[http://nekromans.deviantart.com/art/The-World-in-1901-72868632|this map and scenario]] by Nekromans, with the premise of an Austrian intervention in the Crimean War on Russia's side (then again, stranger things have happened IOTL). The TL can be found [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=91292|here]].

The title is a play on the famous quote from Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph at the beginning of our Crimean War - "We shall astonish the world with our ingratitude", referring to the Russian help in 1848, when it looked like Austria would be torn apart by rebellion.

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==== POD ====

The point of divergence is a rebellion in Lemberg (Lvov) in Austrian Galicia, which is suppressed by Russian troops in exchange for Austrian aid in a war against the Ottoman Empire.

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==== Major Events ====

  * The Danubian War - TTL's version of the Crimean War (though without a Crimean front). Sides: Britain, France, Prussia, Ottoman Empire VS Russia, Austria. Ends in stalemate-ish, but Poland is made independent, and Moldavia is given to Russia.
  * The American Civil War - started some years early ITTL due to Lincoln's premature return to politics, the Confederation of American States (OTL CSA minus Virginia and North Carolina) breaks free[1], thanks to Anglo-French intervention in the war.
  * The War of 1859 - France and Austria team up to kick Sardinia back into the sixteenth century. No Kingdom of Italy founded, and Italy remains largely disunited as a result.


[1]"Free" in the sense that an independent Scotland would be "free".

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