====== Chaos TL: A world without Genghis Khan's conquests ======

A big, finished [[timelines:dark ages and medieval|TL]] by [[offtopic:Max Sinister]] [[pods:mongolia|starting with Genghis Khan's early death in 1200]] and ending in the year 1993, it covers events world-wide, although it's still a bit [[offtopic:Europe]]-centric, admittedly.

Its name comes from the Chaos theory-related [[alternate history:Butterfly Effect]] which slowly spreads through Eurasia and later the rest of the world. Well, partly that; partly because I wanted to create an antagonist for a [[alternate_history:gurps|GURPS ]] Infinite Earths setting, which should be different than the Centrum TL which I find somewhat improbable; partly because in the second half of the 20th century many areas in the Third World fall into, yes, chaos; and partly because I had no better idea for a name.

The idea for it was around since the time of the [[offtopic:Old Board]]. However, it took as long as spring 2006 until the TL found its way into the 'net. In August 2007, more than one year later, it was finished.

In retrospect, it seems like a bad omen that a lot of people who commented on it have been banned. Seriously, their list reads like a Who's Who excerpt from the "Hall of Infamy": [[offtopic:Faeelin]], [[offtopic:Darkest]], [[offtopic:Constantinople]], [[offtopic:Stalker]], [[offtopic:Alcuin]], [[offtopic:Hendryk]], [[offtopic:Straha]]/[[offtopic:Poison Frog]], [[offtopic:HelloLegend]], [[offtopic:Keenir]], [[offtopic:Superdude]], [[offtopic:Aozhouhuaren]], [[offtopic:maverick]], [[offtopic:Typo]]... so be careful if you want to comment on it.
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==== Links ====

  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=32411|Original thread]]** (also containing discussion, timeline finished)
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=32412|Stories thread]]** (stories for each era in the timeline)
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=70196|Definitive version]]** (currently compiled into a finished state only up to 1400)
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=41274|Alternate PODs]]** (as ideas for starting other ATLs from TTL)
  * **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=35662|Version 0.0 of the TL]]** (far less sophisticated, although sharing some elements)
  * **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/what-i-learned-writing-the-chaos-tl-essay.36277/|Max's essay on writing the timeline]]**

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==== Other links on the net ====

  * [[https://althistory.fandom.com/wiki/Chaos|Chaos TL entry]] on [[alternate_history:althist_fandom_wiki|the AltHistory Fandom wiki (ex-Wikia)]]
  * [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/ChaosTimeline|Entry]] on [[offtopic:TV Tropes]]
  * [[https://gurps.fandom.com/wiki/Chaos_(world)|Gurps AE-style entry]] on the [[alternate history:Gurps]] Fandom Wiki
  * [[offtopic:B_Munro]]-fied [[https://www.deviantart.com/quantumbranching/art/Chaos-Timeline-OR-No-Genghis-252212174|map of the timeline in early 1993]]
  * [[https://youtu.be/ycJe_fhkOuw?t=2888|Mentioning in "The Alternate Timeline Iceberg Explained (Part 1)", Level 6 on AlternateHistoryHub]]

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==== Chapters ====

**[[timelines:chapters (chaos)|Overview of Chaos Timeline chapters]]**

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==== TL-related media and trivia ====

**[[maps (chaos)|Maps]]**

**[[nations (chaos)|Important Nations and Countries]]**

**[[cities (chaos)|Important Cities]]**

**[[dramatis personae (chaos)|Dramatis Personae]]**

**[[events (chaos)|Major Events]]**

**[[wars (chaos)|Major Wars]]**

**[[glossary (chaos)|Glossary and Culture]]**

**[[references and cameos (chaos)|References and cameos]]**

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