Points of Divergence : Papua

Points of divergence concerning alternate historical developments within the modern day territory of Papua (particularly Papua - New Guinea).

Challenge: Have New Guinea advance significantly further on its own

Challenge: Make New Guinea the most populous island in the world

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Challenge: Have New Guinea advance significantly further on its own

Challenge: Make New Guinea the most populous island in the world

New Guinea civilization

Challenge: Linguistic effects of a highly-civilized New Guinea

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New Guinea civilization

Challenge: Linguistic effects of a highly-civilized New Guinea

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New Guinea civilization

WI: Heavier and maybe earlier colonization of Papua New Guinea

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WI: Heavier and maybe earlier colonization of Papua New Guinea

Challenge: With a POD after 1750, have 75% of New Guinea speak the same language

Plausibility check: Different foreign powers settling on Papua New Guinea before 1884

Queensland vs Germany 1883 over New Guinea

The Mormons in New Guinea ?

Challenge: Bigger colonisation of New Guinea

Best POD for a united New Guinea ?

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Japan takes German New Guinea in WWI

Japanese Papua New Guinea (1)

Japanese Papua New Guinea (2)

Better jungle-trained Australian and American forces during WWII fighting in New Guinea

Australia uses black soldiers in New Guinea WWII

Dutch/Indonesian Papua New Guinea, instead of British administration

Netherlands New Guinea independence after 1949

Irian Jaya (West Papua) and Papua New Guinea as a unified independent country ?

Papua/New Guinea island as a united country

WI: Papua New Guinea remained an Australian territory

Challenge: Papua New Guinea with a nuclear arsenal (post-1945 POD)

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Plausibility check: Indonesia invading Papua New Guinea

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WI: New Guinea connected to Australia

WI the Sahul shelf was not submerged during the holocene ?

1,000 BC New Guinea, the Bismarcks and Solomons transfer to the Atlantic

WI: Three Roman Legions Are ISOT To New Guinea

Netherlands New Guinea of 1962 replaces Netherlands New Guinea of 1942

Landlocked Nations, Navies, and Islands ISOT to Waterworld

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