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A German alternate history book from 2005 by SF grandmaster Wolfgang Jeschke. Known as //Das Cusanus Spiel// [sic] in the original, and translated into English since 2013/14. | A German alternate history book from 2005 by SF grandmaster Wolfgang Jeschke. Known as //Das Cusanus Spiel// [sic] in the original, and translated into English since 2013/14. | ||
+ | The titular game is a game Cusanus really invented IOTL: Called '' | ||
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+ | [[https:// | ||
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In this world, the Italian botanicist Domenica Ligrina is hired for a very special mission... | In this world, the Italian botanicist Domenica Ligrina is hired for a very special mission... | ||
+ | As a bonus for AH fans, [[offtopic: | ||
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* 1467: The Accademia has to flee to Milan, where they got support from the Sforza. | * 1467: The Accademia has to flee to Milan, where they got support from the Sforza. | ||
* 1478: The gunmaker Corbinian Seeshaupter invents the " | * 1478: The gunmaker Corbinian Seeshaupter invents the " | ||
- | * 1480: Genua joins the Italian Alliance between Venice, Milan, Savoy, Florence, Monferrat and Naples. | + | * 1480: Genoa joins the Italian Alliance between Venice, Milan, Savoy, Florence, Monferrat and Naples. |
- | * 1486: Giovanni Caboto discovers Terranova for Genua. | + | * 1486: Giovanni Caboto discovers Terranova for Genoa. |
- | * 1492: The Sapienza invents primitive rockets which can be used for war. | + | * 1492: The Sapienza invents primitive rockets |
* 1494: Italian Alliance defeats French invaders under Charles VIII. | * 1494: Italian Alliance defeats French invaders under Charles VIII. | ||
+ | * 1512: Michelangelo complains about pollution from burning spinners and burned naphta. | ||
* 1620: Counter-reformation fails. | * 1620: Counter-reformation fails. | ||
+ | * 1630: War between Catholics and Protestants ended by peace of Prague. | ||
* 1672: First mechanical calculation engine built. | * 1672: First mechanical calculation engine built. | ||
* 1676: Constantinople reconquered by Christians. | * 1676: Constantinople reconquered by Christians. | ||
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* 1763: First motor airplane, " | * 1763: First motor airplane, " | ||
* 1780: New England gains independence, | * 1780: New England gains independence, | ||
+ | * 1819: Hamburg evacuated because of the storm flood. | ||
* 1825: Seas rising - Gay-Lussac suspects that excessive burning of petroleum is the reason. | * 1825: Seas rising - Gay-Lussac suspects that excessive burning of petroleum is the reason. | ||
* 1845: Breakthrough of electric computers. [[offtopic: | * 1845: Breakthrough of electric computers. [[offtopic: | ||
- | * 1871: Maledives | + | * 1871: [[offtopic: |
* 1886: First nuclear power plants built by Thomas Alva Edison. | * 1886: First nuclear power plants built by Thomas Alva Edison. | ||
- | * 1906: After the San Francisco earthquake, two Maxwell power plants destroyed. Radiation disease spreads. | + | |
- | * 1909: German empire sends four men to the moon - but the flight back fails, all of them die. | + | |
+ | * 1909: Kaiser Wilhelm proclaims the conquest of the Moon. German empire sends four men to the Moon - but the flight back fails, all of them die. | ||
* 1914: First Paneuropean conference. | * 1914: First Paneuropean conference. | ||
- | * 1918: European unification decided, Winston Churchill celebrated. | + | * 1918: European unification |
- | * 1923: German nationalists protesting the European unification beaten, leaders Hitler and Ludendorff killed. | + | * 1923: German nationalists protesting the European unification beaten |
* 1933: United States of Europe formally founded in Versailles. | * 1933: United States of Europe formally founded in Versailles. | ||
* 1936: Generals Francisco Franco and Benito Mussolini retreat from Morocco / southern Italy. | * 1936: Generals Francisco Franco and Benito Mussolini retreat from Morocco / southern Italy. | ||
* 1945: Europe' | * 1945: Europe' | ||
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+ | As you can see, the author of this work makes mincemeat out of allohistorical causality, with far too many blatant parallelism reemerging, including the exact same people as in [[alternate_history: | ||
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