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timelines:decades_of_darkness [2012/10/09 09:57] Max Sinistertimelines:decades_of_darkness [2019/03/29 15:13] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== Decades of Darkness ====== ====== Decades of Darkness ======
  
-An extremely extensive timeline (some call it more detailed than OTL LOL) created and written by [[offtopic:Jared]]. The early death of the american President [[Thomas Jefferson (Decades of Darkness)|Thomas Jefferson]] leads to the Embargo Act never being repealed. This results in the secession of [[New England (Decades of Darkness)|New England]], and ultimately a rump [[United States of America (Decades of Darkness)|United States]] dominated by slave owners.  +An extremely extensive timeline (some call it more detailed than OTL LOL) created and written by [[offtopic:Jared]]. The early death of the US-American President [[Thomas Jefferson (Decades of Darkness)|Thomas Jefferson]] leads to the Embargo Act never being repealed. This results in the secession of [[New England (Decades of Darkness)|New England]], and ultimately a rump [[United States of America (Decades of Darkness)|United States]] dominated by slave owners.  
  
 Popularity and longevity has led to the timeline winning [[alternate_history:turtledove_awards|Turtledoves]] in 3 separate years.   Popularity and longevity has led to the timeline winning [[alternate_history:turtledove_awards|Turtledoves]] in 3 separate years.  
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 The timeline is commonly abbreviated to **DoD**.  The timeline is commonly abbreviated to **DoD**. 
  
-===== Important Events =====+---- 
 + 
 +==== Important Events ====
  
   * The War of 1811 results in the secession of the New England Republic and its alignment with the [[British Empire (Decades of Darkness)|British Empire]].   * The War of 1811 results in the secession of the New England Republic and its alignment with the [[British Empire (Decades of Darkness)|British Empire]].
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   * In the [[Brazil (Decades of Darkness)|Brazilian]] Civil War shortly afterwards, royalist forces backed by the USA are defeated by German-backed republicans (ironically, as the governments of those two states are the reverse of the movements they are respectively backing).    * In the [[Brazil (Decades of Darkness)|Brazilian]] Civil War shortly afterwards, royalist forces backed by the USA are defeated by German-backed republicans (ironically, as the governments of those two states are the reverse of the movements they are respectively backing). 
  
-===== Terminology =====+----
  
-A wide variety of machines and technologies in the //Decades of Darkness// world have [[alternate_history/alternate_terminology|different names than in OTL]]. +==== Terminology ==== 
 + 
 +A wide variety of machines and technologies in the //Decades of Darkness// world have [[alternate_history:alternate_terminology|different names than in OTL]]. 
  
 Airships are important in the North American War and are known as "cloudships". Tanks are "arlacs" (from "**AR**moured **LA**nd **C**ruiser"), cars are "horsts" (a colloquial shortening of "horseless steam car"), and radios/wireless sets are "funks" (from the German word for "spark" and "radio broadcasting"). Submarines are known as "sea wolves" Airships are important in the North American War and are known as "cloudships". Tanks are "arlacs" (from "**AR**moured **LA**nd **C**ruiser"), cars are "horsts" (a colloquial shortening of "horseless steam car"), and radios/wireless sets are "funks" (from the German word for "spark" and "radio broadcasting"). Submarines are known as "sea wolves"
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 The prefixes "sky-" and "cloud-" are often used in lieu of the OTL "air-" prefix. For example, "cloudscraper" for skyscraper, the aforementioned "cloudship" instead of "airship", "skycraft" for "aircraft" and "skymarines" for "seaplanes". The prefixes "sky-" and "cloud-" are often used in lieu of the OTL "air-" prefix. For example, "cloudscraper" for skyscraper, the aforementioned "cloudship" instead of "airship", "skycraft" for "aircraft" and "skymarines" for "seaplanes".
  
-===== Controversy =====+----
  
-The terminology of the timeline has met with opposition from some Americans, who dislike the fact that the slave-holding, highly stratified state is known as 'the USA' and its inhabitants as 'Americans'. Of course this is part of the point of a dystopia, to shock with familiar words in unfamiliar ways. However, Jared has compromised by using the [[asterisk method]] to help underline the fact that this USA is not that of OTL. It is also often referred to as 'the DoD USA'+==== Controversy ==== 
 + 
 +The terminology of the timeline has met with opposition from some Americans, who dislike the fact that the slave-holding, highly stratified state is known as 'the USA' and its inhabitants as 'Americans'. Of course this is part of the point of a dystopia, to shock with familiar words in unfamiliar ways. However, Jared has compromised by using the [[alternate_history:asterisk method]] to help underline the fact that this USA is not that of OTL. It is also often referred to as 'the DoD USA' 
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 + 
 +==== See Also ====
  
-===== See Also ===== 
   * [[Nations (Decades of Darkness)#Nations]]   * [[Nations (Decades of Darkness)#Nations]]
   * [[Elections (Decades of Darkness)#Elections]]   * [[Elections (Decades of Darkness)#Elections]]
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   * [[Rulers (Decades of Darkness)#Rulers]]   * [[Rulers (Decades of Darkness)#Rulers]]
  
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 +==== External Links ====
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 +The timeline is posted on AH.com [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=8170|here]] and has a dedicated website [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/decadesofdarkness/|here]]. It also has [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/DecadesOfDarkness|an entry at TV Tropes]].
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 +==== Awards ====
  
-===== External Links ======+At the [[alternate history:2008 winners|2008]] [[alternate history:Turtledove Awards]], the timeline won the **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/19th-century-png.48219/|"Best 19th Century Timeline"]]** category.
  
-The timeline is posted on AH.com [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=8170|here]] and also has a dedicated website [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/decadesofdarkness/|here]]. It also has [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/DecadesOfDarkness|an entry at TV Tropes]].+---- 
 +==== Navigation ====
  
 +**[[19th century|19th Century Timelines]]**
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