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Wyrd reacted to Arkenfolm's post in the thread Would it be possible for the Viking age to continue until the 19th century? with
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Denmark and the formerly Norse Scottish islands maybe, but one could imagine a pagan Sweden/Norway/Finland/Baltic remaining a continual... -
Wyrd reacted to Emperor-of-New-Zealand's post in the thread Would it be possible for the Viking age to continue until the 19th century? with Like.
I've often pondered such a scenario. One convoluted and vague timeline would involve a pre-Viking Age POD wherein Christianity fails to...
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Wyrd reacted to Arkenfolm's post in the thread Joint Crusade/Jihad against an non Abrahamic/Anti-Abrahamic threat? with Like.
The Prester John legend was dying quickly in the 13th century, and the common perception thanks to Mongol invasions in Hungary and...
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Wyrd reacted to GameBawesome's post in the thread Joint Crusade/Jihad against an non Abrahamic/Anti-Abrahamic threat? with Like.
There is one plausible candidate for that: The Ziyarid Dynasty was originally Zoroastrian under its first leader, Mardavij. He sought to...
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Wyrd replied to the thread Would it be possible for the Viking age to continue until the 19th century?.A technologically stagnant Europe with no gunpowder would be a necessity. The main method of defence against the Barbary Corsairs was to...
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Wyrd reacted to John Fredrick Parker's post in the thread Europe never dominates the world with Like.
Thing is, Europe hasn’t been dominating the world the past few centuries; truthfully, European geopolitical pre-eminence only really...
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Wyrd reacted to PrinceHenry_of_Rheinsberg's post in the thread Disaster Averted (Titanic Lives) with Like.
The morning of April 20, 1912, was a quiet morning as a light drizzle fell from the skies and a cold breeze blew over the deck crews as...
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Wyrd reacted to Derek Pullem's post in the thread What if the evacuation of Dunkirk had failed? with Like.
Best way to "find" is misquote or misattribute comes from an alleged statement in a secret meeting i.e. not a direct quote The...
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Wyrd reacted to PrinceHenry_of_Rheinsberg's post in the thread Disaster Averted (Titanic Lives) with Like.
WHITE STARLINE SHIP RMS TITANIC STRIKES ICEBURG ON MAIDAN VOYAGE Photograph of the RMS Titanic as she limped in for the last stretch...
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Wyrd reacted to PrinceHenry_of_Rheinsberg's post in the thread Disaster Averted (Titanic Lives) with Like.
April 14, 1912 The weather was becoming more frigid, causing breath to appear as mist as the crew and passengers alike braced themselves...
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Wyrd reacted to twovultures's post in the thread What if the pilgrims weren't saved by Squanto and the Wampanoag tribe? with Like.
I think New England is indeed butterflied away. Without the accidental success of the Plymouth colony, there isn't much in that region...
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Wyrd reacted to Fabius Maximus's post in the thread Less successful Roman conquest of Britannia with Like.
Gifting a large amount of gold or similar valuables, enabling a friendly leader to hire more warriors and so increase his strength, was...
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Wyrd reacted to JamesHunter's post in the thread Less successful Roman conquest of Britannia with Like.
Why not, they did it OTL, and further they did it while Britain proper was imploding and under Anglo Saxon invasion. Here Britain will...